5 Signs of ADHD In Adults
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Chae
i rlly wanna know if i have adhd symptoms even just a bit or im just plainly lazy coz i srsly fin it hard starting and completing tasks EVEN THO i know in myself i could get that thing done. i actually know what im capable of and i know i can do more and better but idk whats wrong with me why im so tired and just unmanaged. i feel like i live a dysfunctional life. i cant manage my time and tasks properly and in the end of the day especially when deadlines are near, i blame myself. as a matter of fact im not like this around 2 years ago i just suddenly became like this and i just want to go back to my old self where i am motivated without trying much and i was rlly hardworking. right now i still work hard but theres a difference. even a very easy task is delayed so much and i dont get why i tend to do that. i know and realize my flaws but i tend to kerp repeating the cycle. i need answers rlly. am i just rlly being lazy or theres rlly smthng wrong with me? i should also add the fact that im diagnosed with ocd and its one of my life-long problem. have social anxiety. and bad anxiety in general.
thoughts anyone?
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i rlly wanna know if i have adhd symptoms even just a bit or im just plainly lazy coz i srsly fin it hard starting and completing tasks EVEN THO i know in myself i could get that thing done. i actually know what im capable of and i know i can do more and better but idk whats wrong with me why im so tired and just unmanaged. i feel like i live a dysfunctional life. i cant manage my time and tasks properly and in the end of the day especially when deadlines are near, i blame myself. as a matter of fact im not like this around 2 years ago i just suddenly became like this and i just want to go back to my old self where i am motivated without trying much and i was rlly hardworking. right now i still work hard but theres a difference. even a very easy task is delayed so much and i dont get why i tend to do that. i know and realize my flaws but i tend to kerp repeating the cycle. i need answers rlly. am i just rlly being lazy or theres rlly smthng wrong with me? i should also add the fact that im diagnosed with ocd and its one of my life-long problem. have social anxiety. and bad anxiety in general.
thoughts anyone?
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Thomas
talk to your doctor carries about as much weight as I'll pray for you, or thank you for your service. Doctors have no interest in helping people with it, ask me how I know. I'll just go down to the doctor forest, and pick a doctor off any ol doctor tree What world are you living in? No doctor I've ever met gives a damn about an adult with ADHD. Oh, the choices you've made are bad for your health! No shit, idiot, but without it I don't function. I can ask nice, and they ignore it, I can yell, and they shut down like I've triggered a trauma response. Doctors are humans, too! Fck you, so am I! In my job, if you don't have any empathy, you can get killed. A doctor can have no empathy and have a long and illustrious career, as long as they don't leave the wrong ones dead on the table. Talk to your doctor, I'm better off shouting here than talking to a doctor, I'll get the same idle, vicious, judgemental, half-assed responses, for free.
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talk to your doctor carries about as much weight as I'll pray for you, or thank you for your service. Doctors have no interest in helping people with it, ask me how I know. I'll just go down to the doctor forest, and pick a doctor off any ol doctor tree What world are you living in? No doctor I've ever met gives a damn about an adult with ADHD. Oh, the choices you've made are bad for your health! No shit, idiot, but without it I don't function. I can ask nice, and they ignore it, I can yell, and they shut down like I've triggered a trauma response. Doctors are humans, too! Fck you, so am I! In my job, if you don't have any empathy, you can get killed. A doctor can have no empathy and have a long and illustrious career, as long as they don't leave the wrong ones dead on the table. Talk to your doctor, I'm better off shouting here than talking to a doctor, I'll get the same idle, vicious, judgemental, half-assed responses, for free.
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Mariana
I'll start working on that thing that is due today after I take the trash out!
20 hours later
I missed the deadline on that very important thing that I should've gotten started a month ago umu. but at least I cleaned the house, took a shower, cooked, sent an email that was also important, fed the cat, and helped my family with some stuff.
When I was in college I often missed important deadlines because I felt it was easier to work on other things immediately that didn't have to be done right away but felt more beneficial to do right away rather than the actual thing I needed to get done that would take me many perceived hours. Also the pressure to help family first constantly deterred me from getting started on big projects.
I'm not sure if this is indicative of ADHD but I stopped going to school because I couldn't manage my time properly. Also because school wasn't making me money to support my family.
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I'll start working on that thing that is due today after I take the trash out!
20 hours later
I missed the deadline on that very important thing that I should've gotten started a month ago umu. but at least I cleaned the house, took a shower, cooked, sent an email that was also important, fed the cat, and helped my family with some stuff.
When I was in college I often missed important deadlines because I felt it was easier to work on other things immediately that didn't have to be done right away but felt more beneficial to do right away rather than the actual thing I needed to get done that would take me many perceived hours. Also the pressure to help family first constantly deterred me from getting started on big projects.
I'm not sure if this is indicative of ADHD but I stopped going to school because I couldn't manage my time properly. Also because school wasn't making me money to support my family.
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AnxiousOptimism
I've been diagnosed with ADHD when I was younger, so I clicked on this video. I think I might be experiencing minor executive dysfunction? I sometimes stay up late despite settling alarms, and I have a hardtome motivating myself to do stuff. I just thought I was being lazy. I have to convince myself to do stuff, even get out of bed, change clothes, or shower. I wish my motivation was more consistent. I guess I shouldn't be so lazy. Cause at least some of it has to be lazy. As long as I can physically make myself do it I should be completely capable. I know executive dysfunction doesn't work like that, but it's probably minor. It'd be easier if I could stay in bed all day. I'd probably get antsy if I stayed in bed all day though. But it really would be easier.
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I've been diagnosed with ADHD when I was younger, so I clicked on this video. I think I might be experiencing minor executive dysfunction? I sometimes stay up late despite settling alarms, and I have a hardtome motivating myself to do stuff. I just thought I was being lazy. I have to convince myself to do stuff, even get out of bed, change clothes, or shower. I wish my motivation was more consistent. I guess I shouldn't be so lazy. Cause at least some of it has to be lazy. As long as I can physically make myself do it I should be completely capable. I know executive dysfunction doesn't work like that, but it's probably minor. It'd be easier if I could stay in bed all day. I'd probably get antsy if I stayed in bed all day though. But it really would be easier.
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SketchPals
a lot of people get mad sometimes for me finishing their sentences and i always have to many ideas that most people dont care about T_T I think thats one reason why i like to do art work and play dungeons and dragons. Some times i try to say its because I think faster then I type which is like 110 wpm I have the reverse with the chores though I feel like i have to do it or it wont get done by anyone else and I dont like plans a head which is meh with work vacation because they want 2 months warning for vacations and I dont look that far a head for events to go to so i never do anything T_T I didn get to see my first concert last month finnly though I already have a learning disability might talk about it with my doctor at the end of the month
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a lot of people get mad sometimes for me finishing their sentences and i always have to many ideas that most people dont care about T_T I think thats one reason why i like to do art work and play dungeons and dragons. Some times i try to say its because I think faster then I type which is like 110 wpm I have the reverse with the chores though I feel like i have to do it or it wont get done by anyone else and I dont like plans a head which is meh with work vacation because they want 2 months warning for vacations and I dont look that far a head for events to go to so i never do anything T_T I didn get to see my first concert last month finnly though I already have a learning disability might talk about it with my doctor at the end of the month
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Eve
My brother has been diagnosed since childhood and has learned how to handle certain things so now life's easier for him. Easier than for me. I'm only recently diagnosed and struggle badly. I wish my parents would have taken us both for evaluation when we were kids, but sadly, adhd in females is highly understudied. Parents think adhd is being hyperactive, and that's what my brother was. Me on the other hand was shy, quiet and avoidand. I get my parents didn't see it in me. But still. I also got diagnosed with autism at age 17. I wished that was sooner too. I'm 26 now and still surprised how my psych never caught onto adhd. It wasn't until I moved and got another psych that they suspected more was going on than just autism.
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My brother has been diagnosed since childhood and has learned how to handle certain things so now life's easier for him. Easier than for me. I'm only recently diagnosed and struggle badly. I wish my parents would have taken us both for evaluation when we were kids, but sadly, adhd in females is highly understudied. Parents think adhd is being hyperactive, and that's what my brother was. Me on the other hand was shy, quiet and avoidand. I get my parents didn't see it in me. But still. I also got diagnosed with autism at age 17. I wished that was sooner too. I'm 26 now and still surprised how my psych never caught onto adhd. It wasn't until I moved and got another psych that they suspected more was going on than just autism.
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James
Its very relatable, for me it can also be like trying to work at a desk that has several items on it and on the wall, you'll try your best to focus on the monitor and what you should be working on but in the corner of your eye you'll catch something that triggers a thought or memory, which then leads you to look at another item that relates to it and another, all while you're are trying to fight this constant distraction of thoughts and images to actually do what you want to, and you really really want to do it and the more you struggle the more stressed you feel which makes it harder to focus on the task at hand, until bur out and motivation kicks in.
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Its very relatable, for me it can also be like trying to work at a desk that has several items on it and on the wall, you'll try your best to focus on the monitor and what you should be working on but in the corner of your eye you'll catch something that triggers a thought or memory, which then leads you to look at another item that relates to it and another, all while you're are trying to fight this constant distraction of thoughts and images to actually do what you want to, and you really really want to do it and the more you struggle the more stressed you feel which makes it harder to focus on the task at hand, until bur out and motivation kicks in.
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DanDan
I relate to ALL of these.
And yeah i know i need to get professional help, and i will, but i can't help but feel like they'll try to say it's something else.
Usually when you even consider that idea of it being ADHD the health care professional will just completely throw it away and say noooo you don't have ADHD, that's just anxiety and that's so frustrating, cause it's not a hum, interesting you think that, let's look more into it to ser what we can find out about it to be more sure, no, it's a full oh no THAT IS NOT what you have! You silly goose!
But anyway, i really hope things work out and i can understand what's going on.
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I relate to ALL of these.
And yeah i know i need to get professional help, and i will, but i can't help but feel like they'll try to say it's something else.
Usually when you even consider that idea of it being ADHD the health care professional will just completely throw it away and say noooo you don't have ADHD, that's just anxiety and that's so frustrating, cause it's not a hum, interesting you think that, let's look more into it to ser what we can find out about it to be more sure, no, it's a full oh no THAT IS NOT what you have! You silly goose!
But anyway, i really hope things work out and i can understand what's going on.
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AtarahDerek
My auxiliary function is extroverted iNtuition. Unlike Se users, I'm not stuck in the now; I'm stuck in far too many possible futures. It makes me want to jump ahead of the immediate future where the deadline is and just see the finished product. And if that's still too overwhelming, I instead revert to a previous save point and sit there in perpetuity. Such is the Fi/Si loop, and it can cause avoidant personality disorder. I can't afford an ADHD diagnosis, but if I could, I bet it would come with a complimentary avoidant personality disorder diagnosis.
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My auxiliary function is extroverted iNtuition. Unlike Se users, I'm not stuck in the now; I'm stuck in far too many possible futures. It makes me want to jump ahead of the immediate future where the deadline is and just see the finished product. And if that's still too overwhelming, I instead revert to a previous save point and sit there in perpetuity. Such is the Fi/Si loop, and it can cause avoidant personality disorder. I can't afford an ADHD diagnosis, but if I could, I bet it would come with a complimentary avoidant personality disorder diagnosis.
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Wytch
I've found that putting tea on helps me get chores done. I think the way it works is that by putting the tea on (few minutes to boil then 5 minutes to steep) I have a very clear reward that I have to wait for. I now have 7-8 minutes that are completely free, but there's no point starting something fun just to interrupt it in 3 then 5 minutes. So now I have 8 minutes of do something I dunno time and hey would you look at that it's a lot easier to do dishes and stuff if the alternative is sit dumbly staring at the tea. Sound convoluted? Welcome to adhd brain!
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I've found that putting tea on helps me get chores done. I think the way it works is that by putting the tea on (few minutes to boil then 5 minutes to steep) I have a very clear reward that I have to wait for. I now have 7-8 minutes that are completely free, but there's no point starting something fun just to interrupt it in 3 then 5 minutes. So now I have 8 minutes of do something I dunno time and hey would you look at that it's a lot easier to do dishes and stuff if the alternative is sit dumbly staring at the tea. Sound convoluted? Welcome to adhd brain!
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Sagua
One issue: CAN last well into adulthood? No, it somply does. You cannot change your brain and it doesn't change on its own either. You either have it, or you don't. There is no sudden onset or overcoming it. Most (undiagnosed) ppl just get shamed so much as kids that they start to mask their symptoms in public, so they show as little of the frowned upon symptoms while among ppl, which is actually quite harmful since it increases the internal pressure, making the breakdown at the end of the day worse than it needs to be.
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One issue: CAN last well into adulthood? No, it somply does. You cannot change your brain and it doesn't change on its own either. You either have it, or you don't. There is no sudden onset or overcoming it. Most (undiagnosed) ppl just get shamed so much as kids that they start to mask their symptoms in public, so they show as little of the frowned upon symptoms while among ppl, which is actually quite harmful since it increases the internal pressure, making the breakdown at the end of the day worse than it needs to be.
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N.
Yeah. I try when my internal thoughts and mind won't stop to totally block ALL WORDS, THOUGHTS, IMAGES, FEELINGS
Just darkness
And it feels like thought just burst through.
It is tough always missing deadlines and not visualizing outcomes. That is the worst since I know I have great intentions and ideas, but I cannot get crap done
Always feel like i am gonna forget something, so I say or do it right then---and another task was unfinished, so that gets done.
And talkin to people is borderline painful.
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Yeah. I try when my internal thoughts and mind won't stop to totally block ALL WORDS, THOUGHTS, IMAGES, FEELINGS
Just darkness
And it feels like thought just burst through.
It is tough always missing deadlines and not visualizing outcomes. That is the worst since I know I have great intentions and ideas, but I cannot get crap done
Always feel like i am gonna forget something, so I say or do it right then---and another task was unfinished, so that gets done.
And talkin to people is borderline painful.
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Scott
The end of this video really hit hard. I know what she said is true, but it's nice to hear someone actually say it, I'm forever thinking that I'm just broken and i need to be fixed but i just cant think of how to fix me. It's horrible and while i know logically that I'm not broken at all, my brain just works in different ways to others, or as I sometimes think of it, my brain is in another dimension or reality, it's still nice for it to be acknowledged that I'm not broken or damaged goods. Sometimes I forget that
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The end of this video really hit hard. I know what she said is true, but it's nice to hear someone actually say it, I'm forever thinking that I'm just broken and i need to be fixed but i just cant think of how to fix me. It's horrible and while i know logically that I'm not broken at all, my brain just works in different ways to others, or as I sometimes think of it, my brain is in another dimension or reality, it's still nice for it to be acknowledged that I'm not broken or damaged goods. Sometimes I forget that
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Echo
Hmm i think i don't have adhd though i was prescribed with concerta.
My issue are that i get distracted easily from A to B and so on (kinda unrelated after few, then forgot the A.
Kinda hard to focus on conversation on public spaces, and when listening long voice notes.
Words are sometimes kinda like missing from my vocabulary.
But i think it's probably my anxiety and the withdrawal associated with cognitive issue.
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Hmm i think i don't have adhd though i was prescribed with concerta.
My issue are that i get distracted easily from A to B and so on (kinda unrelated after few, then forgot the A.
Kinda hard to focus on conversation on public spaces, and when listening long voice notes.
Words are sometimes kinda like missing from my vocabulary.
But i think it's probably my anxiety and the withdrawal associated with cognitive issue.
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Sunburst
It took me until I was 21 to connect the dots to get diagnosed with ADHD, and when I asked my parents about why they never let me get checked for it when I was younger, they didnt believe it existed. They just thought I was constantly distracted, lazy, forgetful, and that forcing punishments onto me would fix that. Its been several years since my diagnosis and my dad still doesnt believe its a real condition.
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It took me until I was 21 to connect the dots to get diagnosed with ADHD, and when I asked my parents about why they never let me get checked for it when I was younger, they didnt believe it existed. They just thought I was constantly distracted, lazy, forgetful, and that forcing punishments onto me would fix that. Its been several years since my diagnosis and my dad still doesnt believe its a real condition.
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Crazy
I am already diagnosed with autism, and I also have all of the signs of ADHD. I hope that I am able to get tested for ADHD, but it might be just like when I was not diagnosed for two years until I finally proved to my parents that I needed to be tested for autism that theyll just say all of it is because of my other special-needs, visual impairment, autism, and epilepsy
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I am already diagnosed with autism, and I also have all of the signs of ADHD. I hope that I am able to get tested for ADHD, but it might be just like when I was not diagnosed for two years until I finally proved to my parents that I needed to be tested for autism that theyll just say all of it is because of my other special-needs, visual impairment, autism, and epilepsy
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MakaniiStorm
Im not claim I have it but I resonate with quite a bit. I just dont care enough to get a doctor to confirm and well, we hardly have any doctors anymore.
I experience all those signs and yeah Im still trying to better myself in life, I like that my mind asks the big questions and think deeply about things, basically, I happy that I am the way that I am
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Im not claim I have it but I resonate with quite a bit. I just dont care enough to get a doctor to confirm and well, we hardly have any doctors anymore.
I experience all those signs and yeah Im still trying to better myself in life, I like that my mind asks the big questions and think deeply about things, basically, I happy that I am the way that I am
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Amber
I have compared my ADHD to like the wind tunnel game that's filled with tickets or cash. Each ticket is a thought, idea, mental image, or even song stuck in my head. There are sometimes so many tickets that I can't see outside and stay in the moment. I feel like I always need something to latch on to to stay grounded, like music or Wrighting stories.
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I have compared my ADHD to like the wind tunnel game that's filled with tickets or cash. Each ticket is a thought, idea, mental image, or even song stuck in my head. There are sometimes so many tickets that I can't see outside and stay in the moment. I feel like I always need something to latch on to to stay grounded, like music or Wrighting stories.
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Kaity
Im undiagnosed but ive been told by some friends that i could be on the spectrum and have adhd. I do relate to all of these.
I dont really wanna know since I've been doing fine dealing with it. I personally dont think i need this kind of confirmation from a diagnosis to feel better about it. Just the notion i might is enough for me i guess
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Im undiagnosed but ive been told by some friends that i could be on the spectrum and have adhd. I do relate to all of these.
I dont really wanna know since I've been doing fine dealing with it. I personally dont think i need this kind of confirmation from a diagnosis to feel better about it. Just the notion i might is enough for me i guess
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BritneyMorgan
I asked if I could be screened for ADHD (I have all these symptoms, and my doc gave me a number to call to schedule it. That was over a year ago. I did call once, bit they were booked out for the month and asked me to call again the next.
Like, guys, I might have ADHD. How am I supposed to remember this stuff?
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I asked if I could be screened for ADHD (I have all these symptoms, and my doc gave me a number to call to schedule it. That was over a year ago. I did call once, bit they were booked out for the month and asked me to call again the next.
Like, guys, I might have ADHD. How am I supposed to remember this stuff?
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Artorikus
I see myself in the 90% of the things explained in the video more or less.
My family can't help me and my doctor I don't think cares about it, it's normal to underestimate mental problems here were I live (Neaples, Italy.
Anyway, I don't know what to do about it and I can't even pay a terapist for it
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I see myself in the 90% of the things explained in the video more or less.
My family can't help me and my doctor I don't think cares about it, it's normal to underestimate mental problems here were I live (Neaples, Italy.
Anyway, I don't know what to do about it and I can't even pay a terapist for it
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shikiyama
I do not know if I have adhd or not but I will frequently try to say something when I am talking to people over discord and my brain gets stuck trying to actually remember the words I wanna say for maybe a minute.
It's about the only symptom of ADHD in this video that I can truly say I have but who knows
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I do not know if I have adhd or not but I will frequently try to say something when I am talking to people over discord and my brain gets stuck trying to actually remember the words I wanna say for maybe a minute.
It's about the only symptom of ADHD in this video that I can truly say I have but who knows
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ElectricAvian
The idea that it gets better with age is also BS. Its not just a lack of coping mechanisms in the face of new responsibilities, the underlying condition itself seems like its getting harder to manage. The list of things that actually gets the dopamine going gets shorter and shorter.
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The idea that it gets better with age is also BS. Its not just a lack of coping mechanisms in the face of new responsibilities, the underlying condition itself seems like its getting harder to manage. The list of things that actually gets the dopamine going gets shorter and shorter.
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Black
I think another thing that comes with it is sudden hobby changes or disinterest in what you once enjoyed, Ive picked up dozens of hobbies over the years, got decent at them, and then just lost the motivation to keep doing them because its just feels like it becomes boring
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I think another thing that comes with it is sudden hobby changes or disinterest in what you once enjoyed, Ive picked up dozens of hobbies over the years, got decent at them, and then just lost the motivation to keep doing them because its just feels like it becomes boring
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weirdoneontheblock
One difference I would say is for a lot of people with adhd (I have a few friends who have it and have talked about it) is that they WILL forget a lot of the time what they were going to say if they don't say it. It's not just a fear- more often than not.
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One difference I would say is for a lot of people with adhd (I have a few friends who have it and have talked about it) is that they WILL forget a lot of the time what they were going to say if they don't say it. It's not just a fear- more often than not.
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