ADHD Journal Therapy Series

There’s a quiet form of career sabotage that rarely gets discussed — the kind that hides behind “organizational restructuring.”

Sometimes a reporting line doesn’t change because of business needs.

Sometimes it changes to block mobility, derail a career path, or interfere with an employee’s right to reasonable accommodations.

For many neurodivergent professionals — especially those with ADHD — this is where the harm becomes invisible.

A manager can’t openly blacklist you, but they can:

• Reassign you to a role with no advancement path

• Redirect opportunities away from you

• Restructure your reporting line to limit visibility

• Complicate or delay ADA accommodation requests

And because it’s framed as “business decisions,” the impact gets dismissed as personal misunderstanding rather than structural exclusion.

Here’s the truth:

Career barriers created through manipulation of process are still career barriers.

And naming them is not unprofessional — it’s necessary.

I’m sharing this because many of us have lived it in silence, internalizing harm that was never ours to carry. Reclaiming the narrative means acknowledging what happened and recognizing the resilience it took to keep going.

Your path wasn’t blocked — it was rerouted. And you are building forward with clarity, confidence, and a commitment to workplaces where transparency and psychological safety aren’t optional.

If you’ve experienced something similar, you’re not alone. Your story matters whether speaking it out loud or writing it down privately in a journal. Take your power back.

Let’s shift this narrative together. What was your journey to healing?  Drop a comment or to show support 🎗️.

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