Danielle Elliott

I remember in the first conversation with my therapist, I was rejecting the diagnosis at first because I was like, I don't want to have this. Everything I read is that women who have this struggle in relationships forever. And I don't want to struggle in relationships forever. This is the thing I wanted to fix about myself, I guess.

I remember in the first conversation with my therapist, I was rejecting the diagnosis at first because I was like, I don't want to have this. Everything I read is that women who have this struggle in relationships forever. And I don't want to struggle in relationships forever. This is the thing I wanted to fix about myself, I guess.

I just remember saying to her, almost not expressing anger towards her individually, but towards kind of the entire field. But I was like, how did we miss this? Not just in me. I had been seeing her for four years. And when I said I had it or when I asked her about it, she sat forward so fast. I was like, yes, yes, I do. But I can't say that to you. So take the self-assessment.

I just remember saying to her, almost not expressing anger towards her individually, but towards kind of the entire field. But I was like, how did we miss this? Not just in me. I had been seeing her for four years. And when I said I had it or when I asked her about it, she sat forward so fast. I was like, yes, yes, I do. But I can't say that to you. So take the self-assessment.

And I was like, how did we miss this? Not just in me, but in an entire generation of women. This is not right.

And I was like, how did we miss this? Not just in me, but in an entire generation of women. This is not right.

There's an episode where I'm with a group of women who have ADHD for almost an entire week. And I don't think I realized how universal a lot of the things are that a lot of women with ADHD experience. And that ended up becoming episode five. And in that episode, just the conversations that I had, the conversations that never made it into the show.

There's an episode where I'm with a group of women who have ADHD for almost an entire week. And I don't think I realized how universal a lot of the things are that a lot of women with ADHD experience. And that ended up becoming episode five. And in that episode, just the conversations that I had, the conversations that never made it into the show.

It was like I was just hearing people express my inner thoughts for an entire week. And it was really interesting to realize, like, we all grew up in different circumstances, but also the same in a way. Hearing them describe their childhood experiences, it all just, I think that's the biggest thing I've learned is that I'm like, this is maybe a strange thing to say, but I'm not all that unique.

It was like I was just hearing people express my inner thoughts for an entire week. And it was really interesting to realize, like, we all grew up in different circumstances, but also the same in a way. Hearing them describe their childhood experiences, it all just, I think that's the biggest thing I've learned is that I'm like, this is maybe a strange thing to say, but I'm not all that unique.

Like, so many of the things that I thought were slightly different about me are actually not once you start talking to other women with ADHD.

Like, so many of the things that I thought were slightly different about me are actually not once you start talking to other women with ADHD.

Yeah, there's something relatable in the episodes that I've heard. Like it's I can relate to all of the stories that I've heard on the podcast, too. You know, yeah. Universality is a good way to put it.

Yeah, there's something relatable in the episodes that I've heard. Like it's I can relate to all of the stories that I've heard on the podcast, too. You know, yeah. Universality is a good way to put it.

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Yeah. No, I think it was the conversation with there's a woman in that episode in episode five. I would say all of the conversations in that one, but especially two conversations in that one. One was with a woman who was only she was coming to this camp for her children. And two weeks before camp, she was diagnosed with ADHD herself and it came completely out of nowhere.

Yeah. No, I think it was the conversation with there's a woman in that episode in episode five. I would say all of the conversations in that one, but especially two conversations in that one. One was with a woman who was only she was coming to this camp for her children. And two weeks before camp, she was diagnosed with ADHD herself and it came completely out of nowhere.

And that conversation just it reminded me of I think sometimes you can think you haven't really learned anything about your ADHD or like progressed at all with managing your ADHD. And speaking to someone who was right at the beginning of having been diagnosed reminded me of how much I have learned and how much I think I have started managing it better. Yeah.

And that conversation just it reminded me of I think sometimes you can think you haven't really learned anything about your ADHD or like progressed at all with managing your ADHD. And speaking to someone who was right at the beginning of having been diagnosed reminded me of how much I have learned and how much I think I have started managing it better. Yeah.