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The sustained effort of masking leads to measurable psychological distress for many people with ADHD. The consequences may include chronic exhaustion (burnout), increased anxiety and identity confusion. (Unsplash)

The invisible performance of ‘masking’ ADHD symptoms is exhausting

ADHD isn’t just about experiencing fidgeting, distractibility, forgetfulness or restlessness; it’s also about the hidden work adults do to hide those symptoms in their everyday lives.
About 50 Tanzanians living in Cape Town protested against recent actions by the Tanzanian government in 2025. Rodger Bosch/Getty Images

Young Tanzanians are fed up with not getting a slice of the economic action – research

Tanzania’s October 29 protests were framed as an electoral dispute. Research links them to a deeper crisis of blocked adulthood among young people.
They might not be grown-ups yet. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

When does a kid become an adult?

Growing up is a gradual process, and the timing isn’t the same for everyone. But you will be tried as an adult if you are over 18 and accused of committing a crime.
The term ‘midlife crisis’ didn’t enter the lexicon until 1965, but its gestation stretched across the 18th and 19th centuries. Paul Taylor/Stone via Getty Images

How midlife became a crisis

The shifts associated with being in your 40s and 50s – gray hairs, career doldrums, a longing for something more – seem as inevitable as aging itself. It wasn’t always this way.

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