ADHD Secrets

There is often a mistaken idea that having ADHD or ADD is necessarily and always a terrible thing.

Even though no one would pretend that ADHD or ADD is not a condition that generally has an adverse affect on a persons well-being, nevertheless, both conditions may offer advantages too.

Below is a list of 5 of the most common advantages that those with ADD often enjoy.

1. Empathy

People with ADD often show an incredible ability to 'connect' or empathize with other people. People with ADD also show a highly developed capability to identify with others, and to see a lot of diverse point of views.

2. Ingenuity

Many of those who might be though to be afflicted with ADD are, in fact, genuises! Painters, designers, sculptors, film makers, writers, musicians, and comedians - the list goes on. Composers Mozart and Beethoven are assumed to have had ADD.

3. Enthusiasm

When a person with ADD is bored with a job, finishing it can look as if it is a terrible torment. But provide he same person with an attention grabbing and involving task to work on and see the difference! In this situation, an ADDer will go at it at 100 miles per hour, and just watching them will tire out an ordinary, non-ADD person!

4. Problem Solving Capability

ADD sufferers are generally excellent puzzles and problems solvers. Provide them with an attention grabbing problem to crack and they will not be able to leave it until they have established the explanation. Significant historical inventors such as Thomas Edison and Thomas Jefferson are assumed to have had ADD.

5. Hyper-Focus

The capacity to hyper-focus is something that ADDers often make use of to their benefit. When kept under control and aimed towards fruitful jobs, like achieving objectives and living dreams, it can be an unbelievable positive feature that allows them to get the work done, and done well.

6. Sense of Humor/Flair for Comedy and Drama

Nearly all ADDers love to laugh, and many of them have an ability to make others laugh, as well as often being great actors and actresses. Well known personalities like Charlize Theron (shown), Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams are believed to have ADD.

7. Spirit

There is no doubt that despite the fact that there are many great traits that come as part and parcel of having ADD, there are also many challenges too. But ADDers have a hard to believe capability to spring back back from those challenges, and others' condemnation of those challenges that almost all ADD affected folks have undergone.

8. Intuitiveness

ADDers have a quick sense of perception. This may be as a result of extremely refrained intensity of awareness, or great innate knowledge of the human mind, or something else that we have thus far to comprehend. No matter what the explanation is, it is a very valuable gift.

9. Idea Generating

ADDers are brilliant proposal makers. They can very often come up with thoughts and overall ideas in no time at all. They are a real benefit in brainstorming meetings.

10. That "Special Something"

A lot of ADDers believe that they have an exceptional way of looking at the world, a point of view that others simply do not comprehend. That is, until the ADDer comes across other people with ADD. You may say that they are on our own wavelength.