@thesamanthajd: Did you know the most common misdiagnoses of ADHD in women are depression and anxiety?🤯 Women constantly mask their struggles, taught to minimize them and left to think everyone else struggles this hard too—which leads to frequent misdiagnoses. Black women with ADHD often experience late diagnosis and misdiagnosis due to cultural pressures to be "strong," systemic racism, and the misinterpretation of symptoms as defiance or laziness🙄 (be so fr) Some of the ways ADHD can show up for (Black) women in our daily lives👇🏽 1️⃣ Forgetfulness: Due to mental fog and constant racing thoughts 2️⃣ Constant daydreaming or seeming “spacey” (extreme boredom): Mine especially showed up in class, on the soccer field, and at home. Maladaptive daydreaming usually serves different purposes for ADHDers, usually to cope with boredom😅  3️⃣ Emotional dysregulation: Quick to be irritable, frustrated, overwhelmed? Could be unmanaged ADHD👀👀 (not medical advice, just validating you) 4️⃣ Intense procrastination: A result of executive dysfunction, time blindness, & perfectionism 5️⃣ Severe Anxiety: From constantly trying to manage all the things, remember all the things, compete with other racing thoughts, and rumination 6️⃣ Burnout cycles: From working harder to do everyday things + all the masking😅 As a young black girl I excelled in school and was praised when tasks seemed “too easy” for me. The moment I started to struggle I internalized that and masked so well I slipped through the cracks, just like many others do😅 Seeking a diagnosis as an adult and getting that validation was honestly life changing in so many ways!🥹 I hope spreading more awareness and sharing my story helps validate other women who relate🫶🏽✨ Follow @thesamanthajd for more💕 #neurodivergent #adhd #adhdinwomen #audhder #blackhistorymonth

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