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*Edit: I checked some of the stuff more out in detail. While some concepts on this are valid and backed up by sience, others like RSD are not. Use this as a springboard for learning, not as a valid source in itself. Yes it says so in the corner already. But spelling it out might help.
People are more complicated then a diagram from the internet. Never forget that.
ADHD here, and I think level 1 ASD (psych appointment few weeks).
ADHD – "Ability to respond quickly in crisis situations/emergencies"? What?
ADHD is great in a crisis. The adrenaline spikes hard, everything gets super focused, shit gets done. It's like a double simulant dose right in your bloodstream.
Honestly, this is when I'm at my highest functioning. Unfortunately that means it's easy to get addicted to stress.
It's "common" traits. Not "must have" traits. or is the confusion about interpreting what a "crisis situation/emergency" is in this context?
Something like hyperfocus as the deadline approaches?
Literal emergencies will fall into that category as well, but it is broader than just the stuff ER-people do for a living.
These are things like:
Basically, if you get into a mental state of immediate urgency, your executive function runs on adrenaline alone. And suddenly you're better than ever before at just. getting. stuff. done. - but not for very long.