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As we become more and more conscious of our mental health, some of us might discover that a lot of our quirks and weird behaviors stem from our neurodivergent brains. The CDC reports that one in 16 adults in the U.S. currently have an ADHD diagnosis.
For us, that means that one in 16 Pandas might relate to a certain kind of humor more. That's why we're bringing you the best funny pics from the community "ADHD & ND Tips, Tricks, and Relatable Memes". This one is for all our neurospicy kings, queens, and in-betweens; scroll away and chuckle at these ADHD memes!
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Riley Quinn 4 months ago
There's an old New Yorker cartoon where a group of people are mumbling "Uh-oh" around an injured person lying on the sidewalk. That's me. My ADHD is focused, like obsessively focused, on a project. Detail work is my specialty. Research? Bring it on! But a crisis? Count me out.
The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago
I think this is a perfect example of the broad spectrum of ADHD. I also love research projects, I could live down rabbit holes. But I'm also freakishly calm, effective, and efficient in a crisis.
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Beak Hookage 4 months ago
Yeah, I definitely have ADHD as well as autism. It's SO painfully obvious by now. I'm either sitting around uselessly scrolling on my phone, or I'm rushing around efficiently getting twenty things done. There is no in between.
KnightOwl86 4 months ago
This is me. When everything is calm and quiet I get anxiety, when everything is chaotic and crazy I feel weirdly calm and relaxed. I think it's from growing up in a 4 bed, 1 bath house with 8 siblings and a dozen pets, you get used to constant noise and chaos
Lowrider 56 4 months ago
I wish my ADHD let me focus on things. I can't focus at all. I am on medication for it but it doesn't seem to help.
ManuelQue 4 months ago
Check back with the doctor who prescribed it. You may need a different dose or a different med.
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Beak Hookage 4 months ago
Mine keeps trying to convince me I'm terminally ill or actively dying right here and now.
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Laserleader 4 months ago
This is exactly my life. I'm the capable business owner, and yet it's an incredible amount of work just to convince myself to go to get a mental health checkup... been thinking about finally taking meds for my ADHD.
ManuelQue 4 months ago
Just try them - maybe more than one type - under your doc's supervision. You can quit them cold turkey if needed - but double check that with your doctor.
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Orange rose 4 months ago
This is me. But I also has high blood pressure and high levels of stress, insomnia and depression from masking. Now I have answers I forgive myself and give myself the time to regulate I need.
Riley Quinn 4 months ago
Actually, PTSD. Misdiagnosed and treated with the wrong psychiatric meds for 4 decades. Because, you know, only soldiers got PTSD, so it's obviously bi-polar. Nah, I was in a war zone my first 17yrs of life. It's MFing PTSD!!!!
Shelley Dawson 4 months ago
I was diagnosed at 72. I left school with four O levels but gained my Masters at 45. I built a career until went through a traumatic experience and decided to live the life I wanted without having to prove myself. After going to four different counsellors over the years, none of whom were able or interested to see further, I decided I was fundamentally flawed as a human being and accepted my fate. I only found out because I was forced to undertake a training session on how to recognise neurodivergence and help those with a condition. It was like being hit with a sledgehammer to my heart. I now realise there is nothing wrong with me, I just think differently and my mind works in wonderful ways.
BlackCatWithWhiteSocks 4 months ago
I have MSc in contemporary history and a law degree. I m Asperger's with ADHD .
JoJerome 4 months ago
Gods, I get this all the time. "But you're functioning just fine. You can't possibly be autistic/ADHD. It's not disabling for you." Right. At 50, I'm retired because I am burned out from the constant masking, walking on eggshells around everyone, trying to filter out the noise of WAY too much stimuli in my brain, the stress of Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria.
Lotekguy 4 months ago
When the medical profession understands mental health as much as it does physical, the world will be a better place
Marnie 4 months ago
And the reverse. Low vitamin D can have some of the same symptoms of mood disorders. Low thyroid and many other things can also be diagnosed as a mental health issue.
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Riley Quinn 4 months ago
After all these years, I've found my twin. I buy clothes not based on style or color, but on texture. Sound? Not so much the volume, but the cacophony of various sounds. And I go ballistic if my hair is touching my face, ears. or neck. It's got to be either extremely short or pulled into a tight bun.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
I'm okay with my neck, but I'll lose my mind if my hair is touching my face. If it gets near/in my mouth, I'm DONE. XD It's in a ponytail pretty much 24/7.
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Kathrin Pukowsky 4 months ago
I sympathize with your own hair touching you being a problem. Sometimes.
Remi (He/Him) 4 months ago
Why the heck does hair covering any part of the ear have to make me feel like I'm in a sauna??? Stupid brain
Stardust she/her 4 months ago
I hate my hair touching me, like I can’t even get any work done and I’m so irritable because of it. Especially if my hair is wet i just cant take it
If you're at all on social media, you might've noticed a trend in the last couple of years or so where people like to attribute ADHD and autism symptoms to themselves. A 2024 survey by the Ohio State University revealed that 25% of adults in America suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD.
This trend of self-diagnosing can be worrying, but it isn't so surprising once we consider the history of diagnosing neurodivergent people.
Social psychologist Devon Price writes that self-diagnosis can be liberating, especially for women. In the past, the tools to diagnose autism and ADHD have been suspiciously male-centric. Price writes that they were "designed with young, white, cisgender male patients with visibly obvious symptoms in mind."
#4
Dragon Ashes 4 months ago
Also guilty. Still haven't finished Game of Thrones or Walking Dead.
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The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago
Haha I thought I was just always a purposeful rebel. I can't watch something while it's popular, but I will binge watch it a few years later. I just binged Schitt's Creek last month and adore it!
Riley Quinn 4 months ago (edited)
Because of memory problems, I binge shows. Finally got around to watching all 10 seasons of The Blacklist recently. I'll find out if a show is no longer airing, then settle down to watch it. Series that I was watching that were disrupted with the pandemic, then the strike, have too big a gap for me to return to with any understanding of events or relationships, so they're over for me.
sfgothgirl 4 months ago
Wait, I do this. I don't like to watch super hyped up shows until later. Btw I do not have ADHD.
Lene 4 months ago
Serious question here: I was into Harry Potter as a kid but lost interest when it became popular. I was into Linkin Park until they became popular. This has happened a LOT in my life. Is it because of adhd? I also found that I only start to listen to popmusic about 5 years after the band broke up or the artist died. I suppose it is somehow related to the "it's getting too popular for my taste"-feeling?
#5
Stardust she/her 4 months ago
Plans rarely work for me so I do stuff based on what my dreams told me to do. It’s weird but my dream self is really good at this sort of stuff so I trust her with all my life’s decisions
KnightOwl86 4 months ago
I can't make plans in advance, it's too much pressure and I don't know how I'll feel from day to day. I literally get extremely anxious if someone starts trying to make plans too far in advance or telling me the plan in too much detail.(I just need to know where to meet and when anything else is too overwhelming)
#6
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I once spent an entire night learning everything I could find on the Kakapo. It's a big green bird and none of the infos I found have ever been useful.
Riley Quinn 4 months ago
I read a lot. All sorts of stuff, but mainly scientific stuff. As soon as the article mentions something I'm not familiar with, I immediately do research, which leads me to something else that requires research. Anyhoo, an hour, or many more, later, I return to the original article. It's time-consuming.
Mark Savoie 4 months ago
It is well known in my circles that if a topic is useless and unimportant, then I'm your man.
Islandchild 4 months ago
My brain is filled with ‘useless’ information that I use to freak people out at my job, where it is apparently not useless.
Brandi Delph 4 months ago
Once woke up in the middle or the night wondering if the name "grapefruit" originated form "greatfruit." 3 hours later, I knew more about the development of citrus fruit than I ever imagined knowing.
Nadine 4 months ago
Has anyone done an in-depth study of the relations between the folk songs "Heer Harlewijn" (Dutch) and "Schondilg" (German)? Because I have. It´s all in my head. I will write it out just as soon as I can sum up the energy. Then I´ll be rich and famous and use the rest of my time to find out why the lady in question has that really weird name "Schondilg".
Uncle Panda 4 months ago (edited)
Mine doesn't keep me up at nights researching things. Mine invents things we already have or would never need, all on it's own. I look in, "What are you doing?" "I'M INVENTING THE COAT HANGER!" "We already have those, go to sleep."
Many patients with ADHD get misdiagnosed and dismissed because they don't fit that old criteria. One clue might be family members: since the disorder is genetic, people with neurospicy folks in their family tree are more likely to have the disorders, too.
Psychologist and clinical assistant professor in Ohio State’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Justin Barterian, PhD, explains how some adults might realize they have ADHD one it's been diagnosed to their children.
"There's definitely more awareness of how it can continue to affect folks into adulthood and a lot of people who are realizing, once their kids have been diagnosed, that they fit these symptoms as well, given that it's a genetic disorder."
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wuchi51 4 months ago
I got in trouble in fourth grade for saying to a teacher I liked and thought a friend "see what I mean jellybean?" I had to write something 500 times. I will not disrespect my teachers. I felt betrayed misunderstood and confused.
Load More Replies... winterwidow87 4 months ago
I fully understand how hierarchy works. I just don't care about it, i treat everyone equally.
Laserleader 4 months ago
Fully don't beleive in hierarchy at all. It's like religion and politics, something people made up so they could feel important and not worry about treating others like garbage.
Alex Ruddies 4 months ago
Hierarchies in skill, not society, is what I believe. Naturally, when it comes to skill, you learn from a master, unless you're one of those self taught types. But when it comes to society, at least how it works these days, the hierarchy is the issue. The resources are distributed poorly to the point that despite having many empty houses, there are still those out there without homes against their will.
Nikki Flynn 4 months ago
Yes! I absolutely and completely understand hierarchies, I just absolutely and completely disagree with them.
JoJerome 4 months ago
I used to work a film festival every year in the projection booth. One day, the boss-oid wrote "VIPs" next to one of the sets on the schedule. I wrote next to it, "Don't suck this set." And below it, "Ok to suck with this set." I genuinely detest the whole "There are VIPs, so let's be extra sharp." Shouldn't *everyone* get my best service? Some filmmakers were touring the booth, saw what I wrote, got my explanation, and we've been friends ever since. ;-)
Renee Kamphuys 4 months ago
I have trouble with respecting elders just because they're older. That's not something that necessarily deserves respect, to me.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
Yup. I understand hierarchies all too well. That’s why I’m generally opposed to them.
#8
The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago (edited)
Aww, this is wonderful! I never thought of it this way 🥰
Uncle Panda 4 months ago (edited)
How can I bump the timeline to remember before I leave in the car? I'm usually a mile down the road when that happens,
Mike F 4 months ago
A mental checklist before stepping out the door. Wallet ✅ phone ✅ inhaler ✅ keys ✅ list ✅ it's maddening, but necessary.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
It's like I say, when you call yourself "stupid" over not remembering where you put your keys, you're not being "stupid", you're just being forgetful and that's okay.
Sharon Heim 4 months ago
Your brains are in your seat. If you got up to go do something and then forgot what it was when you entered the other room, simply go back and sit down again. Your brains are in your seat, and bingo!, you'll remember!
Nikki Flynn 4 months ago
I started doing this a while ago and it makes a huge difference about how I feel towards myself. If I can't do much I praise myself for what I did do. If I remember at the last minute that I forgot my phone and go back for it I praise myself for remembering it. It definitely makes me less ditzy.
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Riley Quinn 4 months ago
Oh, yeah??? Well, I had to make 3 different doctor appointments, plus book rides to and from all three appointments, this morning. I'm thoroughly exhausted, like actually needed a nap exhausted.
Dragon Ashes 4 months ago
My sympathies. We're on vacation and the husband is mad I didn't plan every entire day out. But if I did that we couldn't have gone on that super awesome bus tour to Mt Rainier yesterday because I didn't know about it until we got here.
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Natalie Kelsey 4 months ago
I have never done this. I will answer my whole inbox just to avoid cleaning my house
You feel hyperactive sometimes? ADHD! You make impulse purchases online and regret them once the goods arrive? ADHD! This is something you might see on social media where people diagnose themselves and others with ADHD or autism without having proper credentials for it.
Dr. Barterian says it's okay to watch such videos and suspect you might be neurodivergent. He does, however, advise to get checked out by a proper psychologist, psychiatrist, or physician. They're most likely to give you the most reliable assessment, not strangers on TikTok and Instagram.
#10
The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago
Oh yeah, I'm learning it's a common ADHD experience. It's the worst feeling though, being halfway through a sentence and realizing nobody cares or is listening. I'm sorry you've experienced this too. I'm happy my son is still too "in his head" to notice. It's soul crushing IMO.
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JenC 4 months ago
When you try to wait for a gap in the conversation so you're not being rude and interrupting, but they move on to another topic before you get a chance. Negotiating conversations with extrovertz can be hard
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I don't get how some people can speak in a group for 20 minutes and have everyone's full attention. I try to speak and 90 seconds in everyone's drifting away like I don't exist. I swear I'm not saying anything that off the wall or failing to communicate. There's just something about us that the normies can't wrap their minds around.
Robest S. Foster 4 months ago
60%. Your story telling skills must be astonishing. I should dream of 60%.
Lynette Vella 4 months ago
I gave up talking to almost everyone long ago - now I just text my best friend and she always gets back to me right away.
winterwidow87 4 months ago (edited)
What i've noticed as a neurodivergent person observing neurotypicals, is that in this kind of situation neurotypicals will still find a way to draw the attention back on them in order to finish their story/sentence, while neurodivergent people just give up and get quiet. Granted it's a generalization and i'm sure there are exceptions, it's just my experience.
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Ren Karlej 4 months ago
Oh cripes... do that every day when exercising. Constantly miss my 'slot' so start at the next half hour.
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Riley Quinn 4 months ago
I have traumatic brain damage. I read a ton of material about a variety of topics. Yet, I can't converse on any of them bc my mind gets scrambled. I leave like Marge Simpson berating herself for not having a Becky comeback retort.
Foxglove🇮🇪 4 months ago
This is so me and I've never even considered I might have ADHD - but my daughter is being assessed next week
The biggest problem with self-diagnosing is that people tend to look at an autism or ADHD diagnosis as a explanation for their poor job performance, feelings of overwhelm, and other disappointing and frustrating experiences which may just be a normal part of life.
"Often enough, it is fair to say, the everyday distress, role conflicts, and lifestyle issues that motivate the personal appropriation of these categories have little to do with a mental disorder," professor of Sociology Joseph E. Davis wrote for Psychology Today.
#13
The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago (edited)
Yep, amusing for the first 5 minutes, then you just want to cry out of frustration. Until you find that yo-yo someone threw in the junk drawer, and oh my gosh, is that my pink shoelaces?! I thought I threw those out!! Whatever happened to the shoes they were in? What the hell was I doing again? Whatever I'm gonna go play with my yo-yo.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago (edited)
My brain is like this as well, and now my literal life/living situation is too XD I'm supposed to be cleaning up/cleaning out the house I've lived in for ~two decades. It contains my possessions from all FOUR decades of my life because my sister brought over and dumped all of my childhood stuff from my childhood house (next door.) I've been "cleaning" since October. I get sidetracked by the proverbial yo-yo at LEAST three times every day XD I am NOWHERE near finishing >_>; (the one thing I AM proud of is that I have - so far - 10 large boxes laid aside of stuff I am donating!)
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I was thinking it's more like being between radio station settings. Hearing the bleed-through of both at once, plus a lot of static.
Load More Replies... Michelle C 4 months ago (edited)
A close relative once compared it to a pinball machine. He was right in my case. I only wish I’d found out as a child like he found out he had ADHD when he was a child! (I was diagnosed late.)
Michelle C 4 months ago
He drew a few other comparisons that made sense to my childhood mind and make even more sense as an adult. I think of ADHD as more like his other illustration now, though: a pick-4 lottery number machine with the nonstop ping-pong balls bouncing!
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Laserleader 4 months ago
Forgetful, careless, insubordinate, stubborn and overly ambitious, are mine. I believe I'm the opposite of all these, and yet it comes up in all my performance reviews.
Kalevra 4 months ago
and you think your beliefs are accurate while your managment team isnt?
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
If you think your child is neurodivergent, get them TESTED.
Katie White 3 months ago
Dude, I wish I would have had a diagnosis as a label while I was in school. ADHD and dyscalculia! I could have used my emotional and linguistic intelligence I had in spades to go somewhere, and make a difference. Instead I was just labeled “lazy, doesn’t apply herself, careless” and I couldn’t perform basic math because I “just didn’t want to do math” I excelled in everything else, but utterly failed at math, and no one thought to see if maybe there was a problem? Eventually I stopped excelling at anything at all.
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Pittsburgh rare 4 months ago
F**k, that's me. Generally speaking, l just hate plans for that very reason
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 4 months ago
Im lucky that when I know im going out ill want to go out
Surprisingly, some experts believe that self-diagnosing can do good, too. Robert Chapman, a neurodivergent philosopher in the United Kingdom who specializes in disability theory, told the Los Angeles Times that psychology and psychiatry is rife with miscalculations and misdiagnoses. That doesn't mean that they're always wrong, but observing and trying to change one's behaviors after self-diagnosing can help some people reclaim power.
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Ren Karlej 4 months ago
One of my oldest friends and I are like that. Someone recently asked her 'do you think you have ADHD' and she'd never considered it before.
Vicky Phenny 4 months ago
My wife gets so confused when my brother and I do that. 🤣
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I think the happiest conversation I ever had was with a neighbour of mine that had ADHD. It just felt so free, so amazing to finally be able to talk with someone like you !
Gracie Jay 4 months ago
I have this with my niece. I love it and sometimes in the middle of answering unasked questions and bouncing back and forth between topics, I always wonder what it looks like to outsiders.
winterwidow87 4 months ago
That's my wife with one of our friends, their conversations change topic at the speed of light and the friend's husband and I (both autistic) just gave up trying to keep up with them.
Joanne Hudson 4 months ago
A couple of my friends and I number the changes so 3 or 4 changes on we can say "I want to go back and finish #3" and pick it right up.
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And you never can finish the conversation you started because you change topics and never circle back.
#17
Riley Quinn 4 months ago
This is a trick question. If you blow off your pain or give a low number you're stuck at the back of the line. By going a bit higher, chances are you'll be taken more seriously.
Asmodeus Hare 4 months ago
The pain scale is not a workable one for me. Told a doc it's according to the scale a 4 but it is a 8 level injury. Doc said b******t until I moved the towel to a piece of rebar in my thigh. Doc said "Ok that's a 9..."
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Lowrider 56 4 months ago
The problem nowadays is that if you rate your pain high you're accused of 'd**g seeking behavior.' The o****d crisis has made hard for people in real pain to get relief.
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Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
I struggle with remembering the names of my neighbours but I remember every face and name of actors in the most obscure movies for some reasons.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
I remember each of my neighbor's pet's names, but couldn't tell you the human's names if my life depended on it. I'm terrible with faces, so I don't think I could do the actors like you could, but I could probably tell you every single purebred dog breed and its origins XD
Load More Replies... winterwidow87 4 months ago (edited)
Ah the good ol' "i have to look for this actor and see in which movies/shows i've seen them before, otherwise i won't be able to focus on what i'm currently watching" feeling!
Lowrider 56 4 months ago
Oh c**p! I do this all the time. I also try to find out who voices animated characters if the voices sound the same as in another animated movie.
Robert Beveridge 4 months ago
Unless I'm in a theater, I cannot watch movies without IMDb open on a device.
Astrobloom (she/they) 4 months ago
I always do this and then someone always gets mad at me ‘why can’t you just enjoy the movie be quiet’
Rick Murray 4 months ago
The number of times I have left a Netflix movie unfinished because I started that, then got sidetracked, and enough time passed that bedtime was an hour ago and...
Su Boddie 4 months ago
Either I've just discovered a "new me", OR this is a trait held by other than Autistic ADHD folks. Either way is fine with me. I enjoy looking up stuff while folks drive themselves crazy, phones in hand, because they don't know something. (No, I don't always share what I find.)
"You might notice you have all of these challenges with social relationships, sensory difficulties, or paying attention, and you might think it's autism for a while," Chapman explained. "And then you're like, 'Hang on, I fit more with ADHD.' Even if you've gotten it wrong, you've still learned about yourself, your differences and needs."
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The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago
Yes! The negative reaction to sharing personal experiences that mirror someone else's as a way to connect has always enraged me. I'm not a selfish asshóle trying to one-up you, I'm an empathetic individual trying to connect through shared experience.
William Sutton 4 months ago
I'm just learning this about myself, and I'm almost 50. I always got good grades despite being constantly called out for spacing out during classes. I'm not hyperactive, so I wasn't disruptive. That means that I wasn't diagnosed until my late teens, and again because it wasn't so problematic it has gone untreated for most of my life. A great therapist is helping me understand myself for the first time in my life.
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Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I am often told that I am oversharing, but I really don't see it that way. I understand how some people might, but I actually don't mind using my experiences to connect with someone or to start a debate. That has won me some strange looks when I talked about periods with my friends in a tramway.
Ren Karlej 4 months ago
Yep... did a stupid team building thing once and we all had to go round and write a criticism down for each person. Horrible (how that bonds people I have no idea - talk about not encouraging tolerance!!). I refused at first but got persuaded against my better judgement. Anyway, the most 'popular' criticism I got was 'too open'. I then had to sit there trying not to cry for something I feel I can't really help, it's who I am. My boss the next day said she thought it had been a good day and I said 'I'm never ever doing anything like that ever again'.
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 4 months ago
I've referred to myself as being unfiltered, but it's more to do with just being honest and direct. It seems to stun passive-aggressive the worst, but I simply can't go along with the social BS of untruths. I always joke that if you're not prepared for my honest opinion, don't ask me how you look in your outfit.
winterwidow87 4 months ago (edited)
The "if they don't look you in the eye while talking to you it's a big red flag" thing bothers me to no end. I look at people's nose tips or between their eyebrows to simulate eye contact so they won't think i'm lying or whatever neurotypical shît they think. Most of them don't seem to notice.
Nix 4 months ago
Ugh, but it's not just that. Too little eye contact is a "red flag" because it supposedly makes you seem shifty and untrustworthy, but too much eye contact is a "red flag" because then you're being creepy. It's the same inconsistent BS with most of these supposed red flags.
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Stardust she/her 4 months ago
I’m not neurodivergent but I hate the fact that I have to dance around everything and speak like some secret agent. People tell me I’m “too honest/straightforward” before ditching me. It feels like everyone was born with a manual on how to talk to people while I’m learning everything the hard way :/
Bored Retsuko 4 months ago (edited)
Oof, yes. Also things like being "clingy", too black and white in your opinions and wording, etc. And the oversharing and enthusiasm can be mistaken for lovebombing.
KnightOwl86 4 months ago
Lack of eye contact is always described as a sign of lying or being untrustworthy yet it's literally impossible for most neurodivergents to maintain eye contact!
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Ren Karlej 4 months ago
My husband just doesn't understand the fear that this brings on in me!
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
This is the literal state of my house right now (which I was supposed to organize/clean/etc. starting in October of last year...) My mom (who lives next door) will come in, get p!ssed off at me, and will yell "I'm going to trip and break my neck on all this c**p on the floor!" You could always just, y'know, NOT come into my house and NOT walk around in it? XD But seriously, I'm supposed to be cleaning and organizing my four decades worth of c**p and it's piles, all piles, piles everywhere. *I* even trip sometimes, ngl XD
Carrie Laughs 4 months ago
My wardrobes of clothes are like this. Disorganised mess with piles on the floor of them (the contents being out of sight don't help, my brain still itches!). I said to my husband, I need to take everything out and sort it into a sensible order. He said 'good idea, why don't you?' Um... Because I know I won't be able to do it all the way through and the mess will be worse for a long time as I'll get overwhelmed. He said he doesn't umderstand why I can't just do it. At least I know now it's the ADHD. To think, I used to consider him the weird one for just being able to DO something - start through to completion. Lucky sod!
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Lori Simpson 4 months ago
Now, we devote 15 minutes on a timer to specially work the doom plies down and out.
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winterwidow87 4 months ago (edited)
ADHD people often have rejection sensitive dysphoria, which means when you experience severe emotional pain because of a failure or feeling rejected. Basically the ADHD brain can't regulate rejection related emotions and behaviors, making them much more intense.
Load More Replies... Why does ADHD often is misdiagnosed, ignored, or overlooked in women? Mostly because they present symptoms a little bit differently. Generally, there are two types of ADHD: inattentiveness and impulsivity/hyperactivity. As ADHD often is diagnosed at an early age, in boys it presents as jumping around and getting in classmates' faces. Girls with ADHD, on the other hand, are social, energetic, and talkative.
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Astrobloom (she/they) 4 months ago
Me literally screenshotting everything I relate to here before I saw this
WindySwede 4 months ago
And the phone say i have " :D " numbers of tabs open on Chrome. (>99)
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JoJerome 4 months ago
Which, if you're me, will sit in your open tabs for the next 6 years until you accidentally close it.
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Riley Quinn 4 months ago
One of my better therapists once remarked that I was addicted to chaos bc that's the environment I was raised in. Painful, but familiar chaos. Took being self-aware and a lot of persistence to find that calm is pretty cool to spend time in. For me, it requires isolation to maintain, broken up with conversation with one person daily. Pretty drastic, but it works for me.
"Since girls often display fewer behavioral problems and less noticeable symptoms, their difficulties are often overlooked," says Dr. Lisa MacLean, M.D., a psychiatrist at Henry Ford Health. Other symptoms in girls with ADHD may include:
- Distractedness and forgetfulness,
- Fidgeting,
- Carelessness,
- Cluttered, messy environment,
- Disorganized thoughts.
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#26
Khavrinen 4 months ago
Any other people find that this same picture has been posted twice on this list?
Beak Hookage 4 months ago
I was informed that a family member had died and said "oh, okay". I was told I was being made redundant from my job and said "oh, all right then". Someone was nasty to me on social media and I had a complete meltdown and cried for hours.
Christine M Quigley 4 months ago
This is my husband, who struggles with nerve/autoimmune issues & has ADD.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
This is why I'm cleaning/organizing my house XD 43 years of crud, stuff, junk, tchotchkes I knew that I *COULD NOT* live without when I saw them online, little figurines, plushies, and other pieces of cr@pola that I honestly stopped caring about as soon as I opened the box and put the figurine on a shelf. Then the figurine gets swept into a box, where it sits forgotten for years XD There are only a few items I own that I *truly* love and care about (besides my living things like my pets and my beloved plants/trees.) One is the stuffed German Shepherd I've had since I was 5 (his name is Chace.) Another one is my dad's ashes. A third is my long-gone old gray cat's collar. I think I could probably toss out all of my other possessions and not care, in the long run. But somehow, it's still difficult to do :(
digitalin 4 months ago
I struggle with, too. This summer I'm trying to just chip away at it. I'm not making much progress.
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When I bought a new computer, the tech installing it looked around at my boxes of important things and found most of the things he needed which I had bought years ago and didn't know how to use. And he very nicely and helprully took armloads out to the bin that I didn't need ever again. (He has neuro relatives.)
When women don't get diagnosed at an early age, they often develop coping mechanisms and learn to mask their symptoms. They might overcompensate the symptoms mentioned above by working late during the night to compensate what they haven't finished during the work day. Friendships and romantic relationships might suffer too, as patients might be afraid to show their true selves.
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Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
And people are also mad that you're struggling and when you ask for shoes they tell you that you don't need them because you've climbed without them so why would you need them now ?
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Sally Moen 4 months ago
The only meal prep I'm prepared to do is the dish I've made many, many times before. I'm currently on the Wendy's chili copycat recipe. Its predictable and ingredients are easy and its easy to transport and it tastes good late at night or for breakfast
Nina 4 months ago
I find new recipes, make them while fine-tuning them to my standards and lose the will the make them ever again... But also have a few (like two or 3) that I do make over and over again 😅
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 4 months ago
I have a prophylactic approach to fruit. As long as I have some rotting in the fridge, I'm covered. Then I throw it out and buy some more. (no longer, I buy dried fruit now. It waits for me to remember it's there).
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Sally Moen 4 months ago
Those pre-employment personality questionnaires really get me. Like I don't know if I am good working alone or Am I good working in a team? Well someday I can do one and not the other, but it depends. Is the place noisy? Are there strong smells like perfume that others in the team wear? Answers take a while, sometimes I just guess
Melinda Landis 4 months ago
Someone told me I’m a “What if” person. I always see so many threads coming out from one point.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
There’s no such thing as a yes-or-no answer that applies in all situations, with no exceptions or caveats. It’s more like “on a scale of 1 to 10” or “always, most of the time, sometimes, rarely, or never.”
How many neurodivergent Pandas have we got here among us? Share your ADHD, autism, or other diagnosis journeys with us in the comments! If you don't feel ready yet – no biggie. Just quietly upvote the pics you liked most from this list. And if you feel like scrolling through more funny ADHD pics, check out our previous post right here!
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Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
To my fellow ADHDers, how many notepads you have with just the first page filled and the rest fully empty ?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
Try being an ADHD person who draws as well. XD The number of "sketchpads with drawings on like the first 3 pages and that's it" I own is a legendary amount. There's five of them within arm's reach of me right now.
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Highwaytozen 4 months ago
I was diagnosed in 2009 and this is the best description of myself I have ever read. Except the knuckle cracking, that freaks me out lol
Madeleine Christiansen 4 months ago
Rude...I know for a fact people with adhd aren't just their adhd. We're people too!!!
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Stardust she/her 4 months ago
I remember having an English project due in 3 weeks and I started working on it the day of the deadline. I got it done in a few days and somehow managed to get 50+ pages done while everyone else did 20 pages. I still lost points because it was submitted after the due date but im proud of that project
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
I once drew an art with some of the literal quotes my mom and sister used to scream at me in the months after I'd had a small stroke (and was really struggling, physically and mentally.) Variations of "Just get better" and "You could get better if you wanted to" were the most common! :D Similar things were also yelled at me when I was a teenager struggling with depression and su!cidal ideation, but luckily my dad was still around then and he snuck me out to see a therapist. It's amazing how quick certain people are to jump on the "Just do x" bandwagon. just_get_b...193adc.jpg 
Ugh, do I have to? 4 months ago
Oh, you have asthma? Just take a few deep breaths and calm down
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Stardust she/her 4 months ago
I started out reading this list for fun but looking back I may have some form of mild ADHD. It honestly explains a lot of my life
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
Many people, including my brother, discovered it as an adult. Medication really helped him at his office job, but now as a work-from-home consultant he doesn't take it all the time.
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Melinda Landis 4 months ago
Over-explaining, yes, I am told to shut up so often, but I feel like one more sentence and…understanding will happen.
NOivern 2 months ago
My mom constantly gets mad at me for getting into arguments with my little sister over s**t that meant NOTHING, and I could never find an explanation for why I feel the need to argue with her. Looking at this, it provides all the reasons I couldn't explain. Especially the Strong Justice Wiring.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 4 months ago
Yup. I’m not that smart I just know a bunch of random facts that I found interesting.
winterwidow87 4 months ago
"You know a lot of stuff!" Thanks it's the autism. Btw i only have a superficial knowledge about a bunch of completely random stuff, i'm no expert on anything.
Joanne Hudson 4 months ago
Still ..... that's more than a lot of people know.
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JoJerome 4 months ago
Shhh... We don't want BP to notice the naughty word...
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Pseudonym For An Author 4 months ago
I have yet to meet someone who could be considered completely neurotypical
My O My 4 months ago
Then meet my husband. Bless this poor guy for putting up with the mental, emotional and physical chaos I spread everywhere I go
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Kiera Mortensen 4 months ago
A friend of mine just asked me how I function with all the issues I have. I shrugged and said "Anxiety/PTSD/ADHD/Depression/Autism is my superpower i guess"
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x6rkq946s6 4 months ago
This…explains so much of the last 3 months or so at my job. I never heard of ADHD Burnout until now. But everything on this is me right now. Man, I really need a vacation.
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Parmeisan 4 months ago
Any advice on how to discover who you are without the mask? Some things are obvious - I force myself to make eye contact with people, for example - but I worry that I might be doing a lot of masking still without even realizing it because I formed those habits as a survival mechanism at such a young age.
Load More Replies... and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 4 months ago
Still can’t really figure out how to not mask. I know I need to, it makes me stressed and resentful of people that aren’t masking, but it’s HARD.
Joe Russo 4 months ago (edited)
Honest question: how do I know the difference between a coping skill for social skills I just don't have vs. masking?
Earonn - 4 months ago
I can only speak for myself, but for me the difference is how it makes me feel. When I cope for a skill I don't have, I do the other person a favour. It's like bringing your partner flowers - yes, it costs you, but it's an act of love and makes you feel good. When I mask, the basic feeling behind it is not love, but fear - the fear of not being accepted, of being bullied again etc. pp. Good luck!
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
My now-ex says it's because I read too many memes and I'm losing my ability to speak English. Joke's on him, I've been doing this since way before the meme became a thing XD
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Joanne Hudson 4 months ago
That was my first clue to what was "wrong" with me. Everything is clamboring for attention so I wave to create an open "landing field".
Load More Replies... Sally Moen 4 months ago
I have a friend who has aphasia, he has normal conversations until one word stops him and he cannot find it. I relate so much.
Natalie Kelsey 4 months ago
Hahaha yeah. Or I make up a word that then forever replaces it I forgot magnifying glass once and shorted out my brain and now my husband and I both call it the closer-looker
JoJerome 4 months ago
Talking to my doctor about my family history of Alzheimer's and at what point should I worry... He said, "You already know the answer to that. Your neurodivergence already mimics the early signs of dementia,*** so it's going to be hard to tell if it actually starts to hit." ***Struggling to find words, losing the topic mid-conversation, exaggerated Doorway Effect, losing things in weird places, etc.
Joanne Hudson 4 months ago
I'm not sure I believe that. Everybody is different.
Load More Replies... Joanne Hudson 4 months ago
I think of my brain as a wheel zipping around in my head and all the things I know or may know or want to remember are on it somewhere so I just have to watch for it on the wheel and grab it. It could be in 5 minutes or next Thursday at 4 am as I start to wake up.
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Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
Both of my super smart (I know, I'm biased!) kids have ADD, boy and girl, and really struggled in school. Son went on to become a professional pilot (SO many unmedicated ADD/ADHD pilots!) Daughter refused to medicate for school for years and finally started as an adult and it helped so much! She's still got anxiety but she's finally pulling her life together. It's a tough disease to have. :(
JenC 4 months ago
Taking medicine just make it easier to be yourself, without having to fight against your own brain.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I was "diagnosed" as a HPI before ADHD when I was 10 ,(and yes I know it's not a real thing) so my teachers and parents placed a HUGE amount of pressure on me. It's incredibly hard to hear that "we know you could do better" all the time when you're actually doing your f**k!ng best.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
Yep, me too. My "tested" IQ was 142 or thereabouts when I was a little kid in the 80s. My mom pushed me into the GATE ("Gifted And Talented Education") program so fast. School was a nightmare. I was doing horribly, so my mother decided the "answer" was to pull me out of public school, force me into taking the GED, and forcing me to start college when I was 14. So not only am I now literally every stereotype of the "burned-out gifted child", I'm also very socially dysfunctional (never learned how to make friends with people my own age) and still struggling with my ADHD at age 43 XD All so my mom could brag that she was "raising a genius". Thanks, Mom!
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JoJerome 4 months ago
My 80s diagnosis was "High IQ, bored and unmotivated in traditional classroom settings."
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#43
The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago (edited)
I went on meds a few years back and while the bees are mostly gone, they've been replaced by a bunch of depressed viscachas...
#44
The Majestic Opossum 4 months ago
I currently have 7 stacked up, all dated for this year, with less than a month filled out. But you never know when I'll need One...
Asmodeus Hare 4 months ago
I tried one. My family has no sense of planning. My mom once kidnapped me from work because I told her I had work and could not just up and go to Disney World.
Uncle Panda 4 months ago
I started a blog once. It has one item - "I wonder if I'm self-important enough to need a blog?" Evidently not. I never went back.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
That reminds me that I bought myself a very cute planner back when I was still living with my ex. I should go look for it on Monday. It'll be amusing to see what year it was for XD
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I bought a fuzzy Unicorn one when I was in England and I managed to write 2 full pages ! 7 years ago.
ZombieMommy 3 months ago
or the chalkboard calendar that i needed so much that has my induction date on it.....my kid turns 5 this year........
Joanne Hudson 4 months ago
Start with front but then in a few months or years, start over from the back.
#45
C Hendrix 4 months ago
I'm "My spaces are chronically a huge mess, so I pay $$$ on a regular basis to have someone come in and make them livable again, until the next time I need them to come."
Tyranamar 4 months ago
The problem is the $$ people always put stuff in drawers or baskets to make the house look neat. Once it's in a drawer or basket it no longer exists for me. So they end up making my life worse. Just bc my stuff is out all over the place doesn't mean I'm not organized. I keep everything where I can see it for a reason!
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I am a "I have depression so I live in a mess but will make myself sick with anxiety over it" neurodivergent.
noelle rem 4 months ago (edited)
Or I appear clean and organized however the mess is just hidden behind a closed closet door or within my car. Open either if you dare. The mess lives within. 😂
Katie White 3 months ago
I am 2, with the exception of a single thing in my life: my colored pencils.
#46
Luke Branwen 4 months ago
I'm on the asexual spectrum and MAYBE some flavor of trans/genderqueer (I try not to delve too deep into that). So it checks out.
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Rowena Bourque 4 months ago
Uh oh that really hit home. At this stage I wonder if it's worth getting checked though.
#47
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
I know what day it is because the youtubers I follow always post on the same day of the week.
Load More Replies... SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
The internet gave me my voice. Then it damaged my mind.
#48
Inigo Montoya 4 months ago
OMG this. My ADHD daughter is incapable of sitting at the dinner table in the typical way. I expect someday she will balance on her head while eating dinner.
Ugh, do I have to? 4 months ago
My mom keeps telling me to put my leg down and sit properly, but it's just soooo uncomfortableee
Load More Replies... and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 4 months ago
Chairs are weird. Also more comfortable if you can move around.
Andrew Keir 4 months ago
I still really prefer the floor, but getting up again gets difficult when one is retired
Beak Hookage 4 months ago
Me. I'm lurking in your wardrobe at the moment. Waiting for my chance.
Load More Replies... KnightOwl86 4 months ago (edited)
I cannot sit without crossing my legs, sitting on one leg or draping both legs over the side of the chair, having to sit 'properly' is like t*rture to me.
Natalie Kelsey 4 months ago
I think this almost more than anything made my parents crazy when I was a kid
#49
Tyranamar 4 months ago
This is more PTSD like than ADHD. ADHD is exhausting bc such simple things require so much concentration. Like trying to clean a house or do a project. And we have executive dysfunction telling us things are even harder than they actually are. So we never get started. Then sit around with all the stress of having a giant project hanging over our head.
Nikki Flynn 4 months ago
Lol saw this on reddit the other day... Someones (autistic) response from chatgpt while asking for life coping advice l so it's either this post or a standard chatgpt response.
Andrew Keir 4 months ago
"Everyone you will ever meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. "
Alex Foster 4 months ago
This is great text and all but you're asking a lot, trying to get my ADHD to read it. I scrolled past before scrolling back.
#50
Beak Hookage 4 months ago
"How d'you solve a problem like Maria?" "OH MY GOD YOU GUYS SHUT THE F**K UP."
#52
Laserleader 4 months ago
The electrical box would be of far greater interest... how did they incorporate it into the stone, how many lines, and why was it not covered with a stone tile?
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
Yeah but have you seen how flat that wall is ? Incredible work ! And the bricks are so pretty...
cnn57t8278 4 months ago
One of the best compliments my partner can give me is, “Wow! I would never have noticed that!”
#53
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
I constantly forget to eat. My mom cannot fathom how I don't "notice" that I'm hungry. She's asked me before, "Doesn't it hurt?" Uh... no? Does it usually hurt when you don't eat for an entire day? I mean, I feel hunger, and my stomach growls, but it doesn't hurt, and generally my ADHD brain jumps to something/the next thing so fast that I barely notice when I AM feeling hunger.. XD
Parmeisan 4 months ago
It's called interoception! The sense of your body state e.g. hungry, thirsty, need to pee. Neurodivergent people often have low interoception, though not necessarily the same level for each type of it (e.g. I will almost always notice hunger but almost never notice thirst). From personal experience I would say it also varies depending on your focus level. The more you are into something, the worse your interoception gets. Then eventually your brain resurfaces to the rest of the world and you realize you probably should have eaten something 6 hours ago.
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Puck 4 months ago
How to relax my brain: keep it partially occupied by doing something fysical, then i can think, daydream clearly without overthinking or getting overwhelmed by too much, confusing emotions. To my surprise breathing exercises are fysical enough to work for me. Or keep it completely occupied by reading, puzzels, ballet dancing, writing.
#55
Vanessa Steis 4 months ago
god....cleaning my wardrobe in my teenage years always took at least three days..and It wasn't a very big one....
#56
Shelli Aderman 4 months ago
“Distance-nesia.” I always have to go back to the room where the thought of origin happened. 🤦♀️
#57
Multa Nocte 4 months ago
Depends on whether these are facts or skills you will need in your chosen field when you don't have immediate access to a book and need to do something quickly.
Laserleader 4 months ago
If you don't learn it well enough to pass a test, then you didn't retain enough to know the info. So many so called "doctors" in many fields are D grade because they passed, that doesn't make them experts, just slightly knowledgeable.
#58
WindySwede 4 months ago
Its' not like how you are goes away just because you don't get diagnosed..! 😳🙀
#59
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
YES !! How many people still think that "we all have a little bit of ADHD", or that "ADHD is an American issue only" (yep I actually heard that one this morning), or that "ADHD is just being lazy", or again that "ADHD is not a handicap"... I'm TIRED !
#60
WindySwede 4 months ago
900,but that's from one year. Lost my phone by accident...
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 4 months ago
Ha! Partner does this. But she's also a**l enough that when something came up in conversation she'd screenshotted like a year ago, she was able to pull it up in less than two minutes
#61
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
I'm constantly covered in bruises, scratches, and cuts. My family is constantly asking where/how I got them. I rarely remember. XD I've also got all the rest of these things, if you swap out "lucid dreams" for "sleep paralysis". Never gotten fortunate enough to lucid dream :p
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Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
Heavy on the restroom one, that can cause a lot of health issues so don't forget to get your urines tested sometimes because you never know !
#65
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
The "short lived interest" is what's currently preventing me from finding a potential job that I'll like. I don't have any passions, so if I start to like something and want to make it a job, how do I know that it's not something I'll lose interest in in 3 weeks ?
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Bills need paid, Rick needs fed. That's how I rationalise spending eight hours a day doing something I wouldn't do otherwise. I'm giving some of my time in return for currency.
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Multa Nocte 4 months ago
For some with ADHD. For others reading becomes a stimulant and relaxes one.
Sharon Heim 4 months ago
That's me! Sometimes I have to read a paragraph several times before it clicks. Where's my focus button?
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PunnyPanda 4 months ago
Just like you don't "grow out of" adhd. You just get better at compensating (due to a herculean effort, generally).
#73
Rick Murray 4 months ago
You forgot: looking at a ready meal that's literally three minutes in the microwave and deciding "nah, far too much effort".
#74
Michelle C 4 months ago
It’s either thator the response to both small and big events seems extreme. At least, i’ve known more than a few people with ADHD too, feel more deeply than those around them do and they have strong emotional reactions to everything that means something to them. I know I’ve experienced this.
Ffion Jones 4 months ago
Yes, I don’t get upset when people I know die. When my grandad died, I didn’t cry until the funeral directors were bringing his coffin and that was 3 weeks after he passed
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 4 months ago
That's a long time to hang on to a body.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
Yes, yes I do. But about the breakup thing I actually realized I was Aromantic so that may be it.
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Ejteh 4 months ago
I don't like the sadness of the adult. Plus i think these are stigmatising in general. Not all adhd teens need tutoring. And because of masking, not all adhd kids are fidgety. I'm now more fidgety (and happy) in my 30's than ever before.
Kitsune Nocturne 4 months ago
And there are two types of ADHD: Hyperactive Type and Inattentive Type. Inattentive Type looks very different.
Load More Replies... Rick Murray 4 months ago
There's the other adult option: Arrived way too early because planned out journey in meticulous detail but wanted to leave extra time in case either Plan B or Plan C needed to be enacted.
Beak Hookage 4 months ago (edited)
Something I respond poorly to as an autistic person: AI generated c**p.
#76
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
And it fused the child with the Cat in the Hat after the child tripped XD
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Stardust she/her 4 months ago
I came into this just to see what ADHD is like and now I leave realising that my whole life up to this point was the way it was due to potentially undiagnosed ADHD
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
As a complete and total aside, it is so good to see you again, my friend :)
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Gavin Johnson 4 months ago
Just this week I started the process of getting a diagnosis. I’m not sure where this will take me but I’m somewhere in the neighbourhood of ADHD if not actually running the whole place! As an aside I’m the man you need in times of chaos / crisis, steely cold logic will come to the fore and my completely emotionless logic may offend I’ll bulldoze my way right through any emotion based decision making, it has no place here. PS There’s a high chance I’ve caused or allowed the chaos to descend, sorry about that.
Peeka_Mimi 4 months ago
It's 3:10a and i read 2 novels tonight. Starting another one now, BP was my palate cleanser.
LB 4 months ago
I ordered a pizza a little past midnight and decided to start doing homework, finally. I don't pretend to be in charge here, my brain just... has its own preferences on when to do what.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
A big thank you to my history teacher from 12th grade (terminale) who allowed me to put my headphones with music on while doing my exercises in class.
Lene 4 months ago
I love lists like this one because I'm on a waiting list to get tested for inattentive adhd and I feel so f-ing alone with all my "symptoms" because my bf doesn't seem to care about it, his parents don't care (they just lable me as stupid and lazy), my own parents don't care about it. At least the few friends I have seem to care, but only one understands to a degree. I am struggling every day to get normal things done and not to "drown" in my hyperfixations. I can hardly wait to get tested.... I've been on the waiting list for about 1.5 years already and have under 1.5years left to wait. September 2026 is gonna be an enlightning month. 😬
Step Twirl 4 months ago
I hear you and relate to what you are writing. Ive spent most of my life trying to understand my triggers and attempts to mimic others who aren’t triggered. When my bf says normal people as a response.. thats when i leave the room
Load More Replies... Not-a-Clue (she/her) 4 months ago
I got up fully prepared and enthusiastic to do a specific task - found the things I need and brought them downstairs all ready to go. Lots of good ideas and plans in my head, looking forward to it. Got distracted by this thread, because I needed something to read while I was eating breakfast, HAD to finish it (I hate unfinished things; I think I have AuDHD) and now half an hour later I've lost all motivation, and need a nap. 😡
Astrobloom (she/they) 4 months ago
Me: No, I don’t have AuDHD what are you talking about? Also me: *scrolling through this post at midnight and relating to everything*
Step Twirl 4 months ago
As someone on spectrum I dont find these funny but relatable in a comforting way
Stardust she/her 4 months ago
I came into this just to see what ADHD is like and now I leave realising that my whole life up to this point was the way it was due to potentially undiagnosed ADHD
LakotaWolf (she/her) 4 months ago
As a complete and total aside, it is so good to see you again, my friend :)
Load More Replies... Gavin Johnson 4 months ago
Just this week I started the process of getting a diagnosis. I’m not sure where this will take me but I’m somewhere in the neighbourhood of ADHD if not actually running the whole place! As an aside I’m the man you need in times of chaos / crisis, steely cold logic will come to the fore and my completely emotionless logic may offend I’ll bulldoze my way right through any emotion based decision making, it has no place here. PS There’s a high chance I’ve caused or allowed the chaos to descend, sorry about that.
Peeka_Mimi 4 months ago
It's 3:10a and i read 2 novels tonight. Starting another one now, BP was my palate cleanser.
LB 4 months ago
I ordered a pizza a little past midnight and decided to start doing homework, finally. I don't pretend to be in charge here, my brain just... has its own preferences on when to do what.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
A big thank you to my history teacher from 12th grade (terminale) who allowed me to put my headphones with music on while doing my exercises in class.
Lene 4 months ago
I love lists like this one because I'm on a waiting list to get tested for inattentive adhd and I feel so f-ing alone with all my "symptoms" because my bf doesn't seem to care about it, his parents don't care (they just lable me as stupid and lazy), my own parents don't care about it. At least the few friends I have seem to care, but only one understands to a degree. I am struggling every day to get normal things done and not to "drown" in my hyperfixations. I can hardly wait to get tested.... I've been on the waiting list for about 1.5 years already and have under 1.5years left to wait. September 2026 is gonna be an enlightning month. 😬
Step Twirl 4 months ago
I hear you and relate to what you are writing. Ive spent most of my life trying to understand my triggers and attempts to mimic others who aren’t triggered. When my bf says normal people as a response.. thats when i leave the room
Load More Replies... Not-a-Clue (she/her) 4 months ago
I got up fully prepared and enthusiastic to do a specific task - found the things I need and brought them downstairs all ready to go. Lots of good ideas and plans in my head, looking forward to it. Got distracted by this thread, because I needed something to read while I was eating breakfast, HAD to finish it (I hate unfinished things; I think I have AuDHD) and now half an hour later I've lost all motivation, and need a nap. 😡
Astrobloom (she/they) 4 months ago
Me: No, I don’t have AuDHD what are you talking about? Also me: *scrolling through this post at midnight and relating to everything*
Step Twirl 4 months ago
As someone on spectrum I dont find these funny but relatable in a comforting way
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