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The ADHD Iceberg (lemy.lol)
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Source: https://dice.camp/@Da_Gut/113314558333947531

An outline two dimensional image of an iceberg, with the following text: THE ADHD ICEBERG. WHAT PEOPLE THINK ADHD IS: trouble focusing, fidgeting. (The following is below the waterline, and thus hidden). WHAT ADHD ACTUALLY IS: difficulty maintaining relationships, depression, difficulty following and maintaining conversations, sensory processing disorder, financial problems, anxiety, uncontrollable fidgeting, hyperfixations, poor sense of time, 'all or nothing', trouble recalling commonly used words, sleeping problems, auditory processing disorder, mood swings, inability to focus even if there are no distractions, executive dysfunction, poor impulse control, rejective sensitive dysphoria, forgetting to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, losing items relentlessly, difficulty switching tasks or inability to stick to one, problems focusing on things even if they are of interest, choice paralysis, trouble regulating emotions, chronic unemployment, forgetting thoughts 0.2 seconds after having them
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

With proper guidance, treatment and development, it can be turned in to a super power.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Be careful with that phrase. Being glad for aspects of one's disability seems to trigger some folks, and the response can be hit or miss. Some days, you mention a thing you're glad that your ADHD gives you, and people dog-pile you for daring to find a silver lining in your own life.

    I get where they're coming from, since there are a lot of folks out there that don't understand what ADHD is. But they forget that there's a world of difference between someone without ADHD dismissing struggles by claiming someone has "superpowers," and someone with ADHD who chooses to celebrate their unique strengths.

    Sorry, tangent. I'm just trying to look out for you because I've seen the Lemmy community jump on people for less.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Thank you. I'm not afraid of online discourse or votes. I have the diagnosis myself, so speak from experience.

    I do not consider it a disability, but rather being differently able.

    I understand that my personal experience does not represent all those similar.

    Cheers, have a nice day.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My X-men style superpower is that under moments of extreme stress I become the most efficient man in the world.

    When I'm not stressed, I'm a lazy asshole, lazier and more asshole than your typical lazy asshole.

    When I am stressed, I channel the avatar of The Flash for up to six minutes at a time, then afterwards, I forget everything I've ever remembered except for guilt that I don't operate like that all the time.

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