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“My parents had a tumultuous relationship throughout my life.
They had a bit of an arranged marriage.
My dad had actually been dating a Caucasian woman, which was kind of frowned upon by his parents.
And so they kind of pushed him to … to marry my mom.”
“I was so traumatized by it as a kid …
I just never really wanted to deal with it,” she said in that same article.
Though she spent the summers in L.A., Ling was primarily raised by her father and grandmother.
“It’s like I grew up thinking, how do you leave kids when you’re that age?
“It was not easy.
And my grandmother was a very, very pious Christian woman.
“No money was exchanged and no diplomacy was conducted.
It truly was a private humanitarian mission,” Lisa toldNPR.
“I never had a desire to be a mother.
It just wasn’t something important to me.
“It’s brought me incredible fulfillment, a new perspective and purpose.
I love it,” she said.
“My head is kind of spinning,” she said after the diagnosis (viaABC News).
Ling has since discussed her mixed feelings about ADHD on numerous occasions.
“I can hyper-focus on things that I am excited and passionate about.
I would never have said that as a kid, though.
I had trouble concentrating in school, and it really affected my grades and self-confidence.
I had to work and try very hard to get ahead.”
