#actual adhd

[heiressofnerdiness]

ok. I shouldn’t be crying over such a freaking tiny line. but.

“I don’t think it was the marshmallows fault I never pay attention.”

As someone with adhd where the only rep I ever got was from this book series… that tiny freaking line held a more realistic portrayal of adhd than anything I’ve ever seen on tv before. And the delivery. The self loathing, the why-can’t-I-be-better, the helplessness. Over something as small as marshmallows. And that’s not even the only rep we get!! I’m so happy 🥹

#percy jackson #spoilers #percy jackson disney+ #percy jackson spoilers #the fact I finally got to use that tag!!! #adhd #actual adhd #actually adhd

[lightasthesun]

Having ADHD be like:

#actual adhd #adhd problems #adhd brain #adhd #actually this also applies to being a writer 💀 #adhd and writer problems lol #the office memes

[pixiemage]

I deal with ADHD on a daily basis, meaning I struggle with multiple (frustrating) things. There's one in particular that's been on my mind the most as of late: it's difficult for me to complete large tasks easily. For me, motivation, mental energy, and time are limited, and those rare moments where it all lines up so I can get shit done are often few and far between. This applies to both things I don't want to do, and things I do want to do. Even writing or cosplay construction or editing videos can become daunting tasks even though they're all fun and enjoyable hobbies of mine.

Recently, I've been trying to clean my room.

As anyone in my immediate family can tell you, this has been a big problem since I was young. My room starts clean, but then I put a few pairs of shoes by my bed, then don't have the energy to deal with the growing laundry pile, then can't find a place for the new mic stand I got for my birthday, then I start dumping jewelry on my bedside table at the end of the day when I'm tired, then - then - then. And then it builds to a disastrous tipping point and it has become this massive, incomprehensible task I have to tackle, and because my brain hates me, it's a frustrating and grueling process to even figure out where to begin.

But deadlines help (pressure helps) and I have found that working on it in the wee hours of the morning (from midnight to like 5am) is somehow a way to get my brain to focus on it. For some reason I work better then. Arguably, this isn't logical or useful every day because I need sleep and I have work, but I made MASSIVE progress two days ago by staying up way too late on a night when I finally found the drive to get shit done.

That's not really the point of this post though.

The point is that I've found that a majority of society (or maybe just the NT community in general) have a hard time seeing progress as worthwhile when completion is better.

"Did you finish your room?" "Not yet, but I dealt with that massive pile of crap on my couch! It's SO much better, and I can actually see the floor in front of my dresser now, and-" "That's not what I asked. Did you finish?" "Not yet." "The answer is no, then."

It doesn't matter how much I've done. It doesn't matter how proud I am of my partial progress. It doesn't matter that I fought tooth and nail to get to the point I'm at, because unfortunately, I haven't finished it all yet, so it's not good enough.

(And I know I have a deadline, and I know we have family coming over soon, and I know that being done is the goal, but the deadline isn't here yet. Give me time. I need time.)

I think we as a society need to award and praise ourselves more for the efforts we put in, whether we reached a finish line or not. I'm not saying we shouldn't strive for completion, because at the end of the day that's often the goal of any task. But we should also let ourselves be proud of how far we have come as long as we're doing our best. I don't see that often enough. I continuously struggle to reach that finish line, but hey, I came this far today! I didn't reach Toad so he could tell me my princess was in another castle (because god knows there's always another task), but I did hit that checkpoint, and since I've been struggling through this level for as long as I have, that's still worth celebrating in some small way. It's still worth all the coins I collected and the goons I defeated to get to this point.

Don't reprimand your kids because their hard work thus far doesn't quite live up to your standards. Applaud what they've done and then help them find the right next step so they're motivated to keep going.

It takes a lot of work to save a princess. The journey has a lot more monsters than just the dragon.

#ADHD #Actual ADHD #ADHD Experience #Executive Disfunction

[habijob]

I made this to remind myself to not get too loud at night when on calls cause of my family.

#habitalk #sound #technically this counts for adhd stuff? #adhd #actual adhd #y'know having a giant and ridiculous visible reminder for whatever thing you need a reminder for #indoor voice #outdoor voice

[meanya]

I don't make art for you. I don't make art for me. I make it for the little goblin in my head who pokes my brain with a comedically large stick until I put his ideas down on paper.

#i need to study but my brain is like ''hmmng draw gotta draw rn or you will DIE literally pls i mean it'' #anya rambles #adhd stuff #adhd things #adhd student #adhd memes #adhd mood #adult adhd #adhd #adhd culture #add #artists #artist #artist relatable #adhd artist #actual adhd

[your-hellish-student-rants]

I LOVE reading, but I HATE reading comprehension questions. They're so goddamn boring. I want to be asked my thoughts, not reword the question and say the right things for a grade. I want to talk about how the story was set up and how beautifully the dialogue was written-- not pick a multi choice question.

For crying out loud I want to read a story not an ANSWER SHEET.

#actual student #highschool #actual ADHD #actually autism #creative writing #anti english class #english class #anti school #student #student life #learning #tumblr

[phoenixkaptain]

Dear Followers: terribly sorry

#adhd #actual adhd #what do you have meme #meme #listen #i should really just pin this #because if you follow me #you should know what you’re getting in to

[chuusei-matsu]

WARNING!!!

This user unintentionally spam likes post due to their brain shutting off after seeing stuff they like! Please be gentle with them, they're not trying to flood your feed, they just genuinely enjoy the content you post/reblog!

#osomatsu san #homestuck #popular #gorillaz #imagines #adhd #adhd brain #actual adhd #disassociation #spam liking #I don't spam on purpose I'm literally just disassociating to the posts on your blog I like

[notafragileegg]

Ever felt extremely tired / straight up fell asleep due to boredom? Congratulations! You might have experienced this weird thing called "intrusive sleep".

(I am gonna link a few sources, it's a really fascinating thing) Intrusive sleep is such a weird thing. It happens particularly often in people with ADHD.

Our nervous systems apparently just disengage out of SHEER BOREDOM! It might lead to drowsiness or collapse on the spot due to abrupt tiredness.

Apparently, it happens because our brains see no point in "wasting energy" on the current task

Article 1 | Article 2

My personal experience with this is something I'd like to share. I luckily don't have the variant where I just suddenly drop to the floor and sleep. I occasionally get extremely tired and drowsy when I don't know what to do / get overwhelmed with a boring task. It's like an INTENSE feeling of tiredness that takes over my entire body and sensory processing. Things start moving slower, my thoughts start forming into dreams and I fall asleep within 1-2 minutes for a couple of minutes to an hour.

This is extremely difficult to handle when I have to listen to a monotone teacher, watch a documentary, or even read a book. My brain just goes "oh... well, fuck this" and just sends me to sleep.

The part that annoys me most is when I tell people about this problem I have, that's actually impacting my ability to live like I want to, some have told me that I should be thankful for being able to fall asleep on command. The thing is, this is not a restful sleep, nor is it like a nap, it's almost like I just lose all motor ability, skip a bit of time, and wake up like nothing happened. Maybe my hand is sore because I fell asleep on top of it, but that's pretty much the only change besides a bit of left-over drowsiness. + IT HAPPENS WHEN I DON'T WANT IT TO

I have only recently tried to do something against it after realizing it's most likely an ADHD thing - so I took the approach of pumping myself with AS MUCH GOOD STIMULATION AS I CAN HANDLE until I am awake; I put on some music, get some easy snacks, fill my water bottle with cold water and just hope, that that's enough to basically stop my brain from deactivating me temporarily.

Intrusive sleep is definitely something I want to learn more about and might make a follow-up post about. I just had this intense urge to write a post at 2am (this definitely doesn't help with my other sleep issues lmao). I just hope it's legible and hopefully somewhat interesting to read.

#neurodiversity #adhd #actual adhd #actually adhd #intrusive sleep #adhd problems #adhd things #adhd brain #adhd experience

[lauras-happy-place]

Via

#kidcore #bluey #sfw agere #adhd #actual adhd #jack #not mine

[the-meaning-iz-42]

I think it was written in the stars that I would have autism and ADHD because my initials are literally N.D

#nuerodivergent #actual autistic #actual adhd #nuerospicy #nuerodiversity #autism things #adhd #autism #fate #written in the stars #when your initials literally stand for nuerodivergent

[osinthewhite]

I need to vent for a minute cause I get sick and tired when people say how much they envy me for having ADHD, how creative it makes me and how they wish they had that too.

NO. YOU. DON'T.

Just the other day I was with my friend and I was telling her a story about a girl I met. When i later wanted to update her on something else she asked if that too will take me fucking ages and if so then she doesn't want to hear it. She didn't mean any harm and I know it (she asked me to tell the story anyway at the end) but it fucking gutted me. Cause I don't know how to talk in any other way. I can't summarise and people get sick of my talking.

And that's just the little stuff. I'm not even gonna go to the shame I feel whenever I forget to brush my teeth again or the fact that I need to check if I've put all my clothes on cause there's a realistic chance I go out without something on or the fact that I need reminders to EAT AND DRINK cause my body rarely reminds me of it itself.

You would never say you wish your leg was paralyzed so you could have a cool cane. You would never say you wish you went blind so you could have better hearing. So stop telling neurodivergent people you wish you had their disability

#adhd #adhd problems #actual adhd #actually disabled #actually adhd #adhd brain #adhd things

[cloudthemangaka]

i have being very stressed so thats why there has not being any content on ether of my blogs. sorry

sorry my freands i just have to recupirate.

#mental health #adhd problems #adhd #adhd brain #adhd things #actually autistic #actual autism #actual adhd #artists on tumblr #推しの子 #actually adhd #mangaka on tumblr! #actual autistic

[turtlesandfrogs]

What's it like being in a relationship when both partners have adhd? Well, here's what just happened:

We had a convo about what to get at the grocery store.

They walked there, then realized they didn't have their wallet. They message me, asking me to bring the wallet.

In the meantime, I had completely forgotten where they were other than 'out', and thus inform them that I have no clue where they are.

In the end, we did get groceries.

#actual adhd #adult adhd #we're both over 30 #you'd think we'd be better at this by now

[multifandomsoup]

Guys i need advice. Ive tried taking concerta and ritalin for adhd but the side effects are really bad. Like i cant keep taking them fr.

Do yall know of some ways to help keep focus on school/work WITHOUT medication??? Really need it rn

#adhd #actual adhd #actually adhd #adhder #mental health #tw medication mention #tw medication

[your-hellish-student-rants]

My problem isn't that I don't like work. My problem is that I have to sacrifice fun relaxation time for the sake of getting work done. The work is fine, but put me on a schedule and I will bite you

#yes i have adhd #yes i have autism #adhd #autism #neurodivergent #actual adhd #actual autism