#adhd-i

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P-Chan from NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is an autistic aroace queer agender contramasc virtualthing boygirlic person with DID, ADHD-I, and bipolar disorder!

KAngel is an autistic aroflux queer asexual idolvocaloid contrafem egogender emptygirl virtualgirlic pastelpuppic girlboyic boygirlic weirdkidgender staric stargirl trans woman with DID, HPD, BPD, depression, generalized anxiety, ADHD-C, and bipolar disorder!

Ame-Chan is an autistic bi demiromantic traitblur egogender nonbinary catgender contrafem emptygirl loverboy weirdboy weirdgirl virtualboyic starrycattic scenecatcoric boytoy boygirlic weirdkidgender transmasculine person with hypersexuality, DID, ADHD-C, BPD, HPD, depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, bipolar disorder, and OCD!

Real World Basil from OMORI is an autistic bi nebularomantic demiroamntic acespike traitblur nonbinary demiboy angelboy deadboy contramasc bloomboy weirdboy with hypersexuality, hyperromanticism, BPD, DPD, ADHD-C, schizophrenia, DID, depression, social anxiety, bipolar, generalized anxiety, Tourette's, dyslexia, and OCD!

Dream World Basil is an autistic metaromantic bi pseudoboy demiboy with social anxiety, generalized anxiety, ADHD-C, schizophrenia, and dyslexia!

Stranger is an autistic queer aroace AMONAB nonbinary emptyboy with DID, schizophrenia, depression, BPD, and OCD!

Real World Mari is an autistic aroace trans man with DID, schizophrenia, depression, separation anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD-I!

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Let’s unpack that.

Attention-Deficit. This in of itself is misleading. I, as someone with ADHD, do not have a deficit of attention. What I do have is an extremely hard time choosing where to focus it. I can focus, for hours, with more intensity and more productively than most neurotypical people, but only on things like good books and video games and my writing and wikipedia rabbit holes and music. I cannot focus on things like homework and my job and keeping my room from turning into an absolute hurricane-level disaster and ordering my groceries. It’s not a deficit of attention, the attention is there, it’s just that I do not get to choose where it is focused. 

Hyperactivity. Hyperactivity is a type of ADHD. I have combined type, so I am hyperactive, but my best friend? They have inattentive ADHD. They can sit still, and don’t need to fidget, and they are not hyperactive. But they still have ADHD. Hyperactivity is a type of ADHD, not a fundamental part of it. It’s like calling all cake “chocolate cake” even if some cakes are vanilla. 

To the boys with ADHD-I;

And to anyone with ADHD-C;