This was me during my youth - quiet, polite and serene on the outside, white noise on the inside. Teachers couldn't work out why I excelled at some things and failed totally at others, they thought I was smart but not applying myself to my work. It took me til my 30s to get a diagnosis.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 47 points 6 days ago (7 children)

"a pleasure to have in class, but needs to apply herself"

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My partner got that on hers.

I got a mix of that and "a pleasure to have in class, but needs to work on not distracting others"

How I went 31 years with no raised eyebrows is funny to me, so many red flags attributed to being "quirky" or "eccentric".

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