[brightmood]

My neurologist has a LOTS of patients. All of those with either Autism or ADHD / similar symptoms claim that they feel they don't get enough work done.

I start to believe that we are overly self-critical, and that the actual workers are having better ways of hiding their incompetence :D

[wahern]

If you felt satisfied with your productivity, why would you seek help? So there's definitely a selection bias there. Likewise for those whose "locus of control"[1] is biased toward external factors--i.e. you ascribe lack of success to factors outside yourself.

Similarly, AFAIU, time and energy spent in self-reflection also tends to positively correlate with neuroticism--e.g. feelings of guilt and inadequacy. If you're not high on self-reflection (there's a negative correlation with extroversion), you're less likely to experience negative self-esteem, at least in a conscious way.

I know ADHD correlates more strongly with some personality types than others, but by and large I believe people with ADHD (like everybody else) are spread across the spectrum along all these various axes, and it's only at some ends of certain axes that they're likely to seek assistance for themselves.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_of_control

[llamaLord]

> overly self-critical

IMO this relates heavily to Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and ND people's propensity to maximise negative self-perception and minimise positive.

[Aeolun]

Not working with too many people better than me has been terrible for my learning, but amazing for my self-confidence.