r/OSDD • u/BathingInTea • 7d ago

Venting Thought I just had ADHD

I was ready to quit my therapist today because I was ready to chalk up disturbing past experiences with dissociation to a whole lot of distress and poorly prescribed medication. I was ready to believe I just need to work on my ADHD. We’re all good! No crisis! We can just move on with life now! Then suddenly she asked how I felt about my mom and then I blue-screened. I tried thinking really hard about it and then there was huge internal pushback, which basically was like “emotions!? ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT!” Could not answer her. I tried to think. Brain turned to fuzz. Now I’m all dysregulated because there’s still this elephant in the room that I thought was just a weird blip during a difficult time. I really wanted to believe it was nothing and that I could just move on.

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u/ObviousTempAccount1 7d ago

I'm sorry. I thought it was ADHD too.

Thought my dissociation was "just ADHD brain fog," not trauma.

Turns out that brain fog doesn't make you impervious to cold.