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@adhdculture
ADHD culture is reading through an article titled ‘Top Ten Tips For People With-‘ oHMYGOD IS THAT A SHINY BLUE LINK????? and then you look up 6 days later like ‘that’s so super cool I had no idea blue whales did that. heavens to betsy when was the last time I brushed my teeth.’
Oh indeed. Ophiocordyceps Wikipedia page my beloved
Do you ever have times where your brain is sending you 20 things you should be doing right then and it’s to much and you just shut down? How do you deal with that?
Honestly, if I'm overwhelmed with things I need to do I either cry, sit paralyzed by all the stuff I need to do, or go somewhere cold.
Not necessarily saying you should do those or that they're helpful, aside from maybe the last one. Usually when I'm Stuck Due To Stuff and upset and aware enough to try and do anything about it I'll try to physically cool myself down.
I try to do this because I like cold, I get really warm when I'm upset, it's forcing my body to focus on a single sensation, and cause 99.99% of the time it means physically moving.
Honestly even when I'm not going somewhere cooler than where I was, not being in the same place as all/many of things I need to do helps me think about it more clearly. I'm not surrounded by the stuff.
It also helps me personally to pretend I'm a weary hero waging war against The Stuff, taking a brief breather before plunging once more into the fray. There is nothing stopping you from saying 'Once more unto the breach.'
If it works, it works
if you have adhd you can shoot lasers from your eyes
as a treat
Can I have the power to wash the dishes instead?
unrealistic
with adhd/autism it's funny like. people will call you weird all your life, people will bully you for your "outlandish" behaviour, people will criticize literally everything you do as "not normal", BUT THE SECOND YOU GET DIAGNOSED (or suggest you might have it) they're like "huh what but you're so normal, you're literally the most normal person I've ever seen, you're literally so normal and absolutely nothing is wrong with you? why would you have that now all of a sudden???"
God Shit OP
one of the most baffling parts of adhd is the food thing. you know the thing i'm talking about. like it is 8:30pm on a friday night, i had to work late and i know i really need to eat dinner but i don't actively feel my hunger right now and i can't think of anything i would enjoy consuming or that i have the energy to prepare but i'm also fully aware i'm gonna feel like shit if i don't eat dinner
so im self dxed with adhd, but i never have hyperfixations i can infodump about because information doesn't stick with me. i only remember like two things, at most. am i wrong for thinking i have adhd?
I am not a medical professional, and I can only speak to my experience with ADHD.
If the things people say about having ADHD and living with it really resonance with you and make you feel like 'yes! That!' then I'd say possibly?
I'm not you though, so I've only got this info and nothing else
Something to think about for yourself if you don't want to or can't get to a doctor to check
WAIT ITS NORMAL TO BE EXHAUSTED WHEN YOU COME OUT OF AN HYPERFOCUS?
I don't go into hyperfocus very often (in fact I can only recall one time that was definitely a hyperfocus) but several hours passing while being super engaged in something, with all of your brain energy devoted to that thing for that time? Probably, yeah
All things like hunger, thirst, bladder, back aching from the position you're in all get put on the back burner. All the 'oh shit I'm hungry thirsty tired I've been awake for longer that I shouldve been' hitting you at once? Bruh
my body has resorted to making my neck up through my right ear hurt to tell me im hungry, its not my fault we dont have anything readymade! dad wont let me buy adult lunchables cause its "a waste" and "you can make that from what we have" THATS NOT TJE POINT ANDHEHBFHGGFGRGRGFGRG
When my body has trouble getting the 'Hungry: do something about that' across to the brain it decides to make my stomach cold. Not the skin above the stomach, the organ. Like someone put some ice in there
And yeah! Making stuff can be hard sometimes (or a lot of the time) so if I'm making food I usually either do fast-easy-to-make stuff like a quesadilla but usually I just snack throughout the day on cheese and meat sticks and apple sauce squeeze packets
BUT if I've got the energy and focus to cook something not immediately edible I'll make a bigass batch of curry and rice
Adhd culture is using something like needing to use the bathroom as a way to force yourself to do something. Ex, “I can't go to the bathroom until I do the dishwasher.”
Effective? Yes. A dangerous game to play? Also yes.
I do something kind of similar? But less 'holding my bladder hostage' and more 'we are racing time and we are going to win. We need to clean as much of this as we can before this fast paced song ends-GO!'
And then it's easier for me to stay on the task I'm doing cause I'm already doing it
All Hail the Cleaning Playlist
GI issues are a common comorbid with ADHD and autism.
There isn't a proper consensus as to the why, and correlation isn't causation, but yea, a lot of people with ADHD and/ or autism have GI issues.
The gut is often referred to as our second brain, and there are studies on our gut microbiomes being different to NTs.
The studies are mostly on children, and it's not fully known the why. And I think there's more studies on correlation with autism, but again, we don't know the whole story.
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Its untrue that stuff like food colouring or gluten 'causes' or worsens ADHD btw.
Some people have had their symptoms improve after taking these out of their diets, but as I said above, comorbid GI issues can be quite common so it's more that their comorbid symptoms got better.
Though, a healthy diet can help improve our health in general yea.
I've started to take multivitamins and minerals cause I don't have the healthiest diet cause cooking and eating is hard with ADHD!
ADHD makes a lot of day to day tasks very difficult, including preparing and eating food yea.
First of all, we can struggle to realize we are feeling hungry. Used to happen to me a lot when younger.
Secondly, cooking can be very hard with executive dysfunction. Multiple steps and having to pay constant attention to the pots and pans can be hard.
And that's if you have the spoons for it.
Thirdly, we can get bored/ can be sensitive to specific tastes and textures. This makes finding and eating food hard.
Fourthly, stimulants can suppress ones appetite, so it can be harder to eat when on meds. Its not uncommon to lose weight.
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When I moved out for uni, I lost like 15 kilos. I would eat a sandwich a day sometimes and for a 6 month stretch, I hate a loaf of garlic bread for dinner.
It took me a while to get into the swings of this. I found that I really love the taste of chili so I learnt to make a big batch and have that for whatever meal.
I can have it with rice, pasta, in a wrap, etc etc.
And it's nice cause I look forward to eating it. Like I legitimately made a pot 2 days ago, and I keep wanting to eat cause I love the taste.
And to avoid getting bored, I change it up. Add different vegetables and stuff.
Here's my chili recipe. I wrote it for myself, so it's simple to follow.
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If anyone has any other tips, please share!
NO WAIT ADHD CULTURE IS TRYING TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK DURING A FREE PERIOD BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE AT THE SAME TABLE AND THEY ARE EATING BUT YOU CAN HEAR THEIR SALIVA AND YOU GET THE URGE TO PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE WITH A CHAIR BUT YOU CAN’T BECAUSE THAT IS NOT NICE BUT AAAAAAAAAHHH pls tell me this is relatable??
Evil Sounds. Evil Evil Sounds. This is why I like to carry earplugs with me to places, just on my keychain or in my bag
the thing is. so many posts out there are like ADHD is NOT 'oooh a squirrel'. i gotta be honest besties. sometimes it is a bit ooh a squirrel. i do in fact have to make sure i am facing away from the window while working. lest i be distracted by squirrel antics
Man when I was growing up and dealing with my undiagnosed, unmedicated ADHD and having the worst time, my parents would say, “If you can’t do this now, how are you going to handle being an adult?” all. the. fucking. time.
But all of my problems are actually so fixable.
My mom is out of town and asked me to take out her trash. I forgot. And when I remembered I had two seconds of freaking out before I put together a plan: I got two big plastic boxes, loaded her trash into the trunk of my car, and threw it out in my apartment complex’s dumpster. The only bad thing that happened is I had a small leak into one of the boxes, and I’ve already got that soaking with bleach in my tub. FIXING my terrible ADHD mistake took less effort than doing it properly and you are the only people who will know.
But nooooo when I was a kid it was always ~do it right the first time exactly how we expect or it can’t be done at all~. No fucking wonder I’m a mess of an adult now.
And can we talk about how “how are you going to handle being an adult?” encourages suicidal ideation as well? Bc holy FUCK
The fact is, if no one teaches you these coping strategies, if no one encourages your creativity and problem-solving, you WILL suffer as an adult - but that’s still not your fault.
SO many ADHD kids that go undiagnosed because they’re “gifted” or fly under the radar crash and burn in college. So many crash and burn trying to hold down a stable job.
This isn’t mean to be doom and gloom, it’s meant as an admonishment to parents and teachers and administrators and therapists and all other adults: if you see a child who is struggling and you do not give them coping techniques; if you do not teach them a different way to accomplish the task, or if you don’t encourage them to think up ways that work for them, you are setting that child up for failure.
I’ve had to do so much work just to stay afloat as an ADHD adult. It’s hard. Sometimes it feels impossibly hard. But I just keep trying to stick with the tricks I know work; to try out new ones, and if something is novel and works for a bit, great!! If the novelty wears off and the coping technique stops working, that’s normal for ADHD too. You are not FAILING if the thing that worked for two weeks suddenly isn’t working anymore. We thrive off novelty, period.
Some of the techniques will stick, I promise.
My parents spent years and years trying to teach me to keep track of my keys with shame.
Never. Fucking. Worked.
I’d do shit like walk around the neighborhood for two hours in winter rather than admit that my keys were lost again. And even when I could keep track of my keys, it was a constant drain of executive function points that I could have been spending on things like homework.
My husband hung little key hooks by the front door, and it worked instantly. Not 100% effective, but like 99% effective. And when my keys do get lost, instead of blaming myself, I stop and think about why the system broke and how I might need to modify it. Oh, there was snow, and dealing with boots and other outerwear distracted me as I came in the door? Yeah, that might happen. How do I incorporate key hanging into the process of wet boot removal?
as someone without ADHD but who lives with someone with ADHD who has in turn experienced all the constant parental shaming we’re talking about, the things he’s most terrified of doing or thinks i’ll get mad at him for are actually not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things.
scared to use the oven in case he forgets to turn it off: ovens can stay on for a while. i’m never gone so long i wouldn’t notice and turn it off myself.
scared to forget to lock the door: who cares? we don’t have anything valuable anyone would want to steal, and they did, a locked door wouldn’t stop them.
scared to park in the garage in case he hits either wall and damages the property: yeah that would definitely suck but 1) he’ll get a scratch on his car, whoopdeedo, and 2) a garage door can be fixed. it might cost money but whatever. mistakes happen. all you can do is fix them.
scared to forget his laundry in the washer (which he’s done several times now): just wash it again.
scared to forget his meds before work: i bought him a little med bottle for his keychain so he can take a couple spares with him.
scared to forget something i asked him to do: i’ll remind him or, better yet, we’ll do it together.
scared to leave something out in the kitchen: ?? ??? i will put it away.
to me, unless something causes actual bodily harm or death, it’s not that big a deal. everything can be fixed. everything. the worst that can ever happen is that you lose time or money, and maybe it’s a lot of time and maybe it’s a lot of money, but the point is, it can be fixed. you can burn your entire fucking house down and as long as no one’s hurt, nearly everything can be replaced. no doubt it will suck and you’ll lose a few things of sentimental value, but it’s just stuff. just physical objects that you own. and the place you live is just a building. imo it’s way more worth it to live without shame or fear and make the occasional mistake/forget something important than it is to be constantly vigilant of what-ifs.
My life changed when I learned HOW to fix mistakes. When a mistake wasn’t a spiral to despair. When I finally quit trying to be perfect and decided to use my weird brain for creative solutions. ADHD brains are WIRED to be creative and beautiful problem solvers. When you accept that your can be GOOD at fixing mistakes, they become opportunities to shine instead of abuse yourself. And that’s a WONDERFUL feeling!
ADHD culture is reading something that you need to write down and immediately forgetting what it was by the time you look down at the paper
I'm lucky in that my dad is a doctor so I've got access to surgical markers. Made to write on skin and a noticable color (the ones I've seen are all purple). I've taken to carrying one around in my bag or car for emergency notes
turns out the overdue project I've been putting off for days is actually pretty easy and i should've done it earlier. i won't learn anything from this though
