Actor and director Justin Baldoni has been diagnosed with ADHD at age 40, after years of feeling 'stupid' and experiencing symptoms since childhood. He expresses gratitude for his parents' decision not to medicate him and finds self-compassion through the diagnosis.
Have YOU got a story? EmailIt took four years for Justin Baldoni 's therapist to finally convince him to get tested for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder after years of feeling 'stupid,' and he was officially diagnosed this year at age 40.
Baldoni - who felt like 'God made a mistake' - doesn't blame his parents Sam and Sharon for choosing not to get him tested and put on drugs like Ritalin to treat the neurodivergent condition. Justin continued: 'They did the best that they could. I've gone through my anger and my frustration and my grieving about what could have been. I end with compassion and empathy for those two trying to raise a son that looked very similar to them and how triggering that must have been.'
Justin gets a lot of support from his Swedish wife of 11 years, Emily Fuxler, whom he originally met in 2011. Justin told Elizabeth Day's How to Fail podcast on Wednesday: 'I don't really have any positive memories of school. Reading was always very tough. I remember at a very young age, having to reread and reread and reread pages over again'
Baldoni gets a lot of support from his Swedish wife of 11 years, Emily Fuxler , whom he originally met in 2011 Blake faced substantial outrage over her treatment of journalists, sarcastically answering questions about domestic violence in the movie, and floral-filled Barbie-style promotion directly tied to her haircare and booze brands
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