ADHD WRITER

Just humans and alien interactions, prob some other writing stuff and of course ADHD.

[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.

[gayvian]

oh my god

[dysfunctionalfocus]

Of fucking course there’s a word for it.

Also,

Of fucking course it’s because of ADHD.

[benevolentsupergoogle]

That text is from the book “Driven to Distraction” by Edward M Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D.

Has some amazing case studies on ADHD, and is a very cathartic read for someone diagnosed as an adult.

[myadhdlife]

Thank you so much for adding a source to this! In general any book by M.D. Hallowell or by Dr. Russell Barkley is a sound bet for a good book on adhd that’s incredibly validating!

[tasmi333]

I ONCE AGAIN FORGET THIS BLOG EXISTED…..*whispers* a perfect example of my adhd

[tasmi333]

I totally forgot this blog existed…

[corners-of-a-mind]

"ADHD is so frustrating": an example

ADHD: do something. We are bored

*picks up book to read*

ADHD: nooooo that's too much work

* switches to drawing something *

ADHD: nooooooo that's too frustrating. This sucks.

*does nothing*

ADHD: PLEasE caN wE do SOmeThing I NEed InPuT. GoD wHy aRe we so UsELess we NeVer dO sOmethiNg pRoduCTive. WE NeEd tO LeARn SomEthINg neW.

* tries to study*

ADHD:

NO

[tasmi333]

I’m literally so bored and tired. Like actually. There’s nothing to do to the point it’s painful. Ughhhh.

[rip-adhd]

Teachers who refuse their NT student’s requests for more time on assignments by saying that “It Wouldnt be fair to the other students”... you realize that giving accomodations IS fair, and the it’s actually refusing accomodations that’s UNFAIR? Disabled students are at a disadvantage, refusing accomodations is refusing to level the playing field.

You are making things LESS fair by refusing. Not more.

[tasmi333]

LITERALLY!!!!!!

[tasmi333]

Ok so recently was thinking about those videos, you know the ones where people with cats play an audio to see if they’re cat will come to them and protect them? Or the one where they play dead to see if they’re pet cares?

Ok so imagine aliens doing that to us. Just to see how we would react. Like imagine them playing loud sounds or fight sounds in their room and check to see if their human friends come to help. Just imagine

(Sorry if this is stupid I was just thinking about it)

[tasmi333]

I have a question for the ADHD community.

When you guys do work or any kind of assignment does it make you really anxious? I mean does it feel extremely difficult? As if you were carrying an extremely heavy load, a burden all the way to finish line (the finish line being the end of the assignment)? Or as if you are pushing against a gigantic wall? I get so tired and exhausted even if I haven’t done it yet, just thinking about it.

[radicalurbanista]

full thread

how to disarm Boston Dynamics drone dog

[tasmi333]

We’re living in a futuristic dystopian world. Like if you’ve seen any sci fi you KNOW this is a bad idea.

[theprideful-deactivated20251201]

If you guys have ADD/ADHD, autism, OCD, or something else that affects your ability to concentrate, I highly recommend the chrome extension Mercury Reader. You just open whatever link you're using, then click on the MR icon (it should look like a rocket) and it'll simplify the page so that it's in a focus-friendly layout. Instead of having random pictures and word boxes all over the screen, it'll be in a vertical format with nothing to distract you so you can focus on what's important. You can also adjust the text size (small, medium, large), font (serif, sans), and theme (light, dark). And the best part is, it's completely free! It's honestly one of the best things I've ever downloaded.

This is an article without the extension. See that messy format, and how the actual article content only takes up a fraction of the page? It's no wonder it took me 7 hours to write that paper.

The same article, this time with Mercury. The user-friendly settings are at the top, and the rest of the article is formatted vertically down the middle with no free-roaming pictures or words. How nice.

[tfw-adhd]

Everyday ADHD Things

- Losing things all the time

- Always being late

- Finding it hard to listen to someone talk about something you’re not interested in

- You can focus better when you’re doing something else that requires no thinking (eg, tapping fingers on the desk, playing with your hair)

- Cannot follow spoken instructions because you’ve already forgotten half of the steps

- Takes way longer to clean your room than it takes anyone else because as you’re tidying something away, you realise that your floor is dirty, so you start cleaning the floor, then you realise you should get a rug, so you start thinking about what colour to get, and half an hour later you’re standing in the shops looking for a rug but your room is still horribly messy

- You think someone hates you because they were busy and couldn’t hang out, and you KNOW you’re probably being oversensitive but also you’re worried that maybe you’re not being dramatic and they actually do hate you

- Getting obsessed with (hyperfixating on) a tv show/book/hobby and doing nothing but researching that one thing for weeks on end until one day you just suddenly aren’t that interested in it anymore

- Doing things - even things that you want to do - is hard. You want to get up and put a pizza in the oven but for some reason you just can’t make yourself do it. Now it’s three hours later and you’re starving and also bored so you want pizza and you want to watch the tv but you’re still. Lying. There.

- Trying to do schoolwork is a nightmare. You’re trying to read the work, but your eyes are just glazed over and you’ve read the same page about 10 times but you still have no idea what it says

- You’re obsessively talking to someone about that thing you love and you know that they lost interest about ten minutes ago but you can’t stop yourself from continuing to talk

- You try so hard at school and you’ve been told you have “potential” and would be doing so much better if you just focussed

- You have no money right now because you keep impulse buying

- People think you act young for your age

- People say that you always seem happy (even though you know that it’s not always true)

- You wish you got extra time in exams because you can just never finish them in time

- The first half of your exams have very long and detailed answers, and the second half is just random scribbled thoughts because you absolutely cannot plan your time properly, no matter how many times your teachers tell you that you’re meant to spend X amount of minutes on each question

[adhd-vibes]

Yes to this list! if I could also add:

Rarely answering exam questions in chronological order but instead jumping around and oh look you forgot to go back and answer #12 and now you’re out of time.

Wandering around your house aimlessly because you need to do something but you can’t figure out exactly what you want to do to fill your “activity craving”

Getting irrationally angry when you get interrupted while focusing on something because you know you’ll never get that focus/groove/flow/thought back anytime soon

Start a video or show only to turn it off 10 seconds later and move to something else (or keep it on but don’t pay attention) and you want to watch it but you just can’t get through it

Getting frustrated because you often can’t tune the outside world out and it all feels like too much noise and is overstimulating

alternatively, Getting frustrated because the outside world isn’t noisy/active/stimulating enough

it’s hard to watch movies/tv without the subtitles on

Being told you are talking too loud or too fast

[thejellycat]

Additionally:

Sitting down to do something you’ve been looking forward to all day and doing something completely different for four hours instead

I started doing X this morning and now it’s 2 pm and I haven’t moved from this spot once

Being positive that you slowed down so people could understand you but you’re still taking too fast/mumbling

Becoming increasingly panicked as you talk because you know you’re talking too much and too loudly but now that you’ve started you have to keep going

[tasmi333]

May I add, knowing you have work to do but not being able to get up and actually do it. So times passing by and you’re just sitting there and you’re getting increasingly anxious that you’re not doing your work but you just CANNOT do your work. Ending up a stressful mess.

[tasmi333]

I’m bored today. I keep having to use the bathroom but I sometimes just can’t get myself up. Like I know I’m probably gonna get a stomach ache if I don’t but I just can’t get up. Also I don’t know if I’m hungry or bored.

[rowark]

Omg THIS!

ADHD makes decision making hard to begin with (it's part of executive dysfunction), but it's a MILLION times harder when there's the added pressure of answering to someone else

This is why I tend to like when other people ARE decisive... partially, it takes the pressure off of me, but also... most time I literally do not know

[tasmi333]

Also I have literally forgotten. So I do not do. It is not in my brain and that’s it.

[goodbye-friends36294]

ADHD tips from my school counselors:

“You need to create a study routine!”

“You need to stop fidgeting…you’re distracting yourself!”

“Get more exercise and take your meds!”

“Stop procrastinating!”

ADHD tips from my friends with ADHD:

“I eat one chocolate chip for every page I read.”

“I can only study by playing the gravity game on the Quizlet website. I need to beat my friend’s high score.”

“Every ten minutes I get up, put on one song by Taylor Swift, and wiggle around until I feel better.”

“Instead of checkboxes, I draw little flowers next to each task, and after I finished the task, I color in the flower in a fun color.”

[tasmi333]

Much better tips, tbh. People with adhd sometimes literally cannot do something. Telling us to just stop procrastinating isn’t really helpful. Something that maybe be helpful to someone else or a neurotypical person might not help us. And constantly giving basic tips like “just get a planner and stick to it” we are aware that you just want to help but a lot of us have tried and we just can’t. I even have lost 2-3 planners. 😅

[frogwithadhd]

you ever just see a big block of words and

[tasmi333]

Me.

[adhd-alien]

With ADHD, a lot of what we do or go through can be misinterpreted - by others but also by ourselves if we get told something often enough.

This is the first part of my series hoping to clear up wrong assumptions and to help you find the words to communicate and share what it looks like from your side.

Keep in mind that this isn't supposed to excuse any and all behavior or diagnose anyone, but more of a communication aid.

Special thanks to Tabby and Ellis to endure my over-caffeinated ramblings!!

[tasmi333]

Somebody tell my family this 😂

[diver-up]

u all ever lose the ability to socialize in the middle of a convo like.... ok i’m done now there’s no more words in here brain shutting off

[tasmi333]

What a mood. Like that does happen sometimes especially recently I’m insanely stressed, why? Many reasons. Being stuck at home for months and having time to be alone with my thoughts for longer is also one. But sometimes I just shut off. So somebody is talking to me and suddenly I’m like low-key zoning out and I just literally cannot reply. I might shake my head a bit and be like “y-yea-sure I literally.........(I zone out for a second) and then I remember oh shoot! “Right! Sorry I just cannot right now...Ok!” This hasn’t happened before but just recently. So I may be going crazy but.... yea. 😬😐😭