#but shes ALWAYS been super adhd my husband keeps being concerned like its old people dementia stuff but its more like old people adhd stuff
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man something fucked up and twisted about existing in a space where i was completely physically cared for like 100% opposite of physical neglect but emotionally HOO WHEE !
#maybe it was just being a pretty intensely adhd child (who at least has autistic traits too) with checked out parents raised by grandma and#her mother and law who were probably over raising kids#her MIL basically raised my grandmas kids too! and their cousins!#so ofc theyre gonna be emotionally checked out esp when my grandma probably has an intellectual disability of some sort along with#childhood trauma that has never been dealt with#probably some other neurodiversity too and anxiety#terrible impulse control and executive function and prioritizing skills lmao#sounds like adhd to me#anyway#her MIL def has adhd too lol shes barely changed in terms of quickness despite being Oldest Old now#but shes ALWAYS been super adhd my husband keeps being concerned like its old people dementia stuff but its more like old people adhd stuff#shes never been medicated for it and a lot of stuff she does just seems like normal aging stuff (more issues w recall and also she cuts her#sentences off more) but like point being#i was raised by 2 older neurodiverse women only medicated for physical stuff and depression whove been thru multiple gens of children#so like. i just dont know how they could have the emotional capacity unless there was some magic therapy intervention#pretty thankful i was physically cared for! but it gives me complex feelings on having 0 emotional interest or outlet in my family#oh my god they all have adhd#everyone in my family
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