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Advice on sharing your diagnosis with others
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this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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Only you know what ADHD means to you. There's so much difference in symptoms, and severity, there is no concrete definition, so when you label yourself ADHD, you automatically become whatever THAT person thinks ADHD is.
If you told me that, I'd assume we'd get along well, and I'd expect you to relate to a lot of the stuff that others don't understand. Others, however, might just think you're a lazy spaz that doesn't listen.
I think you'd be safer casually mentioning symptoms, like, "if I don't write things down, I'll forget," this way they'll understand that this is a part of who you are, instead of making assumptions.
Absolutely. I casually drop symptoms and behaviours into conversation all the time with no indication it is anything other than "just the way I am". Noone ever blinks an eye.
Telling them I eat a bucket of pseudo-amph every day just so I remember to eat my lunch would be something else.