Episode 208 How ADHD Effects Your Enneagram Type w:ADHD Coaches 

I'm so glad this was helpful! And how fun that you're both Covenant grads! Thank you for the episode suggestion, as well. We'll keep it in mind.😊

I have a 145 iq ADHD and from what I can tell I'm type 5. I was diagnosed at 36, I'm 38 now. I tend to like most of the sciences and realized I had problems and finally caved and got my diagnosis. I had a rough child hood because of economic problems and familial issues like my father being in prison and moving around alot before I was 7 yro. I was a small quick kid and I excelled at gymnastics and martial arts(BJJ and Muay Thai). I kinda enjoy pain a bit because I experience ahedonia and dysthymia quite often. I'm uniquely aware about myself because I was a psyche major and hyperfocus is one hell of a drug. I also suspect I am on the autism spectrum due to my issues with being touched, making eye contact, I stim alot I also have a weirdly increased sense of fear yet I have no issues flipping off of a building onto asphalt. My hyperactivity had a great deal to do with my school issues, I never did homework and am also dyslexic, learning how to read Russian in 9th grade 2000 i graduated it 06, helped weirdly with my reading in English and is a now known to help with dyslexia. The one that messes with me the most is dyscalculia which is dyslexia with math, I am really quick in my head but if I have to work on paper I'm not going to do well... imagine word problems in math for me, it was a nightmare. I'm also very secretive about my personal life due to a problem with rejection sensitive disphoria, or an overwhelming feeling of fear of social rejection. I currently don't have a job after being fired from a job I had since I was 17, so 21 years and I loved that job. I lost it due to someone's lie about me and now am definitely overwhelmed to an actual loss of ambition, problems with stress induced anorexia as well as severe sleep disturbances of both periods of insomnia and hypersomnia. The hardest part for me is motivating myself to do some tasks especially when hurting emotionally. I'm aware enough of my self to honestly say I have a likely instance of major depressive disorder, sad part is intelect is a double edged sword being I over think and out think my doctors. I spent 6 days in a psych ward for threats and threats of self deletion of which was mostly just me venting, but I was able to kinda game the system being I wanted out. I was worried about my cat and had no one to check on him and 6 days is long so a small set of diminished description of my feelings was justified in my strange brain, I must say myroomate was a cool guy though so there's that... he was in my boat, depressed but not insane or violent. Long msg short, giftedness isn't always the best thing but I wouldn't give it up same with adhd but that's what makes me me.