i'm a fiend

Tell me if these are accurate or if non adhd people have them too. also add whatever things I missed!

Here's my current list of Adhd experiences:

Auditory processing issues - can't hear what people say, need things repeated

Social problems - have trouble forming relationships, keeping relationships, communication

Interest-based focus - We don't focus based on how important something is. So "just try harder" doesn't work.

Lifelong criticism from others, parents, teachers, bosses, friends. "Just try harder" "just focus" "if only you applied yourself" "you can do better"

"be quiet" "you're talking to loud" talking too much or loud or excitedly about interests

Mind going down rabbit holes - one thought leads to another to another to another and things spiral, often anxiously. This can mean I'm talking about one thing at one moment and my brain goes down a completely different path, and I talk about something seemingly unrelated.

Physically can't relax

I have bad anxiety but idk if all adhd people have it

Comorbid disorders

Procrastination : caused by fear of failing, not knowing how to get started, trouble ordering tasks, trouble sustaining focus, trouble predicting how much time/work it will take

Feeling helpless / incapable, like everything is impossible

Only 5% of adhd people graduate college

Relatable.

COLLAR BONE CHECK

10/08/2019

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