ADHD Isn’t A Deficit of Attention…

“He’d do so well if he just applied himself” is something I knew I’d hear at the beginning of every parent-teacher conference. That was my life growing up with ADHD, and it’s not a particularly unique story. However, after years of journaling and meditating, I now understand that everyone, including me, had a fundamental misunderstanding of the problem.

I didn’t have a deficit in attention. I had an abundance.

My deficit… was in concentration.