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When an adult ADHD diagnosis forces you to rewrite your entire life story

I got my ADHD diagnosis at 32 and now I'm questioning every friendship I lost, every job I quit, every time someone called me lazy or dramatic.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The relief of diagnosis collides with grief for a self that was misunderstood for decades.

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