IHCLACS, if you think you have ADD you should probably make an effort to have it diagnosed. I suppose that depends on the level of your certainty, but if you think you have it it would help you immensely to know for sure. It also opens up doors to resources, and lets you make a plan as to how you want to proceed. Here in DB there is an emphasis on having a plan because the number-one thing that causes fear and anxiety is the uncertainty. Planning takes a lot of the uncertainty out of one's life, reduces the stress, and allows for making more clear-headed decisions. Anyway, in psychology giving a name to one's suffering is to objectify it. When you have a name for what's eating you, it's far easier to deal with it because it's no longer this amorphous blob in your mind. It becomes more predictable and 'predictable' is the opposite of 'uncertain'.
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