Here, an author and journalist shares five of the most important things she's learned since being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.
still focuses on the ways ADHD has traditionally been understood in boys and men.
Newer understanding has since confirmed what I know to be true from the inside out. ADHD isn't a blunt"deficit" of attention but a differently regulated attention span. Though I never managed to learn my times tables, I have the capacity to concentrate deeply for longer than anyone I know. An ADHD brain works well when it finds something important and interesting but can stop processing completely when it doesn't.
As I learn more about other neurodivergent experiences, I'm tuning in to the wild ways in which my neurodivergent mind works. My hatred of talk radio, children's birthday parties, and grocery stores is because of how quickly I become overwhelmed by sounds and harsh lighting.but also craving things that help my brain process and engage. Walking around our small homestead, I now notice my constant need to touch things.
My inability to listen to podcasts has also been explained and solved. Having always struggled to make my brain connect with the words coming out of my phone speaker, I'd presumed my processing speed was too slow. But one day, trying a tip an autistic friend passed on, I discovered the opposite was true.
Today, I feel more like a nomad struggling to settle down than a problem child or a piece of faulty goods needing to be fixed. Yes, my brain function diverges from the average more than most, but diversity is an essential part of species survival. We need more stories of divergence, and so I'm learning to tell mine in my own time and in my own way, hoping to show that there are at least a thousand ways to pay attention.
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