Validation can be exceptionally powerful. Validation is often underestimated and left out of discussions when it comes to the recovery/improving process. I have found it to be extremely important.
This is what I believe:
Validation is a powerful healing agent for those who have suffered too long with ADHD unaware of why they are the way they are.
Validation does not mean that things were in actuality okay.
Validation means that yes, something was different and not completely under the person’s control. ADDer’s, especially those of us who have lived a very long while not understanding the ‘why’ behind our actions and reactions, feel a powerful sense of validation when diagnosed with ADHD. And as we learn more about ADHD the validation grows stronger still.
