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/lapagecp May 30 '17

You are describing ADD the same way the video is. You see the future, you plan for the future in your head, but you don't do anything about the future. When the guys says ADHD people can't plan for the future he means you can't do things that help you in the future. The whole point is that you don't get upset. You know its going to suck if you don't get something done. You know you could start now. Maybe you plan to start tomorrow. The point is you don't. You don't feel the pressure to act until its too late or nearly too late. That is ADHD.

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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.