#do i have adhd?

[berberriescorner]

Lawd please give me the strength and focus to finish at least one wip before part two of Bridgerton drops.

Once it drops all my attention will be sucked in by the loveliness that is Pen and Colin😍🥰. I just watched the five minute teaser they dropped. If y’all thought I was out of control then. Prepare to be really sick of me now!

Eloise ma’am I get it, but let the Polin fans enjoy at least one full episode of bliss!

[aira-tries-to-study]

Does anyone get that occasional unsettling feeling when you’re starting to lose interest in a thing? When you’re getting bored of it. When you’re starting to feel frustrated on learning something. When you’re no longer feeling happy with a hobby. When a project you already planned and prepared for started to feel daunting. When you feel like a thing is losing its novelty and you’re getting sick of it. When your attention starts to shift on something more interesting or ‘shiny’. You want to try exciting things but you can’t just give up and waste it when you’re so close now. But you’re getting on the hard parts, the nitty gritty and you can’t bring yourself to finish it.

[galactic-knightmare]

got curious and decided to poke open google, found this list and like

a good chunk of this is just. me. like, a concerning amount.

like, 2, 3, 4, 7, and some times 6 and 8. thats a lot already lmao

tbh this would. explain quite a bit if its correct LMAO

[randomshi-stuff]

Some people are saying that I may have adhd. Because apparently there are times that I get too hyper focused on something and just ignore my surroundings, but there are also times that my attention span is like that of a child and is easily distracted. I don’t want to go to google because I’m not sure if it’s accurate so could you guys help me what are the signs or tells of someone with adhd?

[sparkymalone]

I need to post a chapter today bUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FINISHED

WHY IS WRITING HARD SUDDENLY

STARTING TO REMEMBER WHY I HAD A TEN YEAR HIATUS

[stickparrot]

Do you guys ever just want to watch a new show you just found out but you just cant and instead you just watch the 'edits' of the show and you see a lots of spoilers.

Like I cant help myself. Whenever I want to watch it, I just cant sit in the place because I am so excited. So I just walk around the house for a while and try to continue the show. I cant help it.

[gendernulltral]

I hand counted the paper stars i've made so far

It's 1,191...

[notquite-docbirdy]

Why does my brain work the way it does? I will sit agonizing over homework I have to do for days and fall behind. But then when I actually sit down to do it it takes less than an hour. Why can’t I just do the work?

[aroacedavestrider]

people will hear you talk about struggling with mental illness and say “you can do anything if you just put your mind to it”. brother what part of the body does the mental illness happen in. what do you think is the problem

[brehaaorgana]

From the book Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD:

Putting a coat on the back of a chair by the door is fine, but if you prefer, use coat hooks and a large catch-all basket for dropping keys, hats, gloves.

Small bookcase end-table next to the couch to store craft projects, books, and other things being worked on for easy access.

Add a storage unit near the dining room table to transition between eating and working there.

Daily toiletry items should be stored in a basket that you can move easily

Extra toiletries and medicine cabinet items go in open shelf/basket storage so they can be seen and used easily. If items no longer fit, purge the excess. Don't obscure the view!

If you disrobe in the bathroom, place a tall hamper in there.

Keep a set of cleaning supplies in each bathroom

Edit: I also have this post on budgeting with ADHD + feel free to check my tags, coz I am trying to remember to tag as needed for this stuff. :)

[atalana]

the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

[inkskinned]

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

[two-sheep-in-one-wolfs-clothing]

someone reblogged my post and tagged it adhd i had JUST decided to ignore all of my symptoms

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Why self-diagnosed autistics are valid

medical diagnosis can be expensive

humans are the experts on their own minds

family may prevent assessment

diagnosis criteria is a poor checklist of stereotypes

diagnosis criteria ignores gender, race, sexuality, culture & more

medical diagnosis confirms autism, but doesn't create it

discrimination within the medical profession may prevent diagnosis.

Assessment waiting lists often long

medical trauma may make assessment unfeasible

Neurodiverse Journeys

[mynameisnotmyrto]

I have so many random thoughts and finally a way to free them from my head

[nazumichi]

neurotypicals are so funny sometimes. “well, just don’t forget it next time.” holy shit. you’ve done it. you’ve fixed me. who knew memory problems could be solved so simply? i am no longer autistic, i am ready to join you at the social function. by god.