I love my ADHD 'superpowers'!
ADHD can be such a task to learn about, manage and stay consistent with management strategies. However, after handling it for a few years now, I've come to love the parts of me that screams ADHD! For example, I love how if a topic interests me, I will hyperfocus and learn so much about it that I can write a thesis on it!
Would love to hear what you love about your ADHD superpowers! :D
I'm learning a lot about my ADHD and how to manage it. I think what I like the most about it is that it makes me a funny and outgoing person. Instead of feeling bad and complaining about my deficits I try to laugh it off with my closer friends and family. I noticed the more I'm open about it and able to take it lightheartedly the easier it is to socialize and have a good time with everyone.
In the end, we all share some good laughs and that's what matters 😅
Oh that’s wonderful! It’s difficult to get to a space where you love all these things about you and I’m glad you are sharing this 🤩
You’re so right about being open and lighthearted about it!
@justahistorian what is de meaning of ADHD
@justahistorian
Its the same for me, ever since I started sharing with friends and family I have felt so much happier, and able to accept my shortcomings and embrace my strengths. We are all WIP and that's okay. One day at a time and try to improve!
@Nakshatra
my adhd got nothing good just makes everyone hate me because am so annoying and no one stand me be around them
I’m sorry to hear that :(
@Nakshatra
is ok some people like me deserve it
I understand. I can count the number of friends I have on two fingers. ADHD is so very, very hard to live with!
@Nakshatra This is such a nice outlook to have! I've been learning to love my ADHD traits since my diagnosis last year, and this has been a lovely reminder to be more kind to myself and celebrate who I am :') Thank you for sharing 💞
You’re going to love yourself more than anyone else can!
@Nakshatra
I *** hate mine.
I don't typically think of my ADHD in a positive light since it causes me so many problems throughout the day. I suppose a positive would be similar to yours, finding out something interesting and wanting to learn everything about it right away.
@Nakshatra
I also like the ability I have to focus, and to see connections between issues that "linears" may not catch. In my case, I was able to select a PhD research topic and accompanying research questions that were obvious to me, but almost 100% overlooked in the literature, and of interest to the scholarly community. On the other hand, I spent so much of my life not learning useful strategies to harness my ADHD super powers, that I picked up bad habits - kind of like learning how to ski without lessons. In other words, I let my creativity take over good dailty structure. Has anyone else experienced anything similiar? What did you do to adjust to better practices? Thanks!
I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD for 15 years now and I’m 21. For me, I’ve never had a superpower with my adhd. Even after managing it for so long. Taking medications and whatnot. I feel that it takes everything I have to focus on one subject. Like everything feels like a chore. Now if there’s one thing that I’d call something I love is reading. As long as it’s something good, not even my adhd is able to take me away from something that pulls me in. Reading is great!
@Nakshatra
I love my ADHD ability (never a disability) as I can do soooooo many things at once. It certain makes for a productive entrepreneur but drives everyone who are neurotypical crazy hehe.
I don’t have any superpowers with my ADHD. It has made a sh!t show of my life. I had accumulated over $25,000 in debt, helped ruined my marriage, gave me rock-bottom self esteem and social isolation, and led to my being nearly retirement age without a career to retire from. Just to name a few. I am so sorry but I can’t see any superpowers about it in my case. I sure wish I could, though…….
