ADHD VS. VOJ BY ALEC DONALDSON

Creativity has always been a struggle growing up for me.

The only real moments I remember being creative are in art class and playing outside with the other neighbors playing cops and robbers.

The reason why creativity was a struggle was I had ADHD, attention deficit hyper-activity disorder, and my family sought “fix” every bit of it. For them, they viewed my ADHD as an anchor for failure that would prevent me from functioning in society and cause disorder. They were my external voice of judgement and the habitual seed of my own personal voice of judgement.

For me, ADHD is a blessing that helped me solve almost all my problems and push me towards success. Having ADHD helped me start my own business, help others in society through my works, allowed me to be my own person and free spirited to be creative in my own way. I always tackled things head on as driven I can be. I realize now that creativity is not just making art in class or play pretend, but rather a tool to do things differently, to stand out, and make something better than it already was before. Creativity is the tool to success, especially in an advanced society where everything is constantly evolving.

The VOJ can lead to discouragement and destruction, but so does my ADHD, hence the “disorder”. There needs to be moderation between the two, like Yin and Yang, there must always be a balance to create art.