when i was in therapy i talked about a lot of the bad stuff i did throughout my life that could be seen as manifestations of adhd i expected her to ask me why i behaved like i did or get straight to “how can we fix this let’s review some organizational techniques”   instead she just said “i’m so sorry you experienced that that must have been so painful”   and it was one of the only times someone had acknowledged that i suffered too as a result of my actions and implied that it was more like my actions were happening to me instead of a serious of bad choices i was consciously making because i was bad i just said “yeah” then silence then cue the ugly tears