• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 days ago

      That’s one way of looking at this if your mindset is negativity.

      I prefer to exercise positive intent and I see this as possibly someone with ADHD not knowing whether this particular trait is their ADHD or just a thing.

      I have ADHD and I am often like this, it makes you question your identity, especially if diagnosed later in life like me.

      Sure many ADHD traits are occasionally experience by non-neurodivergent people, but that doesn’t mean they don’t affect ADHD people in a debilitating way.

      It’s like heart palpations can be a sign of a heart attack or a panic attack.

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        Exactly.

        Sure many ADHD traits are occasionally experience by non-neurodivergent people,

        They key is “occasionally” - for someone with ADHD these traits are pretty much constant, never go away. Medication and practice may reduce their impact, and you may find ways to mitigate/compensate, but the underlying trait is always there, waiting for you to become complacent.

        A neurotypical person rarely understands how much effort is put in just for something mundane.

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          2 days ago

          Wait, are you saying that reconciling my checking account while two unrelated trains of thought (accompanied by a random song) run through my head is not something that everyone deals with?\s

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            I was just posting about this in the last day or two, but my ADHD brain also likes to keep music or a conversation going in my head. And I always sought out talk to listen to, like podcasts. But I have found that the right sort of music is a great tool to help occupy the ADHD brain and let my conscious executive functions like, do stuff.