This kind of paralysis is what finally got me to see a doctor about ADHD. It just got to the point where it was causing severe anxiety (especially at work) and really awful self-talk.

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Saw this in an adhd group Im a part of

🐦🔗: twitter.com/JayZero95/status/1

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Even with diagnosis and treatment, it's STILL something I'm fighting against. Writing has become exceptionally hard for me to do because there's still so much anxiety wrapped up in it.

The thing about mental illness is that medication is only part of your recovery.

Medication gives you a fighting chance -- it eases the slope of your uphill fight. But it's still a struggle. You have to unlearn unhealthy coping mechanisms, and dive deep to work on the things that can't be resolved with anything but hard work and persistent effort.

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