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I was diagnosed with ADD as a kid, not ADHD (that was my brother). I assume I have it with how much I jump around mentally, but who cares? This is who I am. It
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
I was diagnosed with ADD as a kid, not ADHD (that was my brother). I assume I have it with how much I jump around mentally, but who cares?
This is who I am. It's not any kind of problem unless you're being forced into some kind of work where it IS a problem, but then that kind of work isn't for you.
To keep myself feeling good and busy, I work on a TON of creative stuff, sci-fi stories, film scripts etc, and can just put in a note or whatever as I think of it, then back to doing work. And I do tech work where I can have a lot of different tasks and different ways to approach them, which allows for 'jumping around' while still staying ultimately on task.
Software can help a lot as well. For example I started using TeXStudio to organize my ideas because of their navigation pane (most of my tex files just have sections and subsections and no other LaTeX).
All of that is to say instead of trying to force yourself to fit into some kind of mold, create a new mold that fits you perfectly. A mold should come from you, you shouldn't be trying to force into one.