Florens Verschelde on Mythryl: “Only time my ADHD was perceived by anyone as a superpower was when I…”

Only time my ADHD was perceived by anyone as a superpower was when I was contributing my free time to volunteer publications and open-source. “How do you find the time to do so much?” Simple: by maladaptively procrastinating paid work and losing money, sleep, self-esteem and even teeth.

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science

ADHD is disabling & esp so for us who can't take meds. On this, there's something a bit upsetting when people insist it's a superpower *just* because they are impressed by the output. Do they see us as a machine or a chatbot which has value because of the nature of the output? Feels dehumanising.

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