“At the age of 49, I was diagnosed with inattentive ADHD. After being told and believing for so many years that I was different, I learned why.”
I’ve always felt different — and it wasn’t a good feeling. I didn’t know exactly how I was different, so I couldn’t change myself to fit the mold. I wasn’t a social misfit, as I had friends and participated in activities, but I rarely felt relaxed or at ease in the company of others.
In junior high, a group of the most popular girls called each other every night to hash over the school day and gossip. My best friend was in this group, and while I was comfortable talking with her, I felt awkward talking on the phone with anyone else. For example, the first and only time I talked on the phone with “Judy” I knew I was expected to talk to her for one hour or more.
When I took ballroom dance lessons years later, the same son, then a teenager, asked, “Why can’t you remember the dance steps?”
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