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   Early-school “good sitting, good listening” pressures kick off masking

   1. SPSpeaker0:00

      Children actually start masking from very early age. When children start school at the age of four, they're expected to do good sitting and good listening. ADHD children can't do that definition of good sitting or good listening, or they can do one thing or another. They actually have to force themselves into that to be praised and reinforced and accepted.

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   Introducing Dana Zameck as a leading ADHD consultant

   1. APAlex Partridge0:18

      Dana Zameck is a world-leading ADHD consultant.

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   Focus area: female masking and loneliness

   1. SPSpeaker0:20

      Specializing in female masking and loneliness.

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   Impact: helping thousands of ADHD women understand themselves

   1. APAlex Partridge0:23

      She has helped thousands of ADHD women-

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   Diagnosis and self-knowledge as a foundation for clarity

   1. SPSpeaker0:25

      Understand their diagnosis and themselves.

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   When masking happens without support: exhaustion and identity confusion

   1. SPSpeaker0:28

      If people are undiagnosed or they actually didn't have a support dealing with masking, then masking can be obviously incredibly tiring. It can be almost like incorporating a mystery identity. There is no understanding of what is going on.

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   Questioning gender norms: do societal expectations help women mask?

   1. APAlex Partridge0:43

      Do you think there's societal expectations on women generally that makes them better at masking?

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   Dana begins to respond: unpacking the role of expectations

   1. SPSpeaker0:50

      That's a good question. Um, well-

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