I was recommended this community by Reddit itself, and after looking at so many of your experiences, struggles, and strengths I just broke down sobbing.

My entire life has been people either treating me as if I was like everyone else, or treated me like I had a completely different disorder. It was awful. It took me until I was 20 for anyone around me (including myself) to even consider I had ADHD.

And even then, no one took it too seriously, sure I had medication and a psychiatrist I saw every now and then but my family, doctors, and my professors either didn’t understand or just didn’t believe me.

So after turning 20 the no help I got with my ADHD turned into a tiny amount of help in the right direction that was short lived because that was right when the pandemic started.

I just recently hit a low point of my life, I failed three classes last semester not knowing how I was so bad at being able to handle those, and not getting any answers from my parents or my school. This semester I took easier classes and went on a few trips that helped me with self reflection, and those did help a lot, but there was still something missing.

I still struggled with my easy classes, I still could not get myself to focus on graduating, and I am starting to question if I should keep going.

But hearing so many of you go through the same self doubt, in similar situations, and been able to get the love and support that I have been missing from my entire life makes me think that there’s some more hope for me out there. And from the bottom of my heart, thank you! to everyone single person reading this.