Can't possibly have ADHD "because I've read some books this year"
Still fuming over this one. First (and last!) time seeing new psych earlier in the year - was giving them my intro spiel about my life, etc, and saying I'm going down the path of getting adhd diagnosis this year as my previous psych *striongly* recommended I do so, at some point I happened to mention my current focus was reading books and I'd already read 10...
Without asking why my previous psych thought I had adhd, without offering a test themselves, without asking what I struggled with day to day, without knowing a single goddam thing about me - they straight up said "I don't think you could posdibly have adhd if you've read that many books already"
How utterly devalidating.
I'm sorry, what?? So if you have adhd you can't fucking read now?
The fact that I think many of us DID read lots growing up (cos real life was boring?) escaping into a fantasy world and forgetting all else, not hearing the teacher or those around us, forgetting to eat or pee cos we're in too deep, staying up waaaay past bedtime cos 'just one more chapter'... getting literally nothing else done...
Where are my book girlies at?? 😅 I need some solidarity!