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Got diagnosed with ADHD but feel like a fraud?

Got diagnosed with ADHD but feel like a fraud?

The irony → that doubt is classic ADHD.

When ADHD was mentioned during assessment,
1st thing I did after was look up "ADHD vs stressed".

Imposter syndrome in late-identified ADHDers is brutal.

Why that ruthless doubt?

🪫Others don't believe you're struggling.

🪫You were trained to dismiss your needs.

🪫The success came at a cost nobody saw.

🪫You kept hearing "try harder" for decades.

🪫You've achieved a lot and seem successful.

🪫You compare your worst to everyone's best.

🪫Good days = evidence that bad days = choice.

Here's what I'm inviting you to do:

➡️Go back to when you didn't know it was ADHD
➡️List things you used to beat yourself up about
➡️Now count up how many are textbook ADHD

ADHD is real.

Your lived experience proves it.

Comment 'ME' if you've googled 'am I really ADHD' ⬇️

P.S. What's the most obvious ADHD trait in you that you doubted?