ADHD is no excuse
When I stopped using ADHD as an excuse:
- I removed many limiting beliefs
- Stopped playing the victim
- Stopped trying to control every outcome
- Stopped forcing people to treat me a certain way
- Accepted it when people misunderstood me
- Took greater responsibility
- Became more open to feedback
At first it was painful.
Years of excuse making ingrained into my life.
But then it was liberating.
This was only possible because I first stopped deeply identifying as ADHD. Or as an ADHDer.
I was diagnosed with ADHD.
ADHD doesn't define me. It's not me. It's a part of me. An ever diminishing part.
The pedantic will claim "it's not an excuse, it's a reason".
Fine.
But to me, excuse and reason are synonymous.
This isn't a plea to encourage others to adopt my approach.
Just sharing what happened when I did.