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[โ€“] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That I have moderately severe to severely severe ADHD and I'm on the autism spectrum.

Makes functioning as an adult quite difficult.

[โ€“] nixcamic@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Knowing has helped me a bit, like "ok, I'm not a bad human, my brain is just weird"

[โ€“] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I had known when I was rather younger, I probably could have done much better in school, and would likely have been a bit more successful--in many ways--than I have been.

[โ€“] nixcamic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I did great in school. Maybe I would have accomplished more after school. Good diagnosed in my mid 30s.

[โ€“] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

I did great in art school, because everything was working with my hands, and still required a high degree of thought/creativity. I did terribly when I was in school for engineering (prior to art school) because I just couldn't focus on calculus and physics, even though it shouldn't have been that difficult.