Hi, I'm new here.
I was diagnosed with ADD as a kid (not ADHD. Apparently no one but me has plain old ADD anymore) My dad said it ment I just needed to try harder. All my life teachers, sargents, managers, and my parents have been getting mad at me for forgetting things. They say I don't pay attention, don't care or I'm just lazy. Ppl tell me to just focus, just don't forget, or just do it (it= whatever I'm struggeling to do.")

When I talk to the ppl arround me about having ADD they say things like "Don't say that about yourself, there's nothing wrong with you, everyone is forgetful." "So what? lots of ppl have ADD, that's not an excuse." and "ADD or not, ethese are that same things everyone else struggles with, you're no different."

This is not the same thing everyone else struggels with! I'm told to "just make a list of what you need to do so you don't forget." So I do. I forget to check the list, or lose it, or simply can't seem to get through it.

My mom comes over and wants to help with chores but then gets really mad that I keep starting new tasks before finishing other ones. She say's she's  helping me and I'm just pushing all the work off on here.

Try harder, try harder, try harder, try harder, try harder, try harder is all I ever hear!
 
PS
Sorry for the spelling, I  can't find a spell check on here. I'm dislexic too but according to my dad Im too lazy to spell correctly and don't care that bad spelling makes me look stupid.