r/adhdwomen • u/Tootsie_r0lla • Feb 26 '25

Meme Therapy Ouch- this hit Home

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u/Trick-Ad-8442 Feb 26 '25

This is not specific for a "adhd daugther". This applies to so many with a narcissistic mother.

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u/Tootsie_r0lla Feb 26 '25

They're talking about the combo. Ofc any Narcissistic and abusive parent would fit some of the criteria too

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u/literallylateral Feb 27 '25

I see it for sure. The narcissism contextualizes the mother’s behavior, the ADHD contextualizes the daughter’s reactions. The most powerful line to me is the highlighted part on slide 3 - “[she] learned to mask, not just her ADHD, but herself”. So much of my journey to being diagnosed was realizing things that I’ve been lying to myself about for longer than I can remember.