Angela MondorClickUp Verified Consultant, ClickUp · Operations consultant & ClickUp Verified Consultant for neurodivergent entrepreneurs

The Truth About Masking ADHD 🤯 #adhd #shorts #mentalhealth

18 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Angela Mondor. This content was uploaded by Angela Mondor. This is a YouTube video titled "The Truth About Masking ADHD 🤯 #adhd #shorts #mentalhealth" (created 2025-03-18). The excerpt is a spoken segment in which a speaker recounts personal experiences with masking ADHD—being proud to "pass for normal," reactions from others after an official ADHD diagnosis, and messages from members of an ADHD group questioning their fit. The speaker addresses someone named Angela, but the excerpt is a single-speaker monologue or interview fragment rather than a multi‑party dialogue.

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Angela, it was a point of pride for me. And I used to refer to it as passing for normal. Mm-hmm. And I was proud. I was proud that I passed for normal. I was proud that by the time I actually got my official ADHD diagnosis, that people were like, you really? No. I mean, the first ADHD group I was part of, I had literally people messaging me in the chat privately. Saying, "You're not really. You're like a journalist. You're doing some like research or something." Like, and I thought, "Yeah, now I get it." It's like now that I'm finally able and willing to like come out of the ADHD closet, people are saying, "No, you don't belong here," because I had become such an expert at masking, right? And