The lighter side of ADHD
I hate these lists. Almost all of these are completely normal. Stop trying to diagnose yourselves. There are more people who do most of things on this list than people who do none. Does that mean most people have ADHD?
Edited: removed the swearing. There was no need for it. I still stand behind the sentiment.
Well, mental disorders are spectrums. It's not either you're completely sane or you're the mayor of cuckoo town. It goes in shades.
If you identify with five or so items on that list of 21, that's fine. You're still in the "nornal" zone. If you identify with 16, like I do, that's ADHD. And I do have an official diagnosis from an actual psychiatrist, thank you very much.
Up until recently i thought of myself as a neurotypical person who just happened to find ADHD content relatable. How dare I, a run-of-the-mill idiot and fuck-up, appropriate a real mental disorder in an attempt to explain away all my flaws?
Well anyway it turns out I have ADHD. So yeah, everyone may relate to these things every once in a while. But if you're reading this and you find A LOT of these things relatable, and they happen often, and you can think of lots of examples of times they have caused you major problems, and you feel a lot of shame and guilt and anxiety about the whole thing, I would encourage you to get checked out.
Ah, the old Everyone does this argument.
Yes, but to what extent? How severe is it? That's the important part that neither you nor this list touch on.
When you have 17 planners with 8 pages written in and constant sense of panic over a workload that is never done it's def beyond the "lol I can't pay attention sometimes too" crowd. Some people just don't know what it's actually like to be neurospicy.
I mean. A lot of people have ADHD. Most of them don’t know or are in denial. So.. yeah that list makes sense.
All of this is completely normal, yes. However, frequency and intensity are typically the separating factors between neurotypicals and those diagnosed with ADHD.
So it looks like we need to bring over the "no gatekeeping" rule from reddit huh?
Welp, if all of that is ADHD, what's there left? 🙁
Your specific hobbies. You might jump between them, but they're different for you than anyone else.
A lot of these are issues you gotta work with to live well. The solutions to these issues, whatever combo that lets you live your life, that's unique to you.
I dunno that's all I got. It doesn't feel like enough, personally, but it is better than nothing.
Self is an illusion. We're all just a product of our brain chemistry and experience. Don't sweat it.
No. If you think you're "just a product of (y)our brain chemistry", you're selling yourself short. There's a "you" in that meat-sac, so keep throwing levers and pushing buttons. You fly the ship. 🤌🏼
God damn like 85% of this is me. Still ain't gonna check and see if i really got it though 🤣
This is the way.
I finally went in for an adult diagnosis yesterday and this is pretty much the entire checklist they went through.
I go in 2 months and cannot wait. I feel like my mind is in a fog and it’s only getting worse as I get older.
Same (re: mind ~~dog~~ fog), unfortunately for me treatment hasn't helped. But I've also discovered CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) as another route to investigate.
Mindwandering while conversation/ sex was always annoying to me. I never understood why i am doing this and how to turn it off, cause "everyone else seems to get it right" and they made me feel bad for it.
It is importaint to talk about these stuff and reach out to people, who feel the same way.
I'm in this post and I don't like it.
I have all of these (except the erectile dysfunction)and I'd wager 80% of the pop also does. there is no way all of us can have ADHD
It says executive dysfunction. Or am I being wooshed..
If you unironically use "time blindness" as an excuse for always being late, you are a complete moron.
It's a terrible excuse. I'm almost always on time cause I use my calendar instead of my brain to manage time. The "time blindness" just makes me feel anxious about being late despite being 5 mins away and having 30 mins to spare.
Replace ADHD with neurodivergent and/or chronic illness. (for many of these at least)
ATTENTION: 4 can be because of autism and there's an insanely high number of comorbidities between ADHD and autism
Edit: nah, half of them are also traits of autism lmao