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[–] 18107@aussie.zone 85 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I got diagnosed with laziness in school.

Many years later, another doctor looked at the diagnosis and said that the first doctor had written down textbook symptoms then missed the diagnosis.

The word lazy still hurts today.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

I've embraced the word lazy. All my coworkers know that if I'm doing something a certain way, it's because there's no better way and it needs to get done. Anything else has been automated and optimized out.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 46 points 1 week ago

I got diagnosed with laziness in school.

The word lazy still hurts today.

This was me growing up in the 80s. I wasn't disruptive, and I aced the tests, so obviously I didn't do the homework because I was "lazy." Fuck that noise.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 21 points 1 week ago

Yep, I was given a choice of thick or lazy. I was a teenager so yes, I was but my biggest issue was I avoided it because I was scared of it. Nothing I did was good enough.

It sounds like the first doctor might have been a bit lazy.

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Medical ableism is so infuriating. I'm glad you were able to get diagnosed eventually. For me the word annoying is one of those words associated with like ableist trauma.

[–] r4venw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I feel that. I was also diagnosed as lazy and unable to live up to potential. Then in my 20s i was diagnosed with narcolepsy....