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I quell that anxiety by reminding myself of all the superpowers it gives me. If you haven’t read “ADHD is Awesome,” I recommend it.



I don't know, this line of thinking seems similar to "I am a midget - but look, I never have a problem with legroom on airplanes!" The tiny upside is simply incommesurate with the massive downsides.


The upside is not tiny. There are many, many things I am far better at than most of my peers.

I highly recommend reading “ADHD is Awesome” as well as Mark Suster’s blog posts on ADHD.




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