I love the prompt this week! For most of my life I told myself that I was never going to live up to my potential, that I was smart but lazy and couldn't follow through on things to save my life, that I was not as good at school, work, adulting as my peers and therefore would always be less successful and by extension less happy. It took a year of working with my therapist before she picked up on my comments about feeling like I always got in my own way and wasn't living up to what I think I should be achieving before she recommended I get tested for ADHD. One diagnosis and 6 months of meds later and I'm doing things I didn't think I'd ever be able to do. Some days I still get in my head that I'm "bad at this" whether that's focusing to finish an important work task, organizing my space, or being on time - but then I try to remind myself that's not my story anymore.
I love the prompt this week! For most of my life I told myself that I was never going to live up to my potential, that I was smart but lazy and couldn't follow through on things to save my life, that I was not as good at school, work, adulting as my peers and therefore would always be less successful and by extension less happy. It took a year of working with my therapist before she picked up on my comments about feeling like I always got in my own way and wasn't living up to what I think I should be achieving before she recommended I get tested for ADHD. One diagnosis and 6 months of meds later and I'm doing things I didn't think I'd ever be able to do. Some days I still get in my head that I'm "bad at this" whether that's focusing to finish an important work task, organizing my space, or being on time - but then I try to remind myself that's not my story anymore.
Thank you for sharing!