r/videos • u/Jtaimelafolie • May 30 '17

This guy's presentation on ADHD is excellent

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JowPOqRmxNs
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u/thatlookslikeavulva May 30 '17 edited May 31 '17

I'm not at all trying to be a dick here but those are exactly the feelings that lead me to get an ADHD diagnosis. Not caring almost feels good until said problem bites you in the arse.

If life is going well and you are happy then don't worry. If the tendencies you described are messing things up then maybe go get a test. My life is so much better now.

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Shoutout to /r/adhd!

Also, video dude wrote a book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taking-Charge-Adult-Russell-Barkley/dp/1606233386

Edit 2:

Here is an informative and adorable video for anyone unsure if they have ADHD. It's great. Go watch it. https://youtu.be/cx13a2-unjE

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u/Degru May 30 '17

My life is going in the shitter but again, I'm not stressed about it.

And if the OP video is accurate, then I probably don't have ADHD specifically; he describes it as an inability to plan for and take action on the future. That is most certainly not what I have. I see the future, I make plans, but I don't carry them out.

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u/thatlookslikeavulva May 30 '17

It's a thing that can effect people very differently. His description is not definitive. I can make all the plans in the world but I can't act on them. You know what to do but you can't act on it? That IS what he said. To be fair, depression also causes that. Anyway I hope you get your life out the shitter before something bad enough to make you care happens. I don't want to be pushy. I don't know you :)

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u/Degru May 30 '17

Yeah, it's fine. I'll figure it out.