#probably audhd

spend hours trying to get in the shower (executive function and sensory issues)

doesn’t know how to talk to people I don’t know (problems initiating and participating in social interactions)

Doesn’t know how to make friends if not by extension of a previous relationship (problems forming, maintaining and understanding relationships)

freaks out when presented with the possibility of unanticipated social obligation (need for certainty and exhaustion from masking)

appears overly sensitive to sounds or other sensory experiences (sensory differences)

is constantly moving and fidgeting (stimming)

Will willingly sit alone in the middle of a classroom for an entire year (apparent disinterest in peers)

Rarely participates in group conversations because everyone is talking too fast to process and think through a thorough response (slower processing)

also because I never know when to talk and am scared to speak over others (struggles with social cues)