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How family denial affects ADHD self-acceptance

I know I have ADHD but my family keeps saying I just need more willpower and discipline and I am starting to believe maybe they are right.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between lived neurological experience and social expectations creates doubt about the validity of one's own internal reality.

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