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Are you... gatekeeping a mental illness you don't have? :) I'm a software engineer with ADHD. I've been diagnosed by doctors, psychologists, and even imagery (
by murph 4y ago
Are you... gatekeeping a mental illness you don't have? :)
I'm a software engineer with ADHD. I've been diagnosed by doctors, psychologists, and even imagery (SPECT scans). I work at a big tech company, and I'm very senior and well paid.
They're totally compatible. It's not easy, but by adulthood most of us have a lot of skills to compensate, and sometimes medication.
I'd liken focus with my ADHD to holding a firehouse - it's actually incredibly powerful, but difficult to control.
- elcritch 4y agoWhere did you get SPECT scans? > I'd liken focus with my ADHD to holding a firehouse - it's actually incredibly powerful, but difficult to control. Controlling the hyper focus can be hard. I liken my experience of adhd to learning horse riding and being given an unruly stallion for a brain while everyone else got well trained if slower horses. Except no one told you and blame you for not "wanting to work hard enough".