Gotta Fly Faster

An ADHD Mood blog, inspired by the idea of calling people with ADHD “Hummingbirds” (affectionately, of course) Female//Minor

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

My teacher made a typo on the online assignment and now I can’t read it. It is incomprehensible to me.

[raspberriesonharrystummy]

Reblog if its ok to message you during this holiday season incase Im feeling lonely or out of place during family events because no one should be alone on Christmas

[our-lady-of-venom]

Please don’t hesitate to message me if you need anything, even if it doesn’t seem important or you think that you’ll bother me YOU WON’T. Stay strong my loves. X

[no-fxn-club]

My messages are always open to anyone. And so are my asks if you’d prefer anon, I always keep it on so just slap an emoji or name at the end of it that you want to use, and we can chat! I know how it feels to be the outcast and I want to be the helper for that person who’s in the same place as me

[justanotherblog47-deactivated20]

having a adhd while in public school :

[adhighdefinition]

no one ever talks about the part of adhd where everyone in your class has got their group of friends and you’re just there, mindlessly tagging along with anyone who is willing to put up with you for a few minutes. either you’re too loud or too quiet. if you’re lucky, it won’t affect you much. you’re a loner, so what? but then the moments come around where you find yourself yearning to be like the others. you’re not depressed, why would you be? you’re a child who just happens to be a little different. sure, you’re usually the last choice when it comes to groups and you’re rarely, if ever, invited to birthday parties but… it’s alright. everything is fine. or is it?

[adhighdefinition]

for the people questioning whether this really is part of adhd or not

[thatgirlwithadhd]

In case anyone was wondering, this is Dr. Russell Barkley, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and expert on ADHD. 

This quote comes from his lecture “30 Essential Ideas You Should Know about ADHD,” which you can find on YouTube as a 27-video playlist. This part is specifically in the second video of that playlist (about 8 minutes in).

I highly recommend watching these videos. If you can’t focus that long (I can’t, lol), then open the transcripts and read through them. Lots of info.

[404-unfoundbymystudents]

When they get rejected, they don’t experience social connection. This means they don’t learn how to socially connect. This means they are more likely to get rejected from social groups. This means they don’t experien-

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

Aight storytime

Literally yesterday I went to my favorite sub shop after school w my mom bc she was off of work and was nice enough to take me there, and as we were waiting for our orders to be ready one of my friends walks in and I was like :D bc I love seeing my friends unexpectedly.

So I’m talking to her a little bit (she’s kinda quiet so it’s a bit hard holding conversation) and then I notice some of my other friends walk in in a group, and I just need you to imagine how o reacted throughout this situation

Me, seeing a friend walk in: :D

Me, seeing multiple friends walk in: :DDD

Me, .8 seconds later realizing what was going on: :)

So yeah, my friends made plans for lunch without me and went to my favorite place to eat :))

[adhighdefinition]

no one ever talks about the part of adhd where everyone in your class has got their group of friends and you’re just there, mindlessly tagging along with anyone who is willing to put up with you for a few minutes. either you’re too loud or too quiet. if you’re lucky, it won’t affect you much. you’re a loner, so what? but then the moments come around where you find yourself yearning to be like the others. you’re not depressed, why would you be? you’re a child who just happens to be a little different. sure, you’re usually the last choice when it comes to groups and you’re rarely, if ever, invited to birthday parties but… it’s alright. everything is fine. or is it?

[adhighdefinition]

for the people questioning whether this really is part of adhd or not

[thatgirlwithadhd]

In case anyone was wondering, this is Dr. Russell Barkley, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and expert on ADHD. 

This quote comes from his lecture “30 Essential Ideas You Should Know about ADHD,” which you can find on YouTube as a 27-video playlist. This part is specifically in the second video of that playlist (about 8 minutes in).

I highly recommend watching these videos. If you can’t focus that long (I can’t, lol), then open the transcripts and read through them. Lots of info.

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

Does anyone else have those things that will like,,, completely neutralize them instantly?

Like, no matter what kind of mood I’m in, I hear the first few seconds of “Hey there Delilah” and I just stop functioning completely and just be calm and neutral?? It’s hard to explain what it feels like besides a very soft and heavy blanket being laid over my mind

[oh-so-much-adhd]

New ADHD-themed pick up lines

-Are you a hobby that fully captures my interest and that I won’t drop within a week? Because I’ve been looking everywhere for something like you

-You make my attention span want to work for more than a minute

-I’d take constructive criticism for you

-Falling for you is the best decision I can’t remember making

-When I see you, my heart and my foot stops moving

-You must be a cure to my auditory processing issues, because I can listen to you talk all night long

-Our relationship is my new hyper-fixation

[lierdumoa]

I don’t believe that Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is a symptom of ADHD.

I believe that Rejection Triggered PTSD is an inescapable consequence of the our culture’s systemic and institutionalized abelism targeted at the ADHD community.

[lierdumoa]

I literally saw this post the other day saying that hyperfixations are “bad coping mechanisms” people with ADHD/autism use to “run away” from their “true selves” and I wanted to PUNCH THE OP IN THE FACE. 

STOP TELLING NEURO-ATYPICAL PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE A NEUROTYPICAL PERSON BURIED INSIDE OF THEM, AND THAT THEY NEED TO CANNIBALIZE THEIR PERSONALITIES IN ORDER TO DISCOVER THEIR “TRUE NEUROTYPICAL SELVES” FUCK YOU.

[inqorporeal]

I’m inclined to agree.

For most of my life I thought I was shy or an introvert, and all my therapy treated me as such. But I remember bits of my early life and not being shy at all, and at one point a few years ago my mom mentioned how I’d been such an outgoing little kid. 

I was an outgoing kid. And being alone – physically alone, living by myself – induces more anxiety and outright depression in me than being in a crowd. I’m an extrovert, but at some point during my experience in public school, the amount of peer and adult rejection I received for my neuroatypical behaviour caused me to retreat from social activities and even class participation.

My siblings had it even worse because their symptoms were more pronounced than mine.

This wasn’t an “us” problem. This was an “everyone else towards us” problem.

[aces-to-apples]

I was very outgoing and friendly as a child–I even remember, sort of, how it felt to be that way!–but after a certain age, which, I feel, gets even lower every few years, it stops being socially acceptable to be so wholeheartedly enthusiastic about… well, anything, really. My mom still references it to this day, how completely at ease and enthused I used to be around not just strangers, but family! How I was always so excitable, a “social butterfly”, but it changed at some indeterminate point in time. She can’t pinpoint exactly when I “changed”, and puts it down to puberty, but the simple fact of the matter is that when excitement and enthusiasm for the things that you love, or even just like at the moment, are met with increasing scorn and derision, it becomes more and more dangerous on an emotional level to put those things on display. And when you don’t feel safe expressing your positive emotions, you no longer feel safe expressing yourself at all. It becomes a matter of self-defense. We shouldn’t have to defend ourselves by pretending to be fundamentally different.

[rosswoodpark]

‪GOD I found another article about why ADHD kids say “I don’t know” so much. my entire childhood was getting yelled at for doing some ADHD shit and me not being able to offer an explanation when asked why I did something. ‬

[abcsofadhd]

Adding to this, its cause of our executive dysfunction and emotional dysregulation (naturally there’s more things at play than just these two but I’m naming main aspects).

We tend to have alexithymia, meaning we have difficulty identifying and describing own feelings. 

You can’t say how you feel if you legit don’t know.

Self monitoring is an executive function; our self awareness about how we are doing presently .. which is hampered in ADHDers. 

You can’t say what you think if you legit don’t know.

[sissy-that-walk]

[itsme98z]

YES. Make things clearer and more specific

[neuro-positivity]

Especially the first one! I have a really hard time knowing if somebody actually wants me to do something unless they are specific about the task and direct it towards me completely. 

[instantbanana]

This is some adhd/autism solidarity Mood™️

[actuallycptsd]

This is also a good way to help autistic and adhd people understand what these phrases mean. Unfortunately, a lot of people will not be willing to change how they speak and we, at times, will have to know what the are saying in order to avoid a negative interaction.

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

Impulses

Ngl,,, having to just, deal with my impulses and not just do them is the hardest shit ever. I wanna play w my friends hands and hug them and just be affectionate towards everyone I feel a remote sense of positivity for but I can’t bc it’s “weird” and I don’t wanna scare them away by being clingy,,,

Also, I can’t just flap my arms and hands in public or when other people are around bc they make fun of me for it and think there’s something wrong with me.. and I can’t just hummm either bc it annoys people but I just wanna do things my brain tells me to

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

Me: I wish I was normal

Neurotypical girl: Awwww,,; sweaty ✨✨🥰 nobody is✨normal,,, 💖✨🥰❤️😘😘💖

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

Ya girl’s got new meds,,, gonna start using them tomorrow

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

Brain: Bite your hand

Me: K

Me: woah when did that bite mark get on my hand?

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

I’m at a family gathering and all my relatives are taking turns talking about every time they lost me because I’d get distracted by something and no one has acknowledged it’s definitely because of my adhd and getting bored by something and seeing something else cool

The stories so far

My aunt thought I had gone down one slide at a water park but I actually went down a different one and they couldn’t find me until another woman brought me to her

I was in a tunnel in a water playground, they all thought I got kidnapped

At least 8 times I walked away at the mall

I ran off twice in an arcade within one hour

At the park when I forgot to tell my parents I was going across the street to my friend’s house

When I walked into a crowd somewhere (this happened a few dozen times)

[adhdpie]

reblog this post if you’re cool w/non-adhd creators asking u about the adhd experience

1) I wanna see more adhd characters in fanfiction or mass media

2) as somebody who’s adhd it’s hard for me to finish anything

3) so if somebody who’s not adhd wants to write or create something with an adhd character

4) i sure af want them to ask me about my life!!

come at me fam

[hyperactive-hummingbird]

This is my brain whenever I try to accomplish any task