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Everyone has a story they tell themselves, Andrea Bordenca says, and hers, growing up, was not a positive one. “My story was that I was not a good student, that I wasn’t smart,” she told HCN, adding that her struggles in school and with self-esteem were compounded by unhealthy coping mechanisms — and an ADHD diagnosis … and addiction to her medications to treat that. “Because I didn’t have healthy coping mechanisms, it got worse into adulthood — I felt depressed and undervalued; I didn’t see my own worth,”