alt Hacker NewsI have it and it is absolute gift that I wouldn’t trade for anything. It has taken years to figure how to harness it though.
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The diagnostic criteria are all about the fact that ADHD is a net negative. If you feel it is a net positive then you shouldn't have a diagnosis. As a fellow sufferer I do understand that in certain contexts I can out-perform and even run rings around "normal" people. But overall, having ADHD is a bad thing and I wish I didn't have it.
Look, I’ve got it too. I’m glad we’ve figured out how to “game” the adhd. But it’s not a gift.
i have it too and it sucks, I have to take medicine every day for it. Why would an attention deficit and hyperactivity be a gift? Maybe you're talking about something else.
Can you explain what about is it a gift? What are the benefits you get from it?
fighting that fight right now... was doing great until I got to a level with self directed work
...you don't have it.
It's a gift until it's a curse, and ADHD crashout/burnout is an absolute monster to overcome when it arrives.
And for any person who's tasked with any sort of responsibility, it WILL arrive at some point. It's not a question of if, only a question of how well you can prepare for its arrival.