The ADHD Experience

@rip-adhd

Memes, relatable shit, informative stuff, comics, etc. Asks welcome! Think you might have ADHD? Click HERE (https://rip-adhd.tumblr.com/post/635050594243051520) ••••••• I’m Millie :) I made this blog as a way of keeping all the ADHD posts I liked in one place. People don’t always get what having ADHD is like, so it’s nice to have this to point to and be a part of the community. :)

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lifeafterpsychiatry

Your best is what you can do without harming your mental and physical health, not what you can accomplish when you disregard it.

nihilisticlinguistics

adulthood notes:

The Rodeo Rule: you only have to do it for the first time once.

The Rohan Rule: if you are at a social function full of new people and you want to be liked, find someone doing important work like setup or food prep and offer to help.

The Tutorial Mode Rule: to navigate an unfamiliar situation where you fear you will mess up an interaction, preface the interaction by mentioning that you've never done this before, and let them know if you have a specific concern or question.

The Rocket Science Rule: most new things you want to try seem very complicated but are simple when taken step by step.

The [X] Will Remember That Rule: if you need to make small talk with the same person on a regular basis, try to save one fact or current event in their life from a given conversation and bring it up next time you talk.

The Cool Binder Rule: by wearing clothes and accessories that are to your taste instead of trying to blend in, people will be more likely to compliment you and show interest in you as a person.

tiktoksformyfriends

egberts

it's so easy to do things! it's so easy to get up and do things and get things done! i am capable and motivated and executive dysfunction can't touch me. *starting to cry a little because my affirmations aren't working* it's so easy to do things, come on get up, it's easy, let's do things *mental image of a cartoon trying to move a heavy lazy animal* come onnnnn

egberts

IT'S SO EASY TO DO THINGS! IT'S SO EASY TO GET THINGS DONE!!!!

trans-yaoi

whenever I get overstimulated I should be able to shake it off like this

macklesufficient

hard to swallow pills dot jpg. the reason people don’t like when you infodump about your uwu favorite things isn’t because they don’t like hearing about deep sea ecosystems or anime blorbos or whatever it may be. it’s because talking /at/ someone is selfish. have you asked the other person any questions? do you care what they have to say? would you willingly listen to them infodump the same way or would you (be honest) stand there and wait for your turn to talk? people not responding well to your tedtalk on the thing you like isn’t because they’re normies who hate ‘nerd stuff’, it’s because you have substituted conversation for verbal masturbation. hope this helps

trans-yaoi

whenever I get overstimulated I should be able to shake it off like this

ciqqy

I will lock in tomorrow like nobody has ever locked in before

ciqqy

oldbutchdanielmolloy

omg you people can do anything

mbrainspaz

idk what neurodivergent young adult needs to hear this but you are NOT supposed to give 100% at your job. I've gotten more promotions and raises since I started giving 40-60%, which my evil CEO uncle informed me is what bosses actually expect when they say 110%. My mental health has improved tremendously. I've spent 2 out of 5 workdays secretly writing my novel for the last 2 years and I've never been more respected and appreciated. Also--when you see glaring wasteful errors in the company's operating systems, say absolutely nothing! Embrace inefficiency. It is your friend in this capitalist hellscape.

rhynee

people who dont experience it cannot comprehend how awful executive dysfunction is. I WANT to do the task, i have the resources TO do the task, i will feel better having DONE the task

but i cant fucking do the task

rip-adhd

We are, and I cannot emphazise this enough, NOT talking about the same thing 🙃 Stop trying to empathize with me about something you’ve never experienced and help me put out the fire!

doctor-doodleman

I should lock the fuck in *half an hour passes* I should lock the fuck in *half an hour passes* I should lock the fuck in *half an hour passes* I should-

ponett

i have literally the worst personality combination consisting of ‘desire to do super high effort stuff both to show off and as a testament to raw self expression’ and ‘hardly feels like doing anything’. born to perform shonen transformations forced to have depression and ADHD

same