I keep the details of my idiosyncrasies to myself. Folks with ADHD often tell others explicitly.
To my kindred ‘special’ people, do you tell others specifically what makes you different, or do you keep it to yourself? Why?
I keep the details of my idiosyncrasies to myself. Folks with ADHD often tell others explicitly.
To my kindred ‘special’ people, do you tell others specifically what makes you different, or do you keep it to yourself? Why?
When it comes up, I prefer to just describe the symptom currently at play— e.g. “no it was funny, I’m just slow to get jokes”, or “I need to step outside, crowds stress me out”.
It’s not a big secret or anything, but I don’t want every slightly awkward moment to turn into a big conversation about my neurotype. Besides, I am how I am, it would be fine even if I didn’t have a reason. I don’t want people to tolerate me because I have a disorder to “justify” it.