Does Having ADHD Make You More Creative?

Those with ADHD often hear that it makes us more creative. Does it? And how? And if so, why can't I finish knitting a scarf? ADD TO THE MIND MAP!
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Research for this video provided by: Farah Mahmud
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[@ashleyrobison5919]

I can only think outside the box...

[@MyLostYouth]

Aw, please tell the animator I really love his animation!!

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

Adhd: I can come up with lots of ideas and make new connections at top speed!

[@prithvithakur7950]

do you ever look at someone, and wonder, what is going on inside their head?

[@dvbones]

Makes a motion picture animated movie within my head before I go to bed with music, characters, a coherent story, drama, action, the whole nine yards....

[@simpson6700]

yes please do more on ADHD strengths, i'm so sick of "ADHD people are better hunter gatherers" like that's any useful these days.

[@ArnabBanerji]

I’m a coder by profession and I have made some name for myself in problem solving.

[@jondreauxlaing]

As a painter, and someone who was diagnosed late, I was worried about the meds affecting my creativity, but in my experience they absolutely don't. They help me finish the projects I start, but I haven't noticed my ideas slowing down. I'm just less likely do drop what I'm currently doing for the new idea, and more likely to write it down for later. So, to my fellow artists out there, don't be afraid of the meds if you feel like you need them!

[@Pommy727]

I used to think I didn’t have adhd because I wasn’t creative enough, but I only applied it to artistic creativity. Turns out, I’m really good at logical problem solving and coming up with more efficient methods of doing tasks. Taking my medication also makes me more efficient at coming up with those ideas, narrowing them down, and executing them.

[@missnoneofyourbusiness]

Worth noting: Nowadays, doing art or any creative job for a living also requires you to have the skills required to work freelance/independent and GOD is that hard while having ADHD >.< (I've been painting the same painting for a month. HELP)

[@jeremyraymore6353]

Okay the fruit drawings HIT me. In middle school art class we had the option to make up and draw an alien plant and I made this hyper efficient plant that photosynthesized, ate bugs, had trap doors in the bottom for ants to be consumed, and a bunch of other wild mechanisms. I should have known right then and there lmaoooo

[@phillipmendes6907]

This channel made realize i had ADHD. I got medication, and it has been a game changer. It’s crazy to think i could have gone my whole life not knowing.

[@whisperinterstellar6888]

I think a dark side of my creativity actually contributes to my social difficulties: I don't know how to NOT think creatively, so it can be super challenging to be on the same wavelength as everyone else, it's like guessing the grammar and vocabulary of a foreign language.

[@nachlee8122]

People wondered why i came up with awesome ideas and projects at college but i was a mess, always late, too hyper and lazy at once lol.

[@jenblack98]

I do find that because of the way my brain works I do understand things differently. This can be a real blessing but also a curse. One time in college I was doing a mock essay and I got the exam back and it turned out that I had completely misinterpreted what the question was asking. On the other hand, most of my university professors praise how I look at things in a different way and provide unique arguments that nobody else gives. I always say don't think outside the box but think as though there is no box.

[@bixiezelkova9799]

Just realized halfway through that I missed most of what I'd already "watched." I bet your stats are hilarious for this channel. All these ADHD brains watching for 5 minutes, going "wait, I spaced out what just happened," rewinding, going back, leaving it paused halfway through for a week until they find the tab while looking for something else...

[@keukendeur]

I'm a ADHDesigner, that's what I call myself at work as a multimediadesigner. Almost every adhder I meet is extremely creative, music, cooking, writing. And I LOVE it! Thank you for this video

[@markstout4376]

People with ADHD need to hear this! Going through graduate school for protein chemistry with ADHD was kind of a nightmare. But I eventually discovered the same brain that make me terrible at tests and other school work makes me great at applying technical knowledge to complex problems. It’s this exact creativity the vid talks about.

[@luqmanqureshi5026]

It's like coming up with an extremely amazing idea but forgetting and getting it mixed up with a trillion things you think about. And I hope Palestinian ADHDers are able to find support because of what have to deal with each day

[@leikamcraft7275]

I work in IT as a tier 3 support specialist and often I am praised for what I now have a name for "divergent thinking". I am often able to find a solutions quicker than co workers or even sometimes find solutions when co workers can't. This has made me very effective in this position as the last line of defense and the person who has to solve the problem.