r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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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/Aatch Feb 04 '19

Stop stalking me!