man this hits home i vividly remember being banned from my year 8 science lessons because i couldn’t follow through a task of drawing a diagram with a pencil i could answer some tough questions but couldn’t follow a simple task   i ended up sitting with the deputy head every science lesson for almost the entire year  to be fair my teacher screaming at me ‘you don’t fucking listen’ probably should’ve been an early warning i have adhd 17 years later and i finally got diagnosed even now i struggle with what many think are simple tasks i’m a content writer but find writing about something i’m not interested in almost impossible 300 word piece on pensions will take me days but a 3000 word piece on football will take me two hours   i do think when you’re undiagnosed and you get these punishments for things you can’t control like not following steps being late or unorganised it totally kills your confidence i now don’t do things because i know i’ll fuck them up and if someone calls me out or punishes me it starts a cycle of low mood