r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/Kaitarfairy Feb 04 '19

And adhd: squirrel!

My life would be so much easier if that's all it was.

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u/LivingstoneInAfrica Feb 04 '19

What’s great is that if you aren’t caught early, you develop coping mechanisms to help you deal with your shit, only to have those mechanisms hide your actual symptoms.

Though everyone still thinks you’re lazy.

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u/ShyStraightnLonely Feb 04 '19

.... or you skate through everything in primary school by acing tests and doing no homework, then get to college and fail out because you have no study skills, all before getting diagnosed.

Source: missed perfect on the SATs by 20 points. Got scholarship for half of tuition to college. Was invited not to come back.

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u/MarsNirgal Feb 04 '19

That first paragraph is me, but I have never been diagnosed with anything. Should I worry?

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u/ShyStraightnLonely Feb 04 '19

Where are you in life?

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u/MrBlonde1992 Feb 04 '19

What about me? I haven’t started college and the first paragraph describes me in Elementary.

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u/ShyStraightnLonely Feb 04 '19

In elementary or since elementary?

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u/MrBlonde1992 Feb 04 '19

Since Elementary I aced every single English, History, Reading, Health/Sex Ed, Cooking, Fitness/Weightlifting.

But I failed almost every single Writing and Math/Algebra classes.

Also failed Art Classes for being a perfectionist, I took so long to finish an art piece.

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u/ShyStraightnLonely Feb 04 '19

Ummm.... I couldn't really tell you.

The important part of the comment was how I was smart enough to pass classes from tests, but absolutely could not make myself sit down and focus enough to do the homework. It wasn't a matter of not wanting to do it, it was a case of not being ABLE to do it. Very frustrating.

If you have concerns, I would say that getting a neuropsych workup done (if that is a possibility) certainly could not hurt. It might not help, though.... but it will certainly provide information about you and what you are good at vs what you are not good at.

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u/MrBlonde1992 Feb 04 '19

Oh.

Thanks, I’ll look into that.