Ah, holiday traditions.
Familiar customs. Annual events.
Like that nephew who always breaks something valuable. The uncle who tells everyone what’s wrong with this country.
How do you find an ADHD compatible job that you love?
There are many reasons we may not find the job or career best suited to us right away. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is not one of those reasons.
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Almost everyone has been so engaged, so enraptured, so fixated on something that time slips by unnoticed. But those of us with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder seem to be far more prone to Hyperfixation.
What does Hyperfixation look like?
Binge watching a show you
love.
Working on a hobby that’s…
When you are diagnosed with ADHD for the first time in adulthood, there is a lot of history to work through. You question why some…
Now and then someone will tell me that Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a gift. A big, fat, wonderful, exciting gift.
Rather than a problem, disorder, constant challenge, or, on bad days, a curse.
Why such opposing views?
Before I was diagnosed as having ADHD, I had a lot of beliefs about myself. And about what ADHD was. And therefore, why I couldn’t have ADHD.
A belief is not the truth.
Let’s be honest. Since ADHD is still not well understood by neuroscience, what you and I ‘know’ about ADHD probably contains some erroneous assumptions, outdated clichés, and a few gaps. Possibly some major gaps.
There are definitely benefits to having ADHD, but first things first: A Caveat. A Clarification. A Disclaimer. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is not a gift. It is not a blessing. And I’m not suggesting it is wonderful.