adhd teaches you to hide your inner child away deep in your inner space far from those who would do it harm   you laugh about it i laugh all the fucking time when i am happy when i am uncomfortable when i am confused when i am sad i laugh not because i am amused but because it is the facade that shows the world that everything is ok   the problem is your inner child needs love and it cannot experience love unless you know where you have hidden it remember yourself at age 3 remember yourself at age 7 remember yourself at age 10 and at age 12 i have a picture of myself that has me with a shirt that says 100 baby and when i look at it i cant help but cry a little loving your past self and forgiving it for doing the things it did to you in order to survive was key in my abilities to de-tangle my emotional relationship with my past and begin to understand my mental health