More people than ever are being diagnosed with ADHD, but that doesn’t stop writer imjasondiamond from feeling ashamed about his own: “I feel as if I’m going against the shifting cultural mind-set toward neurodivergent people by not being enthusiastic about my ADHD. I’ve been told more than a few times that [it’s something] I should be ‘proud’ of.”
In the moments when he’s able to look beneath that worry, his concern shifts to his toddler: “What if I’d cursed my child by passing my ADHD down to her?” In the latest edition of
#Figuring, Diamond explores why the idea of his daughter inheriting his ADHD feels so daunting. Read it at the link in bio.