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[ladylavender]

This is very interesting to me—I was diagnosed a few weeks ago and I had no idea. I’m 48 and really thought that I was lazy/crazy/stupid, though I’ve never really felt stupid. Ineffectual, yes, but not stupid.

 

 

So what I am getting from this is you can’t reconcile your success as a high-level cattleman with the possibility that you may also be adhd? Or am I missing something? In the few short weeks since my diagnosis, I’ve researched the condition and over and over have read that most with adhd do very well at intense, physical, demanding, exciting careers. What you have stumbled on is a very important piece of information about how your brain ideally functions. years ago I trained as a high end pastry chef. I was a quick study and really picked it up quick. I was on my feet for 10 hours a day and everything I did was organized, planned and purposeful. There were no “coffee breaks”, and I did well. I didn’t make much money and no benefits so eventually I left for something much more conventional where my performance was much more uneven. And I could go on and on about the jobs that came after. My point is that all these years later, knowing I have adhd, it makes sense that that job was a good job for me and some afterward were not. It all makes sense now. do not be afraid of your condition, if indeed you have it. It’s just information about your brain that you can use to plan to be successful.  Does that make sense. Don’t waste time on judging yourself harshly–it’s a condition, not a choice or moral failing. You might be a terrible accountant but a brilliant cowboy–not that you have to break your body, but if you ACCEPT your condition, you can get on with it.

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