Well said, I'm 45 and have been struggling with that dynamic for as long as I can remember. I love how you were able to describe and verbalize the struggle. I do "normal" on my own terms. Over time, I have been able to ignore and completely disconnect from the scrutiny, advice, critique, undermining, of all the know it all, "normal" people I surround myself with. There are many roads leading to the same destination.👍
I have ADHD and I'm always late, I get distracted or I misjudge the time something will take and how much time I have left or how many margins I need. Normally, I try not to plan any deadline-appointments in the first place, so I never get in trouble that way, but depending on the day, the people, the situation, it can still end badly. I've had a craftsteacher punish me for being late, by giving me the dirtiest chair, the broken paintbrush, no biscuit at teabreak and no proper waterglass for the paint. She kept repeating to everyone (first time I followed the workshop, so this was my introduction) "Now now girls, let's not feel bad for her, she put this on herself, by being late, this is her punishment." At the end of the workshop, I politely informed her that I was not going to return. She was confused and asked why. I answered; Because I am 22 and I paid for an artclass, not to be humiliated in front of peers." My intention had been to make friends there, well, that went out of the window. People have driven off for a picknick without me in the car, because I was one minute late and they wanted to teach me a lesson. Literally walked over to the car, but as soon as it went "14:06" they screamed: "its been 5 past 2, you're too late!" And drove off. We'd planned that picknick for a month, it was ridiculous. And they say there's something wrong with me...
I completely believe anyone who doesnt have 50 trains of thoughts, a few songs, and probably just as many quotes/memes/ other stuff going on in their head are crazy, or lying, or just really do not think. No offense to anyone who is nureotypical ofc lol. It just doesnt seem fathomable. But my state of mind probably seems weird to them so :/
That or they'll be super annoyed of all the millions of things that occur in our heads every waking second of our lives. That plus our favorite current song of the week on 24/7 repeat.
Unless they have ADHD too. But then they would probably get thinking about something you were thinking about and totally forget to think about what you are thinking about.
I love how a girl without ADHD is getting so much praise for “attempting to demonstrate” what it’s like. She’s literally not doing anything exceptional and yet she’s getting so much encouragement, and yet children and adults who actually suffer with this every single day get ripped to shreds for struggling.
F**KING BINGO, DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm 21, and I was diagnosed with sever Combined-Type ADHD when I was 6, and was put on medication when I was 8 or 9. Let's just say that doing my research for a recent Psychology project made me realize that nearly everything I've struggled with and gotten punished/grounded/yelled at for isn't my fault and never has been!!! Yet my parents think I'm supposed to be 100% responsible for my decisions and constant screw-ups; And I can't tell them that 95. 5% of the time, it's not ME, it's my ADHD, because they're always like, "Stop using your disorder as an excuse," Right. Because I like to hyperfixate on the wrong thing at the wrong time, or procrastinate on a boring assignment that's due in two weeks, or always have people hovering over me, reminding me exasperatedly to do this, or not do that, etc., etc.
Right!! The shit I got all my life for not being able to carry out tasks the same as my peers is so frustrating. At the time I wasn’t diagnosed but there was clearly something wrong that nobody addressed. Just told me to “manage your time,” “just get it done,” “focus,” “how could you forget (xyz),” etc. As accurate as the locker demo was, I can’t understand why they couldn’t have a kid with adhd to do it,, or just,, idk have someone with adhd there to make the way they spoke about us here less “othered(?)”
ikr??? I get they're trying to understand us, but your gonna have a person without adhd... demonstrate what adhd is like... how does that make sense? they'd rather have a child attempt to mimic us than actually getting a kid with adhd on there. instead of listening to adhd voices they do this
For some reason, I have ADHD,and when he said something about snowing tomorrow,I started thinking if penguins have knees or not,and I missed the whole video.
I think we are, and they can't deal so they force us to be like them 😑 making us feel inadequate because we can't confirm to the so called nuro typical society.. I think we need our own country or something 🙄😅
@@Fluffy-777 Well I agree that we are different and have different needs, we don’t need our own country just for society to become more accepting of us.
Why can't they learn how to function more like people with ADHD? We think more creatively and actively, and see more abstract structures to situations that "the normies" can't.
@@samc5602 I feel that 😫 You’re not alone. It affects so many aspects of our lives, but it’s so misunderstood by the general population and some people think it doesn’t even exist. It’s so hard to explain executive dysfunction to someone who’s never experienced it. I always tell people about an experiment where researchers removed rats ability to produce dopamine. The rats experienced pleasure when food was placed in their mouths but, when food was placed just a sort distance away, they would starve to death, unable to find the motivation to walk over to the food. It’s the only way I’ve found to get the point across to someone who keeps repeating things like “no one wants to work, but we just do it.” They finally start to realize that they’re really lucky to have brains that produce chemicals correctly.
Oh and then a kid comes when you are stressing and steals your fidget becuase they think it’s satisfying and they don’t understand that it is the only thing stopping you from a meltdown
same I got lost at the notebook thing and when it says does it snows tomorrow? I started thinking if I can make a gold portal in Minecraft and the igloo biome and I missed the thing
@@greenshrek488 Yes, and that is because the ADHD parent will be inclined to fire additional instructions at them ad they come to mind, because of (legit) fear that they will not be able to hold yet another thought simultaneously to overseeing the kid (+n other items also already pending and/or popping up in the in- and outside). Which quickly ecsalates. Any time. Either way.
this is actually a good example. Teachers used to say things like "go down stair, use this key, go to the door near the stare case then get a specific kind of paper and bring it to sertain room because sertain person needs it" I'd just repeat every step in my head but I would constantly doubt if I got it right and I would forget things too. it was realy frustrating.
Its like someone explaining to me where the toilet is. Halfway through I am lost and u either follow me and show me or I will just wander off until I find it
@@hehe.25 I never know the difference. I have to think about what hand i write with, then my reaction is slow cus im just always trying to process what someone is saying. So if under pressure, I will not remember what to do and just walk in different directions until it's the right one. But the bigger wonder here, out of all those years of lack of focus and so on, I AM STILL NOT DIAGNOSED. I don't understand how someone never went like hey, they might have adhd. I'm guessing it's cus where I am adhd is like the hyperactive trouble child.
i always told the teacher i had issues with long strings of instructions and asked them to write it down so i didnt mess up. i didnt know it was an adhd thing until last euar
I thought the young girl had ADHD, and up until the guy said she didn't have it I was impressed/amazed at how she managed to stand so still while the others were talking. All became clear.
Seriously as soon as he started asking those questions I forgot what the second thing he asked her to do was. Take something out and put it in something else is all I remember.
2 really hard things about having ADHD as an adult: 1. No one knowing I had this (including myself). Everyone constantly frustrated with me (especially me). 2. Leaning I have it, but fearing telling my job that the reason I seem to suck at some stuff involving executive functioning is a condition that will help them conclude I'll never get better.
I totally understand. That's a hard situation. I had some educational courses get tanked because the admin of the program essentially didn't want to work with me/provide appropriate accommodations. I'm still of the opinion that they, of anyone, should've been quick to understand. Personally, I'd hang on to the job, but if it's not a positive environment, then I'd be quietly looking for better. 🍀
My heart just starts beating really fast when there is too much going on like I'm trying to do an assignment but everyone is talking and playing music on their phones and it makes me stressed, makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack, and makes me want to scream out loud
i feel you my dude when i get hyperactive my adrenaline starts pumping and when it’s really bad it makes my chest feel fuzzy so i cant tell of i’m excited or nervous
I have ADHD (diagnosed when I was 10) and it’s definitely more than not sitting still. It’s a challenge to do something as simple as putting on ur shoes! Everything is a struggle and people are not always understanding about it.
The only problem with adhd is that people think we have to conform to their way of thinking. We’re brilliant and able to connect concepts others don’t. We think 4x faster than “normies”. Also that’s not a mess, it’s organized chaos and we know exactly where everything is.
EXACTLY. I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THIS. PEOPLE WITH ADHD WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE LOCKER THING IF IT WAS THEIR OWN LOCKER. THAT WAS SOMEONE ELSES LOCKER. HUFF. I HUFF AND I PUFF
Sorry, but that's utter nonsense, and you are trivialising a serious mental health disorder. The forgetfulness, the racing thoughts, the inability to stay focused on tasks, the emotional dysregulation and the impulsiveness are all serious impairments. So, how on earth do you go about saying ADHD isn't a 'problem?' ...And actually I don't "know exactly where everything is!" And if you're life is really that "brilliant" then you obviously don't have ADHD!
I'm watching this... at 1:45 am when I should be asleep... and I'm tearing up because... well done. That demonstration with the locker. I felt that. That hit home. It's not just frustration that you're struggling, it's the feeling that you're letting everyone around you down. Everybody else has this under control. Why don't you.
Not this video, but I had watched other videos about dealing with adhd as an adult and teared up too when I realized that not everyone dealt with this.
This makes it sound like ADHD is only a condition that affects some children and that they can grow out of it. However, we know that ADHD persists into adulthood in most people with the impairment.
@@acetronaut Oh, why not? Are you another snowflake who can't stand the truth? What is it with this weak society that wants to prevent us from calling things as they are? Don't call g*nder dysphoria a 'disorder,' don't call adhd an 'impairment!' Do me favor! You think it's a blessing? 🤷🏼
@@natestuthman4999 I feel u man. It's just that the whole scientific approach as they're trained and expect need a label to understand things outside their understanding. I dealt with that my whole life , don't be offended. Just know you are different and that difference literally makes you special!
I don't think that the brain is "just immature in some parts" in ADHD. It might just be oversimplified, but saying it that way makes it sound like it's something that is just a delay in children and they will grow out of. Adults have ADHD. Children with ADHD grow up to be adults with ADHD. It can sometimes look a bit different in adults, but it is still a very real condition that affects many aspects of life, and can require therapy, accomodations, and medication. They don't just need to grow up and mature.
But it IS a delay, it just plateaus at a lower level of maturation than the neurotypical brain. So it is stays "immature" throughout adulthood. Since the topic at hand was about ADHD children specifically, I think it's understandable that he didn't get into those details. He had a very limited amount of time to get his point out there.
@@austinthefreak It isn't a delay, it's a dysfunction of the Executive Function part of the brain. The brain is not delayed, it cannot function in a specific area of the brain. Brain Balance may create some dopamine (temporary) elevation for some children with ADHD, however, it will not increase dopamine or "strengthen" the brain, so that it can catch up with itself.
Absolutely correct. I live with ADHD as an adult. It is a very real brain condition, it affects Executive Function and it's not a delay or immaturity of the brain. You are very correct that it requires therapy, accommodations and medication.
@Beverley I think you have more to learn on this subject, or there's a miscommunication somewhere. All children are born with a very low level of executive functioning, because their brains are not very developed. As they grow older, their brains develop, and their executive functioning improves. This is true for children with ADHD as well. But because ADHD children have an impairment in that part of the brain, their executive functioning "matures" at a delayed rate compared to other children of the same age. According to Dr. Russell Barkley, this delayed maturation of executive functioning continues into the mid teens, then plateaus. This is unlike the neurotypical brain, which continues to develop executive functioning at a relatively consistent rate through the person's 20s. So yes, the part of the brain that controls executive functioning is literally "immature" in an ADHD brain compared to a neurotypical brain of the same age. When someone uses that word in this context, they're not hurling insults at us. They're just using scientifically correct language (which can feel cold at times).
I'm 45 I have ADHD. Have my entire life. Never officially diagnosed but have been told by multiple psychologists(in social situations) that I have it. My head was about to explode as he rattled off the instructions
I was just recently diagnosed with adult ADHD. I’d previously always waved off ADHD as no big deal, just an excuse for people to behave poorly. Simultaneously, I just believed that my struggles through life were just because I was a loser, a bad person. I always joked that my brain was like an old radio being dialed back and forth wildly. Mariachi, then Jesus radio, then pop music, classical, talk radio, back to the classical, now the BBC, so on and so on. And sense of direction? Forget it. I’d not only forget where I was going, I’d forget that I was even going somewhere period. I’d just wander. My spacial awareness was off too. I literally ran into the side of doors, catching my sleeves on doorknobs. Behavioral therapy has since changed my life. I may still be a loser, but I can accomplish more now🤣. I’m still very ADHD, and that’s okay. I’m learning how to navigate life a little more successfully.
I was never diagnosed with ADHD, but it's incredibly frustrating when I get bombarded with information while having a thought. It riggers my anger. It seems like it never fails when I am trying to focus on a thought, I get bombarded with information, and while I am trying to sort everything I just get frustrated because eventually it just blends into a pool of noise and I lose focus on my initial thought. Then I have to start my thought all over again, and then get in trouble, because I didn't get something done.
I was kind of triggered at first but you gotta realize that he's not making a generic statement or stereotyping, but referring to the parts of the brain that function better in a neurotypical brain. Since he isn't giving conjecture and he is speaking as a person with scientific credibility, it is completely reasonable to say that for him in this context. Word choice could've been more careful, though
I have ADHD predominantly inattentive and we are not normal. We have an issue with our brain. When he said "Like the rest of us" it was in no way implying that we are of less value or not capable. I cannot stand when people get "triggered" because life will not conform to your egocentric belief that certain words and phrases are not okay. There will always be words that will become offensive because people choose to take it the wrong way or assholes using it to talk down to a group of people. As far as I am concerned in order to think you have to risk being offensive. Anything can be interpreted in an offensive manner. I am assuming you live in the United States like myself if so that is the reason we have freedom of speech. You can say anything to always be able to voice your opinion no matter how unpopular it is. You have people who hate the government and want to change it that can speak out. You have preachers. You have Liberals, conservatives, socialists and libertarian that can all voice their opinion. With free speech comes assholes who are racists, bigots, holocaust deniers, and whatnot. Without unpopular voices we may have just been a world full of social darwinist beliefs. Look at Africa. Just recently historically speaking we have stopped the disgusting treatment there. Europe had claimed Africa to be full of savages and they made it "civilized". Don't get offended because he was obviously trying not to be. He is spreading awareness.
@@derekspiller lolol So you get triggered and rant when someone else gets triggered about other shit. Let him enjoy his free speech also if you're so righteous toward that. Considering the amount of people in the comment section saying the same thing, maybe it wasn't as obvious as you thought it was, and as you said, it's okay for them to voice that if they felt that way. So you don't get offended by other people getting offended by other stuff and try to suppress their voice. Speaking of egocentric... :D You're right though, you definitely have an issue with your brain, but it's hardly because of inattentive ADD.
Watching ADHD videos while I’m waiting for my meds to kick in and crying because by the time she found the marker I’d forgotten why she was looking for it or what she was meant to do once she found it. All my brain could tell me was “green pen = important”
This kid doesn’t even have ADHD and they think that she will feel like she has ADHD, she’s literally just experiencing stress someone with ADHD the best way that I can describe this is that other people in there mind are taking in information like a door opening and closing and only taking in information that is important, but someone who has ADHD that door is always open and they cannot stop thinking and like he said can’t figure out what is more important then other tasks. But my favorite way to describe ADHD is that we are “Ferrari’s with bicycle brakes”. But all that I’m saying is that don’t start to tell someone what ADHD is like unless you have it.
As someone diagnosed with ADHD I feel like a huge part of it is that some of the distractions come from my own mind. Like for example with the first situation he would tell me to find the green pen and gum and stuff and then my brain would be the one asking me questions in my mind, like “what will I do when it snows?” Or something like that, plus all of the surrounding noises in a hall way, like the locker slamming other teachers and students conversations those things are also going on so it can be difficult to focus on one task.
Oh yeah. Our own brain is adding stuff on top of all the external stuff. It's playing music, thinking about lunch, a character you like, art you really want to get back to, but everything else is getting in the way of you getting back to it.
I am a mom of three, and homeschool....I have adhd, and one of my kids have adhd... I found that having two things to focus on is WAY easier for us to be focusing on one physical task...i.e: listening to a podcast with my headphones in while cleaning the kitchen etc etc. If I don't have something to focus on in my ear, my mind with wonder off and find ten other tasks that need to be done, hence finding myself out in my car looking for something then cleaning out my trunk...just for an example
I completely relate to what you’re saying here! Sometimes certain tasks just feel like too much, like cleaning! But if I listen to a podcast while I clean, I’m able to vibe and get it done efficiently. Totally get you!!
I was diagnosed adult ADD (no hyperactivity component) and the doctor prescribed Vyvanse. I went from being an alchoholic un motivated can't focus person to going to school, great relationship and healthy lifestyle. Add is real and it can be treated! If you think you have it go get tested, it could change your life.
Any side effects or problems for you? I'm in my early 30s and my ADD causes me problems in all aspects of my life, from fucking up my school to work to my relationship with my wife. I don't want to lose all of those things that I've tried hard to acquire and maintain. That's how I ended up on CZcams researching. :/
This is promising- I currently have an Adderall prescription but, while sometimes it helps, other times it just gives me really bad anxiety and that makes it just as hard to accomplish things. I think I’ll ask my doctor about Vyvanse this week.
I have adhd and he did explain it really well but there’s it gives a lot of anxiety from part of it because the teachers don’t realize that the kids who have it need to be asked questions slowly
Damn this actually true bc my mom says im not trying and that I need to but I'm trying emecley hard to remember thing so I can relate after a couple pediatricians saying I have ADHD
Yeah, I hate that. :/ Told you're not trying or that you don't care, but you actually do care and can't help what's going on. Even worse is when you say you don't know why you do it, and you really don't, but they don't believe you.
I understand... my mom is aware that i have adhd. I was diagnosed with it at 5 and she still thinks im not trying. You would think she knows why. Its just really hard to focus in school.
and my brain normally thinks faster about so many things that it made me cry when I was diagnosed and given medication that when I took it for the first time I cried wishing I had gotten diagnosed earlier and given proper help. Growing up with adhd is hard and personally for me I felt awful for feeling like everyone around me understanding lessons in school when I was being taught the same way and never feeling smart enough or good enough with the simplest tasks. Thats why now working at a school I do my best to encourage my adhd students that they are SMART and very IMPORTANT in this world. I love to see our student's smile and something as simple as "thank you and I love you teacher" with a big hug makes my day.
This makes me cry because this is my life when I was younger I still struggle but I am finally get back on meds and I can’t wait to stop feeling like im insane
I felt this 😕 I'm now 19 and just yesterday I took my first 30mg Aderall. First time I was able to sit still for more than a minute. No joke broke into tears. It's hard being abnormal when all you want to be is normal.
This is bullshit. When you have really severe ADHD. You don't notice it until you've realized you've fucked it all up. I have to be stressed the fuck out to perform well.
I went there when i was around 14 and one of the biggest problems for me was that i had a partner to do all the exercises with that was my age. He made me uncomfortable because he gave off this creepy feeling though he technically never did anything. I was really self conscious of my body and having to do workouts in front of someone else silently was really uncomfortable for me. I'd occasionally forget to do the exercises at home and didn't eat as healthily as i should've which was bad on my part but i felt like overall it was way too much money than it was worth, i felt bad about my mom paying for it and tried to hint to her that it wasn't a good idea. It felt like way too much money for some workouts, being spun in a chair, and identifying smells. the atmosphere was so awkward and quiet which made me wanna go even less. In the end nothing really improved for me. And honestly I felt really bad that I wasted my moms money by nothing really improving but after seeing comments from other brain balance videos i feel better about it knowing that i wasnt the only one who saw no improvement
The adult version of this is my old grocery store boss trying to get me fired & belittling me with too many tasks on purpose so she can let me go knowing I'd be overwhelmed. Luckily, my manager just below her position defended me & sensed I was smart, just a lil different. 6 months later, I went from working slow & having anxiety attacks everyday to being asked by 3 other department managers to switch to their department and even being offered a potential position as a manager after about a year. Everyone wanted me. I was still somewhat slower but eventually you hyperfocus/understand things in a deeper way than most people. Because of me our department went from a mess to being super clean/organized. I couldn't sit still, so I was always needing to do something so eventually my co-workers started asking me for tasks/guidance instead cuz I always found something to do and when I did things, I did it right with an attention to detail. Thou, once I was praised by many at my job. I got bored, felt empty and so irritable I suddenly did a no-show but my manager was nice enough to let me go nicely with no hard feelings. He said everyone knew my heart wasn't in it anymore. Welcome to ADHD.🤣 It's both a weakness it can feel at times, but it's also a huge blessing. I try to manage it better now, but I also understand it's huge strengths!
I feel bad for my mom cause she always has to repeat what she wants me to because I will zone out and nod, then ask her to tell it again and actually listen but forget most of it and then I will ask her again when I’m already starting what I need to to and the I will repeat it to myself multiple times and then forget again and then ask my mom to. Run it through slowly
Snowhopper No the moon is made of metal under the firmament. As well as the sun and stars. Fall to your knees and welcome Jesus into your life. Evil runs amok around Us and wants our spirit, our soul. DO NOT TAKE THE VAX. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR DNA. Please The vax has DNA in it. Do not allow strange DNA into your body. GOD created you perfect. He gave you a hiccup as a challenge. You requested that challenge. Deal with it. Use your other sensory receptors as you chose before you came back.
Is it just me, or whenever somone starts to say somthing along the lines of a song you just start listening to it in you head and completely forget about ewhat they're saying? And then when one song pops up you think of 100 other ones? 😂. I also start making up lyrics to that song and then continue to sing it on repeat.
after trying to remember the tasks and the questions, I literally walked away from this video with only the word SNOW repeating in my head over and over again.
Today I had a meeting with my mom and school counselor and my mom was talking about how I might need more help since I have adhd THEN SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW I JUST NEED TO TRY HARDER I was just like 😐😐😐
I am now 15 with adhd. A lot of those characteristics I can associate with except for the messyness. I rather am the opposite where I like everything clean and organized. I do take medication for school which helps me focus a lot better-even better than most kids withought adhd. I like my adhd because I think it makes me more creative and better at problem solving.
Personally, I want to have things organized and I like having things in their proper place, but I can never manage to keep them there and everything eventually turns into a mess again.
I had my assessment a few days ago because my tecaher told me I should get checked just in case because she said I was different from other students and when the woman asked me what symptoms I had I said I didn't know because it's been normal all my life and I never thought It wasn't normal. It's like someone asking you how you breathe. Your initial response is "...What? Breathing is natural, I breathe just like any other person." but then finding out that nobody else actually breathes and people always thought you were joking when you talked about breathing.
I remember reading a book when I was younger and still undiagnosed, and a mind reading character described the thoughts of another character “rushing like a river” and I remember thinking “wait... that isn’t a normal speed?” That was one of my first hints I actually noticed pointing to glaringly obvious ADHD
On the 5 minute walk from the bus to home I planned around 10 things to do at home, 5 things to google all while trying to concentrate on the lyrics to the song I’m listening to while singing a different song in my head. I ended up doing nothing when I came home and I repeated the song 8 times
"To make them more like the rest of us" smh. We are who we are. We are creative. We are quick on our feet. We are problem solvers. The list goes on and on. I will say that my ADHD has definitely effected me negatively as well as positively. We find new ways to function and participate. Atypical folks may not understand what we're doing, but we do and we are capable.
No. It’s very painful to live like this, regardless of the world. And by the way, we are in the world. The worlds not going to change. But even if it did to accommodate every little thing for special little us, adhd would be very painful.
Who else was getting increasingly impatient on the second half of the test with their constant talking and NOT getting to the test? Like the girls just standing there
I HAVE HAD ADHD ALL MY LIFE AND TO IT HELPS ME TO PAY ATTENTION TO VIDEOS IF I SPEED THEM UP TO 1.25 OR 1.5 SPEED ... SEEMS TO HOLD MY ATTENTION........PAY ME LATER
Mister Deplorable I will pay you on Tuesday, if you help me understand. My great nephew, I just found out has ADD and dyslexic. I need to understand how he perceives things and how I can better his future. He is always in trouble for not finishing homework. I now know why. His attention span is that if a gnat. I'm feeling bad for scolding him for dropped wrappers etc, stoopid people keeping this secret when I could have helped from early stages.
@@walkinaxyl I recommend a youtube channel called How To ADHD, those videos are incredibly helpful for both people with ADHD and those who have loved ones with ADHD 😊 I recommend a video called „ADHD and motivation” I think it really captures why the ADHD brain have trouble finishing homework. Btw, you are a great person for trying to understand your nephew! I’m really glad that you are so supportive 😁
bruh when my mom gives instructions like he did... I would stop and tell my mom to tell me the instructions again one by one after I completw the first task
As an adult with ADHD, my childhood, littered with severe symptoms, I’m actually extremely happy to see that it’s taken more seriously. Maybe more children in our future won’t feel like failures for simply being.
After he said green pen I started day dreaming about green apples then picking apples and how baskets are made then snapped back when he started talking about the blue shaker she was wearing
In Poland there is a saying for someone who is daydreaming, that they are „thinking about blue almonds”. Once when I was in second grade my teacher told me to stop thinking about blue almonds, she meant I should stop daydreaming and focus. But I didn’t know that saying yet because I was a child, so for the rest of the the class I was thinking: why did she say blue almonds, are they real, could you possibly eat them, are they growing like regular almonds etc. 😂
people with adhd... try reading for two months straight, one hour a day. It helped me focus and tune out my surroundings. reading increases concentration and focus!.. just a genuine tip :)
Buddy u see I wish I could. I was obsessed with reading as young. But u see, now I just get obsessed with them for a period of time. Often when I'm having a hard time. Then I just don't want do to nothing but read, and then it's just over.
i have adhd. before i was diagnosed i thought everyone had a thousand soundtracks playing in their head at any time. once i asked my mum:"why do our heads play so many sounds in our heads?""
I have A.D.D and I just remembered this thing that happened when I was 12 (15 now) and this guy was talking to this big crowd in a video game and lots of people were moving and they had brightly colored equipment and it was a jumble of color and speech and jumping and everybody pushed each other and this guy called me names and got mad because I accidentally pushed him he kept on trying to duel with me spamming it and I got so overwhelmed and mad and sad and I got really frustrated I started hyperventilating and crying my heart started pumping like crazy and my chest felt like it had 20 pounds of pressure just pushing on it and I just got so overwhelmed and I had two friends who knew I had A.D.D and one friend tried to cheer me up but I ignored him and all the thoughts of the noises ( it was a fighting game and lots of people spammed attacks so it was loud ) and people jumping and the insults came racing around in my mind I got so panicked. I don't know why I typed this, I just thought of it randomly.
Hey here’s some fun things I found about adhd, You learn to be a wonderful multitasker! After learning you’re strengths and weaknesses in daily life, you start to pick up behaviors to properly maintain your schedule. One of those things is multitasking. So after a while, it becomes one of your strong points.
I'm 35 and tonight I said .. yes I am different I've been different my whole life Trying to be normal So many doctors tried to make me normal but I was never meant to be normal We are meant to be different And we are meant to love ourselves because we are different
My issue is he’s talking about a condition he doesn’t have, demonstrating ‘what it’s like’ with a child that doesn’t have ADHD. Why are NTs a more reliable source than someone who actually has the condition? Why not talk to an actual ADHD person about their personal experience, listen to what they say, and BELIEVE THEM!
I hate it when I get in trouble in school for not paying attention, even with Ritalin it's extremely hard for me, and it pisses me off when teachers think I don't pay attention for no reason
My ADHD brain got me in trouble a lot as a younger person. Stay strong. You will encounter at look east one teacher who truly understands and then you will shine
Yea and my teacher would always be on the phone and talking laughing and all and she let's the other teachers in and if the other people talk she says don't talk ur interrupting and all and I'm like shut the fuck up lol She's loud really she talks so much I wonder how I'm bad at math anyways well at least I'm not with the other teacher that would scream at me for going behind while she reads the tests to 2 people in her room for a science test and that was hard a little and the girl beside me was paying stanchion all the time on each reading parts and u know she goes fast and got a bad grade ligit I was so upset that I numbered the seconds it took for her to say are y'all done on this problem and here it is like 12 seconds or so for her to say that I'm always like and the student beside me says I am and I say im not and when she finally has it all on her plate she says ok haley uve been on this subjects for like a hole minute and she says things like if u don't hurry up we will leave u behind and I said ok and still doing the work #reading and thinking out of the boxes and marking X beside the ones I thought were wrong and She's blabbing on of how much time "were" losing because of me and there looking at me like I'm doing the wrong ones here and I'm just looking at my paper at this point and tears trying to get sucked back in will I sweat and been red for minutes and thinking and trying to cottiontraite and all and y'all can Guess what happeneds after these messeses that I know u don't want to read all of this lol don't u *pokes nose* (with)lol
So basically what he simulates in the second half is letting a kid play in the woods; climbing is the balancing, vision impaired because of sun and branches/leaves, even the vibration on the arm is akin to wind or rain hitting skin.
when he mentions snow and you think of going to Big Bear California and you fantasize about hot cocoa but then you remember it’s been raining recently and whether or not you should take a sweater tomorrow for school and you think about buying hot cocoa tomorrow before school. and the video is over.
This is a very good demonstration but I have issues with the way it was explained. Firstly ADHD is not just about parts of the brain that are immature, some part are underdeveloped but the way it was phrases was as if simple training could mature the brain up to a "normal standard" secondly adults have ADHD and don't grow out of it! As an adult with ADHD it's painful to hear over and over "children with ADHD" when those children grow up into adults with ADHD but because it's only thought of in this way there's very little support after you leave school and few people understand. Thirdly he could have mentioned the dysregulation that comes with ADHD and other aspects as people think it's just a problem with attention but I understand there might not have been the time
This is a very realistic portrayal of what it's like to be neurodivergent; a bunch of people around you talk about how your differences are "bad" and "require fixing" without considering how to utilize the differences in a way that's beneficial to everyone without being ableist jerks. And yet, to repeat so many folks in the comments, it's unrealistic because there's no bullying or belittling from the child's peers or instructor. She was never punished for not achieving her tasks, and you can't really call it a neurodivergent childhood if you weren't penalized for your differences.
No one trait can truly *define* anybody, though it can be used to *describe* somebody. I kind of see that ADHD describes me the same way having brown hair describes me. I refer to myself as ADHD the same way I would refer to myself as brunette. It's a part of me but it's not the whole picture. I get what OP means though, ADHD needs a new name. I much prefer the term "neurodivergent" as opposed to "disordered." Having an "Attention Disorder" encompasses so little of what this neurodivergence entails (such as... overwhelming emotions, reward-driven learning, insomnia, intrusive thoughts, heightened empathy and so on... smh DSM, do better😒). It is unfortunate, that this is the name we have to use so that we get the help we need. God willing, we'll soon live in world where we don't need to be perceived as disordered to receive help. We just have to be perceived as having different needs which is 1000 times closer to the truth. P.S. The symptoms I listed in the parentheses may not all be experienced by all who have ADHD. We may experience some of them or all of them to different degrees. Every case is unique. :)
*fruit tart* You brain reacts faster than your body so you know what your about to do. But the good thing is your can balance your brain which can be very helpful for people
I've seen a lot of kids say they're afraid to tell their parents they think they have adhd. As a parent I'd be happy to hear a child out. School often told me "X didn't pay attention, is easily distracted" then would go on to tell me "all kids are like this". Having no other experience I took their word for it. I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd done something sooner. Kids naturally find other people easier to talk to at times, so either find someone your comfortable with, or just try to be brave, find a time when your parents arent distracted or overly busy and just say "hey, there's something I really need to talk to you about. It's taken a lot of courage for me to do this so please hear me out. I'm concerned I may have adhd because..." and most of all let them know if you're struggling (which you likely are). Might feel hard but give it a try, don't let it go if you really feel something isn't right. Good luck 🤞
I actually remember attending brain balance when I want young and it really helped. You can’t grow out of ADHD (as far as I’m aware) but I have a much better grip on things nowadays then as a kid. I used to be terrible with reading and writing (possibly a little dyslexic but we never got it confirmed) now I take AP writing classes and excel at reading comprehension. These guys know their stuff!
Does anyone have ideas of how to apply the same type of training as the headset, armband, etc for young adults in college with ADHD? Such as ways to organize things, routines, etc. I have the WH-1000XM2 headphones which can simulate sound coming from the left or right, so this seems like something I could kind of apply and see if anything improves through experimentation
They left out the part where they start scolding her for not trying hard enough.
Your username is gold
Sarah Bailey ty luv
dude, straight up.
Yes
"You're so smart when you try!!"
The biggest issue with adhd isn't the inability to do stuff normally but rather how others treat you while you attempt to do them.
The hardest thing to get across to others. I felt this ngl. But now I learned I shouldn't give af what others think!
@@unknownentity7408 indeed! Confidence will show you the way.
True
Well said, I'm 45 and have been struggling with that dynamic for as long as I can remember. I love how you were able to describe and verbalize the struggle.
I do "normal" on my own terms. Over time, I have been able to ignore and completely disconnect from the scrutiny, advice, critique, undermining, of all the know it all, "normal" people I surround myself with. There are many roads leading to the same destination.👍
I have ADHD and I'm always late, I get distracted or I misjudge the time something will take and how much time I have left or how many margins I need.
Normally, I try not to plan any deadline-appointments in the first place, so I never get in trouble that way, but depending on the day, the people, the situation, it can still end badly.
I've had a craftsteacher punish me for being late, by giving me the dirtiest chair, the broken paintbrush, no biscuit at teabreak and no proper waterglass for the paint. She kept repeating to everyone (first time I followed the workshop, so this was my introduction) "Now now girls, let's not feel bad for her, she put this on herself, by being late, this is her punishment."
At the end of the workshop, I politely informed her that I was not going to return. She was confused and asked why. I answered; Because I am 22 and I paid for an artclass, not to be humiliated in front of peers."
My intention had been to make friends there, well, that went out of the window.
People have driven off for a picknick without me in the car, because I was one minute late and they wanted to teach me a lesson. Literally walked over to the car, but as soon as it went "14:06" they screamed: "its been 5 past 2, you're too late!" And drove off. We'd planned that picknick for a month, it was ridiculous. And they say there's something wrong with me...
Before I was diagnosed with ADHD I thought it was normal for you brain to have alot of thoughts/sounds/music happening
Its not...that explains a lot
I completely believe anyone who doesnt have 50 trains of thoughts, a few songs, and probably just as many quotes/memes/ other stuff going on in their head are crazy, or lying, or just really do not think. No offense to anyone who is nureotypical ofc lol. It just doesnt seem fathomable. But my state of mind probably seems weird to them so :/
100 is quite an exaggeration
@@guitarcovers3518 Yes it is, but it still happens-
same wtf goes on in normal peoples brain
Advantage to ADHD, if reading minds was a real thing, people trying to read yours would either go crazy or get completely lost and give up
😂😂😂 awesome
Some us can read every ones minds but they can't read ours. But to read minds also you need to focus lol
That or they'll be super annoyed of all the millions of things that occur in our heads every waking second of our lives. That plus our favorite current song of the week on 24/7 repeat.
Unless they have ADHD too.
But then they would probably get thinking about something you were thinking about and totally forget to think about what you are thinking about.
@@unknownentity7408 song of the week part is so true,for me,rn it's Lost-Linkin Park,last week it was Take my Breath Away-The Weeknd
I love how a girl without ADHD is getting so much praise for “attempting to demonstrate” what it’s like. She’s literally not doing anything exceptional and yet she’s getting so much encouragement, and yet children and adults who actually suffer with this every single day get ripped to shreds for struggling.
F**KING BINGO, DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm 21, and I was diagnosed with sever Combined-Type ADHD when I was 6, and was put on medication when I was 8 or 9. Let's just say that doing my research for a recent Psychology project made me realize that nearly everything I've struggled with and gotten punished/grounded/yelled at for isn't my fault and never has been!!! Yet my parents think I'm supposed to be 100% responsible for my decisions and constant screw-ups; And I can't tell them that 95. 5% of the time, it's not ME, it's my ADHD, because they're always like, "Stop using your disorder as an excuse," Right. Because I like to hyperfixate on the wrong thing at the wrong time, or procrastinate on a boring assignment that's due in two weeks, or always have people hovering over me, reminding me exasperatedly to do this, or not do that, etc., etc.
Right!! The shit I got all my life for not being able to carry out tasks the same as my peers is so frustrating. At the time I wasn’t diagnosed but there was clearly something wrong that nobody addressed. Just told me to “manage your time,” “just get it done,” “focus,” “how could you forget (xyz),” etc.
As accurate as the locker demo was, I can’t understand why they couldn’t have a kid with adhd to do it,, or just,, idk have someone with adhd there to make the way they spoke about us here less “othered(?)”
ikr??? I get they're trying to understand us, but your gonna have a person without adhd... demonstrate what adhd is like... how does that make sense?
they'd rather have a child attempt to mimic us than actually getting a kid with adhd on there. instead of listening to adhd voices they do this
I would have preferred if they made the adult host have to experience what it's like.
I get your point but the little girl is forced to mimic adhd I don’t think she has a choice being on this show? Idk tho
For some reason, I have ADHD,and when he said something about snowing tomorrow,I started thinking if penguins have knees or not,and I missed the whole video.
An overly patriotic idiot The world will never know 0_o
An overly patriotic idiot Damn it..
An overly patriotic idiot but do penguins have knees
penguins do have knees
PRO-NEGE this happens to me every day lol it’s very very frustrating
3:22 “Like the rest of us” he makes it sound like we’re a sub-species of human
lol
I think we are, and they can't deal so they force us to be like them 😑 making us feel inadequate because we can't confirm to the so called nuro typical society.. I think we need our own country or something 🙄😅
@@Fluffy-777 Well I agree that we are different and have different needs, we don’t need our own country just for society to become more accepting of us.
Why can't they learn how to function more like people with ADHD? We think more creatively and actively, and see more abstract structures to situations that "the normies" can't.
@@zestysupreme9482 for the same exact reason we can't just "learn" to be more neurotypical
They forgot the part where they yelled at her to “just focus more”
Totally.
This has happened to me so many times. I have ADHD
It's embarrassing to explain my ADHD because I know the person thinks I'm making excuses
Yeah or “JUST TRY HARDER!”
@@samc5602 I feel that 😫 You’re not alone. It affects so many aspects of our lives, but it’s so misunderstood by the general population and some people think it doesn’t even exist.
It’s so hard to explain executive dysfunction to someone who’s never experienced it.
I always tell people about an experiment where researchers removed rats ability to produce dopamine. The rats experienced pleasure when food was placed in their mouths but, when food was placed just a sort distance away, they would starve to death, unable to find the motivation to walk over to the food.
It’s the only way I’ve found to get the point across to someone who keeps repeating things like “no one wants to work, but we just do it.” They finally start to realize that they’re really lucky to have brains that produce chemicals correctly.
Before i knew i had ADHD, i thought this was something everyone experiences.
it's not? I haven't but I thought it was normal
@@maya07_11 properly get checked
same
It is 🤷🏽♀️
Same!!!
This man lost me after green pen and 3 pieces of gum. I was genuinely becoming irritated simply thinking about being put in that situation.
Blah Blah IKR.
thats my mind + people around me talking + my social setting.its so hard. i hate it. if i could change anything about myself, it would be the adhd
When did he say gum? All I heard was snow pen and hello kitty 🙂
Oh and then a kid comes when you are stressing and steals your fidget becuase they think it’s satisfying and they don’t understand that it is the only thing stopping you from a meltdown
same I got lost at the notebook thing and when it says does it snows tomorrow? I started thinking if I can make a gold portal in Minecraft and the igloo biome and I missed the thing
I was waiting for her to turn to him and say "will you shut the hell up, I'm busy!"
I would have done something similar tbh
Me when my boss asks if im done with wath she told me to do
It’s only worse for kids when there parents have it to
@@greenshrek488 Yes, and that is because the ADHD parent will be inclined to fire additional instructions at them ad they come to mind, because of (legit) fear that they will not be able to hold yet another thought simultaneously to overseeing the kid (+n other items also already pending and/or popping up in the in- and outside). Which quickly ecsalates. Any time. Either way.
this is actually a good example.
Teachers used to say things like "go down stair, use this key, go to the door near the stare case then get a specific kind of paper and bring it to sertain room because sertain person needs it" I'd just repeat every step in my head but I would constantly doubt if I got it right and I would forget things too. it was realy frustrating.
Its like someone explaining to me where the toilet is. Halfway through I am lost and u either follow me and show me or I will just wander off until I find it
@@holymoly9903 haha mood
@@hehe.25 Even worse is that I suck at the difference between left and right. So like, it's a lost cause
@@hehe.25 I never know the difference. I have to think about what hand i write with, then my reaction is slow cus im just always trying to process what someone is saying. So if under pressure, I will not remember what to do and just walk in different directions until it's the right one.
But the bigger wonder here, out of all those years of lack of focus and so on, I AM STILL NOT DIAGNOSED.
I don't understand how someone never went like hey, they might have adhd. I'm guessing it's cus where I am adhd is like the hyperactive trouble child.
i always told the teacher i had issues with long strings of instructions and asked them to write it down so i didnt mess up. i didnt know it was an adhd thing until last euar
I thought the young girl had ADHD, and up until the guy said she didn't have it I was impressed/amazed at how she managed to stand so still while the others were talking. All became clear.
I... litterally got distracted when they said she doesn't have ADHD. I found out thanks to your comment. Everything makes so much more sense now lol
I though the exact same, Kelly
I can’t even sit still reading this comment lol
@@asteros_ lmao yeah, where did he even say that?? HAHAHAHA
1:28, took me awhile to find it
I have ADHD those questions were like overloading me.
Cameron Wright same
Logistican518 wait what questions? There was a bird outside
Seriously as soon as he started asking those questions I forgot what the second thing he asked her to do was. Take something out and put it in something else is all I remember.
Cameron Wright same! I didn't enjoy that.
Cameron Wright me too
2 really hard things about having ADHD as an adult:
1. No one knowing I had this (including myself). Everyone constantly frustrated with me (especially me).
2. Leaning I have it, but fearing telling my job that the reason I seem to suck at some stuff involving executive functioning is a condition that will help them conclude I'll never get better.
The ever-present fear and stress of being fired when you screw up (not if) is real.
I totally understand. That's a hard situation. I had some educational courses get tanked because the admin of the program essentially didn't want to work with me/provide appropriate accommodations. I'm still of the opinion that they, of anyone, should've been quick to understand.
Personally, I'd hang on to the job, but if it's not a positive environment, then I'd be quietly looking for better. 🍀
My heart just starts beating really fast when there is too much going on like I'm trying to do an assignment but everyone is talking and playing music on their phones and it makes me stressed, makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack, and makes me want to scream out loud
i feel you my dude when i get hyperactive my adrenaline starts pumping and when it’s really bad it makes my chest feel fuzzy so i cant tell of i’m excited or nervous
Same
I literally felt dizzy and like omg
Paranoid like its just too heavy kinda like a metal concert going on
I get overwhelmed emotionally easily as well
There are so many things that people don’t know about having ADHD. There are a lot more difficulties beyond not sitting still.
Yes i totely agree
I have ADHD (diagnosed when I was 10) and it’s definitely more than not sitting still. It’s a challenge to do something as simple as putting on ur shoes! Everything is a struggle and people are not always understanding about it.
i got distracted and started reading the headlines at the bottom of the screen
Balistic Horse915 so did I. and I thought about a squrill I say the other day.
Tøp Unicorn fren?
same
Balistic I'm literally do my French lesson while watching this
That's how you know you have ADD my friend. I forgot I was watching a video and thought of a song. :)
The only problem with adhd is that people think we have to conform to their way of thinking. We’re brilliant and able to connect concepts others don’t. We think 4x faster than “normies”. Also that’s not a mess, it’s organized chaos and we know exactly where everything is.
EXACTLY. I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THIS. PEOPLE WITH ADHD WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE LOCKER THING IF IT WAS THEIR OWN LOCKER. THAT WAS SOMEONE ELSES LOCKER. HUFF. I HUFF AND I PUFF
being normal sounds boring af, i cant imagine NOT thinking at 1000 mph that sounds so boring thinking normally
Sorry, but that's utter nonsense, and you are trivialising a serious mental health disorder. The forgetfulness, the racing thoughts, the inability to stay focused on tasks, the emotional dysregulation and the impulsiveness are all serious impairments. So, how on earth do you go about saying ADHD isn't a 'problem?'
...And actually I don't "know exactly where everything is!" And if you're life is really that "brilliant" then you obviously don't have ADHD!
@@Zak-gl4ig i bet u dont have it
@@xX_wiLLiam_Xx Go find some other 'fashion trend' to boast about, you clown!
anyone else offended by the way he refers to ADHD people, like i cant help but feel like hes belittleing everyone with ADHD . just my opinion
I get that vibe from him too, I have adhd and it just seems like he doesn't actually understand that's it's not just simply a lack of focus...
Me
It's just your imagination.
If he looked down on people with ADHD then he wouldn't work with ADHD patients.
That repeated Immature brain comment was agitating me
+Edward Valentino
"Immature" in this case just means "not fully developed".
I literally was having a heart attack listening to him give the instructions
i didnt even hear any instructions
same i have adhd and i was furiously repeating his sentences in my mind so i dont mess it all up
I know this isn't relevant to the video but you have the same name as me. my name is Rhian as well
There were instructions?
@@ankiankianki3605 same my brain hurts now😅
I've been reading the comments and skipped about 20% of the video...
Same
KermitTheFlermit was just doing this hahaha
SAME
Lol that’s me as it plays in the background 🤣🤣🤣
Same
I'm watching this... at 1:45 am when I should be asleep... and I'm tearing up because... well done. That demonstration with the locker. I felt that. That hit home. It's not just frustration that you're struggling, it's the feeling that you're letting everyone around you down. Everybody else has this under control. Why don't you.
Not this video, but I had watched other videos about dealing with adhd as an adult and teared up too when I realized that not everyone dealt with this.
This makes it sound like ADHD is only a condition that affects some children and that they can grow out of it. However, we know that ADHD persists into adulthood in most people with the impairment.
Please don't call it an "impairment"
@@acetronaut Oh, why not? Are you another snowflake who can't stand the truth? What is it with this weak society that wants to prevent us from calling things as they are? Don't call g*nder dysphoria a 'disorder,' don't call adhd an 'impairment!' Do me favor! You think it's a blessing? 🤷🏼
its not an impairment
@@xX_wiLLiam_Xx Is that the game we're playing: It is an impairment!
@@Zak-gl4ig it isnt
"So that they CAN fonction more like the rest of us" Damn bro, that hits hard in my heart,, idk about you guys, but that offended me pretty hard.
It's why they need to label it and try to 'normalise' with medication
the thing is i totally missed when he said that
too busy reading comments
I was also really offended when he said this. It felt like being seen as some sort of defect that needed to be fixed....
@@natestuthman4999 I feel u man. It's just that the whole scientific approach as they're trained and expect need a label to understand things outside their understanding. I dealt with that my whole life , don't be offended. Just know you are different and that difference literally makes you special!
@@chrisgould101 I really needed that comment, thanks man 🥲🙏
Haha good sport. That poor girl is wearing those glasses while they are talking about ADHD and wondering... "when is this going to end?"
I don't think that the brain is "just immature in some parts" in ADHD. It might just be oversimplified, but saying it that way makes it sound like it's something that is just a delay in children and they will grow out of. Adults have ADHD. Children with ADHD grow up to be adults with ADHD. It can sometimes look a bit different in adults, but it is still a very real condition that affects many aspects of life, and can require therapy, accomodations, and medication. They don't just need to grow up and mature.
But it IS a delay, it just plateaus at a lower level of maturation than the neurotypical brain. So it is stays "immature" throughout adulthood.
Since the topic at hand was about ADHD children specifically, I think it's understandable that he didn't get into those details. He had a very limited amount of time to get his point out there.
@@austinthefreak It isn't a delay, it's a dysfunction of the Executive Function part of the brain. The brain is not delayed, it cannot function in a specific area of the brain. Brain Balance may create some dopamine (temporary) elevation for some children with ADHD, however, it will not increase dopamine or "strengthen" the brain, so that it can catch up with itself.
Absolutely correct. I live with ADHD as an adult. It is a very real brain condition, it affects Executive Function and it's not a delay or immaturity of the brain. You are very correct that it requires therapy, accommodations and medication.
@Beverley I think you have more to learn on this subject, or there's a miscommunication somewhere.
All children are born with a very low level of executive functioning, because their brains are not very developed. As they grow older, their brains develop, and their executive functioning improves. This is true for children with ADHD as well. But because ADHD children have an impairment in that part of the brain, their executive functioning "matures" at a delayed rate compared to other children of the same age.
According to Dr. Russell Barkley, this delayed maturation of executive functioning continues into the mid teens, then plateaus. This is unlike the neurotypical brain, which continues to develop executive functioning at a relatively consistent rate through the person's 20s.
So yes, the part of the brain that controls executive functioning is literally "immature" in an ADHD brain compared to a neurotypical brain of the same age. When someone uses that word in this context, they're not hurling insults at us. They're just using scientifically correct language (which can feel cold at times).
I've worked with my adhd so long that I remembered the instructions lol
I'm 45 I have ADHD. Have my entire life. Never officially diagnosed but have been told by multiple psychologists(in social situations) that I have it. My head was about to explode as he rattled off the instructions
It legitimately becomes helpful at some point !
What were the instructions?
Any tips? I too have ADHD and would like to try whatever helps.
I have Adhd and only kept my focus until he talked about the gums, by the time he finished talking i only remembered about some green pens
I was just recently diagnosed with adult ADHD. I’d previously always waved off ADHD as no big deal, just an excuse for people to behave poorly. Simultaneously, I just believed that my struggles through life were just because I was a loser, a bad person.
I always joked that my brain was like an old radio being dialed back and forth wildly. Mariachi, then Jesus radio, then pop music, classical, talk radio, back to the classical, now the BBC, so on and so on.
And sense of direction? Forget it. I’d not only forget where I was going, I’d forget that I was even going somewhere period. I’d just wander. My spacial awareness was off too. I literally ran into the side of doors, catching my sleeves on doorknobs.
Behavioral therapy has since changed my life. I may still be a loser, but I can accomplish more now🤣. I’m still very ADHD, and that’s okay. I’m learning how to navigate life a little more successfully.
What do they teach you in behavior therapy? Like the main things if you can remember.
I was never diagnosed with ADHD, but it's incredibly frustrating when I get bombarded with information while having a thought. It riggers my anger. It seems like it never fails when I am trying to focus on a thought, I get bombarded with information, and while I am trying to sort everything I just get frustrated because eventually it just blends into a pool of noise and I lose focus on my initial thought. Then I have to start my thought all over again, and then get in trouble, because I didn't get something done.
yup yup
Draco "Toxicus" Ingenium
Then maybe ADD
i have adhd i don't think u have adhd u probably have add but maybe not that bad asfsdfsdf
Toxic Khemicul jag har kan inte läsa det här
Well I'm sorry for your frustration, but on the bright side you now have experienced a minate of an adhd life style on purpose, yay
0:59 kinda triggers me when he says the "rest of us"
*TRIGGERED*
I was kind of triggered at first but you gotta realize that he's not making a generic statement or stereotyping, but referring to the parts of the brain that function better in a neurotypical brain. Since he isn't giving conjecture and he is speaking as a person with scientific credibility, it is completely reasonable to say that for him in this context. Word choice could've been more careful, though
I have ADHD predominantly inattentive and we are not normal. We have an issue with our brain. When he said "Like the rest of us" it was in no way implying that we are of less value or not capable. I cannot stand when people get "triggered" because life will not conform to your egocentric belief that certain words and phrases are not okay. There will always be words that will become offensive because people choose to take it the wrong way or assholes using it to talk down to a group of people. As far as I am concerned in order to think you have to risk being offensive. Anything can be interpreted in an offensive manner. I am assuming you live in the United States like myself if so that is the reason we have freedom of speech. You can say anything to always be able to voice your opinion no matter how unpopular it is. You have people who hate the government and want to change it that can speak out. You have preachers. You have Liberals, conservatives, socialists and libertarian that can all voice their opinion. With free speech comes assholes who are racists, bigots, holocaust deniers, and whatnot. Without unpopular voices we may have just been a world full of social darwinist beliefs. Look at Africa. Just recently historically speaking we have stopped the disgusting treatment there. Europe had claimed Africa to be full of savages and they made it "civilized". Don't get offended because he was obviously trying not to be. He is spreading awareness.
@@derekspiller lolol So you get triggered and rant when someone else gets triggered about other shit. Let him enjoy his free speech also if you're so righteous toward that. Considering the amount of people in the comment section saying the same thing, maybe it wasn't as obvious as you thought it was, and as you said, it's okay for them to voice that if they felt that way. So you don't get offended by other people getting offended by other stuff and try to suppress their voice. Speaking of egocentric... :D You're right though, you definitely have an issue with your brain, but it's hardly because of inattentive ADD.
wHaT dO Yu MeAn Yu PePLE???
Why function “like the rest of us” and not “accommodate to this person’s needs” ?
Damn bro when he started to talk about different topics I completely forgot he wanted a green marker
Same!!!
all I recalled was the green pen and something about gum ...
Zee Kro for me it's tree peices of gum, green pen, and snow.
three*
I am adhd I hate you for what you said
Zee Kro your an idiot your not adhd just dumb
What’s your favorite flavor of gum
Watching ADHD videos while I’m waiting for my meds to kick in and crying because by the time she found the marker I’d forgotten why she was looking for it or what she was meant to do once she found it. All my brain could tell me was “green pen = important”
I don’t think you were supposed to remember he was just showing how an adhd persons brain processes a million things at once
How many ADD kids does it take to change a lightbulb?
Answer: Let's ride Bikes!
Most underrated comment ever. Bikes are fun as fuck.
Tbh not funny
Tbh hilarious 😂 this just made my night 🤣
HAHAHAHA 😂
Funniest thing i heard all day
You would kill an ADHD child like that. I'm an adult with ADHD this is however a great example of how it is in our brains
This kid doesn’t even have ADHD and they think that she will feel like she has ADHD, she’s literally just experiencing stress someone with ADHD the best way that I can describe this is that other people in there mind are taking in information like a door opening and closing and only taking in information that is important, but someone who has ADHD that door is always open and they cannot stop thinking and like he said can’t figure out what is more important then other tasks. But my favorite way to describe ADHD is that we are “Ferrari’s with bicycle brakes”. But all that I’m saying is that don’t start to tell someone what ADHD is like unless you have it.
As someone diagnosed with ADHD I feel like a huge part of it is that some of the distractions come from my own mind. Like for example with the first situation he would tell me to find the green pen and gum and stuff and then my brain would be the one asking me questions in my mind, like “what will I do when it snows?” Or something like that, plus all of the surrounding noises in a hall way, like the locker slamming other teachers and students conversations those things are also going on so it can be difficult to focus on one task.
Oh yeah. Our own brain is adding stuff on top of all the external stuff. It's playing music, thinking about lunch, a character you like, art you really want to get back to, but everything else is getting in the way of you getting back to it.
I am a mom of three, and homeschool....I have adhd, and one of my kids have adhd...
I found that having two things to focus on is WAY easier for us to be focusing on one physical task...i.e: listening to a podcast with my headphones in while cleaning the kitchen etc etc. If I don't have something to focus on in my ear, my mind with wonder off and find ten other tasks that need to be done, hence finding myself out in my car looking for something then cleaning out my trunk...just for an example
I completely relate to what you’re saying here! Sometimes certain tasks just feel like too much, like cleaning! But if I listen to a podcast while I clean, I’m able to vibe and get it done efficiently. Totally get you!!
I was diagnosed adult ADD (no hyperactivity component) and the doctor prescribed Vyvanse. I went from being an alchoholic un motivated can't focus person to going to school, great relationship and healthy lifestyle. Add is real and it can be treated! If you think you have it go get tested, it could change your life.
Any side effects or problems for you? I'm in my early 30s and my ADD causes me problems in all aspects of my life, from fucking up my school to work to my relationship with my wife. I don't want to lose all of those things that I've tried hard to acquire and maintain. That's how I ended up on CZcams researching. :/
Not much in the way of side effects. A little cotton mouth and minor loss of appetite. I actually lost 22 lbs! Feel fit and lean.
This is promising- I currently have an Adderall prescription but, while sometimes it helps, other times it just gives me really bad anxiety and that makes it just as hard to accomplish things.
I think I’ll ask my doctor about Vyvanse this week.
I have adhd and he did explain it really well but there’s it gives a lot of anxiety from part of it because the teachers don’t realize that the kids who have it need to be asked questions slowly
Damn this actually true bc my mom says im not trying and that I need to but I'm trying emecley hard to remember thing so I can relate after a couple pediatricians saying I have ADHD
Yeah, I hate that. :/ Told you're not trying or that you don't care, but you actually do care and can't help what's going on. Even worse is when you say you don't know why you do it, and you really don't, but they don't believe you.
I understand... my mom is aware that i have adhd. I was diagnosed with it at 5 and she still thinks im not trying. You would think she knows why. Its just really hard to focus in school.
and my brain normally thinks faster about so many things that it made me cry when I was diagnosed and given medication that when I took it for the first time I cried wishing I had gotten diagnosed earlier and given proper help. Growing up with adhd is hard and personally for me I felt awful for feeling like everyone around me understanding lessons in school when I was being taught the same way and never feeling smart enough or good enough with the simplest tasks. Thats why now working at a school I do my best to encourage my adhd students that they are SMART and very IMPORTANT in this world. I love to see our student's smile and something as simple as "thank you and I love you teacher" with a big hug makes my day.
This makes me cry because this is my life when I was younger I still struggle but I am finally get back on meds and I can’t wait to stop feeling like im insane
I felt this 😕 I'm now 19 and just yesterday I took my first 30mg Aderall. First time I was able to sit still for more than a minute. No joke broke into tears. It's hard being abnormal when all you want to be is normal.
This is bullshit. When you have really severe ADHD. You don't notice it until you've realized you've fucked it all up. I have to be stressed the fuck out to perform well.
Rr Nlg Same. Plus I always have the feeling I'm always fucking up.
I went there when i was around 14 and one of the biggest problems for me was that i had a partner to do all the exercises with that was my age. He made me uncomfortable because he gave off this creepy feeling though he technically never did anything. I was really self conscious of my body and having to do workouts in front of someone else silently was really uncomfortable for me. I'd occasionally forget to do the exercises at home and didn't eat as healthily as i should've which was bad on my part but i felt like overall it was way too much money than it was worth, i felt bad about my mom paying for it and tried to hint to her that it wasn't a good idea. It felt like way too much money for some workouts, being spun in a chair, and identifying smells. the atmosphere was so awkward and quiet which made me wanna go even less. In the end nothing really improved for me.
And honestly I felt really bad that I wasted my moms money by nothing really improving but after seeing comments from other brain balance videos i feel better about it knowing that i wasnt the only one who saw no improvement
The adult version of this is my old grocery store boss trying to get me fired & belittling me with too many tasks on purpose so she can let me go knowing I'd be overwhelmed. Luckily, my manager just below her position defended me & sensed I was smart, just a lil different. 6 months later, I went from working slow & having anxiety attacks everyday to being asked by 3 other department managers to switch to their department and even being offered a potential position as a manager after about a year. Everyone wanted me. I was still somewhat slower but eventually you hyperfocus/understand things in a deeper way than most people. Because of me our department went from a mess to being super clean/organized. I couldn't sit still, so I was always needing to do something so eventually my co-workers started asking me for tasks/guidance instead cuz I always found something to do and when I did things, I did it right with an attention to detail. Thou, once I was praised by many at my job. I got bored, felt empty and so irritable I suddenly did a no-show but my manager was nice enough to let me go nicely with no hard feelings. He said everyone knew my heart wasn't in it anymore. Welcome to ADHD.🤣 It's both a weakness it can feel at times, but it's also a huge blessing. I try to manage it better now, but I also understand it's huge strengths!
I feel bad for my mom cause she always has to repeat what she wants me to because I will zone out and nod, then ask her to tell it again and actually listen but forget most of it and then I will ask her again when I’m already starting what I need to to and the I will repeat it to myself multiple times and then forget again and then ask my mom to. Run it through slowly
I have adhd and I some how when thinking go from math to bananas
Math is a 4 letter word. Like moon, or food. A food that looks like a moon =
🍌
@@lorax8644 **head explodes**
Same, except after bananas I think about cheese because they're the same color
@@rainbowbeetle this reminds me of Wallace and Gromit: Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese 😅
Snowhopper
No the moon is made of metal under the firmament. As well as the sun and stars. Fall to your knees and welcome Jesus into your life. Evil runs amok around Us and wants our spirit, our soul.
DO NOT TAKE THE VAX. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR DNA. Please
The vax has DNA in it. Do not allow strange DNA into your body. GOD created you perfect. He gave you a hiccup as a challenge. You requested that challenge. Deal with it. Use your other sensory receptors as you chose before you came back.
Is it just me, or whenever somone starts to say somthing along the lines of a song you just start listening to it in you head and completely forget about ewhat they're saying? And then when one song pops up you think of 100 other ones? 😂. I also start making up lyrics to that song and then continue to sing it on repeat.
Have they made one so we can look into the mind of a neurotypical person to see what’s it’s like and stuff?
I just screamed when he started asking those questions.
I have adhd and I said the darnest thing as a kid “well it’s not my fault everyone has sparkly pencils”
after trying to remember the tasks and the questions, I literally walked away from this video with only the word SNOW repeating in my head over and over again.
Dean
Better than ding dong bell, kitties in the well, who put her in? Little Johnny Flynn, who pulled her out Little Tommy Scout..,,,,,,,,,,.
This is why adhd are the best rappers
Imagine not knowing you have adhd and you’re working for years with it and you constantly get scolded for not paying enough attention.
i have adhd and honestly. i lost track of the video focusing on that kids shirt.
Today I had a meeting with my mom and school counselor and my mom was talking about how I might need more help since I have adhd THEN SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW I JUST NEED TO TRY HARDER I was just like 😐😐😐
Ah yes, focus a lil more. Proceeds to focus on focusing and just zone out cus ur thinking of that
I am now 15 with adhd. A lot of those characteristics I can associate with except for the messyness. I rather am the opposite where I like everything clean and organized. I do take medication for school which helps me focus a lot better-even better than most kids withought adhd. I like my adhd because I think it makes me more creative and better at problem solving.
Personally, I want to have things organized and I like having things in their proper place, but I can never manage to keep them there and everything eventually turns into a mess again.
I had my assessment a few days ago because my tecaher told me I should get checked just in case because she said I was different from other students and when the woman asked me what symptoms I had I said I didn't know because it's been normal all my life and I never thought It wasn't normal. It's like someone asking you how you breathe. Your initial response is "...What? Breathing is natural, I breathe just like any other person." but then finding out that nobody else actually breathes and people always thought you were joking when you talked about breathing.
I remember reading a book when I was younger and still undiagnosed, and a mind reading character described the thoughts of another character “rushing like a river” and I remember thinking “wait... that isn’t a normal speed?” That was one of my first hints I actually noticed pointing to glaringly obvious ADHD
even him just telling her the instructions overwhelmed me yikes
On the 5 minute walk from the bus to home I planned around 10 things to do at home, 5 things to google all while trying to concentrate on the lyrics to the song I’m listening to while singing a different song in my head. I ended up doing nothing when I came home and I repeated the song 8 times
"To make them more like the rest of us" smh. We are who we are. We are creative. We are quick on our feet. We are problem solvers. The list goes on and on. I will say that my ADHD has definitely effected me negatively as well as positively. We find new ways to function and participate. Atypical folks may not understand what we're doing, but we do and we are capable.
FR! AGREED!
No. It’s very painful to live like this, regardless of the world. And by the way, we are in the world. The worlds not going to change. But even if it did to accommodate every little thing for special little us, adhd would be very painful.
I have ADHD and all i can say is that it messed up my life in a lot of ways and that i also have OCD
I have adhd and for the rest of my life I will always have it and it will never change
Who else was getting increasingly impatient on the second half of the test with their constant talking and NOT getting to the test? Like the girls just standing there
Once asked a peer what his name was and then carried on the conversation for a bit and after it stopped I completely forgot his name
I HAVE HAD ADHD ALL MY LIFE AND TO IT HELPS ME TO PAY ATTENTION TO VIDEOS IF I SPEED THEM UP TO 1.25 OR 1.5 SPEED ... SEEMS TO HOLD MY ATTENTION........PAY ME LATER
Mister Deplorable
I will pay you on Tuesday, if you help me understand. My great nephew, I just found out has ADD and dyslexic. I need to understand how he perceives things and how I can better his future. He is always in trouble for not finishing homework. I now know why. His attention span is that if a gnat. I'm feeling bad for scolding him for dropped wrappers etc, stoopid people keeping this secret when I could have helped from early stages.
@@walkinaxyl I recommend a youtube channel called How To ADHD, those videos are incredibly helpful for both people with ADHD and those who have loved ones with ADHD 😊 I recommend a video called „ADHD and motivation” I think it really captures why the ADHD brain have trouble finishing homework.
Btw, you are a great person for trying to understand your nephew! I’m really glad that you are so supportive 😁
This is how I feel when my mom tells me to get her keys
bruh when my mom gives instructions like he did... I would stop and tell my mom to tell me the instructions again one by one after I completw the first task
As an adult with ADHD, my childhood, littered with severe symptoms, I’m actually extremely happy to see that it’s taken more seriously. Maybe more children in our future won’t feel like failures for simply being.
After he said green pen I started day dreaming about green apples then picking apples and how baskets are made then snapped back when he started talking about the blue shaker she was wearing
In Poland there is a saying for someone who is daydreaming, that they are „thinking about blue almonds”. Once when I was in second grade my teacher told me to stop thinking about blue almonds, she meant I should stop daydreaming and focus. But I didn’t know that saying yet because I was a child, so for the rest of the the class I was thinking: why did she say blue almonds, are they real, could you possibly eat them, are they growing like regular almonds etc. 😂
people with adhd... try reading for two months straight, one hour a day. It helped me focus and tune out my surroundings.
reading increases concentration and focus!..
just a genuine tip :)
Stephanie Tineo I try r adding for 30 minutes and I get bored and tired
Buddy u see I wish I could. I was obsessed with reading as young. But u see, now I just get obsessed with them for a period of time. Often when I'm having a hard time. Then I just don't want do to nothing but read, and then it's just over.
i have adhd. before i was diagnosed i thought everyone had a thousand soundtracks playing in their head at any time. once i asked my mum:"why do our heads play so many sounds in our heads?""
You know you have ADD when you forget that you're watching a video. :)
I have A.D.D and I just remembered this thing that happened when I was 12 (15 now) and this guy was talking to this big crowd in a video game and lots of people were moving and they had brightly colored equipment and it was a jumble of color and speech and jumping and everybody pushed each other and this guy called me names and got mad because I accidentally pushed him he kept on trying to duel with me spamming it and I got so overwhelmed and mad and sad and I got really frustrated I started hyperventilating and crying my heart started pumping like crazy and my chest felt like it had 20 pounds of pressure just pushing on it and I just got so overwhelmed and I had two friends who knew I had A.D.D and one friend tried to cheer me up but I ignored him and all the thoughts of the noises ( it was a fighting game and lots of people spammed attacks so it was loud ) and people jumping and the insults came racing around in my mind I got so panicked. I don't know why I typed this, I just thought of it randomly.
I haven't been diagnosed and probably won't be for a long time BUT- This is to fucking relatable
WHY-
When you’re born in October AND have ADHD: I am the chosen one
Same
I can often get frustrated and have a feeling of being overwhelmed. But I like having ADHD. It means im different and I like being different.
I don't want to conform.
Hey here’s some fun things I found about adhd,
You learn to be a wonderful multitasker! After learning you’re strengths and weaknesses in daily life, you start to pick up behaviors to properly maintain your schedule. One of those things is multitasking. So after a while, it becomes one of your strong points.
I'm 35 and tonight I said .. yes I am different
I've been different my whole life
Trying to be normal
So many doctors tried to make me normal but
I was never meant to be normal
We are meant to be different
And we are meant to love ourselves because we are different
My issue is he’s talking about a condition he doesn’t have, demonstrating ‘what it’s like’ with a child that doesn’t have ADHD. Why are NTs a more reliable source than someone who actually has the condition? Why not talk to an actual ADHD person about their personal experience, listen to what they say, and BELIEVE THEM!
I hate it when I get in trouble in school for not paying attention, even with Ritalin it's extremely hard for me, and it pisses me off when teachers think I don't pay attention for no reason
Try to get off Ritalin my guy
CZcams Hero I suggest talking to your doctor about changing your meds (such as focalin XR, depending on your age) or getting a higher dosage.
Papa Pickle I'm 12 (Dad's account) I was gonna say focalin too it helps a lot, Ritalin makes me kinda depressed.
My ADHD brain got me in trouble a lot as a younger person. Stay strong. You will encounter at look east one teacher who truly understands and then you will shine
Yea and my teacher would always be on the phone and talking laughing and all and she let's the other teachers in and if the other people talk she says don't talk ur interrupting and all and I'm like shut the fuck up lol She's loud really she talks so much I wonder how I'm bad at math anyways well at least I'm not with the other teacher that would scream at me for going behind while she reads the tests to 2 people in her room for a science test and that was hard a little and the girl beside me was paying stanchion all the time on each reading parts and u know she goes fast and got a bad grade ligit I was so upset that I numbered the seconds it took for her to say are y'all done on this problem and here it is like 12 seconds or so for her to say that I'm always like and the student beside me says I am and I say im not and when she finally has it all on her plate she says ok haley uve been on this subjects for like a hole minute and she says things like if u don't hurry up we will leave u behind and I said ok and still doing the work #reading and thinking out of the boxes and marking X beside the ones I thought were wrong and She's blabbing on of how much time "were" losing because of me and there looking at me like I'm doing the wrong ones here and I'm just looking at my paper at this point and tears trying to get sucked back in will I sweat and been red for minutes and thinking and trying to cottiontraite and all and y'all can Guess what happeneds after these messeses that I know u don't want to read all of this lol don't u *pokes nose* (with)lol
Dude I was gonna write a comment and then I started thinking and now I cant remember what it was and now I missed the whole video.
Children with adhd are estimated to experience 20,000 more negative comments than their neurotypical peers by the age of 10
So basically what he simulates in the second half is letting a kid play in the woods; climbing is the balancing, vision impaired because of sun and branches/leaves, even the vibration on the arm is akin to wind or rain hitting skin.
I kept focussing on the speed the reporters talk
Edit: The previous video I watched was too slow, so the video speed was still on 1,25 😳
I got distracted picking my nails watching this and the video was over by the time I realized what I was doing. 😭
Wow... During the whole video, I was just ready the red line with the smaller news and I missed it all...
when he mentions snow and you think of going to Big Bear California and you fantasize about hot cocoa but then you remember it’s been raining recently and whether or not you should take a sweater tomorrow for school and you think about buying hot cocoa tomorrow before school. and the video is over.
This is a very good demonstration but I have issues with the way it was explained. Firstly ADHD is not just about parts of the brain that are immature, some part are underdeveloped but the way it was phrases was as if simple training could mature the brain up to a "normal standard" secondly adults have ADHD and don't grow out of it! As an adult with ADHD it's painful to hear over and over "children with ADHD" when those children grow up into adults with ADHD but because it's only thought of in this way there's very little support after you leave school and few people understand. Thirdly he could have mentioned the dysregulation that comes with ADHD and other aspects as people think it's just a problem with attention but I understand there might not have been the time
2:28 I couldn't keep myself from laughing at how relatable the mind wandering here goes XDD
So can I replicate that last exercise at home to help manage my ADHD?
This is a very realistic portrayal of what it's like to be neurodivergent; a bunch of people around you talk about how your differences are "bad" and "require fixing" without considering how to utilize the differences in a way that's beneficial to everyone without being ableist jerks.
And yet, to repeat so many folks in the comments, it's unrealistic because there's no bullying or belittling from the child's peers or instructor. She was never punished for not achieving her tasks, and you can't really call it a neurodivergent childhood if you weren't penalized for your differences.
"is/am ADHD" is one of my biggest pet peeves. It's a disorder. You can't be a disorder. I hate that. I'm am not defined by my mental illnesses.
Agreed.
personally i prefer is because it affects so many parts of my personality its not even a disorder-its a brain structure
No one trait can truly *define* anybody, though it can be used to *describe* somebody. I kind of see that ADHD describes me the same way having brown hair describes me. I refer to myself as ADHD the same way I would refer to myself as brunette. It's a part of me but it's not the whole picture.
I get what OP means though, ADHD needs a new name. I much prefer the term "neurodivergent" as opposed to "disordered." Having an "Attention Disorder" encompasses so little of what this neurodivergence entails
(such as...
overwhelming emotions,
reward-driven learning,
insomnia,
intrusive thoughts,
heightened empathy and so on...
smh DSM, do better😒).
It is unfortunate, that this is the name we have to use so that we get the help we need. God willing, we'll soon live in world where we don't need to be perceived as disordered to receive help. We just have to be perceived as having different needs which is 1000 times closer to the truth.
P.S. The symptoms I listed in the parentheses may not all be experienced by all who have ADHD. We may experience some of them or all of them to different degrees. Every case is unique. :)
It’s a learning disability.
What does it feel like not to have ADHD
*fruit tart* You brain reacts faster than your body so you know what your about to do. But the good thing is your can balance your brain which can be very helpful for people
I’m curious as well.
As far as I've heard, the brain is quiet for people without adhd.
I'm not diagnosed yet, but I think I have it. Too many things make sense now.
I've seen a lot of kids say they're afraid to tell their parents they think they have adhd.
As a parent I'd be happy to hear a child out.
School often told me "X didn't pay attention, is easily distracted" then would go on to tell me "all kids are like this". Having no other experience I took their word for it. I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd done something sooner.
Kids naturally find other people easier to talk to at times, so either find someone your comfortable with, or just try to be brave, find a time when your parents arent distracted or overly busy and just say "hey, there's something I really need to talk to you about. It's taken a lot of courage for me to do this so please hear me out. I'm concerned I may have adhd because..." and most of all let them know if you're struggling (which you likely are).
Might feel hard but give it a try, don't let it go if you really feel something isn't right. Good luck 🤞
I actually remember attending brain balance when I want young and it really helped. You can’t grow out of ADHD (as far as I’m aware) but I have a much better grip on things nowadays then as a kid. I used to be terrible with reading and writing (possibly a little dyslexic but we never got it confirmed) now I take AP writing classes and excel at reading comprehension. These guys know their stuff!
Nice
Thank you for commenting.
..i started making a maybe 20-25 long story about wolves in my head...so i missed the whole video..great!
i kept reading the bottom 💀
Does anyone have ideas of how to apply the same type of training as the headset, armband, etc for young adults in college with ADHD? Such as ways to organize things, routines, etc. I have the WH-1000XM2 headphones which can simulate sound coming from the left or right, so this seems like something I could kind of apply and see if anything improves through experimentation
Am I the only one when I don't take my meds I can eat all day none stop and sleep but when I do I barely sleep and barley eat