Reacting to ADHD Tiktoks!

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• JS

  @js8303 · 4 years ago · pinned

  I can totally relate to not getting anything done😂 I’ll tell myself I’ll get it done then when I don’t, I’m like “I’ll do it tomorrow!” then tomorrow comes and it’s the same thing😂 or I’ll try to get it done and get distracted by something else! Typical life of ADHD

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• FO

  @forgotn42 · 4 years ago

  Telling an ADHDer to "keep things organized" is exactly the same as telling a depressed person "try being happy" and shows a fundamental lack of understanding of ADHD.

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• SC

  @sciamhach · 4 years ago

  As a child, the words I heard most from my family were "Be quiet!" As an adult, the words I hear most from my family are "Why are you so quiet? Why don't you ever have an opinion? Why don't you share what's going on in your life?" Masks don't just happen, they're created over time from exposure to... less than supportive people.

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• IS

  @israelperez6277 · 3 years ago

  The most annoying symptoms about ADHD is can’t hearing someone even if I’m paying attention and forgetting or partially completing tasks…

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• WI

  @WillowyMilk · 4 years ago

  My childhood having ADHD undiagnosed summed up in one sentence: "she has so much potential, she's so smart, if only she would apply herself." Then I get zero help in understanding how to do that. I'm 32 and was just diagnosed about 5 months ago. Meds work so well for me. But it's expensive.

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• CR

  @crazyratlady3115 · 4 years ago

  That 41 ADHD/'ADD' Hacks list could've been narrowed down to just one hack: "Don't have ADHD". Thanks, I'm cured.

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• TO

  @Totlaben · 4 years ago

  “You’re not a sociopath”<br>“Nope, just ADHD”<br>I felt that one

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• JO

  @joshuanorton8511 · 4 years ago

  I love avoiding things I&apos;m supposed to be doing by watching an ADHD channel the irony is so real.

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• LO

  @lorynw2744 · 4 years ago

  As a person with ADHD, I love organizing! And by organizing I mean getting a sudden and intense rush of motivation, deciding on a system, starting to implement it, changing my mind 16 times during the process, until what I&apos;ve actually done is put everything I own on floor. Again. And it only took 4 hours.

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• DH

  @dhhwiska · 3 years ago

  The best advice I&apos;ve heard about managing my ADHD (without meds because I&apos;m still a minor and my parents don&apos;t believe It&apos;s a real thing even when I&apos;ve been referred god knows how many times and am in the straining process of getting officially diagnosed without my parents finding out WOO) is to stop trying to bring myself to the standards of a normal person so for example if I struggle to do the dishes, buy paper plates. If I find myself dumping wrappers somewhere and keep forgetting or not feeling motivated to put them in the bin, get a bin for every room. If I try and buy healthy foods but getting the idea to prepare and eat them before they go bad is a struggle then I&apos;ll buy pre-cut fruit. You wouldn&apos;t expect a person in a wheelchair to be able to climb the stairs because they have legs and can theoretically get up with them so why do we expect that we can do everything a neurotypical person can do just because we can moderately function and have the theoretical facilities to manage it?

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• TO

  @tonystarksanxieties · 4 years ago

  &quot;Treat yourself&quot; doesn&apos;t really work once you realize you can just....have the thing without doing the task. Treating myself is kind of the problem lol

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• LA

  @lapatti · 4 years ago

  When my son was 8 his teachers started threatening to fail him unless I got him checked. They assumed it was ADHD so I got him tested..twice...it always turned out negative and his psychiatrist would tell me she had no idea what they were worried about. I&apos;ve seen many other specialists too but no one could pick up anything. He had no friends, poor communication and social skills but was an heavy reader and still struggled throughout school until he was 14 and I finally got a diagnose for him. High functioning autism.<br>It&apos;s so important to have the correct diagnosis, in my son&apos;s case it changed his life

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