10 positive traits of young people with ADHD

The term "disorder”Is usually scary. Many people tend to associate it with the idea of ​​the disease, something that does not work well in the body itself and causes the health and the whole personality of the person to be crushed under its weight. This is very common to see, for example, with the ADHD, and the attention deficit to which it is linked.

However, young people who are diagnosed with ADHD are neither that label nor are they basically characterized as "sick." In fact, they have many positive characteristics.

ADHD as a label

It is worth mentioning that the term is used disorder to refer to a psychological or biological dysfunction. This manifestation is characterized by is associated with discomfort (pain), disability (deterioration) or a risk that alters the quality of life. However, it is vital to understand that the term disorder is exclusively related to a list of symptoms that the person presents; he is not hinting at the person himself. In fact, a disorder not exactly the same as a disease.

For example, considering the different ways in which a diagnosis can be interpreted, a person suffers depression It is not the same as a depressed person. Likewise, it occurs in the cases that we have mentioned that children present this disorder, but are not that disorder; unfortunately adults assume this definition of the child and do not see beyond the diagnosis.

The positive characteristics of people with ADHD

A good way to end the stigma that is sometimes built around the label of "boy or girl with ADHD" is highlight positive characteristics that are often a by-product of attention deficit.

Next, a series of positive characteristics that children with ADHD present and that parents and teachers should discover in this group of young people are broken down. Not all of them have all the characteristics, but they do have a large part of them, which would be very good if they could be enhanced.

1. They are young enthusiasts

The attention deficit does not mean that the ability to attend to things that are of interest is lacking, but that these, many times, they do not fit in with those that are supposed to be interesting or in which we are "supposed" to be concentrate. That is why young people with ADHD are always busy thinking or doing something they like. and they do it in an honest way, not because a series of rules dictate it.

2. They easily forget negative episodes

People diagnosed with ADHD tend not to have obsessive thoughts revolving around a painful or angry memory, precisely because doing this would be too monotonous. That is why they are relatively unlikely to hold grudges.

3. They are spontaneous and explorers

Young people in this group tend to be always very sensitive to possible new stimuli that require their attention.. That is why they are prone to exploring the environment and discovering their surroundings for themselves, without waiting for someone to do it for them.

4. They like to make friends in different environments

Virtually any environment is prone to being explored by children diagnosed with ADHD, that is why they know how to create game situations in which others can participate.

5. They are easy to adapt to unforeseen plans

Monotony is not something especially valued by these young people, so the changes of circumstances that force a change of plans are not experienced as a drama by them.

6. They are very observant

Children with ADHD are not only very enthusiastic through their actions, but they they are also thoughtful. That is why even when it seems that they do nothing, they are taking advantage of the time observing what happens around them, realizing phenomena that for others go unnoticed.

7. They learn very quickly when something interests them

There is much talk about the impulsiveness of young people with ADHD as something that makes them change interests easily. However this is only one side of the coin; the other is that they prefer to do what they are passionate about in the moment, without postponing it, which means that if they like a topic enough they dedicate all their efforts to it, without leaving for tomorrow lessons that they can learn today.

8. They are very creative

Any situation can be turned into a game for a child with ADHD, and this ability to find ways to be entertained in a clear display of creativity and lateral thinking.

9. They are proactive

These youngsters don't tolerate boredom, so they are able to make their own amusements and do the things that interest them themselves by taking the initiative.

10. They are energetic

Part of the games they are involved in require physical effort, so they are usually given to exercise even without intending it.

Conclusions

As you can see, there are many positive characteristics that children with ADHD present. These must be known to parents and teachers, as well as the child himself, in such a way that they can establish strategies to solve the difficult aspects of the disorder with strategies to enhance the positive areas that each one has according to indicated.

In this way, it is possible to create an environment in which the child feels accepted, loved and sure of himself and his peers.