> Are there really people out there who can cheerfully do things they don't want to do?
It isn't about cheerfully doing it, it is about most menial tasks being impossible to do without days or even weeks of mental preparation and/or lifestyle changes. Imagine filling out a paper form causing as much anxiety as proposing to the love of your life and you understand better what ADHD feels like. You can learn to live with that, but if you have it you are pretty sure not everyone feels like that all the time.
It isn't about cheerfully doing it, it is about most menial tasks being impossible to do without days or even weeks of mental preparation and/or lifestyle changes. Imagine filling out a paper form causing as much anxiety as proposing to the love of your life and you understand better what ADHD feels like. You can learn to live with that, but if you have it you are pretty sure not everyone feels like that all the time.