This is why it seems like everyone has ADHD right now — including you

It might seem like ‘everyone has ADHD right now’ – but that couldn’t be further from the truth (Picture: Metro)

Confiding in a friend of mine after I was first diagnosed with ADHD, I opened up to her about my lifelong struggles with time blindness, lateness, general disorganisation, and emotional dysregulation.

I was relieved to finally have a label for what I’d been experiencing.

‘But isn’t it normal to get a little bit distracted sometimes? I probably have ADHD too, if that’s the case’ she said to me.

My heart sank, feeling both rejected and my experiences diminished in one simple interaction. I doubt she meant to upset me, but her...