Short excerpt from a YouTube video by James Laughlin about growing up with ADHD. The speaker reports research that people with ADHD receive more criticism growing up, which can become self-criticism, and frames ADHD as a mix of "incredible strengths and weaknesses"—noting strong creative problem-solving and original thinking alongside real weaknesses that need support.
When you grow up with adhd, research shows you grow up with more criticism from others. That constant you're doing things differently, you're doing things wrong can then turn into self criticism later. I like to say it's incredible strengths and weaknesses. You know, you have really big weaknesses, and you have really big strengths. People with ADHD are really great problem solvers. They're really original thinkers. They're really creative thinkers. So your ability to pull a solution out of a hat that no one else has ever thought about before, your ability to, you know, come up with with a totally new idea while everyone else is still just roofing around the theme, those are also your ADHD how do we help support you in your weaknesses, which are there and they're real, so that we can focus on making your strengths the spotlight.
