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“Super power” is obviously an oversimplification, but there are plenty of people with ADHD, like myself, who wouldn’t change it if we could. My justice sensitivity is part of my ADHD, and it’s central to who I am.
I’ve never seen this as a result of ADHD but as a result of how I was treated throughout my life, in part because of my ADHD. It can’t compensate for the pain, trouble and stress I bring to others and myself because of ADHD, though. Not by a long shot.
It gets exhausting to hear people talk about how it’s some sort of hunter gatherer super power… Bro do you know how boring sitting in nature is without a phone? You ever built a house from mud and sticks? Shit takes days of organized planning and you thinkg ADHD will help with that?
I would have died because of ADHD in hunter gatherer times. I would have just forgotten to bring my f-ing spear to a hunt or something. I’d have definitely never managed to survive any winter if that includes having to prepare for it.
A lot of people confuse ADHD which “I am a quirky creative person”.
