When I first got tested for ADHD, I forgot to put the appointment in my calendar and no-showed. The psychiatrist I met with specialized in ADHD, and I almost cried when, instead of giving me a fine like other doctors might, she simply said “a lot of my patients aren’t great with keeping appointments, it’s no problem”
That sounds so nice. I’m currently in a wall of awful about trying to find a new adhd psychiatrist after changing insurance because I’ve been so mistreated by so many psychiatrists over the years.
I know someone who went through an abusive childhood and suffers from complex ptsd. They recently started anti anxiety medication and that has helped temper their fawn/freeze fear response, but it they still live with it.
The biggest surprise for them was that everyone else wasn’t plagued with the same constant fear and anxiety, always trying to placate everyone to avoid confrontation.
This sounds more like PTSD to me, relating to familial abuse.
And teachers. And authority figures in general. My favorite is when psychiatrists aren’t understanding of adhd behaviors
When I first got tested for ADHD, I forgot to put the appointment in my calendar and no-showed. The psychiatrist I met with specialized in ADHD, and I almost cried when, instead of giving me a fine like other doctors might, she simply said “a lot of my patients aren’t great with keeping appointments, it’s no problem”
That sounds so nice. I’m currently in a wall of awful about trying to find a new adhd psychiatrist after changing insurance because I’ve been so mistreated by so many psychiatrists over the years.
Wow it makes sense now. I repressed most of my mental trauma (can’t really recall childhood, outside of nostalgia for music and games)
I know someone who went through an abusive childhood and suffers from complex ptsd. They recently started anti anxiety medication and that has helped temper their fawn/freeze fear response, but it they still live with it.
The biggest surprise for them was that everyone else wasn’t plagued with the same constant fear and anxiety, always trying to placate everyone to avoid confrontation.