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/[deleted] May 30 '17

I even do this with things I WANT to do. Like watch a certain video or movie or play a game. It's frustrating as fuck for me and I get pissed at myself all the time for doing it.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17

I don't even bother trying to do sidequests in a videogame if I'm not on meds.

Breath of the Wild was me running around in circles picking fruit.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '17

one of the funny things about ADHDers is that many of them enjoy video games.

Ask them how many they've beaten (to completion. games have changed since I was a young lad)

=)

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u/[deleted] May 31 '17

I beat the majority of them but I like really rigid and linear games more. Favorite ones are FEAR, Soma, Inside and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Haven't beaten Inquisition yet though...

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u/Blacksmithery Jun 21 '17

God speed. I put over 200 hours into my first play through

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u/Binsky89 May 31 '17

It's possible you have some depression thrown into the mix, which is really common with ADHD.