Re: Why Some Entrepreneurs Call ADHD a Superpower

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@twilightfades I am very happy that you have someone to assist you. In the Canadian economy, at least is Ontario where the average mortgage debt load is greater than 30% of personal income, no one who is in the middle class or lower can afford a personal assistant. This is a luxury most ADHDers will never have. Ever.

The reason for my original post was because no_dopamine was asking for an app or software to assist her planning. I was throwing hiring someone to do it for you out there as a gag, as she would not have said that she needed software to do it if she could hire an executive assistant. I meant no offence, just a light ribbing. In typical fashion, I guess, I didn’t think of the consequences of my statements in advance.

Also, no matter how severe the symptoms are, if someone does not try to cope with the issues themselves than there is no personal growth nor will they have the happiness of achieving a modicum of self reliance. I understand that behavioural modification will not work without persistent external rewards in place. However, it is amazing how personally rewarding it is to occasionally remember an appointment, arrive on time, etc., by ones own efforts. We fail, we get up, we try again, likely fail again, get up, try again, etc. Occasionally something goes right. We find the right job, the right stimulant drug, work out an obsessive routine, etc. and things click, even if its just for a bit before it falls apart again. That brief moment makes it worth it.

Wgreen had an interesting thread on whether ADHD people should be parents or get married, which I think is a very valid question, especially in severe cases. It is most certainly unfair to expect our spouses to pick up our pieces till the end of our days.

Tom Sawyer likely had ADHD Combined Type with a Conduct Disorder. Reading it as an adult, he comes off as a mean bugger.

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