the internal, inborn weather vane leads the person with ADHD to be the first to sense a shift in mood or energy in the group, the class, the family, the organization, the town, the country. Before others catch on, the person with ADHD is telling others to watch out, there’s an ill wind brewing; or to get ready, a big opportunity is just around the corner. Like the lightning rod, the weather vane effect can’t be explained on any scientific basis we know of, but we see it in our patients, of all ages, all the time.
