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For all that I love my own creativity, and enthusiasm for the world around me, I balk at the "ADHD is a superpower" framing. All of the issues @danidonovan talks about here are ones I struggle with, too. It's a disability and merits treatment, full stop.
https://www.tiktok.com/@danidonovan/video/6943659906750893317
https://www.tiktok.com/@danidonovan/video/6943659906750893317
I love that I'll never run out of ideas for my work. I don't love:
- losing track of crucial documents and communication
- having no sense of time or object permanence
- inconsistent memory
- forgetting to eat
- being cognitively and physically unable to do things I need to do
- losing track of crucial documents and communication
- having no sense of time or object permanence
- inconsistent memory
- forgetting to eat
- being cognitively and physically unable to do things I need to do
I think that last one is a sticking point for a lot of people. Before my own diagnosis, I couldn't wrap my head around "I have trouble doing something if I don't want to." Even now, it's hard to articulate.
If you don't have ADHD, even if you don't want to do dishes, you do them. For me, it takes me days. Think about when you have a bad day and can't do something as simple as answering a text or taking out your trash. That energetic inability is my baseline for functioning.
Extend that out into your whole life: everything from difficult conversations to health appointments to work communication; everything.
Taking my ADHD seriously, as a disability, opens a path to non-judgment and compassion for myself, which in turn will help me adapt.
Taking my ADHD seriously, as a disability, opens a path to non-judgment and compassion for myself, which in turn will help me adapt.
