• li10@feddit.ukEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    “Parents take you to a psychologist”

    Can’t relate to that bit, my mother refused to even take me to the opticians because she insisted there was nothing wrong with me.

    These days she thinks I’m making the ADHD stuff up, and occasionally asks me why I don’t just take off my glasses for a while…

    • Guilvareux@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Sorry dude that sounds rough.

      I was thankfully provided transport, but I was also subjected to a long lecture on why I “don’t want to be on medication”.

      • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I can relate to that, they’re suddenly experts on a condition that they don’t understand and the medication to treat it.

    • schnex@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Can I ask how well you now look after yourself as an adult? Cause I grew up similarly and have huge issues caring for myself, it’s like I can’t identify what is good for me

    • blueskiesoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      But why would my parents take me to a doctor when my mom does all the same stuff?

      “It’s normal.” …uh, no. Mom had undisagnosed ADHD.