I believe this as well. I was diagnosed with ADHD a couple years ago and it explained a lot about my life and family. Both of my parents were deeply emotionall

I believe this as well. I was diagnosed with ADHD a couple years ago and it explained a lot about my life and family. Both of my parents were deeply emotionally disregulated and there was a ton of physical and emotional abuse at home when I was growing up. Looking back at my parents behavior today, I’m convinced that they would be clinically diagnosed as well. In my case, both things were true and I get the sense that this is a fairly common scenario. The bottom line is that we have to learn to adapt and cope with living in a world that really wasn’t designed for us, and not understanding myself led to addiction and a ton of other bad stuff. I have to remind myself that hardly any of this information existed 30 years ago and that my parents were trying to cope, just as I am today.