r/videos 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/lolihull May 30 '17

I LOVE US for that! It's the perfect visual representation of ADHD. I try to go through the 'new' tab and reply to people with no comments though because I feel sad when people don't get replies.

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u/clamsplitter69 May 30 '17

I've been in tears trying to explain this exact thing to my parents, but was never able to articulate like this man does

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u/PBRGuy35 May 30 '17

My gf suffers from severe social anxiety, really only able to fully get words out when she has a little alcohol in her. Really like I'm one of the few people she can really talk to, and she can't seem to get words out a lot of the time. She was put on an ssri for a while and it helped a little. Maybe try your best to describe how ou feel to a doctor?

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u/clamsplitter69 May 30 '17

I don't really suffer from anxiety. I just struggle to get things done like school so I do poorly and it looks like laziness to everyone else

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u/PBRGuy35 May 30 '17

Well than you're more like me. I've been told by my AP Chem teacher that I wouldn't ever do anything in chem. I'm now applying to pharmacy school next year. My gf gets so upset with me because of my lack of ambition and laziness. But really I just can't prioritize very well and I hate it. I can't really grasp what needs and has to get done and what I can do to avoid the consequences even though I knowfull well what all those consequences are

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u/clamsplitter69 May 30 '17

That's exactly how I am. I do fine on most exams but I'll sink my grade on a month long project that I started 2 days before it's due.

I've found the only way I can change the behavior is by forming new habits that out power the old ones. Instead of procrastinating about something, I immediately perform task x and reward myself afterward.

Forming new habits has saved me