3 things you won’t believe are related to ADHD #adhd #adhdbrain #neurodivergent

[Ivy]

"Interest Based Nervous System" sounds a lot better than "I run on Spite" 😂😂

[vanessareagan]

I’m 44, I was diagnosed with ADHD at 42 years old. It never even crossed my mind that I had ADHD. I was talking to my doctor and telling her some of my concerns, convinced I had early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s (runs in my family) or something. I was sleeping horribly, forgetting important things and could not stay on task at work or manage my chores at home. Every day I make new discoveries about myself and through content like this and I truly appreciate it. The things about me throughout my life that never made sense (self medicating and imposter syndrome to name a couple) finally do and between learning this about myself (and medication) my life is so much more manageable, peaceful and happy.

[solala]

that's why I always try to use a new name in a sentence, after I hear it. it helps me memorize new information.

[sinner-saint]

47 years old and have learned more about myself and my adhd from this channel and these shorts than anyone or anything else. Thank you.

[Gigi-qmoy]

You are an absolute STAR! Through watching this I realise at 51yrs old I am “normal” and can relate to most EVERYTHING you’ve covered. I can relate to this. Thanks SO much for sharing your life with the great unknown on YouTube!! x

[thajocoth]

We always get a person's name before we get anything else, so we have no concept of a person to attach it to yet. It's like printing a label and then trying to stick it to a random place in the air. After talking to the person for a while, then there's some concept of the person in my mind, but I need to get that label again to pin on to them in my mind. That's how I see it.

I thought all humans had this particular difficulty though...

[celerispaghetti]

The I've been STRUGGLING with remembering people my whole life. It always takes a strong conscious effort to remember a name for me

[Bald_Zeus]

The fact I could 100% relate to all three is the reason I booked an evaluation next week

[bigshagg]

44 year old Living in America just wanted to tell you that your videos were the catalyst for my diagnosis and treatment of adult ADD. I always thought I was just a broken individual I never knew I had a actual disorder.

[lauraveale]

Thank you for these videos. Validating what I have felt all my life : giving a name to these painful experiences, specifically, the dysphoria has made my day!

[dakotaskong]

I appreciate you saying “might be” cuz there’s many reasons these things could happen! <3

[demonevolpe]

The irony that i immediately forgot the second fact and had to go back to hear it again 😂

[BenjaminKibbey]

All three. That last I can think of so many people I knew in emergency services: a lot of us were all useless in the day-to-day, but bang-on the moment things hit fans.

[VHLa]

I love seeing these clips i used to feel alone thinking i was different so i would isolate myself from everyone cause i didnt think there were people out there like me so i sunk into a hole for 22 year of drug and alcohol abuse to help me cope with life after leaving prison i found a peace. now with the help of self-esteem, exercise and prioritising my life and not letting negativity into my life i feel happier each day.

[foggy]

This is true, but a lot of people forget that a substantial amount of people with ADHD struggle to start and finish tasks they're interested in.

I have ADHD, and I struggle to stay focused on tasks I have a strong interest in most of the time. I will often get distracted by something and stop or suddenly lose motivation and move onto something else, even if I'm doing something intense like exercise or sports.

Like, I can be playing football (or soccer for Americans), and out of nowhere I'll get distracted by something and essentially ruin the game for whoever I'm playing with. I have had countless times where I've wandered off and literally forgot that I was playing, or I get distracted and fall over, which ADHD medication helps a lot with.

Then you have not being able to grasp concepts even when you are focused, regardless of interest. I have a few interests I'm intensely focused on, and they change a lot, but I struggle to absorb and understand information because I simply cannot pay attention.

So, ADHD isn't always an interest-based nervous system. In fact, I'd say most people with ADHD aren't like this, since my anecdotal experience tells me that most people with ADHD I know and have met struggle to get started and maintain focus on things that interest them.

Obviously medication is there to help, but it unfortunately doesn't get rid of these issues. They're still there and clinically significant, but at least medication helps maintain focus when you put in the effort to start something. ADHD is truly a disease I wish I didn't have, especially since I'm one of only few in my family that even has traits of the disorder.

[jvtgeff]

The last point about interest based motivation really resonates with me. I can be very competent and conscientious with a task/work that I find interesting or valuable bit entirely useless at something I don't care about.

[socialdeviant]

#3: I told my spouse tonight to NOT ask me to clean something, because I am instantly filled with shame that it is not clean, and then spend all my mental energy beating myself up for not doing it, so it doesn't get clean. Instead, ask me to ORGANIZE it. It instantly becomes a puzzle to be solved, a challenge to be overcome, and a competition to see how thoroughly I can complete said task before my hyperfocus fucks off.

I learned this because I have been working on my kids' room for the last week, and instead of saying I'll clean it, I say I'm going to organize. Today, not only did I put my daughter's dresser together (my only goal), I also built a doll house, took apart and rebuilt my son's dresser, picked up dolls into a designated doll bucket, picked up Legos into a designated Lego bucket, put my kids' clothes away, dried grown up clothes, washed AND dried kid clothes, put the new vacuum together AND taught myself how to use it by vacuuming the living room, hallway, and my bedroom, I organized 3 weeks' worth of laundry into the proper clean baskets,
AAAAND
I even put some of my clothes away. I had a good day!

[ruthg]

When you find a channel that helps you make sense of literally everything that has ever perplexed you about yourself.

[joonbug]

I know this is going to sound juvenile, but I am 50 years old, and the information you give has changed my life. I am not just a crazy, unmotivated, easily distracted, lazy person, and just knowing that has given me my power back. Thank you so much.

[domingossoares]

That feeling that the WHOLE WORLD is pointing a finger at you and shaking their heads when you do something wrong? That is also ADHD?!?! OMG! Love you for bringing it up ❤
Cheers from Brazil