ADHD memes

You got the last part wrong. I tripped over it on the way home from the library...

Wait, were you going to the library? I'm sure there was somewhere else you need to go to run errands. Was it the grocery store? Better check the pantry and fridge to see what you need. End up on the couch eating and watching TV for the rest of the day.

Thats a fairly common aspect of ADHD, hyperfocus on some specific domain. Its like we min/max what we think about.

I don't to my knowledge have ADHD but if there's a movie on it's hard for me to completely ignore it. I memorably had to switch seats at a restaurant once with my partner at the time because I could see some shitty movie playing behind them and it was too distracting

Very similar experience for me, even down to being the last one awake. If someone wants my full attention the movie has to be paused.

I think you'll find that awful or lazy was never true, and the potential was always there buried deep. You just didn't have the right tools.

so many people with executive dysfunction have come to this realization thru memes ❤️

I would add: beyond executive dysfunction, people who also have low intrinsic motivation (ability to "just do it") and/or difficulty initiating, are also not bad people!

while it is our responsibility to always work on and improve our weak points, these aspects of temperament exist as they are, no matter how much moralizing busybodies insist otherwise.

Well no, but actually yes

The Fun part of ADHD is there's nothing unique to ADHD. Being overwhelmed with anxiety doesn't mean you have anxiety disorder. It's when you have frequent overwhelming anxiety and it's interfering with your life.

Having a tendency to put things down and lose them doesn't mean you have ADHD. Constantly having to find that screwdriver that was just in your hand and realizing that desk has been half complete for six months because you keep spending thirty seconds looking for it before getting distracted by other tasks? That's ADHD. Unless it's focus issues rooted in something else. Like anxiety or depression, which can cause ADHD like symptoms. But also ADHD can cause anxiety and depression, or be comorbid.

That said, you are here voluntarily on an ADHD community finding common ground with an ADHD meme. If you've wondered specifically about ADHD or more broadly felt there's something different about you've just never been able to put your finger on - this is your sign. My advice is to find a psychiatrist who really understand it, dig as deep as you can for hard evidence that you have or don't have it, and keep an open mind to alternative explanations. A diagnosis of "no you don't have ADHD" is also important information.

They're certainly common if you have ADHD, and ADHD is actually quite prevelent.