The Exhaustion of Being Interpreted Incorrectly: What Many AuDHD Adults Carry That Nobody Sees (opens in new tab)

A ten-year-old forgets his homework. The teacher concludes he does not care. The child concludes the teacher is right. Twenty-five years later he is still carrying that conclusion. Not the homework. The explanation. Human beings are remarkably resilient. We survive disappointment. Failure. Embarrassment. Loss. Heartbreak. What often proves harder to survive is explanation. Particularly when the explanation is wrong. Most adults can remember a compliment they received last week. Many can still...