A lot of the “traits” I had that I connected to my ADHD was ironically not from the internet but from this book by Michele Novotni, PhD “What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don’t”. When I did, I functioned way better. If I learned earlier I wouldn’t have suffered and lost lifelong opportunities.
I’m actually writing a book on this. Take RSD, the new darling of ADHD “influencers”, for example: the concept that fear of rejection is an ADHD trait, and that non ADHD people ignore rejection is so preposterous it makes me mad.
Think of the whole sociodynamics of teen and young adulthood, for example, or the billion dollar industries based on catering to people’s fear of rejection. Most people crave acceptance, praise, being valued, etc. We are social animals.
Lots more in the book.
I’m wring the book in spurts of hyper focus, with days or weeks between these, of course. We do have major, objective challenges.
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A lot of the “traits” I had that I connected to my ADHD was ironically not from the internet but from this book by Michele Novotni, PhD “What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don’t”. When I did, I functioned way better. If I learned earlier I wouldn’t have suffered and lost lifelong opportunities.
I’m actually writing a book on this. Take RSD, the new darling of ADHD “influencers”, for example: the concept that fear of rejection is an ADHD trait, and that non ADHD people ignore rejection is so preposterous it makes me mad.
Think of the whole sociodynamics of teen and young adulthood, for example, or the billion dollar industries based on catering to people’s fear of rejection. Most people crave acceptance, praise, being valued, etc. We are social animals.
Lots more in the book.
I’m wring the book in spurts of hyper focus, with days or weeks between these, of course. We do have major, objective challenges.
That’s so ADHD of you