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[quote=Anonymous][quoteThe key in harnessing this as an adult so that it becomes a “superpower” is that you need to find a way to turn your natural interests into a career. Not in a “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” way. But rather, figuring out the activities that you tend to hyperfocus on (e.g. building things, sorting stuff, reading, etc) and finding a career that uses those skills. Many adhd adults make great programmers because programming is a good environment for hyper focusing on a task all day, there are deadlines to meet, and there are mini milestones that can provide the dopamine burst people with adhd need to keep going (e.g. implementing a new feature, working out a bug). In this kind of job, ADHD can be a superpower. I know ADHD adults who are successful in a variety of different roles (event planner, electrical engineer, carpenter)… the key is that these jobs involve things that are interesting and rewarding to the individuals pursuing them, and support the adhd natural working cycle of big pushes to meet deadlines, followed by break periods with lower activity/motivation. [/quote]
This was really helpful, PP, thank you.[/quote]

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