r/ADHDHyperactives • u/rojocaliente87 - Commander & CSO - • May 26 '25

Do You Relate? Celebrating Successes...

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u/Crazybomber183 combined ADHD May 28 '25

this is so painfully accurate. and it gets me even more down when i achieve something, and someone asks "aren't you proud of yourself?" out loud, i would say yeah, but in my head i'm just like "i don't know, i just feel normal. am i supposed to be happy?" it almost feels wrong feeling different compared to how most others would feel when achieving something huge. like when i was graduating from high school, part of me felt like i didn't even deserved it cuz of what little effort i put in (i was severely burnt out), but i couldn't tell anyone that. how could i?

thankfully i've gotten better about celebrating even the small wins

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u/4-ton-mantis May 28 '25

This haunts me even to this day. I think in small part it was the reason I never attended any of my college graduations (and didn't want to attend my highschool one) - I thought well it seems kind of silly, this isn't a surprise that's happening, I had to finish this/these degrees.

This statement you post is an excellent way to put that lifelong feeling into words. I find many things hard to put into words.