FACTS
MYTHS
Facts:
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Emotional Volume Dials: Feelings aren’t muted — they’re cranked to 11. A compliment can make their week. An offhand comment? Existential crisis by lunch.
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Sensory Ninjas: They can hear a fluorescent light humming from three rooms away and feel tags like they’re being attacked by tiny fabric gremlins.
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Sleep Rebels: Brains don’t come with an off switch. Sleepy at 3pm, fully inspired at 2am. Why? Because circadian rhythms are just a suggestion.
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Internal Monologue? Try a Full-Cast Audio Drama:
There’s never just one thought. It’s a table read with characters, theme music, flashbacks and, occasionally, interpretive dance.
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Rule Benders, Not Breakers:
It’s not that they want to ignore rules — it’s just that “because we’ve always done it this way” triggers a personal revolution.
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Pattern Seers:
They can spot connections between unrelated things — like seeing how a missed appointment leads to a new business idea. Chaos, but make it innovation.
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Thread-Style Facts: Emotional Autocorrect:
ToneThread helps decode messages like: “Sure.” Is it passive-aggressive? Just passive? Or did they spill coffee mid-text?
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Human Translator for Humans:
Not everyone writes like Shakespeare or speaks fluent empathy. ToneThread’s here to whisper, “They’re not angry, they’re just abrupt.”
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Neurodivergence’s Wingman:
When tone gets tangled, ToneThread smooths it out like a digital bestie. “Let’s not burn that bridge — maybe they didn’t mean it that way.”
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AI-Infused Realities
10. Artificial? Yes. Stupid? Sometimes.
AI can summarise War and Peace in 30 seconds — and still call you “Tim” even though you signed your message “Troy” twice.
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Bias-Mirror, Bias-Mirror on the Wall:
AI reflects the world it’s trained on. If the internet says pineapple belongs on pizza, the bot will swear it’s gospel. (We know better.)
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Polite, but Slightly Creepy:
AI will compliment your “interesting question” while low-key plotting how to finish your sentence before you do.
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The World’s Fastest Intern:
Give it a job, and it’ll churn out ten drafts by morning. Are they perfect? No. But it never takes a coffee break or steals your stapler.
Myths:
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ADHD is Just a Fancy Term for Being Lazy: Some people joke that ADHD stands for "Attention to Doing Hardly anything Deliberately". In reality, it's not about laziness, but managing energy can be a real adventure.
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People with ADHD are Great at Multi-Tasking: The myth goes that they can watch TV, cook dinner, and solve quantum physics all at the same time. It's less about multi-tasking, more about multi-starting.
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ADHD Gives You a Superhuman Attention Span for Video Games: The legend says if you have ADHD, you can play video games for 36 hours straight. In reality, it's more like playing five games in three hours and finishing none.
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Hyperfocus Means Being Productive on Important Things: Hyperfocus is often joked about as the ability to concentrate intensely, but usually on something like perfecting the art of pencil spinning instead of finishing a report.
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People with ADHD Are Always Late Because of Distraction: There's a running gag that if you have ADHD, time is a mythical concept, and being on time is as elusive as a unicorn.
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Having ADHD Means You're Always Energetic: The myth is that ADHD comes with an endless energy supply. The truth? They might run a marathon at noon and need a nap by 2 PM.
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Everyone with ADHD is a Creative Genius: It's a humorous notion that ADHD automatically grants you the creativity of Da Vinci. While creativity can be a strength, it's not always a superpower.
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ADHD Medication Gives You Superpowers: Some think ADHD meds are like the pill from the movie "Limitless", but in reality, they just help in tuning the radio to the right station.
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If You Have ADHD, You Can't Focus on Anything Ever: This myth suggests that focus is an alien concept. In truth, focus can be intensely sharp, just not always on command.
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ADHD is Contagious in the Classroom: A playful myth is that if one child in class has ADHD, soon the whole class will catch it, turning the room into a hive of hyperactivity and distraction.
These myths and facts are meant in a light-hearted manner and do not accurately represent the realities of ADHD, which is a complex and varied condition.
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