Oh i feel for you, depression and/or anxiety is often comorbid with adhd, especially undiagnosed adhd. And no wonder, it’s incredibly hard going through life thinking you’re lazy, not good enough no matter how hard you try, and feel as though you’re constantly letting others down. Wondering how your peers can achieve things while you can’t. The diagnosis was life changing for me, and I’m such a better mother because of it too.
Adhd is also highly hereditary, a child has a 50% chance of having ADHD if one parent had it. As it often runs in families it’s actually sometimes really hard for an individual to pick up on. If you’ve grown up with one or two adhd parents then behaviour associated with that is in many ways normal for you. I honestly think that what jessi says about her upbringing chaos is quite normal for her, so she’s parenting from that schema. Another reason why I don’t think she picks up on how different life could be if she took action.
funny you say that, and it does downs on what you say as super good as a child. My school reports were great, and my diagnosing psychiatrist viewed them all. Putting your hand up first, talking a lot, is actually impulsivity but in girls comes across as bright and “engaging in class discussion”. People with adhd can have incredibly high IQ’s. There’s no correlation between adhd and IQ, what it’s about is fulfilling your potential. I was a straight A student In primary school, in high school I hardly tried and did most assignments the night before (classic adhd, we need that urgency/crisis to motivate us). Yet when looking at what I’ve achieved post school/uni and looking at my school reports the psychiatrist could see I haven’t fulfilled my full potential and that indicated ADHD too.
and yes, women and girls with adhd are incredibly good at learnt masking behaviour. Especially in social situations and with social skills
. I guarantee she will still by herself something for Christmas, but this way she doesn't need to out any thought or effort into a gift for Phil.
definitely not wrong
where’s the lie 
Or have they all gone away this weekend?
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