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Researchers find ADHD strengths linked to better mental health

New research reveals a brighter side of ADHD, showing that adults who recognize and use their strengths feel happier, healthier, and less stressed. People with ADHD were more likely to identify traits like creativity, humor, and hyperfocus as personal strengths. Across the board, using these strengths was linked to better quality of life and fewer mental health symptoms. The study suggests that embracing strengths could be a game-changer for ADHD support.


This is not new, nor is it news. Being yourself is good for you. Pretending to be something you're not is bad for you; over time it tends to wreck your health and can kill you. See Prolonged Adaptive Stress Syndrome and ADHD Burnout.

Therefore, pressuring or forcing someone to behave against their nature is abuse.

Be yourself.  Don't apologize for who you are.  Find your strengths.  Especially with neurodiverse people, there is usually something you excel at that "normal" people suck at.  Capitalize on that.  You deserve to be healthy and happy.

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[cmcmck]

Being yourself is good for you. Pretending to be something you're not is bad for you.

Don't I ever know this to be true! :o)

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

It applies to so many things. The original was thinking styles, but every queer or trans person would recognize it, everyone who didn't match their parents' religions, and so on.

[greghousesgf]

"Especially with neurodiverse people, there is usually something you excel at that "normal" people suck at." I wish that were true for me. I don't like being on the stupid damn autism spectrum. It's kept me from being able to hold down any sort of a job and probably also at least part of why I don't have a boyfriend.