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The name ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is honestly… not great. It suggests that people with ADHD lack attention. In reality, most people with ADHD don’t have too little attention — they have variable control over attention, focus, impulses, emotions, and energy.

If you live with ADHD (or love someone who does), you already know that attention isn’t exactly “deficient.” It’s more like a toddler hopped up on cotton candy at a carnival: careening between rides, sticky with excitement, and occasionally sitting down for two hours to carefully sort Skittles by color. That’s the ADHD paradox: we can’t seem to pay attention when we need  to, and we can’t stop paying attention when we shouldn’t . The Inattention Side: “Where Did My Keys (and