Home › Welcome to the ADDitude Forums › For Teens and Young Adults with ADHD › I feel awful for having ADHDHello! I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD for around 4 years now.
As thankful as I am for an early diagnosis, I can’t help but feel horrible for the symptoms I experience. Even when I know they’re critical issues with executive function, I can’t help but feel like walking away in the middle of doing something is just me being lazy.
Maybe it’s how my parents treat my symptoms sometimes? Don’t get me wrong, they’re amazing and supportive people, but oftentimes they forget (or don’t know) that a lot of “lazy” behavior I exhibit is a symptom of ADHD.
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