#1. This post is a part of a series where people answer my anonymous survey question. If you have ADHD but haven’t gone public with it, what would it take to you go public with ADHD?
There are risks and rewards for going public with ADHD AND for staying hidden in the ADHD closet. See this post for context on the series.
Not everyone should of course & there are risks & benefits of going public with ADHD AND of staying hidden in the ADHD closet. I’ll be blogging some of the responses I’ve got. Here’s the first one. Maybe some of the delegates to this weekend’s CADDRA conference in Vancouver might give some feedback on this.
Answer #1
“It would take someone to believe in me to make me go public. My Aunt has ADD and everyone always has said that she is just lazy and does not like to finish anything. After dealing with the struggles with my son, as he has it, it was brought up that I may have it as well. My school record documents that with the comments of the teachers- inconsistent effort, unable to concentrate, has potential yet does not apply it, etc. I do not want people to say to me that I am lazy, depressed or have bipolar as I skip from one home project to another, without finishing one. I want someone to say that they understand and will support me as I find treatment and a schedule to work from. I do not want my kids to have the burden of knowing that their Mum is weird, different, etc. Kids are cruel though I feel adults are worse. Thank you for your time.”