I don’t believe compliments 🫣 #adhd

1. APAlex Partridge0:00

   Does anyone else with ADHD experience this? It's got to be the most annoying part of ADHD, and I'll demonstrate it by explaining what happened to me yesterday. So yesterday, I discovered that my RSD book was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Number one. But then I started getting kind messages from people saying, "You must be so proud." And I thought, "No, not really." Like, there's no sense of accomplishment, only exhaustion and a relief that it's done. It's like my positive reinforcement setting is faulty. The end result of any project or task I do only ever feels like, "Thank gosh I survived," and never, "Wow, I did an amazing thing." I don't believe anyone who tries to congratulate me. I just think they're being kind or nice, even when I have the evidence. Like right now, I think the Sunday Times list is just being nice to me, and they don't actually mean it

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