I find it deeply frustrating that the second a personality trait is found to be associated with ADHD, people immediately start trying to pathologize it and figure out how to make it a bad thing.
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For example, people with ADHD tend to score higher on the Boredom Proneness Scale. And "aha! That's why ADHD people have all these problems"
As an alternative: people who are bored tend to be more curious, and therefore look into more things.
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Like any personality trait, curiosity (and boredom) can get you into trouble, but really no more than voracious extroversion or the personality traits that good salespeople have.
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We should embrace the fact that ADHD kids (and adults) are rabidly curious and prone to boredom, not pathologize curiosity.P
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Yah! I appreciate the *positive* takes on how the traits can be super powers in
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I tend to want to downplay the "superpower" thing and focus more on the traits being different, and the right trait for certain kinds of activities.
Good salespeople have a collection of traits, and we mostly view them positively in the context of sale.
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