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I really appreciate your comment and it brought up a bunch of emotions about my ADHD that I hadn’t thought of in a long time. I don’t know if this impacted you

I really appreciate your comment and it brought up a bunch of emotions about my ADHD that I hadn’t thought of in a long time. I don’t know if this impacted you in childhood the same way it impacted me, but to pretty much every one of my teachers I was the “smartest kid in the room” who “just didn’t try” and I would “do amazing things if I just applied myself” - and now as an adult I know that’s just my ADHD, it’s a super power and a curse all wrapped up into one. I wouldn’t be “the smartest kid in the room” without it, but I’d also be able to keep a calendar. The buffer day is a fantastic idea. I’m considering getting back on the my medication again. If I do, I’ll give this a try.

ParetoOptimal 3y ago
> I really appreciate your comment and it brought up a bunch of emotions about my ADHD that I hadn’t thought of in a long time. Yeah, it can be a journey that can seems to pull you back in randomly. > I don’t know if this impacted you in childhood the same way it impacted me, but to pretty much every one of my teachers I was the “smartest kid in the room” who “just didn’t try” and I would “do amazing things if I just applied myself” Yes, exactly the same. I think a result of it is self-esteem issues or identifying as lazy along with other types of self-shaming. > and now as an adult I know that’s just my ADHD, it’s a super power and a curse all wrapped up into one. I wouldn’t be “the smartest kid in the room” without it, but I’d also be able to keep a calendar. I can relate to this quite a lot. > The buffer day is a fantastic idea. I’m considering getting back on the my medication again. If I do, I’ll give this a try. To be honest, in true ADHD form, I haven't been able to consistently do it but I've found it has good results when I manage to do it. Kind of like meditation :)

ParetoOptimal 3y ago

> I really appreciate your comment and it brought up a bunch of emotions about my ADHD that I hadn’t thought of in a long time. Yeah, it can be a journey that can seems to pull you back in randomly. > I don’t know if this impacted you in childhood the same way it impacted me, but to pretty much every one of my teachers I was the “smartest kid in the room” who “just didn’t try” and I would “do amazing things if I just applied myself” Yes, exactly the same. I think a result of it is self-esteem issues or identifying as lazy along with other types of self-shaming. > and now as an adult I know that’s just my ADHD, it’s a super power and a curse all wrapped up into one. I wouldn’t be “the smartest kid in the room” without it, but I’d also be able to keep a calendar. I can relate to this quite a lot. > The buffer day is a fantastic idea. I’m considering getting back on the my medication again. If I do, I’ll give this a try. To be honest, in true ADHD form, I haven't been able to consistently do it but I've found it has good results when I manage to do it. Kind of like meditation :)