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ADD and Loving It?! Canadian Documentary on Adult ADHD on Global TV - Adult ADD Strengths

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 2d

If you only watch one documentary on Adult ADHD?

Watch this one by two Canadian comedians and actors.

ADD and Loving It?! Canadian Documentary on Adult ADHD on Global TV

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#ADHDAwarenessMonth

It's the best documentary on adult ADHD by 2 comedians & actors & interviewing ADHD experts. Here's what it's about & where you can watch it.

The ADHD tax: paying the price of neurodiversity

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Maxine Roper @maxinefrances.bsky.social · 2d

“Great piece by a financial services firm” isn’t something I say very often, but this is a useful one on ‘the ADHD tax’. Unlike many, it mentions income inequality and the education gap… retirement.fidelity.co.uk/news-insight... #ADHDAwarenessMonth

In this article, Fidelity’s Eleanor de Bruin shares insight into the ADHD tax, how it affects one’s life and how it could potentially be managed.

retirement.fidelity.co.uk

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CHADD @chadd-adhd.bsky.social · 2d

Today is World Mental Health Day and this is a reminder that ADHD and mental health share a connection. 💚 When we care for one, we strengthen the other.

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#WorldMentalHealthDay #ADHDAwarenessMonth #TheManyFacesOfADHD #mentalhealthawareness #healthcare #adhd

ADHD and Mental Health - CHADD

More than two-thirds of individuals with ADHD have at least one other co-occurring mental health condition. These include neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and Tourette syndrome, behavioral and...

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adhdawarenessmonth.bsky.social @adhdawarenessmonth.bsky.social · 2d

Years of hearing “try harder” can take a toll on self-esteem. #ADHD isn’t about effort—it’s about brain wiring. Rebuilding confidence starts with self-compassion.

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#ADHDAwarenessMonth #TheManyFacesOfADHD #selfesteem #rejectionsensativity

Why do so many people with ADHD struggle with self-esteem, and how can they begin to rebuild it? - ADHDAwarenessMonth 2025

Years of feeling different cause self-doubt; self-compassion and acceptance help rebuild esteem.

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Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 2d

CADDAC’S ADHD And Substance Use Disorder Peer-Led Support Groups

ALL provinces and states should have these ADHD SUD support groups like gov diabetes SG's.

20-40%+ of people with SUD have ADHD

Only 5% of adults have ADHD

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#ADHDAwarenessMonth

CADDAC’S ADHD And Substance Use Disorder Peer-Led Support Groups - Adult ADD Strengths

Check out CADDAC's new ADHD & substance use disorder peer-led support groups. Seeking peer support facilitators with lived experience. Training provided

495K views · 20K reactions | Is it a trick or is it support in disguise? Whatever it is the ADHD needs it 🩵🌸 #neurodiversity #adhd #neurodivergent | ADHD_love_

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 2d

ADHD acceptance based support

vs

ADHD shame and anxiety based support

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Is it a trick or is it support in disguise? Whatever it is the ADHD needs it 🩵🌸 #neurodiversity #adhd #neurodivergent.

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Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

we’re gonna hire some quack doctors to reinforce our insane harmful disinformation

So we can continue Republicans eugenics policy of infecting more Americans with disease, so we kill more Americans and disabled some of the rest

To make it easier for fascist oligarchs to make Americans slaves

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

we’re going to manufacture bullshit to confirm our disinformation, to help the great Republican eugenics project on infecting and disabling more Americans and killing them so billionaires get bigger tax cuts and the greedy oligarch’s parties class war on the poor and regular Americans increase.

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 3d

"make the proof"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know I’m not Neurotypical possibly

it is a wonderful experience

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

well, that’s great but FYI people with ADHD have huge rates of type one and type two diabetes and worse outcomes, so given the hyper focus is such an enjoyable state I highly recommend ADDers set alarms before you start activities that might trigger hyperfocus so you’re not harming your pancreas.

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 3d

First time I was able to just easily return to a complicated task after being interrupted I cried. Dang lifechanging

Like is this how typical people just get to do things???? This WHOLE time????

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 3d

Mine isn't conversation, used to forgetting what I was going to say. :) but being in that "zone" of productivity getting things done & interruption - bladder exploding or hands shaking bc ya forgot to eat today, or the dog needs outside now. Being able to pick up again where I left off is amazing.❤️

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Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

I sold output computers for seven years and used Macs for four decades

I noticed that there’s a lot of people in high tech with ADHD

That article has been translated into multiple languages. Got a lot of unique hits when it went out.

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

ADHD is not a super power in every area of life

It’s a superpower in areas that we find interesting and have some skill in & enjoy a bit of a challenge

teens with ADHD or more likely to drop out and have lower college entrance rates

students with ADHD have higher post secondary dropout rates

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

i’m being extremely conservative:)

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 3d

Adhd meds can be very useful but even with the meds you might get interrupted and forget where you were and the solution to that is to let it go and if it’s important to come back not every idea we have is 24 karat gold

Iit’s more important to have a peace of mind versus attachment to one thought

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Pastel Ponylady @pastelponylady.bsky.social · 4d

That was mindblowing to me, for me it was that inner anger of being interrupted bc I wouldn't be able to just pick up where I left off being GONE w the med.

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 4d

you & about 80% of us ADDers:)

ADD / ADHD Strengths Archives - Adult ADD Strengths

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Ian P. Pines @ianppines.bsky.social · 4d

My hobby is collecting hobbies

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Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the ADHD Strengths posts on my blog Adult ADD Strengths

I coach adults with ADHD I help them deal with the problems of it

AND I also see the strengths of ADHD as well

If you view ADHD as 100% negative, you won't have the energy to do anything about it

adultaddstrengths.com/category/add...

Top 10 Advantages of ADHD In A High Tech Career - Adult ADD Strengths

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 4d

See my post, especially the comments.

Top 10 Advantages of ADHD In A High Tech Career

adultaddstrengths.com/2006/02/09/t...

People with ADHD are allergic to boredom. Always something new in tech. ADHD is a competitive edge in a high tech career, see why

Your ADHD Superpowers And Your ADHD Kryptonite - BC ADHD. Information On ADHD In British Columbia

Pete Quily @petequily.bsky.social · 4d

That's not a myth. ADHD is not 100% pathology.

ADHD can be your superpower

ADHD can be your kryptonite

Often both in the same day. See my post.

Your ADHD Superpowers And Your ADHD Kryptonite

bcadhd.com/2017/10/12/a...

I got this picture framed as a gift for my first talk on ADHD as an Adult ADHD Coach at CHADD Vancouver back in 2003. The members generated: 26 challenges of ADHD. 62 specific examples of how to deal ...

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