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Insert horrified looks when I tell me friends some "funny stories" from my childhood. :D

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[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My mother was actually very open about mental illness, took it very seriously. I was diagnosed bipolar from a young age because she was looking out for me.

Unfortunately, the idea of 'ADHD' in the minds of non-specialist observers was tied in with the idea of hyperactivity at the time, and I was anything but a hyperactive kid.

[โ€“] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

I'm inattentive type ADHD so maybe that was a contributing factor to why my parents felt they way they did about it

They generally take mental health seriously but for somethings they're pretty damn backwards on