When Someone Doesn’t Want to Believe You Have ADHD

By Neil Petersen

When trying to explain our condition to others, people with ADHD frequently run into problems like a lack of awareness over what ADHD is or general stigma surrounding mental health conditions like ADHD. But a more particular problem is encountering people who specifically don’t want to believe that we have ADHD.

This goes beyond simple ignorance or mental health illiteracy. In some cases, people are motivated to believe that we don’t have ADHD... Read the full article.