The Private Practice Academy - Kerstin Anderson-Ridge

One of the biggest misconceptions about ADHD in women is they always “look or seem” so disorganised.

Often it’s over-functioning instead.

Many women with ADHD become hyper-aware of disappointing people, forgetting things or getting things “wrong,” so they overcompensate.

So they become the reliable one.

The prepared one.

The highly capable one.

But underneath that they often feel a mix of anxiety, shame and exhaustion.

I think a lot of women are carrying years of self-criticism for struggles that were never their character flaws in the first place.

Do you agree?