ADHD comes with a mixed bag of traits. If you often feel like a walking paradox and have experienced the following, you may have Attention Deficit Disorder:

-Unexplained underachievement: Were you constantly told you aren’t living up to your potential? If you just applied yourself or worked harder, you would achieve great things?

-Day dreaming, difficulty staying on task: Do you have difficulty focusing on “boring things”?

-Struggling with organization and planning: do you struggle to break down tasks into manageable steps? Do you experience strong overwhelm or avoidance when trying to plan or coordinate upcoming events?

-Strong imagination and highly creative

-Tendency to procrastinate and difficulties with time management: Do you experience time blindness where you don’t really feel time passing?

-Difficulty accepting help, stubborn/strong will

-Generosity that comes and goes (positive energy)

-Difficulty sitting still, restlessness

-An unique sense of humor

-Difficulty making and keeping friends (due not picking up on social cues and impulsivity)

-Highly sensitive to criticism or rejection

-Impulsiveness and impatience

-dissatisfaction with day-to-day life (reality is boring and needs to be improved)

-Inconsistent energy (bouncing between hyperactivity and weariness)

-Sharp intuition but a tendency to overlook obvious facts

-Honest to a fault

-Struggles with addiction (to substances, gambling, shopping, food, sex, exercise, screens etc)

-Being the scapegoat

-Sensing upcoming changes, problems, solutions before those around you

-Tendency to externalize and blame others, while missing your role in the problem

-Low self esteem and negative self image