> do these traits ynegatively impact your life or the life of those around you? If they cause distress in daily living then it’s a “disorder”. If those same tra

> do these traits ynegatively impact your life or the life of those around you? If they cause distress in daily living then it’s a “disorder”. If those same traits are not a problem for someone else, then it isn’t. Agree with this. And even when they do cause distress, it’s not uncommon for ADHD to also be associated with positive attributes as well. Genes are not selected to make us reliably happy, but successful in a statistical way in some environment. So “disorder” definitely overstates a negative interpretation. EDIT: A term like “processing style” would be less pejorative or opinionated. Every common processing style that can be “high functioning” has its advantages, disadvantages, coping strategies, and ideal support systems. None of us was born complete, a master of all thinking styles, and without the need for other kinds of people. FURTHER EDIT: re another common “processing style”, I have dealt with more than one productive narcissist for extended time frames. Things did not always go well is an understatement. But not always badly either - they both had many accomplishments directly helped by their “disorder”. The mix of positive and negative features of that, not to mention the achievements of many famous people with elements of that, also suggest we need a better word than “disorder”. Even worse in that case, the connotations of the words “narcissist” and “disorder” create a particularly strong resistance for people with those traits to learn more about themselves or openly deal with their thinking style in a practical open way. Completely perverse terminology for knowledge that by another name could better help those people and those around them!