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Re: Is your IQ so high it can't be measured? ADHD superpowers

Re: Is your IQ so high it can't be measured? ADHD superpowers2012-05-10T04:36:21+00:00

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May 10, 2012 at 4:36 am #114341

Scattybird
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May 10, 2012 at 4:36 am
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The ADHD leads to contradictions in our lives it seems.

My emotional regulation is rubbish so I will sadly have a melt down when the photocopier jams and I needed the copies 30 minutes earlier but because my time management is also rubbish. So then I will be annoyed with myself too.

But what Tiddler said about empathy rings true too. If the students I work with have a problem it is me they tend to gravitate towards even if I am not their ‘official’ pastoral tutor. I manage to empathise with them (thankfully). Maybe it’s just situations and machines that I am stroppy with…..and people that type loudly….and get in my way in shops….and chew gum in my face….

I must admit to never having taken an IQ test, but I freeze at all those puzzle-type tests so assume I would score badly. Yet I managed to attain (with a struggle) a good level of academic achievement.

So I feel my ADHD has led to a life of contradictions.

Thank you Toofat for taking my previous comments in good spirit!.

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