6 Work Habits That May Secretly Be A Sign Of ADHD

Malte Mueller via Getty Images ADHD can show up in a variety of ways at work. “Of the popular work archetypes, the ‘procrastinator’ would be one way that adult ADHD presents,“ said Dr. Deepti Anbarasan, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. While many of us are occasionally late, people with ADHD experience what is known as “time blindness,” where “they might have difficulty really gauging how much time they need to get to where they want to go, or they only have in their mind the time that they need to arrive,” O’Shea said. “In the workplace, people with ADHD can be known as great creative thinkers, really passionate, someone who you want on the team to really be imaginative,” O’Shea said. “But they can still have trouble at the same time because of that difficulty with knowing how to come up with stuff to actually work on the project, and be able to focus on how to actually get things done.” What to do next if you suspect you have ADHD O’Shea said it can help to first get a sense if how people see you at work is in line with how you are viewing yourself.