When ADHD & ASD are mixed! #adhdproblems #audhd #autismawareness

[jessierabbit]

Me who's convinced a routine will solve all my problems and then never can stick to a routine 🙃

[caitm]

Craving order and routine but being unable to maintain it is the core aspect of my existence.

[AgainstTheKitchenFloor_]

Also, please remember that, most if not all, neurodivergent symptoms are common human expieriances, and frequency and severity matter A LOT. Thanks, have a wonderful day!!!

[SquirrelsInATrenchcoat]

This is why I've become more and more introverted and hermitish as I age. Mirroring is an instinct and it's exhausting. I can be me if I'm the only one around.

[awanna-bechristine]

SO THIS IS WHY I SWITCH ACTIVITIES EVERY FIVE DAYS. Also, I never understood why I clean like a perfectionist and then give up the second something becomes out of place

[Tulipstoo]

"Masking around people and mirroring them"
I felt that on a personal level

[karacoconutag]

I always felt like a bad person because I naturally "mirrored" everyone around me and I took that to mean I didn't have the courage to be myself, which was frustrating to me because all I wanted was to be myself around other people, and now post diagnosis, I give myself a lot more grace. We're just doing what we can out here.

[angelasfixations]

Thank you for putting “not a diagnostic tool” because it’s SO easy to mix these two up. I’m not autistic, but I’ve certainly explored the idea a few times with professionals. My ADHD is very severe, and my responses have often appeared extreme. I still find this short very relatable, and I think ADHD and ASD are kind of like sister disorders. They *can* occur together, but even if you have only one there’s still so much solidarity that can be found by sharing our experiences with each other. Several of my dearest friends are ASD, and the way we connect through shared struggles while still not being totally alike is so valuable.

[mysenfandei]

As usual, the comments section on videos like this is a source of comfort and motivation. It feels so good to feel understood. It's good to know I'm not the only one living and sometimes struggling with AuDHD. So, to all of my fellow neurodiverse humans: I love you, you deserve being loved, you are wonderful the way you are. No need to be perfect, I know you are not, but then, nobody is. Some are just better at pretending.

[KEquestrian]

I have diagnosed ADHD and this is very real. Thank you for not making it a joke like many other content creators. It's a daily struggle and an awful thing to live with. I wouldn't wish it on anyone

[erionnetic]

One of the best feelings is combining all your hyperfixations into the same project/activity all at once or connecting them somehow-

[MsLorrainia]

This is every day. EVERY DAY for me. The fights I would have with my parents over my "messiness" "carelessnes" etc. I'm 40 and only NOW finding out I may be both adhd and asd.

[southerngypsy]

100% me. Diagnosed with ADHD in my 30's and Autism in my 40's. My entire life now makes sense.

[Lulu.]

I already hear people say that when you have adhd you need routine which is true but no one ever talks about how hard it is to maintain that which is definitely one of the things I struggle with the most

[toya]

I just started watching autistic creators (don't know what took me so long lol), and everything they say just makes me look back on my life and it all makes sense now 😭😭😭

[sonja_rademacher]

My brain loves giving me a combination of being overwhelmed and feel a mental underload at the same time😅

[christianavance]

This may not be diagnostic, but this channel and 1 other helped me advocate for myself to get evaluated and I was confirmed for ADHD and we are working on the ridiculous requirements for being evaluated for Autism that my insurance has.

[vaibhavagarwal]

man i wanna fuckin cry it just keeps gtting worse and people keep expecting you to perform better than before. why tfdo all of us have to conform to the same templae even when everyone is so different and want diffeent things with life. i just want a calm peaceful alone life

[coolkumquats]

The mirroring thing is real. I have to consciously hold still when I'm sitting near someone while talking to them because otherwise I will mirror their hand motions and even how they're sitting in their chair without even noticing

[mantrasmuse]

I just got diagnosed with ADHD autism a few days ago (right before my 18th birthday!) and good lord every one of those things fit perfectly-
My whole life I’ve switched between intense interests and mirrored or masked around everyone I met, and I could never settle. It always made me so frustrated and overwhelmed until I finally found my current special interest! I’m so relieved to have answers now, but yikes, it’s still rough