“Super power” is obviously an oversimplification, but there are plenty of people with ADHD, like myself, who wouldn’t change it if we could. My justice sensitivity is part of my ADHD, and it’s central to who I am.
There’s no part of the mechanism by which the neocortex is impaired in ADHD that explains “justice sensitivity” except dysregulated emotional control, which is present in myriad disorders and may result in hundreds of psychological pathologies.
If you’ve any sense of justice at all, you may feel it to a greater intensity than the average person but have less chance of directing it towards useful action. If you get so far as to take action, tendency towards impulsivity also dilutes the utility of such a trait.
You’ve got the best chance of taking thoughtful action if you’re also intelligent, but in ADHD, all that’s going to do is add a layer of imposter syndrome to a positive outcome because a part of you knows you weren’t in full control when you leapt into the fray.
I’ll also point out that the second result of the search you posted is a study that attempts to quantify the phenomenon of ‘justice sensitivity’, and concludes by suggesting “that higher justice sensitivity in people with ADHD is a coping strategy to prevent the impression that they do not care about social norms and thus to avoid social conflicts and denigration.” I don’t think that’s the the only possible interpretation, but it does speak to what I’ve described.
There’s also people like me that hate it, get no positives out of it, and are aware of the research that says it leads to worse outcomes in employment, relationships, finance, safety, etc. I’d change it in a heartbeat.
I never heard that justice sensitivity was a part of ADHD. I associated high morals more with ASD. If that’s true, then it’s the first positive I can name for ADHD.
I’ve never seen this as a result of ADHD but as a result of how I was treated throughout my life, in part because of my ADHD. It can’t compensate for the pain, trouble and stress I bring to others and myself because of ADHD, though. Not by a long shot.
“Super power” is obviously an oversimplification, but there are plenty of people with ADHD, like myself, who wouldn’t change it if we could. My justice sensitivity is part of my ADHD, and it’s central to who I am.
There’s no part of the mechanism by which the neocortex is impaired in ADHD that explains “justice sensitivity” except dysregulated emotional control, which is present in myriad disorders and may result in hundreds of psychological pathologies.
If you’ve any sense of justice at all, you may feel it to a greater intensity than the average person but have less chance of directing it towards useful action. If you get so far as to take action, tendency towards impulsivity also dilutes the utility of such a trait.
You’ve got the best chance of taking thoughtful action if you’re also intelligent, but in ADHD, all that’s going to do is add a layer of imposter syndrome to a positive outcome because a part of you knows you weren’t in full control when you leapt into the fray.
I’ll also point out that the second result of the search you posted is a study that attempts to quantify the phenomenon of ‘justice sensitivity’, and concludes by suggesting “that higher justice sensitivity in people with ADHD is a coping strategy to prevent the impression that they do not care about social norms and thus to avoid social conflicts and denigration.” I don’t think that’s the the only possible interpretation, but it does speak to what I’ve described.
There’s also people like me that hate it, get no positives out of it, and are aware of the research that says it leads to worse outcomes in employment, relationships, finance, safety, etc. I’d change it in a heartbeat.
I never heard that justice sensitivity was a part of ADHD. I associated high morals more with ASD. If that’s true, then it’s the first positive I can name for ADHD.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&as_vis=1&q=justice+sensitivity+“adhd”&btnG=
I’ve never seen this as a result of ADHD but as a result of how I was treated throughout my life, in part because of my ADHD. It can’t compensate for the pain, trouble and stress I bring to others and myself because of ADHD, though. Not by a long shot.
What does this mean?
I too would not change my (slight) adhd because i can be stubborn and give my full effort to the stuff i like with hyperactivity