7 most adhd moods
–the Only Mood everyone else knows about: i wanna do THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS and THIS and–SQUIRREL
–galaxy brain: i was listening to the lecture but the prof said something that reminded me of something else and now i’m not sure how much time i was lost in thought
–the tutorial only comes in video format: i’m sorry, but you’ve thrown off the emperor’s groove *hurls product & its tutorial video into the sun*
–damn you hyperfocus: i went to bed intending to wake up and write but this morning i was possessed by a cleanliness spirit and spent the next 14 hours organizing the apartment
–i dont think u tried at all.jpg: did i seriously spend an entire free day refreshing twitter b/c i didn’t want to spend 10 minutes finishing my hw but wouldn’t let myself do anything else until i finished it???? (yes)
–patrick star: *unlocks phone* time to check the weather. *opens twitter* the weather. *opens messenger* the weather. *opens mobage game* the weather. *opens facebook* the weather. *opens twitter again* THE WEA–
–smells like depression: literally everything is too boring. i’m going back to sleep
Found it.
It’s difficult to tell because *gestures* Tumblr, but this is the post that actually got me to get tested for ADHD. I reblogged it back in late 2018 like “Wait, the video tutorial issue is a symptom of ADHD? Do I have ADHD? Surely not,” and a bunch of readers responded “Did…did you not know? Because you very clearly do, we all thought you were just being discreet about it.”
And then it took me three and a half years to get a diagnosis.
Although being fair to me, if you’ve ever tried to get tested for ADHD as an adult, just getting a motherfucker to call you back about setting up the test is a task. And after spending all of 2019 trying to accomplish that and failing, I then couldn’t get to a testing facility because of a global pandemic.
Anyway, thanks OP for the post, it only took me five years to find it again, but you did a good day’s work.
This, but via a more circuitous route. I’m 52, got diagnosed last year, after about a year or two of ‘Gee, these ADHD memes and callout posts are getting really identifiable’ combined with hitting the wall at work, home, and social life all at once. about a third of my oldest friends were ‘Oh, we thought you already knew/were already managing it’. One was even ‘Oh, I’m not only ADHD myself, so are my three children and I’ve been using you as an example of ‘person with ADHD who’s also got a career and good qualifications and education’ example for my children, we thought you knew’.
Can someone explain the video thing?
I thought it was because I’m almost blind, and now you’re telling me it’s yet another ADHD surprise?
@varian-ross-horror-author YES I CAN EXPLAIN
I usually need help on one specific part, not the whole thing. HAVE FUN FINDING THAT PART :D
If I need help on more than one thing, I’m not gonna keep more than one step in my head, so I’ll have to start, then stop. Then do. Then go back and check I remembered right. Then start. Over and over again. Just let me read them line by line as needed PLEASE
Related to (1), the voiceover and video will inevitably be slow, measured, and monotone, putting me to sleep on the parts I don’t need help on & making it that much harder to find the part I need
The popularity of video tutorials has forced me to learn to deal with this, but it’s painful and I’d still rather have written instructions on a single webpage/instruction booklet than a video
In a more general sense, the Video Tutorial issue is often an extension of auditory processing problems and sometimes auditory sensitivity. While sensory processing issues are commonly discussed as symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder, they are less commonly discussed within the context of ADHD.
Auditory processing issues and tactile processing issues are the two most commonly associated with ADHD. Personally, I struggle to retain information from any source that is *purely* auditory. And my tactile issues are mostly around food, where there are certain textures I simply cannot abide and will gag or choke if I try to eat.
