'I couldn’t have ADHD. I was a space cadet. I didn’t have common sense. I was 'whifty.' I’d been told these things my entire life. I had a narrative, and that narrative said I was a moral failure. I was made this way, and by this way, I meant a mess.'
. I remember him in those days: scattered, scared, frightened to finish work. He turned in everything late. Dirty clothes covered his apartment; fast-food drinks tumbled from his car. He had trouble remembering what other people saw as basic obligations. A skilled politician, he needed a handler to win the presidency of the model-legislature group he dominated. It was often, “Oh, Joey,” accompanied by an eye roll.
I understood exactly what he meant. I went to grad school when Joey went to law school. I spent my time skimming my reading. I didn’t turn in papers late, because I wrote them at 3 a.m. the night before. I spent class drifting off, occasionally commenting in a vague, semi-off-topic manner . I never planned my own classes; I graded papers at the absolute last minute before they were due. Mostly, I felt stupid, because I couldn’t keep up with the pace like other students.
I couldn’t have ADHD. I was a space cadet. I didn’t have common sense. I was “whifty.” I’d been told these things my entire life. I had a narrative, and that narrative said I was a moral failure. I was made this way, and by this way, I meant a mess.
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