In the chapter I'm (re)writing, a character expresses common misconceptions about ADHD. Such as:
- Women and girls don't have it
- If you can do something sometimes, you can do it always
- "Everyone is a little ADHD"
What are others you've come across?
#ADHD @adhd
@AdvaShaviv @adhd
- you grow out of it
- "ooh, a squirrel!"
- always running around (i.e. neglecting to understand that hyperactivity can be internalized)
@AdvaShaviv @adhd that the only type is the hyperactive kind
- Only kids have ADHD
- You can stay sit, you can’t have ADHD
- You are just xxxx (choose any derogatory word)
- Just try harder
- You just have to focus more
etc.
I’m #AuDHD
@AdvaShaviv @adhd “You cannot have ADHD, you are super quiet and calm”
“I don’t like these boring tasks neither. But I still manage to do them, why can’t you do it too?”
@AdvaShaviv @adhd
- you don't look autistic/ADHD/AuDHD, you can't have it!
- we all have bad days concentrating
- you're so great with people, you can't have autism/ADHD/AuDHD
That's just the ones that come to me rn.
@AdvaShaviv @adhd “It’s all just a big pharma conspiracy”
@CoolerPseudonym @adhd
Ohh, that's the worst! Thanks for bringing it up!
@me @CoolerPseudonym
That's so awful. Best case scenario, it's a person we'll keep our distance from in the future, but in other cases it's disastrous.
@catobelli @adhd
Great additions! Thanks!
(How are we *supposed* to look?! 🤦♀️)
@AdvaShaviv @adhd i have absolutely no idea... If you ever figure it out, let me know 😂
@catobelli
That should be interesting 🤣
@annso @adhd
Right!!
(I have nightmares from the second one 🤦♀️
@adelinej
Each and every one of these 
Thank you!
@giflian @adhd
Yes! I think this explains the "women and girls can't have it" - because we tend more to the inattentive type!
