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I posted an article about this, but ways "gifted" ADHD pass as high functioning is by using adrenaline to kick in gear. That means developing OCD like behaviors centered around anger, self hate & panic (aka anxiety). You learn acceptance and praise comes from a hell you create.
When you try to step back on this, to literally safe your own life, people let you know how disappointed they are in you. They are confused because you set a standard they want to keep seeing, without the kinds of breaks and self-care you actually need to maintain your best self.
"Gifted" ADHD are self sacrificing perfectionists who learned how to betray themselves to get an "A". They learn they are accepted by society only when striving for perfection.
It is not fair because often we are performing work that others would find exceptionally difficult to keep up, and get lambasted for struggling with the "easy" part. Easy for you maybe. But you can't do all the other things I do, can you?
The articles I mentioned are in this thread:
A couple people asked about other places to get more help about ADHD. I get email updates from @ADDitudeMag and I also follow other ADHDers in the Twitter community:
@blkgirllostkeys
@ADHD_Alien
@danidonovan
@ErynnBrook
@HowtoADHD
@blkgirllostkeys
@ADHD_Alien
@danidonovan
@ErynnBrook
@HowtoADHD
