Also FYI the ADHD subreddit is hilarious. We're so eager to dump feelings in 5000 word posts but NOBODY there can read any of it because it's too long.
We need to hire some normal folk to come in and TL;DR that shit for us.
Can someone explain how this is consistent with what Dr. Barkley says in the video? It seems to me like based on what he said alone, I wouldn't know whether to expect a person with ADHD to get super caught up in a long post, or the opposite...
It's not that it's impossible for someone with ADHD to do things. He is kinda exaggerating if you take him literally. Once you have started something you might be alright and do it just as well as anyone else. You can even be more focused than someone would normally be on it.
What he is mainly talking about is the overarching core issue for someone with ADHD which can be summarized with "I know what to do but I have a hard time getting started".
Executive function is SO easy to understand when you have a normal amount of it. "Just don't be a dick" is so simple for some people, and so completely impossible for others, no matter how hard we try.
Executive function is what lets you "think before you speak" "pay attention" "stop fidgeting" etc...
It's super depressing too because everyone on earth thinks I'm just a lazy shithead.
Happiness doesn't come easy when you're actually right about your inferiority complex.
I do Lisdexamfetamine every day just to have a fighting chance. It makes me disappear into the crowd which is a massive improvement to my quality of life.
Gotta keep that shit a secret though, nobody understands. And even when they DO understand it doesn't make a difference, we're still accountable for all the stuff we fuck up.
ADHD is not "being unable to see the future". It is not procastinating and carelessness.
While the theories on the science behind are being discussed and thrown over constantly, it is widley accepted that it seems to be a motivation problem. People with ADHD get bored easily. How long they can concentrate on a task or enjoy something depends hugely on how interested they are in it/how much novlety it offers.
The problem is not so much concentrating on something you enjoy, but rather doing so on something you don't. Additionally, enjoying something for a long time, no matter how much fun it is in the beginning, becomes pretty much impossible.
Besides that, a huge part of life consists of mundane, boring or straight out unpleasant things and activities. Those are the worst enemy if you have ADHD.
Those two things are also the reason why depression is so prevalent in adults with ADHD. Fighting extra hard to get through the boring stuff that makes up easily 70% of our daily lives is hard enough, but also slowly loosing interest in everything fun and struggling to find new things one is able to enjoy just to get bored by them eventually will break everyone at some point.
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u/Aneurysm-Em May 30 '17
Also FYI the ADHD subreddit is hilarious. We're so eager to dump feelings in 5000 word posts but NOBODY there can read any of it because it's too long.
We need to hire some normal folk to come in and TL;DR that shit for us.