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‘The challenges that have caused me so much shame and anxiety aren’t character flaws’


by Amanda Cassidy
04th Mar 2023

For Jenny, being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult "suddenly made my entire life make sense." It also led her to figure out why for some people, getting a diagnosis can be a challenge. As Prince Harry is told by controversial trauma expert Gabor Maté that he probably has ADD, we speak to those about the effects, good and bad, of their delayed diagnosis.

At 38 years old, Jenny’s ADHD diagnosis was a revelation. Suddenly, the lifetime of chaotic “quirks” that she never seemed to get a handle on had an explanation. “I’d always been forgetful, disorganised, unmotivated unless the task in question interested me hugely. I found myself feeling like a failure sometimes. When my friends could do things relatively easily, I found myself struggling with life tasks, exams, taxes, booking appointments, remembering to turn up to appointments…”...

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