It sucks to have ADHD. I wish people stopped calling it a "superpower". If ADHD is a "superpower" to you, it's probably not the ADHD, it's other parts of your personality. ADHD is very limiting and people with ADHD have more problems than neurotypical people in nearly all aspects of life. We die earlier, get more depressed and suffer financially more than others.
I don't know... Life has been hard and I also have the same financial, emotional and job security problems... But also have been allowed by my brain to know so much about so many thigs in very high levels, leaving all of my neurotypical connections freaking jealous of the amount of things I know and can do... Once you know you have it and work on it, with the proper tools, it can be s superpower, but I think it's a matter of perspective, if you are not ready to see it that way I can't force you to do it... To be clear though, the fact that someone has a superpower doesn't mean he or she doesn't have weaknesses... ask superman about kryptonite.
I disagree. I fully see the superpower concept for myself. As many obstacles as it causes. I am able to think in depth, understand people and their behavior more, connect with people deeper. Every thought I have is a web diagram of connecting and supporting thoughts, reasons why, and so on. Yeah, it’s exhausting. But, I choose to use it as a strength. Now, all of us ADHDers know that everyone with adhd is different. And so many of us have the trauma of not feeling seen/heard.. being pushed down when we get excited.. etc. which is really damaging to our self esteem and cries around our adhd diagnosis. But it’s definitely a superpower. I mean.. do you think Spider-Man always wants to be climbing on buildings and chasing after bad guys? No. He probably wants to just simple do his laundry AND fold and put it away on the same day. But, he has a skill set that no one else does. I choose to see that as special.
gawd…this is the best explanation I’ve seen so far to show my spouse. Visual aids, easy to understand comparisons and shows that our brains are actually different and it’s not an “excuse” for being “lazy”.
It says it all, so easy. Made me cry a bit. It's not just chemical, it's an entirely different brain. We are not sick, not broken, just different. Period.
Short and simple video with visual props to explain a ADHD brain to a ADHD person to understand. Everyone brain just wires differently. Thank you for taking your time to produce this video.
Did anyone for a good minute think about how time worked after she explained how adhd people perceive time and just notice you are now distracted from the video and thinking of a whole other random thing?
Something I'm genuinely curious about is if everyone with ADHD gets excited or happy with things that might seem simplistic or odd to those that are neurotypical. I, for instance, get extremely excited when I have stickers (whether available for use or otherwise - I typically avoid using them since I "don't want to waste them", which has led to me collecting over 200 pages of stickers that are entirely unopened). Another thing that really stimulates me is music, and flashing colors / animated visuals. The latter is an issue since I get stuck watching "beat saber vr" videos on youtube just because I like the pretty colors. Before I was diagnosed with ADHD, I would play videogames simultaneously whilst in class (this was during quarantine, and we were using zoom) because it truly was the only way for me to have enough willpower to do anything but go to sleep or start blanking out.
In my experience ADHD does make excited about their hobbies, passionate about them in fact. Those hobbies may or may not be simplistic though, that depends more on the individual, for example i went through an analytic philosophy phase a few years, everything i was reading would have been torture to my ADHD friends & family, now i've been watching videos about making cigar box guitars, which i think is a bit more in alignment with the stereo typical ADHD brain.
I was hesitant watching this, since it's very small and I already know a lot about ADHD, but I still learned new stuff, so thank you!! I can feel the brain activity lowering when trying to concentrate x)
I feel bad for the once who have ADHD, Seeing myself without hiving ADHD now I'm really grateful and excited thank you ( Dr imenherbal ) his name and his CZcams channel.....
I hate when normal or "neurotypical" people say they have ocd or adhd like its nothing. I don't have OCD but I do have adhd that i discovered at age 22 and felt like a loser because I wasn't good at saving, bad at time management, couldn't focus, etc. On top of being closeted in my school days, not having much to my credit as far as most social metrics go, it was hard to have any sense of confidence until i finally went on adderall. The medication makes me feel normal and confident in my abilities at a normal level. Does it solve every problem? No, but it makes life feel like I can do it. If you ask an ADHD person to break bad habits and form good ones it seems impossibly overwhelming. I don't fidget anymore with medication and 'move' better, I feel more coordinated or in-tune with my body. The side effect I am afraid of is, it gives me high blood pressure, and the dentist doesnt want to work on me until I get medical clearance. Im terrified of having to give up medication that works, in lieu of something that doesnt work as well. Any advice?
I have it, too, Derek. I know exactly what you are saying. Don't give up your medication. Blood pressure can be controlled. Your dentist is just being cautious, perhaps from not having a full understanding of our ADHD. I am a retired RN and didn't know I had this until I read about it in my granddaughter's blog. Looking back, how different my life could have been if I had been diagnosed and given proper medication early on! Good for you! You now have the tools to improve your life and go on from here and even perhaps help others! Blessings to you for a happier Life! 🤗☺
The trick with medication is that you use it to get back to normal, and then learn coping strategies while you can actually handle it. ADHD medicine helps level the playing field so you can learn the actual rules of the game. You should definitely use your medicine as long as it's available but if you practice skills to help manage yourself, then your days without medicine will be a lot easier to handle.
I find hyperfocus as much of a problem as lack of focus. Working on a project or studying a topic I can be unable to pull away for 8-9 hours straight, even with alarms going off from the clock and phone. I don't drink water, eat, even go to the bathroom, and it's very hard on my health over time. Forcing myself to go to bed on time is also an issue living alone, when in hyperfocus particularly. To kick into action, the motor cortex of the left hemisphere must usually be kicked in - by fear - that's why we procrastinate; the normal area of the right hemisphere which gets people started on tasks in a timely manner just isn't working in our right hemisphere. I have virtually no sense of time and keep my clocks set well ahead of time just to try to be on time for anything. The lack of executive function in the forebrain is also particularly problematic, as I say things most people think but can stop themselves from saying. It doesn't go over well. We are also more emotional, in fact that emotionality used to be a major defining characteristic of the disorder, and I don't know why it doesn't get talked about more. It's a big issue we get judged for quite often. Neurotypicals assume we are choosing to interrupt rudely, being emotional when we could control it like they do. We are hella more creative because we are divergent thinkers, so you want us inventing novel solutions. Perhaps that's why nature is producing so many of us right now; big changes and many novel approaches are needed on earth. I just wish folks could be more kind and understanding; people assume our brains are like theirs, and it's lack of character showing up. It is not!!
I am not clinically dioginosed but yes i also behave like that whenever i am doing study in which i am interested i forgot every thing drinking eating everything ..and then there qre the days when i can not do that just because i do not find that work interesting..i cant force myself ,it just happens naturally that i got interested in something..i cant explain this to people around me..
And 10 seconds of reading do more for you than 2 min video: ADHD is a COMPLETELY FRAUD to hidde and neutralize the INDIGO CHILDS. Because the democracy want naives and idiots that OBEY
I have inattentive adhd, so I don’t really show the hyperactive or impulsive tendencies. Or at least not to an extreme. I tell myself oh maybe I don’t have adhd, but then I realized how many accommodations I set up for myself.😂
I'm almost 51. This video was so easy and honest, it made me cry a little...it just makes sense. Thank you to those who can understand and help us. The way we were born is all we know, yet we are forced to grow up and live according to certain standards. It's awful. It's like trying to force your son, born with no arms, to clap, or shake your hand. It's very real. We get it.
Yes, I was born ADHD. WAS PUT ON RITALIN AT AGE 3 1/2. It was necessary, and it helped. I was not allowed to be in school without it. I was way too smart and waaaayyyy too fast. It was for my safety and everyone else's sanity.
I was bullied , looked down upon and considered as stupid because of my ADHD, all these years I thought something is wrong in me but never knew what exactly, now I know
I have ADHD. I literally had to pause from LOLing when I heard how “we” perceive time as a “scattered inter-collection of events” and not as a linear sequence. Lol that is too funny.
@@wolfman122970 you do, you know you do. it takes effort to respect time, especially other peoples time. you just dont do it and claim you have a condition. my mom was a special education teather for 35 years. she said its fake and those kids are brats with mostly lazy parenting.
@@sooperd00p This is the kinda shit we have had to put up wih our entire lives. People like you calling us lazy, stupid, or slow just because we don't perceive things the same way you do.
@@sooperd00p Time blindness is absolutely a very real issue with ADHD and a lot of other neurological conditions, and it makes it infinitely harder to track time in comparison to neurotypical folks. The fact that your mother said "its fake and those kids are brats with mostly lazy parenting" demonstrates that she should not be in special ed.
i notice how we are always bashed by narcs they are mundane most of society now is narc and mundane they follow without thinking no original thought but they throw useless trivia at people to sound ' intelligent '
I don’t love the ending sentence but maybe it is somewhat correct. Emphasis on the “managed”. Not cured. Glasses allow you to see better, but will never fix your miopia.
Almost my whole life I thought I was just the odd one. And that the system was catered to people without ADHD. What's crazy is that I didn't know I had it or knew that it was a thing. I always wondered why I was told to take pills everyday before school and went for Doctor check ups every once in awhile. (The doctor check up were pretty cool so I'm not complaining) Heck I'd love to go there right now and play with all the puzzles and fake Bowling ball set. I've met thousands of great teachers back then that I wish I could have the time to study with again. My attention span honestly did not help me retain all of the information they were passing down to me. And now that I've become aware that I've got ADHD,I've finally managed to gain ALMOST complete control of my mind with relative ease, it's a shame I can't put my new mind into good use of their teachings,But hey I do self study now so I'm my own teacher.
If hadn't gone the route of taking medication, you would have developed keener senses towards overriding impulsivity...barely, but with enough effort and almost psychic insight to bail on scenarios where such impulsive risks could be immediately minimalized or crushed before the cause and effect nature of being hit with a negative outcome. Better yet, one could look at meditation and the ability to find a means to deepen rather than scrape a thousand surfaces and by deepen, it's a matter of letting the learning process allow itself to imprint longevity in whatever task, whether that of employment or so forth... There is an old Virginian saying from the colonial days: Let the hot rice cool in one's mouth before taking action. Reflection is the golden chalice and to drink from it defines a better way forward.
I have both ADD and ADHD. I used to take medication but I hated how it made me feel. I stopped and I’ve never been more free (if you do take meds n it does help then ignore my freedom lmao)! ADHD is a real disorder and it’s permanent it doesn’t “go away”. But anyway I love being me! 💖
Hey there, ADD is an outdated term, what was considered ADD is now labeled as inattentive ADHD, what you would have is combined ADHD, a combination of hyperactive-impulsive, and inattentive symptoms
@@jordanburkert6208 yeah indeed and (as someone who is originaly diagnosed with ADD) you could also see the H of hyperactivity as the chaos in the mind not only the fysical body.
From what I've seen, if the medication is having this kind of effect on you, it means the dosage is wrong. Maybe it could have helped if taken more appropriately? But yeah maybe it doesn't work for everyone. I'm struggling to get a diagnosis because I really need help and I want to try medication, so I hope it works for me :) But that's great if you can manage without it!
I have inattentive ADHD, only really get "hyperactive" when I'm having a panic attack lol. The meds are like turning the car from neutral to drive. I actually have the mental energy to do things. This is different than caffeine, as it wakes me up, but sleepy and foggy/drifting are 2 different states. What's cool is I can still daydream if I want to, but I daydream more linear, vividly (vs bouncing from one thing to the other and never really developing a "plot") and goal-oriented too. Honestly, lifesaving. The part I don't like is that eating during the day blunts it, as does taking it too long without taking a break (my body adapts to substances stupid quick, I'll go from "this is life changing" to "I feel nothing" within a month) so I have to intermittent fast and take med breaks all the time.
ADHD is a COMPLETELY FRAUD to hidden and neutrilize the INDIGO CHILDS, because democracy want IDIOTS that OBEY. STOP your medication NOW, you DONT HAVE NOTHING !!! Ok???
With proper care and maintenence, both can be managed... got to say as someone who has adhd and knows a few other people who have it, havent found anyone yet who knew how to get the proper care and maintenence😅 its a struggle but Oh well
Well that’s where you have to go to a trained specialist, get your proper diagnosis and get the tools you need for proper care and maintenance. Usually medication and/or specific adhd CBT and life coaching, management tools etc.
Yeah that last part of the video pissed me off cause not everyone has access to the proper resources not everyone can take medication and even for those who have both putting in all the extra work to function like a neurotypical can slowly destroy us saying it can be managed as a vague blanket statement minimizes the fact that it’s a whole ass disability with varying levels of severity
Paused the Video once to check in on the discussion, then read two comments below, paused to write this comment at 2.04 that sums it up for how it functions on me :)).Great Video, thank you!
I feel like I’m probably the smartest person in my school. Probably smarter than most people on earth. When I’m motivated, I learn faster than the average person. If I had full control over my brain (and no depression) I could do so much. My potential is wasted because I just can’t make myself do anything productive. Sometimes a blessing… most of the time a curse
I found a way to lessen the symptoms; intermittent fasting and meditation ( for me Qigong & Medicinal Yoga, mindfulness & prayers & affirmations) It helps regulating better and lessen my anxiety and depression also. Helps with sleep also. It has to be done daily, it must become a part of one's lifestyle A keto diet has helped regulating & walking in nature everyday, for calming down Journaling everyday about thoughts & feelings
@@sonja7halcyon happy to see you have also experimented :) and that it helped. I find it more affordable to live or do these "rituals" because you can do Qigong & Yin Yoga (Medicinal Yoga) follow free here on YT or read or learn online. I am also struggling financially, and since i also unf have a chronic stomach disease (IBS), all of these practices is a must for me to cope with my pain & regulating energy levels. So fasting naturally became a part of my life, because i can only eat & drink once-twice a day in evening in case i'd have to rush to toilet or pain. So fasting helped also financially & energetically, because i dont have to prepare to bring food to work/school. I hope you find a way to ease :) I also find listening to calm music or binaural beats help to put you in a better state of mind, uplifting & can help set the mood. All the best 🙏👍😊
Even in America sometimes fighting with doctors and insurance companies to get prescribed and covered doesn’t always work out if you even physically can take meds, I’m sorry you don’t have access to them at all though that’s hella fucked up
This video ONLY LIE to you and hides who you are. ADHD is a COMPLETELY FRAUD to hidde and neutralize the INDIGO CHILDS. Because the democracy want naives and idiots that OBEY
many times people with adhd are scapegoated in families with narcissists don't give up find people you are comfortable being around you don't have to be around blood family you can create a family of friends the only people that really cared about me were my parents and one aunt cousins treated me like i wasn't there narcissists are very mundane they can't see your greatness
i see movies in my head i can remember visually what happened to me in grade school and visual memories get in my way when at work while i'm talking to someone i see moving objects in my mind i took some aptitude tests and results were visual learner should be in art and engineering lucky i can take these classes online but literature makes me nervous pretty much failed the verbal in sat 791 on math side the stress from having to be around people can be overwhelming small talk is boring i think about my life and how it's been a series of not finding the correct job for me for years narcissistic uncle scapegoated me as the idiot because i didn't brag and boast to this day among cousins i'm the outcast they treated me like i didn't exist on facebook so i had to start one with just friends also in life i'm the odd one people expect sameness as though most people are average c grade people i got grades a and f schools need to stop forcing kids to take all the same classes i failed american lit twice school was horrible they never saw students unique mental gifts they want sameness and don't see individual talent as important
As great as the video is Im mad about that vague blanket statement too, not only can it be too expensive in places like America some countries don’t even have the right medication to prescribe that’s assuming you find a doctor who will actually prescribe them and then that’s assuming you don’t have severe side effects to all of them and none of that even touches on how much more effort it takes to manage it well enough to function like a neurotypical and how the stress of trying to do that can physically and mentally destroy some people
Just gonna confirm this for everyone, there is nothing more powerful than a focused and tuned ADHD brain. Neurotypicals are left in the dust...but you have to learn to tame that beast and it takes dedication.
The time thing makes so much sense. Whenever anyone asks me what month something will happen I just say sure since I have no idea what the order of months is. And anytime someone asks me about my oldest memories I have no idea what my oldest memory is. I barely remember elementary school.
I have had an MRI and they didn't see it. You need a SPECT scan for that. Dr. Amen has videos on it. He shows scans of seven different brain types, he believes there are seven types of adhd, it's very interesting. Just a warning though, these are some long videos, very easy to superfocus on them and lose track of time.
I hate having ADHD. It's not fun to not be functioning in society. People with ADHD live shorter lives, have more diseases and have economical problems more than others. You love that?
Likes of Newton and Da Vinci are suspected to have "hyperactive brains" too. This is just a different type of brain, and not necessarily a "disorder" in all cases, and neither disease. But many individuals might need attention, when their profession is in direct conflict with this brain-type. For others, "hyperactivity" could be rewarding, if channeled into the right skillset (usually the ones that needs rapid thinking and frequent context switches - like drawing and mathematics). (We live in a world filled with bogus data and incorrect interpretations. It is better if such "studies" support their argument with the actual data, than just present summaries and conclusions.) Problems happen when the hyperactive brain doesn't receive correct nurture and a correct skillset to fuel the reward system (low dopamine). The low volume of prefontal is due to the hyperactivity/overuse.
Everyone watches me speed by on the freeway and thinks "wow you're so smart, you think so fast, I can barely keep up". Then we get to a stop light, and they are all calmly waiting with idling engines and a light pressure on the brake pedal. But my throttle is stuck wide open. I have to slam down on the brake pedal hard, while my engine roars and my rear tires pump out plumes of noxious smoke, until I can't breathe and I have to make an illegal u-turn and drive backwards up the on ramp dodging traffic. If my brain engine can't be productive, it has to be counter-productive. It can't just rest.
We are born for adventure ...not for safety....someone said that...and i quoted... Its easy to win the war...but very difficult do live the daily life....someone said that... I quoted.... I am having ADHD myself.. And yes it was terrible snd is now too...but my perspective changed over time...i acquired knowledge about the things that i found troublesome in a daily basis...and found a fix... Some problems are for the life time...like dandruf...if you use anti dandruff your hair will fall rapidly...if not you will scratch your head and put on a sad smilee.😢 But gastrointestinal problems could be kept under check by some basic measures by regulating the nature of food we intake....so on. Acceptance of reality + dont judge ourselves and others + engaging in something productive and mindful for you can help.... Most of us have subjectivity... meaning consumed too much by a single subject...let it be father or mother or siblings or sex or god or almost anything x or y.. Detached attachment to anything and understanding nothing is constant may relieve our psyche.... Note: the notes here have no direct connection between them and may not be directly connected to the video.
I don't like the analogy with the car and bicycle wheels because it sugguests it is impossible for the ferrari with bicycle to catch up at all. I think a speedway vs. many, but twisted speedways, is a better analogy - it's possible to catch up, but it requires more effort.
Yeah ADHD can be “managed” but that vague phrasing may lead one to believe that with enough work and effort one can overcome most of their ADHD symptoms and function like a neurotypical which is true for some people but absolutely not true for everyone with ADHD especially those who can’t be medicated effectively for whatever reason and even for those who can function like a neurotypical putting in so much more effort to do so can lead to severe burnout and increased rates of stress related health issues ADHD is not just a different neurotype in a society built for neurotypicals it’s a genuine disability for many with it and that doesn’t make any of us less than or less valuable or less deserving of a happy life
Most people do experience time as linear but it is an actual fact not linear at all which makes me wonder if it's just by chance that we so happen to be living in a world that is mostly populated by people who perceive time as linear and because the other is under represented they class it as a disability which it automatically becomes in that case if you are under represented
Is there anyone you can talk to? Please reach out to someone....maybe a teacher you like, a pastor, or a doctor? Please know that you are a special, precious person! There is help for you but you must be strong enough to find it, and I know you can do that! God loves you and so do I !
told my friends that I have adhd. always the odd one. had to get "special treatments" in schools all the time, like modified courses, after school make up classes, etc. almost failed hs and college is so hard man, it's rough staying focused 7h a day, and it's hard to keep friends. I'm too afraid that I'll impulsely push others away. I wasn't expecting some tremendous support when I told my friends but all of a sudden everyone's got adhd now 💀 "I couldn't do well in this class so I must have adhd" "I zoned out for a sec, my adhd man" bruh I ain't doubting but quit saying that and go see a psychiatrist
If this is true about the brains appearing different why in the tar did a recent article i came across last year i.e. in 2022 say the medicine couldnt find any difference between a ''neurotypical'' and an ''ADHD'' brain. It was purportedly current science. An ''ASD'' brain, yes showed distinguished from the typical, though. I could find that article. More of this source, now. Does anybody relate to my comment? Thanks
It's really something to watch videos try to explain types of consciousness through the extremely limited physical perspective of modern pseudoscience. Uhh.. we see that this part of this organ is bigger and we see more of this chemical... there we explained adhd, we are so smart! LIsten to what what we say because we are smart scientists!
Imagine a Ferrari.... Shows a picture of a hand drawn dodge challenger.... Now I have a stroke. Thanks .... Lol sorry I have another condition called OCD 😐
a lot of adhd people in these comments that seem to have no problem focusing for enough time to leave a long paragraph about how they struggle and their entire life story...... ok
I suspected that I have ADHD but wasn’t sure until got in touch with a therapist on Voicely app. I am so lucky that I decided to talk to a stranger there. Now I know what I am experiencing.
A smaller prefrontal cortex… ? This is confusing. How can an ADHD brain be a Ferrari if it’s main evolutionary advantage is less developed than normal?
0:53 Les personnes avec un TDAH perçoivent le temps comme des moments éparpillés; reliés entre eux de façon aléatoire, plutôt que de le percevoir comme une séquence.
“the ADHD brain is powerful, but difficult to control.” well said.
It sucks to have ADHD. I wish people stopped calling it a "superpower". If ADHD is a "superpower" to you, it's probably not the ADHD, it's other parts of your personality. ADHD is very limiting and people with ADHD have more problems than neurotypical people in nearly all aspects of life. We die earlier, get more depressed and suffer financially more than others.
Couldn’t have said it better myself, you are spot on!
Finally … someone who is talking sense! Thank you!
I have this as well. My life has been
...well let's not even talk about it.
I don't know... Life has been hard and I also have the same financial, emotional and job security problems... But also have been allowed by my brain to know so much about so many thigs in very high levels, leaving all of my neurotypical connections freaking jealous of the amount of things I know and can do... Once you know you have it and work on it, with the proper tools, it can be s superpower, but I think it's a matter of perspective, if you are not ready to see it that way I can't force you to do it... To be clear though, the fact that someone has a superpower doesn't mean he or she doesn't have weaknesses... ask superman about kryptonite.
I disagree. I fully see the superpower concept for myself. As many obstacles as it causes. I am able to think in depth, understand people and their behavior more, connect with people deeper. Every thought I have is a web diagram of connecting and supporting thoughts, reasons why, and so on. Yeah, it’s exhausting. But, I choose to use it as a strength. Now, all of us ADHDers know that everyone with adhd is different. And so many of us have the trauma of not feeling seen/heard.. being pushed down when we get excited.. etc. which is really damaging to our self esteem and cries around our adhd diagnosis.
But it’s definitely a superpower. I mean.. do you think Spider-Man always wants to be climbing on buildings and chasing after bad guys? No. He probably wants to just simple do his laundry AND fold and put it away on the same day. But, he has a skill set that no one else does.
I choose to see that as special.
so according to the thumbnail my brain is bigger
Hahaha I literally thought the same thing
I got big brain then!
I've never been more grateful for my adhd....
Lmfao
Same 😈
gawd…this is the best explanation I’ve seen so far to show my spouse. Visual aids, easy to understand comparisons and shows that our brains are actually different and it’s not an “excuse” for being “lazy”.
I have an explainer video and then a second video showing the explainer video from perspective of an ADHDer! Can you imagine? 😆
@@ADHDWhisperer1 Nice.
It says it all, so easy. Made me cry a bit. It's not just chemical, it's an entirely different brain. We are not sick, not broken, just different. Period.
Is it just me, or does anyone read the comments section and/or posts a comment while the video is playing? No?
Kitty Kendrick yup
Yes!! I cannot watch a CZcams video if there are no comments.
pretty sure everyone does that
I'm doing it right now 😌
I always turn a video on, pause it, review the comments, and only then watch the video afterwards 😂
Short and simple video with visual props to explain a ADHD brain to a ADHD person to understand. Everyone brain just wires differently. Thank you for taking your time to produce this video.
Did anyone for a good minute think about how time worked after she explained how adhd people perceive time and just notice you are now distracted from the video and thinking of a whole other random thing?
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Get rid of any red40 that is in your diet it can cause adhd symptoms
Something I'm genuinely curious about is if everyone with ADHD gets excited or happy with things that might seem simplistic or odd to those that are neurotypical. I, for instance, get extremely excited when I have stickers (whether available for use or otherwise - I typically avoid using them since I "don't want to waste them", which has led to me collecting over 200 pages of stickers that are entirely unopened). Another thing that really stimulates me is music, and flashing colors / animated visuals. The latter is an issue since I get stuck watching "beat saber vr" videos on youtube just because I like the pretty colors.
Before I was diagnosed with ADHD, I would play videogames simultaneously whilst in class (this was during quarantine, and we were using zoom) because it truly was the only way for me to have enough willpower to do anything but go to sleep or start blanking out.
'how to adhd' channel has a few vids on quiet stims that you can use in class or at work without being noticed.
@@PasqualItizzz I'll make sure to check it out! Thanks for telling me about it ^_^
@@wrenxo538 No worries. It really is worth making time for quality of life stuff :)
i like cute stuffed animals and the stickers are fun simple things make my day
In my experience ADHD does make excited about their hobbies, passionate about them in fact. Those hobbies may or may not be simplistic though, that depends more on the individual, for example i went through an analytic philosophy phase a few years, everything i was reading would have been torture to my ADHD friends & family, now i've been watching videos about making cigar box guitars, which i think is a bit more in alignment with the stereo typical ADHD brain.
I was hesitant watching this, since it's very small and I already know a lot about ADHD, but I still learned new stuff, so thank you!! I can feel the brain activity lowering when trying to concentrate x)
I feel bad for the once who have ADHD, Seeing myself without hiving ADHD now I'm really grateful and excited thank you ( Dr imenherbal ) his name and his CZcams channel.....
I hate when normal or "neurotypical" people say they have ocd or adhd like its nothing. I don't have OCD but I do have adhd that i discovered at age 22 and felt like a loser because I wasn't good at saving, bad at time management, couldn't focus, etc. On top of being closeted in my school days, not having much to my credit as far as most social metrics go, it was hard to have any sense of confidence until i finally went on adderall. The medication makes me feel normal and confident in my abilities at a normal level. Does it solve every problem? No, but it makes life feel like I can do it. If you ask an ADHD person to break bad habits and form good ones it seems impossibly overwhelming. I don't fidget anymore with medication and 'move' better, I feel more coordinated or in-tune with my body. The side effect I am afraid of is, it gives me high blood pressure, and the dentist doesnt want to work on me until I get medical clearance. Im terrified of having to give up medication that works, in lieu of something that doesnt work as well. Any advice?
I have it, too, Derek. I know exactly what you are saying. Don't give up your medication. Blood pressure can be controlled. Your dentist is just being cautious, perhaps from not having a full understanding of our ADHD. I am a retired RN and didn't know I had this until I read about it in my granddaughter's blog. Looking back, how different my life could have been if I had been diagnosed and given proper medication early on! Good for you! You now have the tools to improve your life and go on from here and even perhaps help others! Blessings to you for a happier Life! 🤗☺
@@jgbartist Aw thank you Judy! Great to hear, likewise to you :)
The trick with medication is that you use it to get back to normal, and then learn coping strategies while you can actually handle it. ADHD medicine helps level the playing field so you can learn the actual rules of the game.
You should definitely use your medicine as long as it's available but if you practice skills to help manage yourself, then your days without medicine will be a lot easier to handle.
Take blood pressure meds. That will fix it.
Maybe try less potent meds (I use Concerta), but add daily sports... Is the perfect balance for me.
I find hyperfocus as much of a problem as lack of focus. Working on a project or studying a topic I can be unable to pull away for 8-9 hours straight, even with alarms going off from the clock and phone. I don't drink water, eat, even go to the bathroom, and it's very hard on my health over time. Forcing myself to go to bed on time is also an issue living alone, when in hyperfocus particularly. To kick into action, the motor cortex of the left hemisphere must usually be kicked in - by fear - that's why we procrastinate; the normal area of the right hemisphere which gets people started on tasks in a timely manner just isn't working in our right hemisphere. I have virtually no sense of time and keep my clocks set well ahead of time just to try to be on time for anything. The lack of executive function in the forebrain is also particularly problematic, as I say things most people think but can stop themselves from saying. It doesn't go over well. We are also more emotional, in fact that emotionality used to be a major defining characteristic of the disorder, and I don't know why it doesn't get talked about more. It's a big issue we get judged for quite often. Neurotypicals assume we are choosing to interrupt rudely, being emotional when we could control it like they do. We are hella more creative because we are divergent thinkers, so you want us inventing novel solutions. Perhaps that's why nature is producing so many of us right now; big changes and many novel approaches are needed on earth. I just wish folks could be more kind and understanding; people assume our brains are like theirs, and it's lack of character showing up. It is not!!
I am not clinically dioginosed but yes i also behave like that whenever i am doing study in which i am interested i forgot every thing drinking eating everything ..and then there qre the days when i can not do that just because i do not find that work interesting..i cant force myself ,it just happens naturally that i got interested in something..i cant explain this to people around me..
This 2 min video did more for me than a 2 hour doctor visit
And 10 seconds of reading do more for you than 2 min video:
ADHD is a COMPLETELY FRAUD to hidde and neutralize the INDIGO CHILDS.
Because the democracy want naives and idiots that OBEY
I have ADD and I stopped at 50 seconds. I can't even watch a two minute video without getting distracted...
I watch everything in double speed except for music of course haha
Don't sweat it! I commented since the video began
broooo same i was getting angry at how slow she was talking lmao
I'm not even suposed to be watching this, i have homework
Bro i watched all video at 2× speed and i listen song at 1.25 speed it sucks no one love us no one understands us except parents
I have inattentive adhd, so I don’t really show the hyperactive or impulsive tendencies. Or at least not to an extreme. I tell myself oh maybe I don’t have adhd, but then I realized how many accommodations I set up for myself.😂
You probably have ADD then
Never mind just realizing ADD is now called inattentive ADHD sorry lol
I’m an introvert and I have adhd. I also see words that aren’t there when I first see them. Have a great day.
The word thing could be dyslexia, you should get tested.
@@wolfman122970 Thank you for that advice and I will.
I'm almost 51. This video was so easy and honest, it made me cry a little...it just makes sense. Thank you to those who can understand and help us. The way we were born is all we know, yet we are forced to grow up and live according to certain standards. It's awful. It's like trying to force your son, born with no arms, to clap, or shake your hand. It's very real. We get it.
Yes, I was born ADHD. WAS PUT ON RITALIN AT AGE 3 1/2. It was necessary, and it helped. I was not allowed to be in school without it. I was way too smart and waaaayyyy too fast. It was for my safety and everyone else's sanity.
I turned my shower on 20 minutes ago, and then went down a CZcams rabbit hole learning about Adhd to see if I actually have it.
ADHD is like a bug that attaches to your brain and makes you good at things you like and makes you not focus and makes you fidget and hyper.
I was bullied , looked down upon and considered as stupid because of my ADHD, all these years I thought something is wrong in me but never knew what exactly, now I know
I have ADHD. I literally had to pause from LOLing when I heard how “we” perceive time as a “scattered inter-collection of events” and not as a linear sequence. Lol that is too funny.
Yea, I’m not gonna continue the video either after that lol
@@dgschultz Well that's how it affects me, I have no real perception of the passage of time.
@@wolfman122970 you do, you know you do. it takes effort to respect time, especially other peoples time. you just dont do it and claim you have a condition. my mom was a special education teather for 35 years. she said its fake and those kids are brats with mostly lazy parenting.
@@sooperd00p This is the kinda shit we have had to put up wih our entire lives. People like you calling us lazy, stupid, or slow just because we don't perceive things the same way you do.
@@sooperd00p Time blindness is absolutely a very real issue with ADHD and a lot of other neurological conditions, and it makes it infinitely harder to track time in comparison to neurotypical folks. The fact that your mother said "its fake and those kids are brats with mostly lazy parenting" demonstrates that she should not be in special ed.
ADHD is the unique mind against BS the world has told everyone to listen, follow, and obey.
Yup!! Non-conformists ;)
ABSOLUTLY, is a COMPLETELY FRAUD to hidde and neutralize the INDIGO CHILDS.
Because democracy want naives and IDIOTS that OBEY EVERYTHING.
i notice how we are always bashed by narcs they are mundane most of society now is narc and mundane they follow without thinking no original thought but they throw useless trivia at people to sound ' intelligent '
Yes exactly how i feel
Theres cobwebs on my dopamine receptors
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Mine are dusty as hell.
I don’t love the ending sentence but maybe it is somewhat correct. Emphasis on the “managed”. Not cured. Glasses allow you to see better, but will never fix your miopia.
I'm thankful for you saying what I can't explain.
Almost my whole life I thought I was just the odd one. And that the system was catered to people without ADHD. What's crazy is that I didn't know I had it or knew that it was a thing. I always wondered why I was told to take pills everyday before school and went for Doctor check ups every once in awhile. (The doctor check up were pretty cool so I'm not complaining) Heck I'd love to go there right now and play with all the puzzles and fake Bowling ball set. I've met thousands of great teachers back then that I wish I could have the time to study with again. My attention span honestly did not help me retain all of the information they were passing down to me. And now that I've become aware that I've got ADHD,I've finally managed to gain ALMOST complete control of my mind with relative ease, it's a shame I can't put my new mind into good use of their teachings,But hey I do self study now so I'm my own teacher.
If hadn't gone the route of taking medication, you would have developed keener senses towards overriding impulsivity...barely, but with enough effort and almost psychic insight to bail on scenarios where such impulsive risks could be immediately minimalized or crushed before the cause and effect nature of being hit with a negative outcome.
Better yet, one could look at meditation and the ability to find a means to deepen rather than scrape a thousand surfaces and by deepen, it's a matter of letting the learning process allow itself to imprint longevity in whatever task, whether that of employment or so forth...
There is an old Virginian saying from the colonial days: Let the hot rice cool in one's mouth before taking action. Reflection is the golden chalice and to drink from it defines a better way forward.
I have both ADD and ADHD. I used to take medication but I hated how it made me feel. I stopped and I’ve never been more free (if you do take meds n it does help then ignore my freedom lmao)! ADHD is a real disorder and it’s permanent it doesn’t “go away”. But anyway I love being me! 💖
Hey there, ADD is an outdated term, what was considered ADD is now labeled as inattentive ADHD, what you would have is combined ADHD, a combination of hyperactive-impulsive, and inattentive symptoms
@@jordanburkert6208 yeah indeed and (as someone who is originaly diagnosed with ADD) you could also see the H of hyperactivity as the chaos in the mind not only the fysical body.
From what I've seen, if the medication is having this kind of effect on you, it means the dosage is wrong. Maybe it could have helped if taken more appropriately? But yeah maybe it doesn't work for everyone. I'm struggling to get a diagnosis because I really need help and I want to try medication, so I hope it works for me :) But that's great if you can manage without it!
I have inattentive ADHD, only really get "hyperactive" when I'm having a panic attack lol. The meds are like turning the car from neutral to drive. I actually have the mental energy to do things. This is different than caffeine, as it wakes me up, but sleepy and foggy/drifting are 2 different states. What's cool is I can still daydream if I want to, but I daydream more linear, vividly (vs bouncing from one thing to the other and never really developing a "plot") and goal-oriented too. Honestly, lifesaving. The part I don't like is that eating during the day blunts it, as does taking it too long without taking a break (my body adapts to substances stupid quick, I'll go from "this is life changing" to "I feel nothing" within a month) so I have to intermittent fast and take med breaks all the time.
ADHD is a COMPLETELY FRAUD to hidden and neutrilize the INDIGO CHILDS, because democracy want IDIOTS that OBEY.
STOP your medication NOW, you DONT HAVE NOTHING !!! Ok???
Ferrari with bike brakes, that's good! That's a really good description!
With proper care and maintenence, both can be managed... got to say as someone who has adhd and knows a few other people who have it, havent found anyone yet who knew how to get the proper care and maintenence😅 its a struggle but Oh well
Well that’s where you have to go to a trained specialist, get your proper diagnosis and get the tools you need for proper care and maintenance. Usually medication and/or specific adhd CBT and life coaching, management tools etc.
Yeah that last part of the video pissed me off cause not everyone has access to the proper resources not everyone can take medication and even for those who have both putting in all the extra work to function like a neurotypical can slowly destroy us saying it can be managed as a vague blanket statement minimizes the fact that it’s a whole ass disability with varying levels of severity
Paused the Video once to check in on the discussion, then read two comments below, paused to write this comment at 2.04 that sums it up for how it functions on me :)).Great Video, thank you!
OMG same here... and always many videos I definitely want to see, began watching but shifted to other ones....
I feel like I’m probably the smartest person in my school. Probably smarter than most people on earth. When I’m motivated, I learn faster than the average person. If I had full control over my brain (and no depression) I could do so much. My potential is wasted because I just can’t make myself do anything productive. Sometimes a blessing… most of the time a curse
Im listening to music for ADHD , watching this video, reading comments, stressing about a test.... YAY! I hope im not alone
I just wish I was allowed to listen to music while taking exams in class…music helps me do all of my homework, chores, and other boring tasks’.
"Proper care and maintenance" of course means american medications banned anywhere else around the globe, meaning the only choice is to cope with it.
I found a way to lessen the symptoms; intermittent fasting and meditation ( for me Qigong & Medicinal Yoga, mindfulness & prayers & affirmations)
It helps regulating better and lessen my anxiety and depression also. Helps with sleep also.
It has to be done daily, it must become a part of one's lifestyle
A keto diet has helped regulating & walking in nature everyday, for calming down
Journaling everyday about thoughts & feelings
adderall and ritalin is banned outside the US?!?!??!
@@UniqueGeekFreak these things have helped me too but not always workable financially and otherwise
@@sonja7halcyon happy to see you have also experimented :)
and that it helped.
I find it more affordable to live or do these "rituals" because you can do Qigong & Yin Yoga (Medicinal Yoga) follow free here on YT or read or learn online.
I am also struggling financially, and since i also unf have a chronic stomach disease (IBS), all of these practices is a must for me to cope with my pain & regulating energy levels. So fasting naturally became a part of my life, because i can only eat & drink once-twice a day in evening in case i'd have to rush to toilet or pain.
So fasting helped also financially & energetically, because i dont have to prepare to bring food to work/school.
I hope you find a way to ease :)
I also find listening to calm music or binaural beats help to put you in a better state of mind, uplifting & can help set the mood. All the best 🙏👍😊
Even in America sometimes fighting with doctors and insurance companies to get prescribed and covered doesn’t always work out if you even physically can take meds, I’m sorry you don’t have access to them at all though that’s hella fucked up
I have inattentive type ADHD. This is the best description of my brain I ever came across!👍
Thank you! This video made me understand why I struggle to focus on my own work while my students are in front of me trying to focus on their work. 🤯
This video ONLY LIE to you and hides who you are.
ADHD is a COMPLETELY FRAUD to hidde and neutralize the INDIGO CHILDS.
Because the democracy want naives and idiots that OBEY
Wonderful wonderful video helping so many of us around the world. Thankyou !!!!
I have ADHD And I will forget things a lot 😢 it sad
many times people with adhd are scapegoated in families with narcissists don't give up find people you are comfortable being around you don't have to be around blood family you can create a family of friends the only people that really cared about me were my parents and one aunt cousins treated me like i wasn't there narcissists are very mundane they can't see your greatness
i see movies in my head i can remember visually what happened to me in grade school and visual memories get in my way when at work while i'm talking to someone i see moving objects in my mind i took some aptitude tests and results were visual learner should be in art and engineering lucky i can take these classes online but literature makes me nervous pretty much failed the verbal in sat 791 on math side the stress from having to be around people can be overwhelming small talk is boring i think about my life and how it's been a series of not finding the correct job for me for years narcissistic uncle scapegoated me as the idiot because i didn't brag and boast to this day among cousins i'm the outcast they treated me like i didn't exist on facebook so i had to start one with just friends also in life i'm the odd one people expect sameness as though most people are average c grade people i got grades a and f schools need to stop forcing kids to take all the same classes i failed american lit twice school was horrible they never saw students unique mental gifts they want sameness and don't see individual talent as important
Possible to manage? Can you also mention the cost of managing it? It's not just yay we fixed it.
As great as the video is Im mad about that vague blanket statement too, not only can it be too expensive in places like America some countries don’t even have the right medication to prescribe that’s assuming you find a doctor who will actually prescribe them and then that’s assuming you don’t have severe side effects to all of them and none of that even touches on how much more effort it takes to manage it well enough to function like a neurotypical and how the stress of trying to do that can physically and mentally destroy some people
Just gonna confirm this for everyone, there is nothing more powerful than a focused and tuned ADHD brain. Neurotypicals are left in the dust...but you have to learn to tame that beast and it takes dedication.
The time thing makes so much sense.
Whenever anyone asks me what month something will happen I just say sure since I have no idea what the order of months is.
And anytime someone asks me about my oldest memories I have no idea what my oldest memory is. I barely remember elementary school.
Really good 👍
My mom thinks I have ADHD even though I don’t like listening to her most of the time and just ignore her.
Nice pun
I was checking the comments and waiting for the Ferrari ad to finish, then I restarted the video 😂
I didn't think i had it until she talked about time and dopamine
Why don't they just do an MRI to diagnose ADHD
I have had an MRI and they didn't see it. You need a SPECT scan for that. Dr. Amen has videos on it. He shows scans of seven different brain types, he believes there are seven types of adhd, it's very interesting. Just a warning though, these are some long videos, very easy to superfocus on them and lose track of time.
Had to watch this on 2x speed 😂
I love having ADHD. I hate boring ppl
I hate having ADHD. It's not fun to not be functioning in society. People with ADHD live shorter lives, have more diseases and have economical problems more than others. You love that?
Thx uu
Okay so I ADHD and I stopped listen at 30 what happened
Mine is like a Ferrari that goes 10 mph and only speeds up when the tank is 7/8 empty. Lol
Likes of Newton and Da Vinci are suspected to have "hyperactive brains" too. This is just a different type of brain, and not necessarily a "disorder" in all cases, and neither disease. But many individuals might need attention, when their profession is in direct conflict with this brain-type. For others, "hyperactivity" could be rewarding, if channeled into the right skillset (usually the ones that needs rapid thinking and frequent context switches - like drawing and mathematics).
(We live in a world filled with bogus data and incorrect interpretations. It is better if such "studies" support their argument with the actual data, than just present summaries and conclusions.)
Problems happen when the hyperactive brain doesn't receive correct nurture and a correct skillset to fuel the reward system (low dopamine).
The low volume of prefontal is due to the hyperactivity/overuse.
Is there an evolutionary advantage to different brain structures within a species? I infer this is a big reason why they exist.
Everyone watches me speed by on the freeway and thinks "wow you're so smart, you think so fast, I can barely keep up". Then we get to a stop light, and they are all calmly waiting with idling engines and a light pressure on the brake pedal. But my throttle is stuck wide open. I have to slam down on the brake pedal hard, while my engine roars and my rear tires pump out plumes of noxious smoke, until I can't breathe and I have to make an illegal u-turn and drive backwards up the on ramp dodging traffic. If my brain engine can't be productive, it has to be counter-productive. It can't just rest.
I'm unstoppable, I'm a porsche with no brakes
-Sia
We are born for adventure ...not for safety....someone said that...and i quoted...
Its easy to win the war...but very difficult do live the daily life....someone said that...
I quoted....
I am having ADHD myself..
And yes it was terrible snd is now too...but my perspective changed over time...i acquired knowledge about the things that i found troublesome in a daily basis...and found a fix...
Some problems are for the life time...like dandruf...if you use anti dandruff your hair will fall rapidly...if not you will scratch your head and put on a sad smilee.😢
But gastrointestinal problems could be kept under check by some basic measures by regulating the nature of food we intake....so on.
Acceptance of reality + dont judge ourselves and others + engaging in something productive and mindful for you can help....
Most of us have subjectivity... meaning consumed too much by a single subject...let it be father or mother or siblings or sex or god or almost anything x or y..
Detached attachment to anything and understanding nothing is constant may relieve our psyche....
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I don't like the analogy with the car and bicycle wheels because it sugguests it is impossible for the ferrari with bicycle to catch up at all. I think a speedway vs. many, but twisted speedways, is a better analogy - it's possible to catch up, but it requires more effort.
As someone with adhd and autism, life is so confusing.
It’s like a monopoly get out of Jail free card to do whatever you want without being held accountable for your actions .
Yeah ADHD can be “managed” but that vague phrasing may lead one to believe that with enough work and effort one can overcome most of their ADHD symptoms and function like a neurotypical which is true for some people but absolutely not true for everyone with ADHD especially those who can’t be medicated effectively for whatever reason and even for those who can function like a neurotypical putting in so much more effort to do so can lead to severe burnout and increased rates of stress related health issues ADHD is not just a different neurotype in a society built for neurotypicals it’s a genuine disability for many with it and that doesn’t make any of us less than or less valuable or less deserving of a happy life
Most people do experience time as linear but it is an actual fact not linear at all which makes me wonder if it's just by chance that we so happen to be living in a world that is mostly populated by people who perceive time as linear and because the other is under represented they class it as a disability which it automatically becomes in that case if you are under represented
Why didn’t you mention the “hyperfocus” part of ADHD
0:44 so we are 4D beings? Nice!
oh shit...
kneel before us peasants
Once I get a phone plan, I'm sending this to my nerotypical mom
I have ADHD sadly coz I always get D on my grades and it’s just stupid I wish I was never born like this
Is there anyone you can talk to? Please reach out to someone....maybe a teacher you like, a pastor, or a doctor? Please know that you are a special, precious person! There is help for you but you must be strong enough to find it, and I know you can do that! God loves you and so do I !
I can't stop my brain, but I can steer it. Assuming, of course, I have the dang steering wheel!
What would be a short explanation if someone asks you what it is?
aww man i have less purple dots :(
told my friends that I have adhd. always the odd one. had to get "special treatments" in schools all the time, like modified courses, after school make up classes, etc. almost failed hs and college is so hard man, it's rough staying focused 7h a day, and it's hard to keep friends. I'm too afraid that I'll impulsely push others away. I wasn't expecting some tremendous support when I told my friends but all of a sudden everyone's got adhd now 💀 "I couldn't do well in this class so I must have adhd" "I zoned out for a sec, my adhd man" bruh I ain't doubting but quit saying that and go see a psychiatrist
nah imagine a a corvette but with no brakes
I approve this video
We perceive time differently? That part needs some expanding!
How often did you replay this video to make sure you didn't miss out anything #shoutout to all us #neurodivergents 😂
If this is true about the brains appearing different why in the tar did a recent article i came across last year i.e. in 2022 say the medicine couldnt find any difference between a ''neurotypical'' and an ''ADHD'' brain. It was purportedly current science. An ''ASD'' brain, yes showed distinguished from the typical, though. I could find that article. More of this source, now. Does anybody relate to my comment? Thanks
many times i thought that i might have inattentive ADHD but no its just my autism messing around with me
I wonder how Neurotypical people view the world.
I think in beige...
@@SarcasmarkusI was gonna say the color of porridge
That Ferrari looks suspiciously like a Chevrolet
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It's really something to watch videos try to explain types of consciousness through the extremely limited physical perspective of modern pseudoscience. Uhh.. we see that this part of this organ is bigger and we see more of this chemical... there we explained adhd, we are so smart! LIsten to what what we say because we are smart scientists!
Imagine a Ferrari.... Shows a picture of a hand drawn dodge challenger.... Now I have a stroke. Thanks .... Lol sorry I have another condition called OCD 😐
LOL! Ir's Ok. We undesrtand.
Any advice instead of just saying it can be manageable???
I will refer you to online store I got mine
Dude is on telegram and Instagram
@pham_smart11.
a lot of adhd people in these comments that seem to have no problem focusing for enough time to leave a long paragraph about how they struggle and their entire life story...... ok
That car looks more like a Dodge Challenger than a Ferrari
No way i have ADHD **says me while juggling my keys around**
We have big brain but tiny brakes.
I suspected that I have ADHD but wasn’t sure until got in touch with a therapist on Voicely app. I am so lucky that I decided to talk to a stranger there. Now I know what I am experiencing.
A smaller prefrontal cortex… ?
This is confusing. How can an ADHD brain be a Ferrari if it’s main evolutionary advantage is less developed than normal?
My adhd brain is normall
All those dullard robots are the abnormal ones. I gotta do all the thinking for those maroons
I have adhd i take medicin
Lol I got distracted during this and it’s only 2 min 🎉😅
I'm in need of a good mechanic, does anyone know one? 🤣
Good?
I told my gf i m her ferrari with bicycle breaks , memorizable definition 😁
Get Club Early Bird powder to get shit done.
Funny how i got lost in my thoughts while watching the video
0:53 Les personnes avec un TDAH perçoivent le temps comme des moments éparpillés; reliés entre eux de façon aléatoire, plutôt que de le percevoir comme une séquence.
Time for me goes so slllloooowwww.
manageable? really ? do you have a solution to stop when it is in hyperfocus mode?
i have adhd but i still can foucs for atleast 30 secs