• Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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    2 days ago

    Can we stop with the narrative that disorders that completely fuck your life up and make you struggle with things normal people do without thinking is somehow a "“superpower”?

    • myplacedk@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      ADHD has pros and cons. People usually forget about the pros, a little balance seems a good thing to me.

      (Although ADHD does not mean higher than average intelligence, that is not one of the pros.)

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        17 hours ago

        For me, it’s been a net negative (I think). But I wouldn’t have been with my loved ones if I don’t have ADHD.

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      1 day ago

      If you have an above average Intelligence, the mechanisms you develop can lead to excelling in many areas. But it comes at great costs and not everyone is this way. It also depends how bad you’ve got it.