Unapologetically ADHD

This picture expresses how my brain feels on a daily basis. The world around me is moving fast, while I move just as fast internally, but in different directions. They say ADHD is not a lack of attention; it is really an attention to a lot of stimuli. I have to admit this is true: I absorb a lot of things that are going on around me —from the tone of someone’s voice to the way a person fidgets in their chair to simple physical gestures —all of which provide information about the situation I’m in. This ability to notice significantly more than the average person allows me to problem-solve with lots of information. With ADHD, problem-solving and processing happen much more quickly. An example of this is in social situations, I am hyper-aware of how others are acting and piece it together to recognize when good news is coming or when people are behaving differently than their normal. In one such instance I saw when look a person gave when they were closing a door when they thought nonone was looking. I knew immediately they were up to somehting nefarious, which it turns out they doing somehting illegal. In moments like this previously, I didnt listen to my gut or trust what I was seeing becuase my upbringing by a narcessit taught me not to trust myself. However, inrecent years I have noticed that small details I observe and process have proven to be valid and its becasue of this I have started to lean in a trust myself musc more. I can call people on their BS, I pick up on insecuritites and I also empathize much more now. Interestingly, my ability to problem solve is much better because I no long eliminate those valuable details that tell me so much.

It took until recent years to lean into ADHD as my superpower, and now I fully lean into it and run with it. It’s no longer an insecurity or something others can use against me, because I don’t let them. I took back my power and made it my superpower!