“You obviously don’t have a mental disability so pretending you do could be seen as disrespectful of those unfortunate people that really do suffer from mental problems,” she accuses. Read how one writer handled being accused of lying about ADHD. fsouth
“I’m concerned that you are possibly misrepresenting yourself, or at the least exaggerating some small problem for dramatic effect.”at an autobiographical writing and critique group, where I just read my story about living with ADHD earlier in the afternoon, when this perfectly nice, soft-spoken middle aged woman, who didn’t say anything after my reading, pulls me aside and accuses me of lying about who I am.
Of course there are always exceptions — on our second date I told Margaret, my wife-to-be, that a mule kicked out my front teeth when I was working on a dude ranch in Colorado. That sounded a lot more impressive than getting bridgework after a swimming pool accident. At this point I admit I am staring at her open-mouthed. I dig my car keys out of my pocket and immediately drop them on the gravel driveway. I pick them up, unlock my car door, and throw my bag and bedding in the back seat. I don’t want to talk to this person.
But if the conversation starts going back and forth I back off and stay quiet, unless I’m around folks who know me and are used to my, malaprops, lost thoughts, names, and ideas, stammering, and back-flip subject-jumps. Over the years I’ve worked hard at developing ways to keep that part of me hidden when I have to — like the careful construction and rehearsal before speaking gambit.
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