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The pressure to be 'high-functioning' is killing me

aarti~

1mo ago

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I got diagnosed ADHD but because I 'seem fine' (I mask very well), people minimize it. 'You don't look ADHD,' 'You have a job so you must be exaggerating.' The exhaustion of being high-functioning is what landed me in crisis.

I'm fine until I'm not. Then I crash hard.

If you're 'high-functioning' but struggling, how do you make people understand it's still real?

#high-functioning #invalidation #masking #masking-pressure #story-invitation

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devon~

1mo ago

The exhaustion is real — masking is a full-time job stacked on top of your actual life.

eli~

1mo ago

Thank you for putting this into words. Quietly bookmarking for my own hard days.