#adhd bella

(These are going with my personal headcanons, autistic Ford, anxiety Fidds, and ADHD Mabel (along with autistic, ADHD, social anxiety Bella, but that’s less of a ‘headcanon’ since she’s my OC))

Ford stims by chewing on the end of his pens, but because this often causes the pens to break, Bella gets him a chewy (made for chewing stims) that goes on the end of pens and pencils, so he can chew that instead

Bella, Fidds, and Ford all tap stim together (playing music and tapping along to it)

Bella and Ford flap their hands

Bella notices how much Mabel is like her and asks “Hey! Do you have ADHD too?”

Mabel was never diagnosed but thinks maybe she DOES have ADHD, after all, it sounds a lot like her

Bella teaches Mabel ways she’s learned to help with her ADHD

Bella and Ford info-dump to Fidds a lot

Bella and Ford help Fidds with anxiety/panic attacks

Fidds and Ford help Bella with sensory overload/meltdowns

Ford scripts a lot and helps Bella to make scripts because she doesn’t know how

Ford looks into the autism diagnosis and sees how part of it is not being able to tell how others are feeling, which can show itself in not being able to tell if someone likes you, and he just goes Oh...

Bella enjoys talking online rather than real life, because you’re able to pause and think about a response more, while Ford prefers real life to text because it’s easier to pick up on tone

Conflicting sensory needs (Bella can’t stand the smell of coffee, Ford loves it) leads to a few issues, but they figure it out

Fidds and Ford stim together

Bella introduces Ford to the sensory heaven that soft fluffy things

Ford never gets an IEP because he doesn’t get an official diagnosis until after he’s out of school, but he doesn’t quite need one; he does great in school

Bella does have an IEP, and has had one since she was diagnosed with ADHD

Fidds also has an IEP for his anxiety

Mabel does everything in her power to make sure both Bella and Fidds are comfortable while they’re working (with their different forms of anxiety)

Stan, the socially adept twin, answers any questions Ford has about social interaction

Bella and Mabel being Bouncy™ together

The Pines family (with, of course, Bella and Fidds) watching movies and every so often Bella speaks up and points at a character and goes “She has ADHD” or “He has autism” or “She had anxiety”.

Bella has lots of small, short special interests, while Ford only has a few, long-term SpIns

Ford and Fidds both having problems sleeping one night and they go downstairs and just talk science and eat snacks

Ford and Bella both have extreme executive dysfunction when it comes to taking care of themselves (showering, eating, sleeping, ect) so Stan and Fidds watch after them

Bella has extreme emotions (like really extreme), while Ford does as well but they’re not as extreme

Bella and Ford excited at the same time and they hand flap together

Bella finds really good stim songs and sends them to Fidds and Ford

Bella has extreme feelings for her stuffed animals and pets (I don’t know the right word. Like, she always asks if they’re hurt and talks to them a lot?), but not much for other people and feels a bit awkward when others share bad feelings with her

Ford doesn’t show empathy or sympathy much or correctly; it always seems a bit awkward or forced, but he does genuinely care

Bella likes to stim sometimes by combing Fidds’ hair; it’s one reason he grows it out a bit

Ford likes to stim/is sensory seeking by playing with Fidds’ hair once they’re together

Fiddleford: *doesn’t turn in homework bc it needs to be Perfect*

Bella: *doesn’t turn in homework bc she can’t muster up enough fucks to give*

Bella: Extra energy? Sitting still? Angery? Literally anything is happening? Bounce The Leg™

Fiddleford: Anxious? Bounce The Leg™

Bella: *can’t sleep bc racing ADHD thoughts and fidgeting needs to be done*

Fiddleford: *can’t sleep bc anxious thoughts*

Bella: *CAN’T go to parties bc of loud music and crowds*

Fiddleford: *prefers not to go to parties alone, so he pretty much never goes*

Bella: This thing is Challenging? No thanks, stress.

Fiddleford: This thing is Challenging? Perfect! Calming.

Bella: *hates phone calls bc they’re awkward and she never knows what to say, hates the silent pauses*

Fiddleford: *is ok with phone calls with close friends but gets anxious otherwise*

Bella: *hates group projects bc she has to work with other people and they never work well with her*