People with ADHD receive roughly 20,000 critical messages by age ten, which erodes confidence and fuels imposter syndrome. The pattern: undervaluing what comes easily while harshly judging yourself for struggling with tasks others find normal. Separating your brain's quirks from your identity helps you reclaim self-esteem and own your work.
Let's learn more about ADHD imposter syndrome. If you have ADHD, you've probably heard at least 20,000 more negative messages about yourself by the age of 10, and it continues throughout the rest of your life. So surprise, that actually affects your confidence and gives you imposter syndrome. So one aspect of this that I'd like to look at today with you is the way that we lower the value of things that we love, that we're amazing at, And that are really easy for us. And at the same time, we put ourselves down for not being able to do things that we see seem to be like the basic, quote, normal things that most everybody can do. Once you understand brain chemistry, you understand why this happens, but that still doesn't take away the sense of feeling bad or wrong that you can't do it. So the frustration from this can lead to imposter syndrome, but the more you look at the brain science of ADHD, and you separate how your brain works from your identity of who you are, the more powerful it can be for you to really stand up for yourself, to know yourself, be confident in who you are, and present yourself, your ideas, and your work to the world in ways that are not shadowed by fears and doubts that are the seed of your imposter syndrome.
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