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/FancySack May 30 '17

Ya my friend with ADHD often texts me in 3 message bursts and then nothing for the next 3 days.

Jarring at first but I got used to it.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17 edited Dec 12 '17

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u/wisdom_possibly May 30 '17

Girlfriends hate me

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u/[deleted] May 31 '17 edited Dec 12 '17

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u/matias676 May 31 '17

Thankfully mine is understanding

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u/DANGERMAN50000 May 31 '17

Turn off read receipts. Helps me feel wayyy less guilty bout that business

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u/noimagination669163 May 30 '17

This so stinking much!!

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u/-JustShy- May 31 '17

This is why my mom thinks I'm dead all the time.

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u/Megahuts May 30 '17

Or you think you sent the message, and find it five weeks later

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u/noimagination669163 May 31 '17

I believe I found my people!

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u/texasemp May 31 '17

Or you type the message and forget to hit send... Because you got distracted by Reddit.....oh crap that reminds me.....

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u/rartuin270 May 30 '17

There should be an app that reminds you to reply after a certain amount of time.

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u/special_circumstance May 30 '17

why hasn't a seamless "create event from email" feature been implemented?

make the email's unique ID a link that is attached to a reminder or calendar event.

instead of smashing red notification bubbles and forgetting to go back and address the emails, i would smash the red notification bubble and then get reminded of the email at a time and place where i can actually do something about it.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '17

Holy shit, I think you might have misplaced your soul with mine.

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u/rinitytay May 30 '17

My life every day.

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u/theodont May 31 '17

This is bad on text but I do it with emails all the fucking time.

I got in the habit if flagging everything I read that I need to take action on which ultimately results in dozens of todos every day.

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u/jefbenet May 31 '17

Guilty of exactly that myself, far more often than I'm proud of

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u/HD_ERR0R May 30 '17

Yup this.

When you get those 3 message bursts you're giving him the most dopamine at the time.

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u/WaffleWizard101 May 31 '17

That's how the brain works in general, everything is quantified with chemicals.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '17

I do that because it represents the three stages of my reply.

My initial reaction. My processed response. Follow up statement or question.

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u/texasemp May 31 '17

OMG, IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES THAT?

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u/TheOneWhoReadsStuff May 31 '17

Fuck. This is exactly what I do to friends. I'm learning I might have ADHD.

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u/JustTheT1p_0 May 31 '17

Yeah that is my life. Some girls get really mad about it haha.

But what can I do? I can't just turn off my adhd. I take meds but I'm almost 30. Don't think I'm going to grow out of it

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u/yellowjellocello May 31 '17

Yep, I just tell all of my friends straight up that if they text me something and I don't answer in a timely manner, keep nagging me or actually call me.

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u/naikoto May 31 '17

gawd this is so me. I'm pretty sure I send them at like the randomest times too.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '17

Is that why I do that? I can type almost as fast as I think so there's that. And I read a lot when I was a kid so I naturally like to see short punchy sentences that encapsulate separate ideas.

Also, there's the ADHD

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u/TheFishRevolution May 31 '17

That's what I do o.o

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u/tanto_le_magnificent May 31 '17

Oh god this is me.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '17

is that was ADHD does? i do this on a regular texting my friends.

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u/Ariviaci Aug 26 '17

Sounds like someone I know...

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '17

Yep, this is life.

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u/JelloDr May 30 '17

I do this too... maybe I should get checked lol