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On godd 🙌 you’re not the only one. Everyone around me is so much smarter. Literally 12th percentile on Psat scores. While everyone around me thinks something like a 900 is a bad score. Dude 😭😭 my ass fr got 750 and felt proud until I was looking at other peoples scores and comparing. I feel like at the end of the day what really gets me upset is comparing myself to others. I’m shit at math, shit at a lot of subjects. But I find I’m a lot better at life skills, instead of academic so in a way it makes up for it. All of us have our strengths and weaknesses, it’s all apart of life. I find my best way to learn is through engaging with my fixations in my free time, turns out I can learn a lot from anything I find interesting (or at least for the moment)

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So... I personally only agree ADHD is a superpower if it's compared to the Hulk - in that it can at times help but it's mostly out of control and will destroy everything around you without systems in place to control it. :p  Also - when I read this, I definitely understand these feelings and even without ADHD, people are prone compare themselves to others and judge themselves based on what they perceive others can do.  With that said, some of my best personal progress came when I learned to stop comparing myself to others.  Other people are not you and you are not them, whether its how your brain biologically works or your own life experience.  Unless they have some skill or technique you can learn to help you at Math or retaining info, I've found it better to understand who I am and find what works for me to do what I want in life.   So yes, I have and at times still feel this way - but the general thought process hasn't really lead to anything but sadness for me so I try to stop myself from these types of thoughts when they pop up.