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the common misconceptions of ADHD.
(a thread)
by a psychiatric nurse practitioner with ADHD
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(a thread)
by a psychiatric nurse practitioner with ADHD
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adhd is misunderstood. people
with add or adhd are written off as just being hyper or easily distracted.. I havenât even really fully understood what it means to have adhd until recently, and I was diagnosed at 29. here is some info to help u learn about it.
with add or adhd are written off as just being hyper or easily distracted.. I havenât even really fully understood what it means to have adhd until recently, and I was diagnosed at 29. here is some info to help u learn about it.
social skills
adhd is kind of similar to autism in the way that sometimes itâs difficult for us to check our voice volume and energy level compared to other peoplesâ. sometimes weâre told to âtone it downâ when we canât read other people well enough.
adhd is kind of similar to autism in the way that sometimes itâs difficult for us to check our voice volume and energy level compared to other peoplesâ. sometimes weâre told to âtone it downâ when we canât read other people well enough.
thereâs surprisingly a whole lot of overlap between autism and adhd. people are easily misdiagnosed, especially girls! people can have both autism and adhd, but one doesnât always come with the other. though they are similar in several ways, they are still very different.
executive dysfunction
adhd people find it extremely difficult to focus on things that donât interest them. sometimes itâs even physically uncomfortable for us to sit in one place and do something we donât feel like doing.
adhd people find it extremely difficult to focus on things that donât interest them. sometimes itâs even physically uncomfortable for us to sit in one place and do something we donât feel like doing.
alternatively, something we Really Enjoy can be completely absorbing and take up literally all of our attention. this is called âhyperfixatingâ on something. topics that adhd people tend to take very strong interest in are known as âhyperfixationsâ.
hyperfixating
hyperfixating is another similarity to autistic peoplesâ âspecial interestsâ. these are specifically neurodivergent terms. adhd people can have extensive knowledge on their hyperfixations and can focus for hours on one thing without trouble.
hyperfixating is another similarity to autistic peoplesâ âspecial interestsâ. these are specifically neurodivergent terms. adhd people can have extensive knowledge on their hyperfixations and can focus for hours on one thing without trouble.
IMPORTANT
adhd peopleâs brains prioritize things not necessarily by importance, but by whatâs most comfortable for us to be doing at the time. this leads to procrastination and is why we get so behind and disorganized. itâs not laziness!!!! itâs just how our brains work.
adhd peopleâs brains prioritize things not necessarily by importance, but by whatâs most comfortable for us to be doing at the time. this leads to procrastination and is why we get so behind and disorganized. itâs not laziness!!!! itâs just how our brains work.
also, it manifests in ways like being unable to get up and do something even if we know we really, really should be doing it. we just Canât. thatâs not laziness either. donât let people call you lazy for that, adhd friends.
memory
memory- adhd people tend to have really bad short term memory loss. our focus jumps between different things so often that important stuff is easily left behind. we are always forgetting something we need to bring or where things are or what we need to buy
memory- adhd people tend to have really bad short term memory loss. our focus jumps between different things so often that important stuff is easily left behind. we are always forgetting something we need to bring or where things are or what we need to buy
our brains run like we constantly have 50 tabs open at once. thereâs always something new to pay attention to and things we need to remember get buried. itâs never because we just âdonât care enough.â we care a lot and weâre trying!
people tell us to âjust make a scheduleâ or âjust write it down in a list!!â iâm telling you.. WE WILL FORGET ABOUT THE LIST!! or we will lose it!! it Does Not Work we have Tried.
emotion
emotion: adhd people feel emotions REALLY STRONGLY. sometimes theyâre too much to handle. people can get upset with us for being too sensitive when we get overly angry or sad about something. weâre easily overwhelmed in this sense so just have patience.
emotion: adhd people feel emotions REALLY STRONGLY. sometimes theyâre too much to handle. people can get upset with us for being too sensitive when we get overly angry or sad about something. weâre easily overwhelmed in this sense so just have patience.
distractibility -
distractibility - this one is obvious, but itâs not cliche shit. we could be in the middle of something we want to do and get distracted and forget what we were doing. right now iâm supposed to doing notes but instead iâm here in Twitter.
distractibility - this one is obvious, but itâs not cliche shit. we could be in the middle of something we want to do and get distracted and forget what we were doing. right now iâm supposed to doing notes but instead iâm here in Twitter.
