FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE

[RollingThunder]

Focus on the 151 Positive Things if you have ADHD

Ability to find alternate paths to overcome obstacles

Able to take on large situations

Adaptive/collaborative

Adventurous, courageous, lives outside of boundaries

Always finding alternate routes to any given location.

Always willing to help others

Ambitious – you want to be everything when “you grow up”

Artistic

Attractive personality – magnetic due to high energy

Being able to see the big picture

Being able to see the patterns in the chaos.

Being intuitive towards others’ difficulties

Broad focus – can see more, notice things more

Can create order from chaos

Can do many projects at once

Can make people feel they are heard

Can see the big picture

Can talk about several things at one time

Can think on my feet

Career variety

Centre of attention

Comfortable talking in front of groups

Comfortable with change and chaos

Compassion for others and for themselves

Conceptualizes well

Confidence

Constantly evolving

Courageous

Creates connections easily

Creative

Creative writing

Creative – musical, artistic, “dramatic”

Dedicated

Detail-oriented

Determined to gain more control

Energetic

Eager to make friends

Eager to try new things

Empathetic, sensitive

Entrepreneurial

Excellent organizers using journals and reminders (notes etc.)

Flexible – changes as the situation requires

Fun guy to be around

Good in a crisis

Goal-oriented

Good at conceptualizing

Good at customer relations

Good at motivating self and others

Good at multitasking

Good at problem solving

Good at public speaking

Good at understanding others/mind reading – empathetic

Good conversationalist

Good delegator and good at organizing others

Good in emergency situations

Good listener

Good looking and aware of it

Good people skills

Good self esteem, energetic

Great brain-stormer

Great multitasker

Great self-company

Great sense of humour

Great storyteller

Great with kids (central figure around kids)

Hands-on workers

Hard worker

Has friendly relations with their family

Has the gift of gab

Helpful

Helps others who are also in trouble

High energy – go, go, go

Holistic thinking

Humour, very healthy, quick picking up ideas

Hyper focus !!

Hypersensitive – very empathetic and good at non-verbal communications

Idea generator

Imaginative

Impulsive (in a good way) not afraid to act

Initiators

Intelligent

Intuitive

It’s ok to not finish everything

Learning as much as I can to help children and others with ADHD

Less sleep is good (midnight to 6 am)

Like to talk a lot

Likes learning new things

Look at multidimensional sides to a situation

Lots of interests

Loves to cook and be creative

Magnetic

Master idea generator

Mentoring others/helpful

Mentoring people with low self esteem

Modesty

Move on fast – never hold a grudge

Multitasks well

Never bored and rarely boring

Never intimidated to try new things

Non-linear, multi-dimensional/edge of chaos

Not afraid to speak mind

Not contained by boundaries.

On stage and ready

Optimistic

Outgoing

Passionate

Persistent

Philosophical

Playful

Pragmatic

Problem solver

Profound

Quick thinking

Quick witted

Resourceful

Resistant

Relates to people easily

Saves money in the short term by forgetting to file tax returns

See and remember details – recount them later

Sees the big picture

Socially adaptive and flexible.

Spontaneous

Stabilizer during difficult situations

Stable

Successful

Takes initiative

Tenacious

Theoretical

Think outside the box

Thinks 2 meters ahead of the world

Thinks big, dreams big

Thorough

Tolerant

Unlimited energy

Unconventional

Unorthodox

Very creative, able to generate a lot of ideas

Very hard working to compensate – workaholic

Very intuitive

Very resourceful

Very successful

Versatile

Visionary

Visual learner

Willing to take risks

Willingness to help others

Witty

Won’t tolerate boredom

Works well under pressure

Worldly

Wow, isn’t this list great? Wow, I thought we are awesome!

[MindElsewher]

Great list but, in my experience at least, it seems all the good gets cancelled out by the negative attributes of the condition - at least in the eyes of the un-afflicted *which is MOST people*

[RollingThunder in reply to MindElsewher]

Hi, I do not think so. I have always gotten great praise for my creativity and my ability to manage chaos’s. I suggest that you know a couple of harsh critical people, yes? People, like us, the outside World usually see the talents on close examination there are flaws but who is looking that closely?