#abcsofadhd

I’m starting a blog on ADHD because I need something for my college applications for my journalism degree, and ADHD is my hyperfixation so it will be fairly easy to write about. What are some things that you guys would like to learn about in terms of ADHD? Keep in mind that this blog is going to be made for people with ADHD, and while it can help people without, it’s not really intended for them. I want this to be about us. I want to help you guys learn how your disorder works and how to work with it instead of against it. What are things you guys have trouble with? What symptoms do you want to learn about? What would help you to read about? I’ve had this hyperfixation for well over 2 years so I know a lot about ADHD and I would love to be able to help others while taking steps in my career! please boost and comment topics you would be interested in learning about!!

From this article in ADDitude:

Experts believe that engaging in an activity that uses a sense other than what’s required for your primary task — listening to music while reading a social studies textbook, for example — can enhance focus and improve performance in children with attention deficit disorder. 

These secondary tasks are called fidgets — mindless activities you can do while working on a primary task. 

You can see it like you’re using the secondary task to quieten the hyperactive/ dis tractable aspects of own brains. 

And also, the human mind can only focus on one thing at a time. No one can actually multi-task.. its just even worse for ADHDers.

I’m feeling the valentines season mood so I’ve made some,.,.,.

ADHD Valentine Cards!

I’ve always loved this shitty valentine card meme!

I opened the app, it's 2am, I just woke up, first thing I see

immediately I like and reblog such a solid and relatable ADHD mood

then I scroll down just enough and see

I immediately like and reblog such a solid and relatable ADHD mood

I've learned FAR more about ADHD from your blog than any doctor has ever told me and I really SUPER appreciate you making info on ADHD so readily available!!!!

So many more things make sense, especially knowing about RSD now. I feel like that made one of the biggest differences tbh. Idk if other ADHDers have this too, but most of the time after I have logically gone through and dismantled something I'm upset or feel guilty about, I'll still have random intense bouts of anxiety/weird upset feelings and it makes me think that there's something I forgot about the situation and that all of my logic is flawed and I should REALLY FEEL BAD ABOUT IT BC ITS ALL MY FAULT. But now that I know about the whole emotional dysregulation thing and rsd, I'm able to remind myself that my intense spikes of bad feeling bc of a past situation don't mean that my subconscious is trying to remind me of some horrible thing I did and forgot, it just means that my brain reacts more intensely than other people's when recalling a bad experience. And that's pretty comforting, although I'm still working on it.

Idk if any of that made any sense, but I just wanted to sort of explain how learning more about ADHD has helped me be more cognizant of my reactions and stuff.

ANYWAYS THANKS A WHOLE BUNCH I LOVE YOUR BLOG AND STUFF AND YOURE AWESOME

I want to note that many countries around the world still use 'ADD' (eg, those who follow the ICD manual)