I have had the privilege to live with family members, and extended family, who not only have ADD but also have all of these wonderful traits.
Kids with ADHD inattentive are observant
At times those with ADD can look like they are daydreaming or not paying attention, but they are actually busy observing.
Those with ADHD inattentive are trusting
I find that my daughter who had ADD is very trusting.
Sometimes she spontaneously does trust exercises when she throws herself backward me telling me to catch her at the last second.
So far I have managed to catch her every time even though I wasn’t ready and often made a rather sloppy catch. She seems to trust quite easily in all areas of life.
Those with ADHD inattentive are able to see past other people’s appearance and disabilities and see what’s inside.
Maybe because people with ADD are natural observers they are not easily fooled by outward appearances or fake facades.
They often make friends with those who look different or have a physical handicap.
Those with ADHD Inattentive forgive others easily
My daughter is usually quick to forgive and forget.
She doesn’t remind us of our failures in the past or rub our mistakes in our faces.
She doesn’t get resentful.
If you have ADHD inattentive you’re often extremely positive and optimistic
Once I asked my daughter how she was feeling when she was quite sick with a fever.
She replied, ‘’I feel a little bit good.’’ I think we can all learn a lesson from her to look on the bright side!
Those with ADHD inattentive are Imaginative Dreamers
I Believe all those who have ADD have been told to stop daydreaming at one time or another.
My daughter is a bit of a daydreamer, but when she was asked to write a fantasy story in school she suddenly had an outlet for her daydreams.
Who knew that when she seemed to be staring off into space her mind was creating all kinds of alternative worlds like Swimming world, Mountain Dew world, and Poop world!
Those with ADHD inattentive are often more Flexible than those with ADHD hyper
There is something in the nature of those with ADD which causes them to be laid back and flexible.
My daughter is very flexible as long as we make sure she eats at regular intervals and gets to bed at a decent hour.
She has been much more flexible than my son who has ADHD. Usually, if our plans change at the last minute she can go with the flow.
Everyone with ADHD inattentive has the power to Hyper Focus
This seems to be a trait that is shared by ADD and ADHD.
Both my children can be extremely focused if they are excited about what they are doing.
My daughter who has ADD can sit and do 3D puzzles for three hours at a time!
Those with ADHD inattentive are extra Creative
They often have extremely creative ideas for how to solve their problems.
If they can’t do something the way everyone else does it they will come up with a creative way around the problem.
Many people with ADD are also very creative and good at art.
The lamp above my daughter was made out of a thread roll from an overlock machine.
Those with ADHD inattentive are often visual learners
Giving visual instructions, teaching with a visual aid, or showing short films to explain things are all really good ways to hold the attention of someone who had ADD.
When they see things explained with visual aids they can remember them and explain them to others.
Those with ADHD inattentive are intuitive
If you are often distracted and too embarrassed to ask someone to repeat the instructions you missed while daydreaming.
Then you have to figure it out on your own. This is probably a skill kids with ADD learn in school.
If you’re not listening and you don’t want the whole class to know you must quickly figure out what everyone else is doing and do the same.
Those with ADHD inattentive are Risk Takers
Risk-taking is often seen as fun.
It’s possible that those with ADD don’t have the same danger detector that the rest of us have. While our danger detector screams BE CAREFUL in our ears theirs is silent.
My daughter is extremely accident-prone. We have been to the dentist and the doctor on numerous occasions.
The most memorable was when she fell at school and cut through her lip and into her mouth when she hit a metal bench. She was covered with blood and it was an extremely deep cut!
After waiting in the emergency room for an hour the doctor finally looked at her. When he started pushing and pulling on her cut mouth I fell on top of my daughter in a dead faint!
Even before she could walk she was climbing on the furniture and moving chairs to get the knives off the kitchen table!
When she was three I found her dangling on the wrong side of the stair railing two meters in the air, and when she learned to ski she decided to turn was overrated!
After several episodes of my husband breaking ski poles trying to save her from the snow fence, she finally learned!
We’ve see over and over how innovative those with ADHD inattentive are
The ability to think outside the box and improve the ideas of others is a super skill.
I am sometimes jealous of the way my children’s brains are wired.
They seem to have a different thinking process than I do, and they come up with wildly creative solutions to problems or have great ideas on how to improve everyday things.
Those with ADHD inattentive are inquisitive
As soon as something sparks their interest they want to know all about it.
I have been asked so many questions! Often subjects that spark my daughter’s interest I know nothing about. It’s wonderful to be able to whip out my cell phone and find the answer directly.
Those with ADHD inattentive are resourceful
Those who have ADD seem to have a knack for finding good alternatives if they don’t have all the ingredients for a recipe or if they don’t have all the parts to a project.
They are quite good at finding a plan B plan A didn’t work out.
Those with ADHD inattentive have a unique perspective
Those with ADD seem to have a unique perspective on life. Every individual with ADD has their own unique perspective.
They see things slightly differently than those of us who do not have ADD, but they even see things slightly differently than others who have the same diagnosis.
I find that seeing the world through my daughter’s eyes is often refreshing.
Those with ADHD inattentive are humble
I suppose that if you often need help doing school work, reading recipes, and writing text messages you eventually feel that you are not very good at many things and choose not to stick out, even when you are good at what you are doing.
Some of this may stem from low self-esteem, but I have never seen anyone with ADD acting like they are better than everyone else.
Tenacious
If it’s something they themselves want to accomplish they won’t give up!
My daughter trains in Judo and sometimes they have exercises where they hold onto each other and the last kid to let go wins.
My Daughter refuses to let go! She can have several other kids trying to pry her off, but she will not let go till she knows she’s the winner!
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