I think that's what made me really depressed." "Just feeling like such an outsider in my personal relationships, in my work relationships, even at school at uni, I just felt so so much of an outsider. I just felt I had no self worth and I think that is because of the ADHD. "It's only looking back now, five years on, that that was the reason I felt so alone. It is only when I started to draw the comparisons and I was like, OK, that sounds like me," Ted added. "He was talking about his ADHD and things started to click into place. He only got himself out of it when he interviewed a therapist on his business podcast about depression who also talked about his ADHD diagnosis. He began to shut himself off from colleagues and friends and spiralled into depression. The ordeal reached breaking point when Ted was left feeling he had "no self-worth" and like an outsider. It got to the point where my manager pulled me aside quite a few times and was like, 'is everything OK at home?' When I said yes, they thought I was stoned or on drugs. My manager would ask me what happened at work the day before and I would instantly forget - they thought I was either lying, stupid or that I didn't do a thing. He told MyLondon: "I was so forgetful and had a massive attention to detail problem. Ted said his symptoms meant he felt 'completely isolated' from colleagues and friends
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