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Frustration
Posted by Jackirina to Adult ADHD Life 6 months, 2 weeks ago | 0 Comments | Post a reply
Filed Under: Adult ADD


Sometimes I feel like the people I love think that I am using ADHD as an excuse. I have had been called irresponsible and lazy to many time to count. I am very tired of hearing that and it gets frustrating because sometimes I feel like I have been doing better at controlling my ADHD and thats when it seems that they are most frustrated with me. At time I feel like I will never be enough and that my ADHD symptoms will eat me alive. I have also been depressed and there are times that I feel that if I just shut everyone out I will never disappoint anyone and I won’t be called irresponsible or lazy. But then I think I will be very lonely so not an option. I wish I had been diagnosed a long time ago because maybe then it would have been easier for me to control my symptoms and be normal but evan then I will never be the normal that people around me want me to be…...


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