Navigating the Big Feelings of ADHD and High Sensitivity in the Workplace

[promiseoftin]

I have ADHD. And that comes with Big Feelings—but even bigger and stronger capabilities. My latest article for Substack addresses the misconceptions about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the workplace.

https://open.substack.com/pub/melissabobbitt/p/navigating-the-big-feelings-of-adhd?r=5c84rf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Comments

[blakmagjick]

"I hate being told what to do, but I crave being told what to do."
THIS!!! :`(

[promiseoftin]

It's our oxymoronic burden. :)

[meathiel]

Did you get officially diagnosed?

[promiseoftin]

Yes, back in 2013.

[meathiel]

Ah... I thought it was a recent thing.
Because quite a few female friends have been diagnosed lately. Apparently it's not so easy for us women.

[promiseoftin]

Yep! I can't speak for your friends, but most of my ADHD is internal, minus the need to get up every 15 minutes. So I think my crying and my problem with authority growing up was seen as behavioral rather than neurological.

[ragnarok_08]

I can’t “mask”—no fake niceness; I call it like I see it and I give praise and accolades for even the smallest victories.

Yes, I know that feeling too well, along with feeling more intensely than neurotypical people.

[promiseoftin]

I bet. Does that manifest differently with AuDHD?

[ragnarok_08]

It does, and while I do keep things to myself in public, I'm very much myself in private.

[night_owl_9]

Thank you so much for sharing! Wonderful work.

[promiseoftin]

Thank you muchly for reading.