Tom Holland Shares He Was Diagnosed With ADHD and Dyslexia

https://www.eonline.com/news/1421955/tom-holland-on-adhd-dyslexia-diagnosis

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  1. * [**Tom Holland**](https://www.eonline.com/news/tom_holland) recently detailed how his diagnoses with dyslexia and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can sometimes inhibit his craft, and how he overcomes it. 
    * “Any way that you can, as a young person or as an adult, interact with something that forces you to be creative and forces you to think outside the box and make changes,” he said. “I think that the more we do that sort of stuff, the better.”
    * And while this is the first time Tom—whose [engagement to **Zendaya** was confirmed earlier this year](https://www.eonline.com/photos/37862/zendaya-and-tom-hollands-wedding-what-to-know)—has opened up about his struggles with ADHD, he previously shared insight into how he combats his struggles with dyslexia, which he was diagnosed with at age 7. 
    * “My dyslexia, it’s really just my spelling,” he explained during a July 2023 appearance on **Jay Shetty**’s [*On Purpose* podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOqEl4ADyVk). “My spelling was really the biggest hurdle. I worked really hard at school. I didn’t do particularly well but my parents said, ‘As long as you try your best.’”
    * Considering Tom has managed to not only overcome his disorders, but also thrive with them, he also shared some advice to fans struggling with similar endeavors. 
    * “It’s about taking your time,” he explained in [an interview with Jazzys World TV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmqqAkpVulw&t=108s) in 2021. “Giving yourself the appropriate amount of time to do the things you need to do. The better prepared you are for anything the more you’ll be able to do and accomplish things that are fantastic.”

  4. “His spider senses aren’t always tingling properly.”

    “Managed to overcome his disorders.”

    It’s 2025…

  5. Feels like literally everyone has ADHD nowadays.

  6. I knew something was up when he kept firing his webshooters from the wrong hand.

  8. Hey look at that. I thought we were both Rando alcoholics but turns out he was probably self medicating and slowing himself down by cramming his face with alcohol.

    Spider-Man is just like me!

    Thank you for coming to my silly interpretation of a very real problem I am grateful for recognizing in myself and others. Sobriety fucking rules.

  9. Good on him for being open about it. Fuck the stigma.

  11. His alcoholic troubles make sense now. He was trying to slow his thought process down so his thoughts weren’t so amplified in his head

  13. every second person in Britain has dyslexia it seems

  16. At least they got the “Odyssey is the greatest script I’ve ever read” story out first.

  18. Join the club. I was diagnosed at about age 42.

  23. Damn I wish someone made a post about me or anyone else with those

  26. Maybe he orginally wanted to audition for the film „prime sand“?

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