OK (2021)
“I was really clever, in all of the tops, got mostly straight As and always intended to do well, but I had ADHD and didn’t know it.”
“I found it hard to concentrate, I was getting in trouble for being too loud, speaking when I shouldn’t, interrupting people, I had all of the symptoms,”
“When I was younger, ADHD wasn’t really spoken about in schools.”
“Back then, the people who had ADHD were always treated like they were different, and put in different sets and stuff rather than being helped”
“So I guess my parents didn’t want to say ‘oh she’s got ADHD’ or whatever, they were like ‘oh well she’s not that bad, she’s not out of control’ – because I was actually doing alright in terms of my grades and stuff.”
The star admitted that her undiagnosed condition “definitely made my younger and school life hard”,”if I’d been diagnosed back then it would’ve really helped and given me so much more understanding”.