This list used to hang in my bedroom when I first was diagnosed with ADHD; I found a great deal of support from these lines. I have no idea where I got them; as far as I have been able to find it was taken from a poster made by Bob Seay.
- Entertain your friends with witty one-liners and sharp come backs.
- Insomnia makes for more time to stay up and surf the net!
- The drive of Hyper-focus.
- Two words: Chat addiction
- Hyperactivity+Creativity+a Compulsive Libido = One popular Guy on Dates
- Resilience
- Can meet someone, fall deeply in love, marry, fight, hate and divorce all in about 35 minutes or less
- Sparkling personality
- Drop names like Edison, Einstein, Walt Disney and Beethoven in conversations
- Can fixate on one object while the rest of the world goes right down the toilet.
- Can see all of your wordly possessions at one time… because they are all over the floor
- Tends to be very generous with money, time and resources
- Flexible
- Enthusiastic
- Innovative
- A strong sense of what is FAIR
- Willing to take a Risk
- Alert
- Eager
- Creative
- Provides original ideas
- or isn’t afraid to steal them.
- Make far reaching analogies that no one else understands.
- Write them off as “Deep Thoughts”.
- Theoretical
- Abstract Thinkers
- Spontaneous
- Always Hopeful
- Keeps business meetings lively
- The Mind of a Pentium – with only 2Mb of RAM
- Aesthetically oriented
- Pleasantly and constantly surprised by finding clothing you had forgotten about.
- Able to tie seemingly unrelated ideas together.
- Funny
- Able to see The Big Picture while others stumble around in the dark.
- Independent
- Demands to know WHY?
- Last of the ROMANTICS
- Has a wide variety of interests
- Good conversationalist
- Qualify for bulk rate mail on tax returns beause you have at least 24 W-2′s attached.
- At IQs of 160 and above, virtually all people have ADD symptoms.
- An innately better understanding of intuitive technologies such as computers.
- In class popularity contests, always voted “Most Entertaining”, “Most Energetic” and “Most likely to Self Immolate”.
- Great Improvisors
- Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound (did you actually read that?)
- Honestly believes that anything is possible
- Great at Extemporaneous Speaking
- Quickly assimilates new information
- Usually a little smarter than the average bear
- Willing to “step out in faith”
- Rarely satisfied with the status quo
- Empathetic
- Can easily replace missing childhood photos with panels from “Calvin & Hobbes”
- Pleasantly and constantly surprised by finding money you had forgotten about.
- Blows up, but then usually recovers quickly.
- An unstoppable dynamo of human energy.
- Doesn’t know when to quit.
- Intuitive
- Compassionate
- Persistant
- Spunky
- Hidden TALENT
- Closely attuned to the moods of those around them.
- Pleasantly and constantly surprised by finding spouses you had forgotten about.
- Add is especially common among artists, musicians, and other creative people.
- Can always be depended upon to provide a different perspective
- Visionary
- An Individualist
- Many successful entrepreneurs exhibit ADD behaviours.
- A greater tolerance for Chaos
- Provides job security for writers of Spell check programs
- Will fight for what they believe in
- Excellent motivators of others
- Highly organized, punctual and generally responsible (OK, so I lied).
