Post by shiningbright on Jul 10, 2016 8:03:39 GMT
Does anyone else have no one to talk to about their ADHD?
If it wasn't gffor this forum, I'd have likely given up in this recent few weeks as IIve had a tough time of things.
I'm undiagnosed and I'm not planning on getting a diagnosis. But I haven't ever spoken to anyone in my family about actually having ADHD. Anymore than to say to my dad and my OH that 'if I was to seek a diagnosis then I'd get one without too much drama.'
My dad is the most like me, I think I got it from him, but he doesn't believe in ADHD. To him it's just a term coined by psychologist to explain people who don'tffit in the tick box if normal modern life.
My OH respects that I struggle juggling stuff and focusing but he sees it as me not having good focusing or time management skills. To him ADHD is a social/cultural issue, not a health/psychological one. I know he'd support me if I wanted a diagnosis because he loves me unconditionally, but to him ADHD is about people being labeled as broken just because society/culture has developed a set of norms that aren't in toe with their unique skill set (if that makes sense) - basically all ADHDers have a special set of skills that aren't valued in society anymore so they get labeled and medicated when really they just need a different approach to the same tasks, "same set o f shelves, different set of tools". He doesnt see it as a problem of the person but a problem of society (that this group of people get pushed aside cos they can't function as well in normal society). But he also sees that there are a set of ADHDers that are closer to having autism and those he can understand, he sees adhd as a mild form of autism which is a condition he both respects and fears because he's had students with mild autism and has a little experience of that.
All the crazy in my head star us there cos I literally can't get it out.
Is anyone else alone with their ADHD?
If it wasn't gffor this forum, I'd have likely given up in this recent few weeks as IIve had a tough time of things.
I'm undiagnosed and I'm not planning on getting a diagnosis. But I haven't ever spoken to anyone in my family about actually having ADHD. Anymore than to say to my dad and my OH that 'if I was to seek a diagnosis then I'd get one without too much drama.'
My dad is the most like me, I think I got it from him, but he doesn't believe in ADHD. To him it's just a term coined by psychologist to explain people who don'tffit in the tick box if normal modern life.
My OH respects that I struggle juggling stuff and focusing but he sees it as me not having good focusing or time management skills. To him ADHD is a social/cultural issue, not a health/psychological one. I know he'd support me if I wanted a diagnosis because he loves me unconditionally, but to him ADHD is about people being labeled as broken just because society/culture has developed a set of norms that aren't in toe with their unique skill set (if that makes sense) - basically all ADHDers have a special set of skills that aren't valued in society anymore so they get labeled and medicated when really they just need a different approach to the same tasks, "same set o f shelves, different set of tools". He doesnt see it as a problem of the person but a problem of society (that this group of people get pushed aside cos they can't function as well in normal society). But he also sees that there are a set of ADHDers that are closer to having autism and those he can understand, he sees adhd as a mild form of autism which is a condition he both respects and fears because he's had students with mild autism and has a little experience of that.
All the crazy in my head star us there cos I literally can't get it out.
Is anyone else alone with their ADHD?