Heart Powers No. 24 of 28
They call it: No filter We call it
Also known as candor.
The short version You say the true thing out loud, even when it is awkward. That honesty becomes trust once people know you.
Collected. 0 of 28.
Most people sand the edges off what they say. You hand it over as it is. That costs you sometimes. It also makes you the person whose word means something.
No research team has measured candor in ADHD, so this page rests on what people describe. When researchers interviewed successful adults with ADHD, they described courage, and a habit of not doing things just because that is how they are done.Source 1
Simone Biles showed what it looks like in public. After her private medical records were leaked, she said that having ADHD and taking medicine for it was nothing to be ashamed of.Source 2 She said the true thing when hiding would have been easier.
Lived experience
No study measures candor in ADHD. Researchers who interviewed successful adults with ADHD heard them describe courage and a habit of not doing things the usual way.
The thought arrives fast and leaves your mouth faster, and it can land hard on someone. Timing is a skill you can learn without going quiet.
Ask one question before the blunt thing comes out: is this true, and is it kind right now?
You tell the truth even when it feels scary. That makes you someone people can believe, and you can learn to say it in a soft voice.
Most decorated gymnast in history
Having ADHD, and taking medicine for it is nothing to be ashamed of nothing that I’m afraid to let people know.
Said in: Biles, 2016
Simone Biles has won 11 Olympic medals and 30 world championship medals, more world medals than any other gymnast. In 2016, at 19, she told the world she has ADHD and takes medicine for it.
Facts from: NPR, 2023
Creator of the YouTube channel How to ADHD
I don’t think I really understood my ADHD or how to work with my brain, not against it until I started my channel.
Said in: McCabe, 2024
Jessica McCabe was diagnosed at 12 and says she didn’t understand her ADHD until 32. She built How to ADHD to keep track of what worked for her, and shared it.