Dealing with ADHD? Turn Your Disorder Into a Superpower

I wish I knew this when I was a boy in the school of life

Me, my sister, and brother in Arizona. Photo credit to Janice, my wife.

Let me tell you a story. It’s not just mine, but one that echoes the lives of many people with ADHD.

It starts like this: you're born with a fast brain in a slow world. You’re curious, intense, maybe a little wild. You feel deeply, think quickly, and often crash hard.

One minute, you light up with energy. Next, you're buried in shame because you forgot something important. Again.

School was a battlefield. You weren’t lazy. You are wired differently. You heard, “Why can’t you focus?” or “You have so much potential, if only…” more times than you care to remember.

You might feel broken or not normal

Maybe you’ve never felt comfortable being yourself. The reason I included the picture of me and my siblings is that everyone who knows us considers both of them “normal.” Somehow, I’ve always been different.

For most of my life, I’ve felt like damaged goods. I wasn’t sure why, but I had a warped sense of time and speed compared to most.

For example, I excelled at sports but struggled with school. Every classroom I sat in felt like a jail. The way I know this to be…