7 Skills ADHD In Adults Lack [2021]

Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:45 Self-awareness
3:24 Inhibition
4:10 Non-Verbal Working Memory
5:06 Verbal Working Memory
5:52 Emotional Self Regulation
6:54 Self Motivation
7:19 Planning & Problem Solving

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By allowing someone with ADHD to realise and see these issues in themselves is a self awareness process that can lead to them asking and seeking the help and or treatment they need.

1.Self-awareness
Being self aware, knowing what triggers you and what emotional needs and issues you have is important but difficult for people with ADHD to grasp.

2.Inhibition
A self conscious feeling, like being unable to act relaxed in typical situations.

3.Non-Verbal Working Memory
The ability to recall memories that do not have any spoken word to them in regards to a working practice of something.

4.Verbal Working Memory
The same as the non-verbal but difficulty recalling working memory tasks that include verbal commands.

5.Emotional Self Regulation
The ability to regulate ones emotions is a key skill for social interaction, but is difficult for people with ADHD.

6.Self Motivation
Motivation is a huge issue for people with ADHD.

7.Planning & Problem Solving
This can be anything from planning what to have for lunch or planning a trip. These plans them selves create problems that needs solving and ADHD people will have issues in this area.

If you have any more to add I would love for you to leave a comment below.

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[JenCatherineTV]

I have autism and ADHD, both diagnosed in adulthood. I definitely relate to the working memory issues, emotional regulation, planning issues and inhibition.

[kylatokki]

I just wanted to say thank you for all of your content. Someone I am very close to has Aspergers and ADHD and I want to learn everything I can to support them as best as I can. ♥️

[MouseRetirement]

I was feeling really upset (off and on!) Today. I have ADHD and aspergers and was feeling like a useless human being. Having not been diagnosed until 8 months ago at the age of 40 I've picked up lots of bad messages about myself. This video really helped me today and even made me laugh. These are ADHD related not personal failures and I can improve. Thank you.

[dragonjames]

Motivation is a big one for me. When adhd is combined with depression it just hurts all motivation.

[drewmusicvideos]

All of these are totally valid. I’m 55 and undiagnosed ADHD not been to the doctors yet as I feel embarrassed and think they won’t take me seriously. My son, who is 34, is high functioning autistic and was diagnosed with ADHD two years ago. My eldest daughter, who is 32, was diagnosed with ADHD a year ago. It’s only the past couple of years I’ve started to piece together what my life has been like, a struggle. I feel I’ve been masking my whole life. I’ve tried to move forward with my voiceover and audio editing business, but I’m just going round in circle. Everything that should be simple and step by step to run a business is made complicated in my head. It’s like I know what to do but can’t do it. I’ve also struggled with anxiety and depression to the point of trying to take my life, that was back in the 90’s. I suffer from Fibromyalgia as well. Every online ADHD test is conclusive I have ADHD.

[orionrokoh]

1) self awareness
2) inhibition
3) non verbal working memory
4) verbal working memory
5 emotional self regulation
6 self motivation
7 planning and problem solving


As someone with Autism and adhd, I can relate to all of these, yeesh

[michaelstary]

I can relate to the lack of motivation. I also have to write things down like a shopping list or ill just go blank in the store and forget...

[nathanrichard]

I was diagnosed with ADHD around 14 years old, now that I am 18, I have realized how difficult ADHD makes my every day life. Socializing with my friends, and even being productive at work is really difficult for me. It’s kind of gotten to the point where I’ve started to hate myself because of it. The anxiety that comes along with the disorder can be crippling

[lozc]

I definitely relate to this. I am 30 this week and the penny dropped I have ADHD when researching Autism after my daughter was diagnosed. The biggest thing for me is memory and focus difficulties.
As a girl I had difficulties with verbal instructions at school and always had a hard time focusing reading a page of writing without having to re-read it! because the hyperactive side was not as present and 25 years ago I believe it was seen as a little boys condition, I was completely bypassed and flew under the radar. I always felt jealous of children with one to one teacher assistants because I thought I needed one myself!


As an adult at work, I have been the energetic charismatic one, but the one that forgets stuff, the ditsy one and the one who work hard but forgets to finish tasks and then runs off to start another one!

As a mother and carer and home educator managing all of my daughters school work, house work and shopping... as well as errands feels like a mountain I have to climb every single day!

sorry for the rant guys hahah Very therapeutic to relay my experiences. Love your videos and topics ! :)

[smileofdoom]

Thank you for making this video. I knew I had challenges with working memory but hadn’t made the connection that it was non-verbal working memory.

[holly]

Get medicated! It may not work for everyone but for me it really helped. I hate the side effects so I don't take it everyday but I had problems initiating tasks, long term planning, socially appropriate interactions, impulse control, and basically anything that would qualify as adulting but medication really helped.

On meds my social skills are still poor, but man my work ethic on it totally makes up for it. I feel like some people with ADHD have delayed self-awareness. In the moment, I have no idea I said anything wrong. Then my brain hits the instant replay and I realize how that interaction actually went but it's too late.

[RayAnneMarie]

Wow thank you so much for the content you create!! I am so happy I recently found you!

[Tazer_Silverscar]

I don't just have problems with planning, but even those wonderful planning solutions can make things so much worse. All I get out of a 'planning solution' is the same problem, just written down. It is exactly the same.

[Moana_moo]

I’m autistic and adhd in the process of getting diagnosed at 18 if i had a dollar every time someone said i lack self control and inhibition i’d be rich. Like i ain’t proud of but it took me a really long time to stop throwing tantrums in public when i disagree with something(i was like 14-15) and i still do that at home. Like i once was 13 with my parents and a teacher who’s friends with my parents and my best friends on the beach and i argued with my dad and i melted down there in front of everyone like a toddler and my teacher asked my best friend if i have adhd or something cuz “that ain’t it”. The only time i actually have a lot of “self control” is when i am in sensory overload and i actually am super zoned out and don’t have much energy to react.

[bigman]

Basically a good chunk of us struggle to meet the more personal level skills in most job descriptions. We have the ability, but it often requires a combination of self determination and treatment. I have the type of ADHD that makes me hirable for about a year or two if I manage to push myself to the extreme. Living with ADHD as an adult who went most of his life not knowing about it has been and continues to be very hard. Due to my situation I manage to do enough to scrap by, but not enough to afford the treatment I need to thrive.

[BMCBP]

Honestly, I was diagnosed with depression as a kid I took the meds nothing worked. I honestly didn’t know what the hell was wrong with me why it was hard to learn and retain information. I would have to literally read the page at least 5-6 times to retain it. I thought i was stupid and something was wrong with me. Why it takes me 30 minutes to start studying and get distracted 4-5 minutes later. After watching these videos and the posture and the walking away I started crying because I finally figured out this is what’s wrong with me. I thought I was just a lazy person and everything just seemed like an annoyance because I didn’t get the dopamine in my body. I easily change my mind because at the time it was a great idea then anything like so small would make me change my mind. I finally got my appointment set up and I hope this medication will help because I am so tired of living in a fog. I’m 33 and it’s never too late.

[Friedrich-kun]

My things:-

Internal motivation struggle
Can't plan and manage
Can't study at all
Emotionally quite unstable
Working memory is sh*t
Can't interpret while reading or listening something not engaging.
So much stress

[The_wannabe_composer]

Could you do a video explaining the difference between autism and adhd? I have both of them myself (plus ocd) and have a hard time figuring out whats what. Like for example, like you said, people with adhd can have a problem with problem solving and planning, but I think that thanks to my autism, that I am still pretty good at that. It sometimes feel like the adhd and autism makes me more balanced, if that makes sence. The things that im not good at bcs of adhd, can I still do somewhat bcs of my autism etc.
It at least makes me feel balanced in some areas to have both adhd and autism, and unbalanced in other areas.

[jasonchase]

Relaxing? Good sir what is this you speak of. Not working is simply not an option. I need to constantly keep my mind busy to stay focused.

[rebeccaowens]

My working memory is the opposite. I cannot recall anything without visual stimuli. I have a hard time focusing on lectures unless there are visual prompts to assist. I tend to read people's lips a lot of times so that I have something to see that correlates to the words.