Biggest joke is I thought I wasn't hyperactive because I wasn't running around, screaming and getting into trouble.

That's one way hyperactivity can be visible, but for me, it was the constant head scratching, tugging on my clothes, shaking my leg and switching seating position

It's also my hate for being restricted from moving, playing with my earrings or hair, the little dance steps I make waiting for the train. It's when I can't stop myself from talking or interrupting people, or the hyperspeed of my thoughts (that actually, make me move slowly)

So in a way, my hyperactivity was invisible. But looking at it now, it has always been very visible and just misinterpreted as being moody, being tomboyish or being selfish, so I spent a huge amount of energy on trying to hide and disguise it. So well that I didn't see it myself.

For the longest time I actually thought I was shy or anxious because I was scratching my head or rubbing my arm when I’m somewhere. Turns out I’m just fidgeting so I don’t involuntarily interrupt people.

I AM shy and anxious, but I misread my own body language there