Every parent/teacher evening contained a variety of “He’s got the ideas in his head, but won’t put them down on paper”, but I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was 39.
being told basically “Just be interested in this for no reason, what’s wrong with you?” in different variations is so confusing and backwards. yeah, I mean I tried
I got frustrated with my dad at one point and said "then why the hell do I have just as much trouble doing things I want to do? He didn’t have an answer to that…
So I’m officially the blacksheep, the dropout in my family. I was in honors in college and high school. I got to the workforce and I’ve solely worked in the service industry cause apparently I don’t apply myself. I’m family therapy and when I told them I’m trying my hardest to find an apartment and looking for opportunities they said I wasn’t applying myself.
I have been assured that I was “smart” but “lazy” when I was six 😡 .
Every parent/teacher evening contained a variety of “He’s got the ideas in his head, but won’t put them down on paper”, but I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until I was 39.
Ah yes. I too should have applied myself more. So they kept saying. Repeatedly.
He’s coasting.
being told basically “Just be interested in this for no reason, what’s wrong with you?” in different variations is so confusing and backwards. yeah, I mean I tried
All the while acing the things you are actually interested in. Were they just clueless 15 years ago or did they straight up not give a fuck???
I got frustrated with my dad at one point and said "then why the hell do I have just as much trouble doing things I want to do? He didn’t have an answer to that…
So I’m officially the blacksheep, the dropout in my family. I was in honors in college and high school. I got to the workforce and I’ve solely worked in the service industry cause apparently I don’t apply myself. I’m family therapy and when I told them I’m trying my hardest to find an apartment and looking for opportunities they said I wasn’t applying myself.
“gifted” “so much potential” 😑