I told my friend I had autism and now she treats me like autism… I get being mindful but there’s a BIG difference.

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That’s why I don’t disclose my POTS and EDS to literally anyone. People say I use it as an excuse when I quite literally can’t control when a flare up happens

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main friend that I talk to rn uses adhd/autism as verbs 💔 and also says “adhd/autism moment” a lot. I wanna tell them to stop but it’d be so awkward if I did 💀

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It certainly doesn’t help when some people actually do use their disability to justify everything they do/don’t do.

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A problem I have with my adhd is I swear to myself that I’m going to keep it to myself and not reveal it to a new group of friends or colleagues etc but also I CANT KEEP MY BIG MOUTH SHUT IF I HAVE A SECRET. Struggle is real.

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I always try to stay away from telling people I have adhd cuz I don’t want that to be an excuse, but if I say I do, it’s to get people to understand why I have bad memory or trouble concentrating. But then people tell me “doesn’t look like you have adhd” or something like that and I get tired of having to get people to understand that adhd is more than just having trouble focusing

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