Time blindness #adhd

[MMiler]

that little jump she does as she's shocked out of ADHD hyperfocus! Context switching is really hard sometimes!

[erinm]

"Obviously that 5 minutes is going to slow down for me so I can get all this stuff done." SO RELATABLE. My time blindness is absolutely partly a ridiculous inability to accept that time will keep marching forward, it doesn't stretch like toffee when I need it to! I realize this is bonkers of me, but I still can never quite believe it in the moment!

[aleerduaq]

It's weird hearing Winter Soldier doing English accent

[LifeinUs]

"Morph into the car ! '' SO UTTERLY RELATABLE!

[missmindy]

I cannot imagine how different my life would be with a kind, supportive partner. ❤️

[selardohr]

I literally forget every day that time doesn't stop when I'm taking a shower in the morning. Always a surprise.

[LaundryFaerie]

I have to tell you, this is also the reason why we so often have huge to-do lists, we don't get them done by the end of the day and then we beat ourselves up over it because we thought we would have enough time to do it all... when in reality we gave ourselves enough work for 6 weeks. Time blindness is a real bitch.

[nova.elaine]

When I became aware of myself doing this it truly stressed me out focusing on doing things time appropriately. I think I’ve gotten better at it but sometimes it’s fine to take your time and enjoy yourself aslong as you’re not procrastinating :)

[BodyLanguageAnalysisInterrogat]

This has been my subconscious magical thinking my whole life. Thank you!

[RiverWoods]

I so love how he has taken the time to understand her, and just probes into the time she is saying to reset a reasonable time in his head for when she will be ready.

[staytunedL]

Yeah, for whatever reason the getting ready part of time accounting doesn't exist.

[ThePuppetteMaster]

5 minutes are never 5 minutes - with or without ADHD. It's a cosmic rule.

[ahmadaladhami]

I love how he literally walks her through her own thought process

[AnnabelleJ]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I was 5 minutes late to work every single day. For six years.

[Tegawe]

Adhd is a blessing when focused on doing tasks but a curse when you leave it with your thoughts

[saorise]

Ok but I’ve never had someone be that soft and understanding about my time blindness like this and I’m jealous!

[alyssacarr]

I really appreciate the tiny jump she does at the beginning. This is me every single time my husband walks into the room he’s been going “why are you scared?? I’m your husband!” It’s an adhd thing. I can’t help it!

[grayskindablue]

Time blindness is so so frustrating. I’ve been having to log how long it takes me to do individual activities. And also all the versions of those activities. Shower? Shower and wash hair? Shower and wash hair and do all the skincare stuff? Skincare stuff but it’s a face mask day? Laundry? Washer or dryer? Both? Clothes or sheets? Oh no, dreading putting them away is gonna lead to a sad 30 mins on the floor. Can’t forget all my meds and supplies and setting up the saline and the tube feeds. It’s bonkers. And then I have to find time to time the activities, and time to take that and add up the time of all the activities I have to do in order to make it wherever it is on time. Or at least close enough I don’t get asked to not bother coming back. Sometimes several hours feels like double the time, sometimes it feels 30 minutes and I have no idea why the sun is up/isn’t up anymore. My narcolepsy also makes my sense of time wonky so when it’s a bad day for both I’m sure everything I do is at a very strange, wildly inefficient pace. It was good to find it had a name and my therapist be aware of it, so I feeI wasn’t (just) a moron. Certainly still am a moron, though.

[robotsok]

oh whoa… i never factor in the time to get ready just time to stop what i’m doing… how have i never noticed that 😮 🤯 this is insightful into my own brain thank you!

[klaudia]

I can’t describe how happy and relieved I feel hearing you two put exactly what I experience into words. I don’t know how to explain this to people without feeling like I sound insane! Obviously I don’t magically pop into my correct clothes once I’ve finished my task but my brain doesn’t consider that! Even worse if I want to do even a *little* makeup!