'We’ve learned to anticipate constant attack, so we’ve developed unhealthy coping mechanisms to function in a neurotypical world. We’re always afraid of placing a foot wrong, of missing a social cue, of forgetting an important deadline.'
My husband has been very unsupportive, stubborn, hard headed, self absorbed, his way or the highway, Etc. He knew I had ADHD. He even would contradict himself though, and refused to allow me to get tested, diagnosed or treated for it for years. His,excuse was our insurance would not cover it and it was far too expensive.Yet he would ridicule me and bring it up all the time, I did not fight for it until I was 47. And then I found out that our insurance and my SSDI would cover it.
I had to fire 3 primary physicians because they refused to listen to me…in fact one tried to tell me I was bipolar after talking to me for only the first 5 minutes of my first appointment, and he had my husband in the room too, as it was his first appointment and decided to exam us both. That set me up for failure.
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