Reddit reviews Better Than Normal: How What Makes You Different Can Make You Exceptional

Okay, to start with my ADD component. This component was not found in my character until level [Junior year] in [high school]. My grade levels were always pretty good, despite the lack of awareness of this component. I was doing more work than other players were doing without realizing it, which made the component invisible to the [education professionals] and [doctors] players. It was diagnosed when I was trying to learn the skill set [driving].

My ADD component might have made the game more difficult at certain parts, but while I grew throughout the game, it also made my character stronger. My [spacey-ness] kept me creative and allowed me to develop abstract thinking at a younger age. I was forced to try new approaches and techniques on [schoolwork] quests since the teachers were not helpful and I did not want to fail. Now the quests I do at [college] are a lot easier because of this gained skills from my character's earlier years. The players on my friends and family player lists like who my character is-including the ADD component. It is only a defect because the environment was not adaptable to my differentiating training style. It does not drag me down, but instead gives my character an edge other players without this component do not get.

Player Dr. Dale Archer wrote a tutorial on embracing your debuffs and turning it into buffs called Better Than Normal. I recommend you checking out this tutorial; it can be very helpful and positive.

With my learning disabilities, it is the same with my ADD component, except I had those diagnosed when I was at the level [Second Semester Senior] in [High School]. Talk about gaining a tool at the end of the quest... These components include a strong reading disability, a processing disability, an organizational disability, and short-term memory difficulty. May I point out, throughout [high school], I was in [honors english classes] among other advance quests. Give me one of those [ACT reading tests] and I tend to do horrible on them, but that isn't the point of [English classes]. I feel my reading disabilities made me a better [writer], among other skills. I have [hard working] as a strong skill set also. I feel disabilities is similar to combat: we all have different combat styles, but this does not mean one is always better than the other. Each combat style has it's strengths and weaknesses. We can work on strengthening the weaknesses while embracing the strengths to it. Just because it is different does not make it lesser.

My [Lack of finances] component allowed my character to grow up humble, hardworking, and self-aware. My character is now a lot better at being an independent [adult] than many other character at the same level. My character also knows how to appreciate the littlest things in the game.

My character's high levels of [anxiety] has allowed me to be prepared for any mishap that happens on a quest. I have a pretty awesome medical kit, one I carry in my [purse] and another I keep in my living quarters. My character can be pretty [paranoid] about a lot of things, but it allows me to prepare for possible outcomes. It gives me compassion for other players, allows me to strive above in my education by contacting the [education professors] players ahead of time and be aware of conflicts I am facing on a quest, among many other things. It helps be avoid certain tragedies and keep tragedies that have already happened from repeating. People may say I am a [worry-wort], but so far, I do not let my [worrying] skills get the best of me and instead allow it to help me.

If you want me to better describe or continue on, let me know!