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/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.

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u/HD_ERR0R May 30 '17

Yup. That's why a lot of my comments, emails or texts I try and break up with lots of spaces.

Like this.

To try and separate ideas.

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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