I have a debilitating condition — it’s not a ‘superpower’

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Metro Lifestyle Reporter Eleanor Noyce smiles while wearing a fuzzy winter coat, a hat and glasses. She's surrounded by cartoon squiggles in pink, green and black.
It’s time to stop calling ADHD a ‘superpower’ (Picture: Metro/Eleanor Noyce)

TikTok told me that my ADHD was a superpower. And I believed it – but only for about five minutes.

Scrolling on the app after I was first diagnosed, I was desperate to find ‘my people’ – the ones who would make me feel seen. Less like a jigsaw puzzle that simply didn’t fit, and more like a person who simply thought differently.

My feed was suddenly inundated with people who were just like me: chaotic, creative, chatty, and crucially, late for everything.

But then, on countless Read Entire Article