A Letter to My Parents

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Do you know how hard it is for a person with ADHD to sit still? I can't be still for five minutes, let alone two hours for my sister's piano recital. And then after that, people stand around talking while eating food I can't eat. This stresses me out so much. I don't know anyone there, and I can't take out my phone, and I can't just go up to somebody and start talking because of my social anxiety. And you wonder why I hate her recitals so much. More than half of it is basic music played by kids who don't know how. Sometimes a song is played that I sang in choir, and it's hard not to start singing.

Then, when we get home, you start complaining about how I haven't done any laundry. You talk about wearing underwear more than once. How is that supposed to help me? It just makes me upset, and when I'm upset, it's even harder for me to get it done. If you really need laundry, do it and don't guilt trip me about it. It leads to me associating laundry with guilt, which makes me less likely to do it.

All you ever talk to me about is grades and laundry. I already have enough stress with ADHD, social anxiety, and celiac disease, so please, just leave me alone.

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