ADHD is Like an Emotionally Abusive Boyfriend

Jokes aside, it’s no fun

Photo by Ahmed Zayan on Unsplash

I’ve lived with untreated ADHD until my mid-40s, and this is the closest comparison I can make. People make jokes about it, and most are funny, but the condition has a dark, unfunny side. You’d even call it emotionally abusive if someone did what ADHD does to you. Emotionally abusive in the way only someone who is supposed to love you can be…