Chloe Kim details freeing ADHD diagnosis that changed her life

Three-time Olympic medalist snowboarder Chloe Kim announced that she had been diagnosed with ADHD earlier this month.The five-time ESPY Award winner spoke with the California Post in an exclusive interview about her ADHD diagnosis and her partnership with Qelbree for their “Ms.

Represented” campaign, which is focused on bringing greater visibility to the experiences of women and girls ADHD.“I got diagnosed with ADHD seven months ago, and I think that it was the most freeing thing I’ve experienced in a while because I felt like everything I was experiencing had a reason,” Kim told The Post.“I do believe that ADHD is incredibly misrepresented, which is why it took me so long to get diagnosed and seek help,” she added.“When I got to a place where I needed some answers and I needed clarity, and ultimately got my diagnosis, it made so much more sense.

It was so nice to feel validated, my experiences being validated and not dismissed as just being normal or being overwhelmed.”“It was nice to know that there’s a reason why I have a very special, fun brain, and that she just needs a little bit of guidance sometimes.”Kim admitted that she “wasn’t in a good place” before receiving the ADHD diagnosis, despite her success in snowboarding.“It just led to so many years of confusion and disappointment in myself, too, because all the things I was experiencing, I was like, ‘Well, maybe I’m just lazy.Maybe I’m not a good listener.

Maybe I’m not a good friend.’ I would just talk so negatively to myself because I was so unaware of what I was going through,” she continued.Kim didn’t view her ADHD as a negative when it came to her snowboarding career.“I think my ADHD helped me so much in my sport and what I needed to do.

I was very focused and fixated on my sport.How to be better, how to be the best, what I needed to do to get there,” Kim said.“But outside of it, I didn’t put any time or effort into me and myself.

I wasn’t abl...