In the thread, Ali, who is a freelance journalist, writes about some of the misconceptions about the condition in a bid to help others understand it.
ADHD is something that we hear about a lot. However, unless it affects you personally or someone you know, you can never really understand exactly what it is, and how the condition can impact on a person’s life.
This is something that Yashar Ali addresses in a series of tweets on Twitter recently.
In the post, which has been retweeted over 10K times, Yashar says that he was diagnosed with ADD when he was 13.
“To say it’s misunderstood (both by people who have ADHD and people who don’t have it) is an understatement,” he wrote in a thread containing 34 tweets.
“What people need to understand about those of us who have ADHD is we are not homogeneous.”
1. I want to talk about ADHD. I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 13-years-old. To say it's misunderstood (both by people who have ADHD and people who don't have it) is an understatement. What people need to understand about those of us who have ADHD is we are not homogeneous— Yashar Ali (@yashar) February 26, 2019
In the thread, Ali, who is a freelance journalist, writes about some of the misconceptions about the condition in a bid to help others understand it.
“Because many people think those with ADHD all have similar symptoms and challenges, we don't often get the empathy and support we need. ADHD is something we live with every day, hour, minute. It can ravage our lives and you may not even be aware of it.”
3. When people have asked me in the past to describe what ADHD feels like I get into details about how it impacts my life every day but I always add that for me that ADHD has caused me a great deal of emotional pain. It's a frustrating, infuriating disorder.— Yashar Ali (@yashar) February 26, 2019
However, Ali is aware that the condition affects people in different ways and acknowledges that he is only referring to his own experience of living with it.
4. I want to be clear, I don't speak for everyone with ADHD but I have spoken to enough people over the last two years with ADHD that I feel comfortable speaking about it publicly.— Yashar Ali (@yashar) February 26, 2019
Throughout his thread, Ali urges people to not have sympathy for those with ADHD, but rather to have empathy.
Living With ADHD
To understand how that person may be feeling and to know that they are capable of a lot more than some people may think.
