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Lindsay Guentzel: Overcoming the Weight of Shame

ADHD Nerds

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I've Been There, but I Don't Know What I'm Doing

"I remember looking back at like photos of me as a kid and I'm like, man, I look so happy, but I don't remember feeling happy," she says. "It was so kind of, I've had that same experience of like talking to my parents and they had no idea so much of this [was] going on" She's told white lies in her life where it doesn't really harm anybody, 'but it helps cover my shame or it helps explain something' But when people hear you consistently go above and beyond to cover up these mistakes, the internalizing can take its toll.

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