High functioning ADHD, it's an appearance. It's what appears in terms of this person having ADHD and what their life looks like.

It doesn't give you the reality of what's going on behind it. So it's very much face value stuff.

Your life would suggest, yeah, despite the challenges of ADHD, he does really well. However, they don't see the hidden struggle behind it.

Dr. Mark Rackley is an ADHD specialist. With more than two decades of experience, helping

neurodiverse people with their mental health. He's back by popular demand to deep dive

into the struggles of ADHD. And to help you understand yourself. We know ADHD and addiction,

sadly, can go hand on hand.

Well, but high achieving, it might not seem so obvious in terms of it being an addiction.

It can lead people to becoming workaholics.

If they're high achieving or trying to overachieve or overcompensate,

they could then become that type of workaholic, which is constantly trying to spend more time in the office

or being very consumed with their jobs overly worried. They're trying very hard to be conscientious,

but that comes at a huge price. How extreme can masking get in someone with ADHD? That's the

truth of it, which is five signs of high functioning ADHD. Yeah.

And I think it's a topic I wanted to cover because I've been called high functioning before.

I've spoken to many people who have been called high functioning. And for me, it feels like a bit of an invalidation towards the

struggles that can come. So I looked up high functioning and it said that you seem to be able

to get through your day without any struggle. But I think the more I thought about it,

it's you can get through your day without any struggle from the perception of others. But I think the more I thought about it, it's you can get through your day without

any struggle from the perception of others. But from your own point of view, there are significant

hidden challenges and struggles that are invisible to other people. And I think as an example,

my, if I go to a meeting, I could turn up to that meeting and be present and engaged and focused,

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