Late ADHD Diagnosis Grief: Why Relief Feels Like Loss
You finally got the ADHD diagnosis. So why do you feel wrecked?
DAM Trauma, episode 4, for ADHD Awareness Month. Trauma therapist Adina Petre, who was diagnosed late herself, on the grief nobody warns you about: rereading old school reports, the anger at the people who missed it, the shame that decades of being called lazy leaves behind, and finding out about yourself because your child was assessed first. Plus the first thing she works on when a newly diagnosed client walks in.
Guest: Adina Petre, trauma therapist based in Amsterdam working with international clients.
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