#olivialutfallah

[high-quality-tiktoks]

Say it with me: ADHD ≠ being lazy

[nerdygirl2023]

Have you guys heard of the marble theory?

I heard this theory from @olivialutfallah but it’s basically compares having ADHD to being required to carry around 100 marbles but you don’t have a bag. 

Everyone is required to carry around 100 marbles, and they could count it at the end of every day, but having ADHD is like being required to have the hundred marbles at the end of the day but you were never equipped with a bag. You get reprimanded if you lose any of the marbles but instead of being given a bag you just get handed more marbles and told to keep track of them.

Getting medication it’s like finally being given a bag but it has a hole in it. It’s a lot easier yes but you’re not exactly on the same level as everyone else and if you end up losing marbles then you get even more trouble because what the heck, you have a bag now!

The marbles are like tasks, in the bag is like your internal organized rain. Having ADHD means that your brain simply doesn’t know how to organize your thoughts and everything it’s just everywhere. Medication helps but you’re still trying extra hard to beat the standard of human life. Does that make any sense?

[journiland]

This is the best ever. I couldn't even explain it to myself before.