Some thoughts I had talking myself out of getting an ADHD diagnosis:





“They’ll laugh at me & tell me I’m just lazy”





“I’ll probably just exaggerate and make them think I have ADHD”





“I just wasn’t trying hard enough”





“Others have it much worse, I’m just looking for an easy way out”

“I can manage if I really try (and am constantly burnt out)”





“I’m not hyperactive (shakes leg, chewing gum and can’t stop playing with earrings)”





“I just have to keep trying and I can become normal one day”





“I can focus sometimes, so clearly I’m just not trying all the time”

You don’t have to tolerate barely *surviving* life. You also deserve help so life isn’t that hard all the time