Original upload date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 01:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:15:38 GMT
For the first 25 years of my life I dealt with severe panic and anxiety. There were several things I did to cope with complete overwhelm and lack of focus and clarity -- mostly procrastinate until the
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very last minute, ask for extra time on papers in college, and cross my fingers someone could bail me out of a tight situation. It wasn't until I was 47 years old that I learned something that would completely change how I relate to my own inability to focus, to become seriously distracted, and feeling like I was the most unorganized person I know...I was diagnosed with ADD.
Stephanie sent in a question about how I deal with it, the pros and cons, and how I treat it. What's so interested about ADD, especially in Generation X women, is that we have been misdiagnosed for decades as having ANXIETY, when some of us may actually have been struggling with a learning disability.
The article I reference in this video is here: https://qz.com/592364/decades-of-failing-to-recognize-adhd-in-girls-has-created-a-lost-generation-of-women/
In the comments, I'd love to hear your stories of either struggling or dealing with anxiety/ADD or any other disorder. I hope the information I share in this #AskMel helps you!
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