Even ADHD-oriented media is often being dishonest with people who suspect themselves to have this condition, being toxicly positive and showing ADHD as a "superpower" as if you can hyperfocus your way to success. It is neither a gift nor even an equal exchange between advantages and drawbacks like "you'll be always late but also always creative!" It's a crippling thing that may ruin career or end a relationship. There is nothing good with ADHD.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. People want there to be a fair trade-off, but life just doesn't work that way. I've seen similar romanticization of autism too, especially with the "savants".

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Life is 3d6, not point buy.

[–] GTG3000@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm beginning to suspect "superfocus" is just what normal people do when they focus.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Nah, super focus is totally a thing, just not everyone does it.

My wife can't sit in a computer chair for 8 hours straight playing a game/editing a video/writing something/reading Wikipedia really hard, but I can.

And no, I can't control it so it's not a superpower, it's random enforced focus and it's only sometimes a helpful thing. Usually the work I do when doing it gets worse much faster and it does major damage to your body to sit in 1 position for that long not peeing.