English class was excruciating for me growing up. I struggled to summarize, read & comprehend, and write essays. It wasn’t until college that I discovered a love of reading and writing through good mentorship. But my struggle didn’t end there. A couple years into college, I was diagnosed with ADHD.
Learning how to work with my learning disability instead of fighting against it fundamentally changed my life. I found myself no longer pulling all-nighters and cramming months of research into a...
English class was excruciating for me growing up. I struggled to summarize, read & comprehend, and write essays. It wasn’t until college that I discovered a love of reading and writing through good mentorship. But my struggle didn’t end there. A couple years into college, I was diagnosed with ADHD.
Learning how to work with my learning disability instead of fighting against it fundamentally changed my life. I found myself no longer pulling all-nighters and cramming months of research into a single night. When you have ADHD, you can’t study like your peers. You need different systems and supports in place to succeed.
And yet, you more than likely have an easier time in other aspects of class than your peers. Having ADHD is kind of like having superpowers. You have to train yourself to use them to your advantage and mitigate your weak points. Those with ADHD tend to absorb information they are interested more quickly, they generally have a wider base of knowledge, they finish projects others might spend weeks on in a matter of hours.
I love working with fellow ADHDers to shift the narrative and grow into successful, thriving professionals. We aren’t lazy. We are passionate.
