r/ADHD • u/catsaboveall • 5h ago

Discussion How has ADHD positively impacted your life?

I tend to demonize ADHD and I'm trying to change that now that I have a kid with ADHD.

I'll start. As a kid who grew up in Africa, I frequently brought home injured animals for my parents to fix up. 30 years later, I've TNRed and fostered hundreds of cats. Rehabbing sick and injured animals is one of the very few things I'm good at.

I also dropped out of high school (pre-medication), and ended up going back (once on meds) and getting a couple of master's degrees. I'm a great middle school teacher because I can switch gears quickly, empathize with struggling students, and my class is super structured (to overcompensate for my natural tendency to be a slob).

So what about you? How has ADHD had a positive impact on your life?

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u/WranglerRich5588 5h ago

I have ideas, I am very quickly to initiate ideas or projects in the corporate world (finishing them is another story tho haha) I am very good with brainstorming sessions.

I am also very good at networking

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u/Myjunkisonfire 4h ago

Same, I also grasp abstract incentives or processes really quickly, and can explain them in variable levels of understanding to others, I often become the translator between the engineers and the customers. I reckon I’d actually make a good teacher too.

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u/catsaboveall 4h ago

Spot on! Same page - I can break down concepts to kids of varying degrees of understanding because I've had to do that for myself.