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I am not lazy, I might have ADHD

The following piece is something I wrote a while ago. I have, unfortunately left it on the backburner since 2021. As life begin to life-ing it became something not short of "out of sight out of mind". I am on a journey to do the things that brings me joy so here goes something.  In psychology, we learn that people seek help when the coping methods they’ve been using stop working — when whatever is troubling them starts interfering with their life. For a long time, I thought I was just lazy. If I put my mind to something, it should happen. My limbs work, so why can’t I? There are days I can’t make it out of bed in the morning. The only reason I get up is because I have to go relieve myself. We’ve been living in a pandemic hell for almost 24 months. And yet, 2020 was a great year for me. I finally became bachiller en psicologĂ­a, suma cum laude probate. I worked so hard for that, and still I feel undeserving of the title. It’s like I’m missing pieces — like I still don’t know ...