A little reading from the book on Time Blindness #adhd #adhdbrain #neurodivergent

[alicelight]

Only watched this once before going straight to Amazon to buy this book. I already feel less shame about being that sweaty late mess on the train drinking an empathetic milk choice coffee which will replace 3 meals while chasing creative success, feeling guilty about the whole thing while composing a mask and lying. Excited to read it 🧡

[ksmurphable]

Yes yes yes. Always. I can always finish the task I’m doing and forget all the other things I need to do. Your videos just it’s my life.

[whims]

I've never identified with something so much. Going through all of these videos crying because I needed these today

[yuffie]

Got my copy on Tuesday. Bit of an impulse purchase, but one I do not regret. It's been so amazing for me, and I just love reading both your perspectives. It's resonated so much with me, and I am trying to be better at accepting myself. Gonna take some time, but feel a little better already. So glad I found your channel.

[greatauntlizbethg]

I mentally select from excuses as I drive. Over time my clients come to expect that I will be 15 mins late. Some consider me reliable, saying you're often late but you always turn up.

[anitas]

I have ADHD and time blindness. Everything in these videos applies to me. I still have managed to figure out ways to do what I need to do to be on time (almost always, maybe 5 minutes late) and act like a responsible adult. I set timers. I start early. I clear out my schedule and try to focus. I ask my husband to help me. Just because you have a legitimate problem doesn’t mean you get to punt. It’s your responsibility to work with it and do what you have to do. But I do think it’s important for people to understand it’s a real problem so they can figure out what they need to do to address it. Important issue.

[asilahopess_wonderingfae]

I love your channel. It's really helped me look more into what's going on with myself. I have felt like i wasn't meant to be in this world somehow, my entire life. I feel like i dealt with these thoughts so much better when i was younger, but at 32, i got cancer, and i spiraled. I'm now 44, and feel like i had my life more together when i was a young teen Mother. I'm not sure what my next move will be, but I'm determined to find help. It's so hard to get to appointments and even make them sometimes. And when i do, I make sure i look nice and put together, but then when i talk to someone, it always feels like they don't believe I could possibly be having the troubles I'm having because i don't look like it, whatever that is supposed to look like. Anyway, I understand this so well. However, within the last few years, I stopped making excuses to my loved ones. I will honestly tell them what happened...i just couldn't make myself get together on time and really thought I'd be able to in the time i gave myself, or just whatever. I've discovered more about how much my loved ones care about me by this single thing. I do still tell little lies when it comes to being late for things outside of my comfort zone, and then feel terrible about it for weeks afterwards. I don't know what I'm saying exactly, but your channel has helped me feel a little less like i don't belong here. So thank you. ♡

[MeeshT]

When I had this issue running late to meet someone professionally I’d usually send an email saying I’m running 5-10 minutes late (usually I’d get there just before the 10 minutes so it wasn’t too bad) but I found people have always been far more accommodating with a little heads up instead of being left to wait there. Most of the time I don’t give an excuse, I just say I’m running late and apologise, then don’t look at my emails again until I get there. My mum has such bad anxiety about being late that she’ll usually be half an hour early so she doesn’t have to worry at all. I used to hate it as a kid but as an adult I see where she comes from.

[lms]

The more of your videos I watch, the more my life makes sense. I put my behavior down to my ctpsd, boy the two overlap all over the place. Can't wait to get your book next!

[elliesaafi]

I like to say "Sorry I didn't plan for other people to be driving out there too 🙄 told them to give me a heads up next time" The other people driving is me getting stuck on my thoughts, the heads up are alarms that make me even later as I sit at my destination to set them... and then sit a couple seconds to minutes longer, dreading human interaction, especially since I'm late.

[OsloTime]

Ooof, that passage was like a dousing in a cold pool! I am going to order this book ASAP! 😊

[MedicFromTF_REAL]

Something that works wonders for me cause I also suffer from being late often is after I look up when I need to leave for something, basically convince myself that I actually need to leave like 10-15 minutes before that time. It really works!

[ashe.astral]

Do you have an audio version of your book? I love listening to you both read, it really deepens the connection to what you're describing and soothes me 🥰

[EyedocZeller]

I was just barely on time to an appointment yesterday only because I put it on the calendar 15 minutes early and for once actually forgot I’d fooled myself. Usually I remember I tried it, waste the 15 minutes, and am still late.

[likethebird]

I have a reminder app on my phone that uses my own voice recordings coz I ignore normal bell alarms. The app is called 'reminder with voice reminders'. I only use it for appointments (otherwise if I use it for everything it just blends into the background). My daily morning reminders are 'you must leave in 30 mins'...then 'leaving in 15 mins, you must leave at 7 or she will be late'...then 'it's 7! - go!go!go!'. I call her my passive-aggressive PA. My daughter hasn't been late for school since I set it up, and I feel like I have cracked the secrets of the universe.

[ShelbU]

i couldn't purchase this book faster! thank you for helping us make feel less alone i cant thank you enough for sharing this! i am so excited to get my copy! ps i LOVE YOURE music!

[CK-jdqd]

I feel this. Have had that inner monologue so many times. So many times.

[MsLoverPower]

As soon as I can (financially) I will buy this book. I already know it's going to be epic 😎

[BekkiAnnArt]

You make me feel not so alone in my strangeness; I appreciate that immensely.

[barrymantelli]

I have been following your YT for a bit... only just now realized this is your book! 😂 I need to pick it up and add it to my stack of books I've yet to read.