apparently there is "ADHD handwriting" where the letters look lazy at some points and sometimes it looks like it was written by different people bc we keep changing our letter style probs cuz we get bored 👀

i’ve seen other people say this who have ADHD & ADD, i don’t miss people.. out of sight, out of mind.

Being completely calm in a crisis, but having a total meltdown over the smallest thing

My extreme mood swings.

I replay conversations I have with people in my head.. to try to determine if said the appropriate thing and I totally over analyze it. It can be exhausting...

Avoiding showering because I don’t like the feeling of wet hair. But I love being clean.

Having to listen to something to stimulate my brain so i can go to sleep, otherwise ill just be up thinking about any and everything.

Anxious body spasm/shivers.

Remembering EVERY. THING. I was well into my thirties before I realized that most people do not remember every single detail of most situations. 😅

Not wanting to brush my teeth!

Constant overthinking, ruminating, worrying, intrusive, racing thoughts. Until my 30s I thought everyone had the same & were just sailing through life not bothered by it.

Never being able to remember people's names, forgetting words in the middle of speaking, losing track of what I was trying to write because I couldn't write fast enough and my brain won't slow down, forgeting appointment is, forgetting homework. Basically everything that has to do with working memory. I am very lucky to live in a time when supports are readily available and culturally acceptable.

Getting genuinely obsessed with something for a period of time only to then drop it and start the process all over again with something else that caught your interest.

Pattern recognition, re-reading the same sentence/question 10 times and still not understanding, reading a whole page in a book and not even knowing what i read, food hyperfixations, rumination, hating showering because it’s a “big task” for me, not doing anything before a work shift (even if it’s at 4pm) because i’m afraid i won’t have time, listening to the same song over and over, overstimulation by crowds/loudness, getting overwhelmed/frustrated REALLY easily, over analyzing, i could probably think of more.

Getting overwhelmed by environmental noise but always needing the right background noises.

Inability to sleep before any event the next day no matter how unimportant it is

Object permanence, I don’t miss anyone or anything, is a struggle 😩

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Object permanence, especially with people. I can go months without communicating, and yet to me, when I do, it feels like just yesterday.

I hate being in the kitchen doing anything if someone else is there😭

Wanting friends but unable to keep them bc I can’t ever seem to truly like a person once I get to know them.

Always needing to know “why” and doing extensive deep research about random things only to completely lose interest a month or two later.

Saying exactly what I mean but then being called rude when I was being legitimately neutral.

Forgetting a person's name straight after they've told you.

Constantly googling things when I don't know. It boggles my mind that people don't know something and then just keep moving through life not knowing.....

Hating ice breakers. For some reason people genuinely like those.

Being able to hear electricity.

Time blindness. I zone out and look at my phone and 2 hours have gone by.

Brain radio! I thought everyone else was hearing music on repeat inside their head. 😭

Being able to automatically identify other neurodivergent people.

Instantly recognizing patterns.

Eating the same option for 3 weeks...then hating it for years 😭😂

Clearing my ENTIRE day to get ready for an event at 7pm.

Hating obligations, they stress me out. Even fun ones.

When people tell me a story, I tell them a similar story to try to relate. Ppl don’t like that they think I’m trying to make it about myself when I’m trying to empathize.