-Being Unable To Process Verbal Lessons, But Doing Better When Given A Book Or Packet To Work Off Of

-Being unable to process verbal lessons, but doing better when given a book or packet to work off of with the teacher.

the joys of adhd

-”do this please” okay **fifteen minutes later** “did you do it??” what?

-*picks up phone to look at time* hm let’s unlock it to look at the time even tho its on the lock screen *unlocks phone and starts opening and closing random apps* *puts down phone* what time is it?

-i have three days to do this essay, gonna get it done on time! *spends two free days scrolling through social media and chatrooms* oh sht oh sht oh sht oh sht

-”CAN YOU STOP CRACKING YOUR KNUCKLES??????”

-”why are you picking at your lips/fingers/scabs?” i dont know “why not” i just dont okay?? “why dont you know??” and so on

-WHY AM I NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS OMG IM SO DUMB AND I CANT ASK FOR HELP BC THEY’LL EXPLAIN IT SEVENTY MILLION TIMES AND I STILL WONT GET IT I DONT WANNA BE A BURDEN 

-*wakes up at 3 am* GOTTA GET MY wHOLE FCKIN LIFE TOGETHER LETS DO THIS THING!!!!!! *aggressively cleans room/house*

-*internally, sometimes out loud if alone* okay hon, let’s stop procrastinating, we need to do this this and this if you want to keep your grades up/it’s alright, stop freaking out, it’s all gonna be fine, okay?/you need to make sure to do this before bed bc you’re not gonna want to do it tomorrow. “okay, i’ll do it later.” no, let’s do it now, trust me it’s better. “okay…”

-”TURN YOUR MUSIC DOWN, YOU’RE GONNA GO DEAF!!”

-I WANT TO DO ALL THE THINGS !!!

-I dont want to do anything…

-Am i being annoying? “no” are you sure? 

-BRAIN ISTG IF YOU DONT SHUT UP

-*thinking about event that happened weeks, months, or even years ago* oh my god i was such an idiot/why did i do that???/oh my god they probably hate me for that

-omg i hurt you didnt i?? “no, how would you have hurt me?” i dont know, i just know i did!! 

-apologizing too much

-leg bouncing

-hyperfixation/moments of intense passion followed by a period of disinterest

feel free to add, i want ppl to know what it’s like living with this little demon in the back of your mind

Hey!! I’m super nervous about this but ADHD Awareness Month is winding down and I really wanted to share some information on rejection sensitivity before it ended. This is a defining feature of ADHD that is often overlooked, despite how harrowing it can be for those of us who experience it! My main goal here was to remind my fellow ADHDers that they are not alone!

The transcript version of this guide can be accessed here. 

Lastly, ADDitude Magazine is a great resource for learning more about RSD and other ADHD symptoms. Happy friday!

How would y’all feel if I started a comic about my personal experiences with adhd? It’s not a sure thing, but I’ve lowkey wanted to do a webcomic for a while now. Just trying to gauge interests.

7 most adhd moods

–the Only Mood everyone else knows about: i  wanna do THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS and–SQUIRREL

–galaxy brain: i was listening to the lecture but the prof said something that reminded me of something else and now i’m not sure how much time i was lost in thought

–the tutorial only comes in video format: i’m sorry, but you’ve thrown off the emperor’s groove *hurls product & its tutorial video into the sun*

–damn you hyperfocus: i went to bed intending to wake up and write but this morning i was possessed by a cleanliness spirit and spent the next 14 hours organizing the apartment

–i dont think u tried at all.jpg: did i seriously spend an entire free day refreshing twitter b/c i didn’t want to spend 10 minutes finishing my hw but wouldn’t let myself do anything else until i finished it???? (yes)

–patrick star: *unlocks phone* time to check the weather. *opens twitter* the weather. *opens messenger* the weather. *opens mobage game* the weather. *opens facebook* the weather. *opens twitter again* THE WEA–

–smells like depression: literally everything is too boring. i’m going back to sleep

Yes! Listening to music to track time is a GREAT way to combat both executive dysfunction, AND just my general terrible sense of time. TIME DOESN’T EXIST so I fill it with music to make the fake measurements easier to bear or understand.

I’ll often try to decide between two things, and get stuck. And it’s never a serious choice! The most serious question I asked was which prom dress I wanted for senior year. So! I ask a friend or group of people “hey, should I do X or Y?”

‘You should do X’

And I’ll do the opposite. “Got it! Thanks! I’ll do Y!”

It may seem a little confusing, but it’s honestly helped me deal with both making decisions, and feeding the little spite gremlin living in my brain.

executive dysfunction is telling yourself for two and a half hours that you need to shower bc you smell like your workplace and you absolutely Cannot do Anything Else until you shower, doing Any Other Thing before showering is illegal!!! but you still haven’t for some reason??? you’ve just been sitting on your bed in a towel scrolling tumblr for 2+ hours thinking “I need to shower right now immediately” and growing increasingly frustrated that you are still not clean and you haven’t eaten or done your laundry either

Everyone needs their own signature look. Even if it’s ripped off from your favourite character from a film you like, maybe it’s just wearing the same coat you love till you wear it out completely, a favourite repetitive colour or a style from another era, perhaps a person you’ve read about, fiction or non-fiction, real or not has inspired you. The point is, we all need to find that special way of dressing ourselves that makes us feel like the main character of our own private novel.