Were you a restless child? One of my mother's first memories of my childhood was that I didn't want to sleep during the day at all, she had the feeling that I was afraid of missing something. In primary school years, I was a tomboy, I liked to break the peace and rules. In old age, hyperactivity disappeared, but attention deficit remained. I just recently found out about my ADHD and it answered a lot of questions for me
Mine was extremely traumatic on several levels. Aside from that, I was a straight A student K-12…but one thing always resounded, “You’d lose your head if it wasn’t attached!” The fact that I was a straight A student, who didn’t do drugs or drink or even have sex…I took this as such an insult to the one thing I thought I was: smart. Now I know I was and am intelligent. I hate that it’s the one good thing I believe about myself that was taken from me in a hell of a childhood, and continues to be misunderstood as I deal with the mental health issues that came from that childhood (PTSD, severe anxiety, compulsive behaviors, severe insecurities, and hyper vigilance that exhausts me).
Oh, I also had difficulties with sleeping because of the fear of missing something. I remember that I wanted to learn knitting, and it seemed really difficult for me - but as our Mom told us to have a daytime nap, I didn’t sleep at all, I took those knitting stuff and finally learned knitting a base chain just because of my protest vs sleeping time 🌚🌝
i don't remember but very few things about it. it's all blurry .
I am so happy for your diagnosis. I hope you are able to grow and learn more about yourself
