• moakley@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I’ve always said that having ADHD is like being a superhero’s alter ego.

    You’re always late, falling behind, or not mentally present, and you can never tell people the real reason.

    “Um… There was a disturbance.”

    Except instead of the real reason being that you were saving someone, it’s that your brain sucks.

    • TheBlindPew@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      This is actually a plot point in Rick Riordans work. If you’re not familiar he writes YA novels about kids who are secretly demigod fighting monsters in a modern day setting and the specially mention that one of the telltale signs of demigods is ADHD for almost exactly the reasons you describe