Lighten Up! Your Quirky Spouse or Child May Be Happy Just The Way They Are

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Here’s the thing about ADHD and its interference with life’s functions: it’s only an impairment if the person with ADHD experiences it that way. Can someone be considered “disordered” if they function exactly how they want to be functioning?

, we wound up working on his communication skills and tendency to avoid conflict. He eventually understood that a compromise in giving his wife what she needed sometimes would lead to him getting what he needed: more affection and freedom.Want to Learn More about the Differences Between the ADHD Brain and the Neurotypical Brain? Free Resource HereJohn is a fictitious compilation of numerous similar clients I’ve seen over the years.

Unfortunately, unless homeschooled or independently wealthy, our children basically are wedded to the. We live in a society with rules, and our little kiddos have brains that don’t intuitively or physiologically play by those rules. Like I helped my client to develop a give and take with his wife, we have to help our kids understand how to compromise — not to turn off their brilliant, silly, energetic, emotional brains, but rather to balance them with everyone else’s idea of “quality function.

 

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'Can someone be considered “disordered” if they function exactly how they want to be functioning?' is terribly flawed logic. Have you ever heard of violent psychopaths, for example? Or people who believe in their own hallucinations that urge them to do harm?

This seems a little glib. My ADHD interferes with life all the time, regardless of how I’m leading my life or whether I’m doing what I want. I don’t *want* to lock myself out of my place, for example, but it happens.

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