I started to clean my room and then I suddenly decided I wanted to watch this video. I’m now sitting on my bed watching this video but not really watching it because I’m distracted by writing this comment and reading all the other comments, and there’s a bag half full of garbage sitting on the floor.
Update: I have been treating my ADHD with medication and therapy. My room is now clean for the first time ever and the Christmas gifts have been wrapped 😂
@@kelseastovall5613 already? Dang 😂 I have a good feeling u don't like that Thanksgiving and halloween are so close to it because they are in the way 🤣
I'm confused by that. Like. I understand sitting still doing something. But doing nothing/doing something dull isn't, people don't do that, right? I don't understand doing something you aren't at least partially involved/interested in or something you aren't pressured to do.
I never understood how people were able to just sit and either do nothing or a boring task for hours. I can hardly sit still for 20 minutes to do classwork.
I have a hard time sleeping so i have to walk around and roll around on a mat as to not wake up my family LMAO i dont know how my friend can just read all the time and just sit there
@@ontrid If it's a book that I like reading, I can hyperfocus and read for a long time. Every few minutes or so I lose docus and have to reread the first few parsgraphs or page. Bur I have to stretch or I have my leg bouncing while I'm reading.
For all my fellow adhd’ers with no patience for 8 minutes: 1. Cannot sit still, always moving or fidgeting 2. Easily distracted, focus shifts often or can’t be controlled 3. focusing on something you have no interest in is nearly impossible and very exhausting 4. switching tasks/ focus/ interest very often and fast 5. internal restlessness, you cannot relax easily. You have racing thoughts or you just feel physically and mentally over-energized (hyperactivity) 6. You cannot wait, you are impatient, queues are horrible, other people are annoyingly slow 7. you finish other peoples sentences often bc you’re impatient 8. You have trouble completing tasks, no stamina even tho you were very motivated in the beginning 9. You’re usually not very calm, you’re easily tempered and can get very emotional (it can be also very hard to control your emotions) 10. You’re not thinking decisions through, you act impulsive (e.g. interrupting, buying a lot of things, binge eating) (he said bank rubbing and murder but that wouldn’t be my first thought tbh) 11. You often loose and forget a lot of things (bad working memory) 12. You disrupt others (bc you can’t wait and easily forget things) 13. You talk a lot (your brain jumps from one point to another very fast, fast flow of thoughts) 14. Staying focused on attentive listening is hard, therefore you can seem like you’re not listening For me there’s also: - It’s hard to structure things, to organize and plan -sometimes extrem mood swings (overly happy then depressed) - procrastinating a lot bc of lacking motivation (house chores are very annoying) - easily overwhelmed and resigning bc of too much input or - extremely bored without any (to the point of boredom-depression) - sometimes my brain is paralyzed and can’t process information (bc of overwhelm usually with negative emotions such as depression and/or anxiety) -ping pong thoughts, I get lost in thoughts, chaotic thinking -low self worth bc of negative experiences (e.g. in school, with peers, maybe you got teased a lot) - comorbide depression, anxiety, eating disorder, etc …. -> Can be overlooked bc of this -you can’t filter information (what is important? What is a priority?) - you just feel different, bc your brain processes information differently - big changes and new situations make the symptoms a lot worse (like moving out, divorce, entering work-life / uni …) -being hungry and tired makes the symptoms also very visible and prominent / worse -black and white thinking/ all or nothing/ perfectionist/ never reaching your own high standards and goals bc you get overwhelmed by too much information to process and work with But don’t forget the positive: you’re also creative, generous, loving, unique, open minded (etc.) and overall a wonderful person despite of all the struggles
Oh yeah, and despite having time limits on apps, you ignore them and spend hours scrolling through social media or get super deep into something that you forget reality and time…
When I was in college, I hyper focused on this one assignment. I did it so well. I had my fill of dopamine. Then I was too tired to actually submit it.
i worked all day for my maths assignment. i didnt even copy the answers from the internet like we usually do, i legit sat down to understand each and everything tho it was not in the exam syllabus. on the day of submission, i got too lazy to just get up from my desk to give it to my teacher. i was sitting 2 benches away from him.
I literally took a bunch of courses and paperwork for my health insurance company to have a surgery approved over a 6 month period... AND THEN NEVER SENT IT IN!
when you fit every single criteria... but kept rewatching it to get every point cos you kept zoning out and getting distracted whilst bouncing around in your chair... lol
Dang that's me the last vid I watched about ADHD I kept scrolling through the comments and stuff while having to started the video over cause I missed something.
The fact that 2 minutes in I jumped over to the comments and saw a comment that resumed stuff and read like 6 sentences then watched another video then jumped back into this video says a lot
I was unofficially diagnosed by a therapist when I was 40, but this is the first time I realized how many boxes I check. All 14. It makes me a bit sad that I’ve felt so weird, a bit broken and often so tired of myself, my entire life. There was an actual reason for it and I could have received support. I’m glad awareness is more widespread now!
I got diagnosed with adhd last month. Before getting diagnosed, I always dazed off when listening to long conversations. I even watched every single video on youtube at 2x speed, because they felt so slow. I stopped doing things I thought were ‘good enough’ (although they weren’t quite finished) and most importantly I multitasked everything (I solved a rubiks cube while watching a movie cos my hands were bored). I am so glad i got diagnosed, because now I can finally understand why I’m a bit different from others and try different methods that might work for my when doing my tasks and everyday chores.
I was diagnosed with ADHD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Can you help me with the reliable source🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
I would like to know from those who have solved PTSD and anxiety, if they have solved it definitively and how to understand what quantity of psilocybin to take and when, for how long. And can you really heal without having an addiction? Thanks to everyone for helping me understand, I want to understand if it's something that can help me solve the problem (I have c-ptsd)
I feel like I get too annoyed at my friend when she won’t listen to me or talks over me and says the same things over and over again with excitement but it’s just ADHD and I need to show more compassion. thank you for helping me realize that.
my ADHD went undiagnosed for decades because the intelligence I was also born with did a great job helping me to mask what I used to call my idiosyncrasies.
ok i have adhd so i might be biased but the idea of laying down doing nothing for 20 minutes sounds like torture i would have to be so tired or sad like how on earth would someone even do that i cant imagine it
I remember I had a ct scan and the nurse lady kept telling me to be still but like....how I was in their for what felt to be HOURS and I got a little claustrophobic in their😅
"public speaking"? uh, not me. i am not talkative. I avoid talking and will only do so if people are talking to me. why bcz my train if thought or self expression is messed up. honestly I forget the next thing I want to say. as a cashier I literally have to force myself to chit chat with customers and over think what I am going to say
Hey, thx for the comment. Yea, same here, I hate small talk. However, when it comes to things that I am passionate about - i love talking about them. I reckon I'm also pretty good. Try public speaking about a topic that really interests you.
This list mostly addresses adhd hyperactive type , you should look into inattentive type . It is more common in women and often missed. It has some of the same basic executive functioning challenges, but presents itself different in several ways, including often being quit , shy or having social anxiety.
I scored 13/14! I only started researching this when my 30 year old son was diagnosed with inattentive adhd recently and was told it can be hereditary 😱
I hit most of them, mainly not being able to sit still and often not seeming to listen. But the speaking part is mostly due to my social anxiety. Like, I’ve been on a call with a friend for 4 hours before. But for confrontation of any kind, I freeze solid.
Same last time when my parents finnaly decided to take me to a phycologist i tried to remember everything but forgot all of them and was sittin there like:😃
I am 37 & barely got diagnosed… all the boxes ticked in this. PS I love my brain, I’m the funnest person I know & people are naturally drawn to me. Yes there’s struggles, but that’s what we keep learning for !
You got me when you said “if you didnt use a paper to mark any if these, you’re lazy and might actually have adhd” 😂😂 im pretty sure i’ve had undiagnosed adhd for years, it’s extremely hard and frustrating when the only person who can change it won’t listen to you or assumes you want to be “different” from everyone else when everything is going downhill in my life because of things i cannot control.
One reason I know I have adhd: I could never focus in school even though I tried very hard, beginning from elementary. I remember asking my brother if it's normal, he said he had problems focusinh too but it went away by puberty, that never happened for me. I feel like adhd is like a sensory overload, you try to listen to the teacher, you notice how their face moves, the background noise, the things on the desk. I noticed it's easier to listen when I close my eyes, but I still loose track. Also the part where you can't finish tasks is very true, losing things. I'm almost 30 and it all makes sense now.
47yr old female with ADHD here .. Hello everyone and thank you for sharing this video. watched it twice lol and still ticked yes to every question. I am classed as too old to be 'dragonised' with ADHD, however when I was statemented for dyslexia and dyspraxia the examiner confirmed ADHA too then this was two years ago. I am who I am .. love me or hate me (like marmite) .. current studying for a degree and you guested it can't sit for long periods, 30 minutes if I am lucky which sucks when you have essays to write lol
Wow. I never realized that I had ADHA. I stumbled across a video, earlier today, that I watched because a lot of my friends have been diagnosed with ADHD. That video was the first time I ever considered that I might also have ADHD. Now, watching your video, I realized that I probably do have ADHD. Practically the only questions that didn’t scream “this is me!” are the ones I have worked for decades to overcome. My mind is blown.
All of them: yes Me: a communications major and my biggest goal is to give a ted talk... I’ve tried to tell my friends and family and they don’t believe me
Lately I've been questioning if I have adhd or not, I'm a little nervous to go to a doctor or let my family /friends know (because I've been judged by an ex-friend after telling them I think I might have adhd) so I'm hoping if someone with adhd or a doctor who can recognize adhd can help me our here and let me know if there's a possibility I have adhd or not. Here's a list of things I do that are listed in the video: 1. I have trouble sitting still: I often find myself playing with my hands/jewelry, kicking my feet, playing with my clothes, shake my leg, etc the only time I can ever sit still is when something catches my full attention which barely happens at all 2. You're quickly distracted by things that are stimulating: I do get distracted quite easily. Example: I get distracted when someone I find attractive walks by, and think about them for the next 5 minute while my teacher is giving a lecture. (this has happened multiple times to me before especially in the classroom) If I don't find interest in something, my mind will drift to something else like the sound of chewing gum or someone tapping their pencil since those thing annoy me I'll end up paying more attention to those little things instead of what's important or the task. 3. You find it difficult to focus of tasks that don't interest you: and the ending of number 2 leads into this one, number 3. It is very hard for me to focus on certain tasks like cleaning my room, doing homework, reading a book for school, taking a test, etc because those things don't interest me. For example when I'm cleaning my room I always get distracted by something like a bottle laying the floor or something. 4. You often switch from another activity to another: This happens a ton I know I said this for all the other things, but it does happen a lot. One time I was working on a digital piece of artwork and I ended up rushing at the end because I wanted to finish it and move on to writing a piece for a book. Another day I was working out because I wanted to get in shape, but then days after I found myself abandoning the workout routine to paint or something. 5. You're internally Restless: I was about to say this doesn't happen to me, but I realized it does. I always have to be doing something like listening to music, watching a show, drawing, singing, I have to do something or else I become cranky because I don't fulfill the needs for my entertainment. 6. You often can't wait your turn: now this one doesn't happen as much, but it depends on what I waiting on. Like if my little brother's struggling to read a sentence in a book, I'll finish it for him so I can say what I need to say. 7. You blurt of things: I've blurted a few times, but only in elementary. Now I don't blurt at all, or not yet. I'm at least able to control the blurting out bit. 8. It's difficult for you to play calmly: It can be difficult for me to play calmly. Often when I'm not able to do something right I find myself really angered, and I can get overly excited over things as well. 9. You're very rash in your decision making: The only time I feel like I can relate to this is when I'm sad or angry, I often times lash out at others sometimes physically hurting them which I'm not proud of. 10. You often lose essential things: I do loose things a lot like a calculator, a straw, a pair of shoes, clothing, headphones, a charger, etc. The list goes on and on. 11. You talk a lot: I do talk a lot especially about things I'm passionate about, I feel like I always have to have a response to everything said, but sometimes my anxiety blocks me from speaking out. 12. You often don't seem to be listening: Like I said before I get easily distracted from certain noises, people etc. (Thank you, If you actually read all this)
I loved this, but the repetitive. song in the background was SUPER distracting and kind of got on my nerves after a while. Maybe think about not having music play in your next video, or if so- something not so repetitive with strong guitar strings?
I’ve been questioning if I have adhd for a little while now. My parents never got me checked, though, they also took years to get my sisters mental disability diagnosis. I hit a lot of the criteria in the video but I have really bad anxiety so I’m too scared to go get a diagnosis or some sort of help.
Yup I mentioned it to my mom and she didn’t say or do anything just kinda told me probably not and didn’t bring it up My brother has adhd and I fit the criteria but I make straight As which is probably why she either doesn’t believe or denies it because she doesn’t want me to be like my brother I don’t say anything about it anymore because I know it’s useless
If you dont treat you adhd you will messup you life and relationship. Guys please you are still young I hope you will take care of your adhd and get stronger while its still early ! You will jump from job to job because it will be a torture to do any boring jobs !! Make sure you do a JOB YOU LOVE otherwise you will endup struggling trust me !
I took tons of adhd tests online they all said I have severe adhd but its not diagnosed my sister has adhd so my thinks im just trying to seek attention
I usualy see this kind of videos when my imposter syndrome gets the best out of me, it gets me thinking "Yeah you dont have any neurodivergency, you are just a useless and lazy failure" This is the one that have helped me the most. Its well adressed, i feel like im listening to someone who understand my problem and in this moment where I'm in my absolute bottom it helps to remember me thag its not entirely my fault. Thx for the vid.
I was diagnosed with severe ADULT ADHD about 7 years ago & I am 55 now. You just described me . Didn't need to count as all described me except for throwing things & robbing banks
I was listening in and out (I have diagnosed ADHD) and ticking it when i heard the titles, i had to rewind about 60 times to double check LOL. but i noticed i was doodling flowers whilst ticking the last box!
Got “tested” back in high school and the doctor told me that it sounded like I needed to just try harder and was embarrassed to get a second opinion but since meeting my fiancé and her telling me that I 100% have it and seeing all these videos and checking off almost all the boxes I want to get tested again
Now imagine having adhd anxiety and depression. Depression makes you feel like doing nothing but your anxiety and adhd make you feel bad for doing nothing which makes you more depressed
❤😂🎉 I love how you have the 🎶🎵 in the background. It helps this ADHD woman's brain absorb or comprehend your information so that my mind stayed engaged. AMAZING 🤯 there were a few parts that I don't think applies to me yet I can see in some of my friends. THANK YOU! For helping me understand my Why😟😣😵💫🙄🧐🧠 and way's for me to try to see if it works I can add it to my Life formulas. No two are the same. Everything has a ying&yang ☯️. That must mean that if neurotypical is "normal" people the ying, then neurodivergent people are the yang.😊
It’s kinda sad that for 13, I used to talk a lot, but I became quieter and more reserved because of my fear of people being annoyed and bothered by it. Sometimes, depending on who I’m talking too, I’ll just talk and talk until I get the signs they want to talk too. Now, I have one friend who I always do the talking, and she’s fine with that because when she’s with her friends she normally does all the talking, so she gets a break with me
I was diagnosed when I was 30; that was 22 years ago. But as soon as I realized, my whole life then made sense. So, for the last 22 years, I have used it to my advantage. As an artist, I always have at least 7-10 paintings going on all at once. Like he said, we get bored on to the next but I will go back and finish many. We can multi-task people; it's like having 100 tabs open on your screen!! We are creative by nature!
I noticed the frequent motion and movie references and memes, held my attention well (and I’m gonna try and get diagnosed with adhd since I fit many of the symptoms and my friend who’s diagnosed tells me I match all the symptoms that got them diagnosed)
At the beginning when he mentioned to draw dots for your points I got so excited for some reason and I am not making a smiley face with the dots I drew 💕 I succeeded, it’s pretty easy to make a smiley face with 11 dots!
I started watching this and did other things the entire time and I ended up having to watch it over again. Also, even though I was listening the whole time, I can't remember any of it. Even after watching this again, I still barely remember it.
the fact that I tell my parents that I think I have adhd and I tell them the symptoms, their answer is always "it's because u are a teenager" and when I remind them that I did it as a child too, they complain that I was always the "weird kid" 🤠
Im a life coach with ADHD. Funny thing is I fall into hyper focus during my sessions because I find it so interesting, and Ive trained to not to interrupt. So, use your ADHD as a super power folk. We are great and other people needs us ❤
i literally started playing a movie, and then i realized that i didn’t text my friend back, so i picked up my phone and went on tiktok which led me to this video to which i got 14/14. don’t you just love to see it
I answered yes to 12 questions!!! I have been on this journey for quite some time now and am learning to love and accept myself inspite of my adhd. I love your videos on youtube!!! Looking forward to learning more how to cope with it!!!😂😂😂
For me, I've found that I don't talk alot due to being an introvert.. but once I do make a friend I am very outspoken but only around those close to me.
Sophomore year I remember during AP Euro lectures, sometimes they were so long I physically could not sit down anymore, like idk how to explain it it wasn’t pain, but like it felt so bad, like electricity was going through my body and that the only way of feeling better was by moving, like it got me really restless and like I felt like just standing up and sprinting for hours lol
I just want to tell you all how much of a science experiment my brain is... I have Adhd, Ocd, Bpd, MDD (Depression), and Social Anxiety. But I am a gifted child who finds learning fun and stimulating. You can stop here if you're bored. I didn't even know for the longest time there was something wrong, I just liked learning and I was a little weird. I used to be the role model of my school, but as I got older everything became less about intelligence and more about organization. So, I adapted to the roles school wanted me to take, but then I started feeling incomplete. In the time that I had worked on myself just to be at my full potential, I didn't put effort into my friendships to make sure they were healthy, so I started getting lonely. I still have a lot of trouble, and I'm more emotional than dysfunctional now. I have friends, a best friend, a boy friend (oooh), and I am trying to get a therapist! Oh no, that's not a happy ending. 😀 Sorry, it is taking me too long to get a therapist. Insurance, personality, travel restrictions, and the fact that pediatric therapists and psychologists suck are all reasons of why I haven't been able to find a therapist. I had to say something rash on social media to get recognized as not feeling okay. I didn't realized I've been bullied for the whole school year. I reached out and said I knew there was something gravely wrong and my guidance counselor didn't see the severity because I am "put together". I am put together because if I'm not society criticizes me. So now because I learned to cope, and become a better person I can't be struggling? I HAVE A 15 MINUTE VIDEO OF ME SCREAMING I- This is what Adhd is, not just the inability to focus or behave. I hid myself so that I wasn't bullied, so I could make it into Treble, so I could be in advanced classes again where people would appreciate my intelligence. Where did that go? When did my illness consume me? Am I going to be okay?
I have not been diagnosed with ADHD, and I try to avoid the "self-diagnosing pathway.". When I was around 11-15, I overheard my parents talking about the possibility of me having something (not specifically ADHD) after several incidents at school and me getting referred to some "diagnostic testing" by the school because of some "incidents." The teachers described me on my school report as "prone to impulsive behaviors" and "getting carried away" or "frequently forgetting to do basic tasks." Others were nice enough to call me "bubbly" and "have a good sense of humor.". Examples of these "incidents" this year include: -I didn't notice my water bottle was overflowing and tipped over on my desk until the teacher told me it was going everywhere. This happened twice in the same room. -Getting told that we were doing my least favorite sport, netball, and immediately jumping over the tennis net, hitting the concrete ground. So I bleed enough not to do sports. We had a relief/supply teacher, and he was horrified. -Talking a lot and being told to turn down my volume. -Doing an assignment the same day it got given. So, I don't forget, and then I accidentally do the assignment again the next day. The teacher said, "What the hell is this?". When I gave him the other assignment the next day, he said, "You already handed it in." Holding up a piece of work I had never seen before. -Not trying in certain fields of study. For example, I would be immersed in something like biology or chemistry, but I would fall asleep or get bad grades in physics. Like this year, I got an A for biology and a D for physics. -And pacing a lot when trying to remember things. At one point, it got so bad that my mom had to write a list of what I had to do to get ready in the morning. I was a teenager and still am, so I did not understand much. Only to know it was bad. I did find out while they were talking that they were not going to take me because "it may affect my future and limit my opportunities." My dad is Asian. I only realized I could have ADHD after I took a quiz with my friends and got 41/50. So, I don't really know. Thanks for listening to my tedtalk. Please give me some advice.
baha i related to almost all of the questions and my parents say i’m fine and i honestly don’t know why and i’m pretty sure i have anxiety but my (what i’m guessing is) social anxiety is so bad that i’m WAY too embarrassed to ask for a appointment like my family made me order my own food and i cried
I know I have ADHD, I just wanted to see why I constantly forget things but can remember some things. I lose my items because of my forgetfulness. What I don’t understand is how I managed to memorize my mom’s phone number but when it gets to memorizing other phone numbers, it’s impossible. I later learned that people who have ADHD have impaired short term memory. I just wanted to confirm if I was right 😅 and also wanted to know why I remember some things but forgot other things.
omg same i can remember some things like a convo i had years ago with someone i met only once and the place we were what they were wearing and i would be able to point them out in a crowd and be like woah i remember u from that time but when it comes to knowing what i did the day before or even this morning where my keys are just normal things i should know i just can’t
i remember embarrassing situations from when i was 5 but i don’t remember that i have an assignment due it’s so bad also with the phone number thing i also don’t remember when someone is listing it off to me in the moment and asks me to remember it so they can write it down but if u repeated it to me and asked me a few weeks later i would somehow know it but also never will i forget it again it’s v weird
I got 12. I had to get tested once already, and I think this time I'll be positive. Thing was then everyone thought it was always difficult to focus- no matter the task. So thanks.
This is probably the only test ive aced so far. Though adhd helps me in problem solving since i get distracted by small nuances in phrases im presented... After reading it 10x first cause i get sidetracked mid every 2 sentences i read 🤦♂️
My friend who has adhd her mum asked me if I have adhd I said no and then I told my mum about that and she said that it’s only because I’m hyper active but adhd doesn’t mean that your always hyper active
1) yes 2) yes 3) yes 4) yes 5) yes 6) formerly / not anymore 7) formerly / not anymore 8) YES 9) YES 10) Formerly / not anymore 11) Yes but I i made a good system so I i don't lose things often 12) Yes, I'm making a channel now for it haha 13) Yes, but i hate to admit it Pretty solid ADHD.
I never rest, I stay up until almost 05:00 am every night and I just can't sleep. I alway lose important stuff and my parents always scold at me. I can’t sit still and every time my mom wants me to do homework I just can’t focus. I always just take out my iPad, open RUclips and start watching. When at math, I usually just take out a calculator and write the answer(just don’t tell my mom). I am very emotional about things and I can get offended really easily. I have like a box of fidget toys at home but I still can’t focus on anything. Things that I am interested in I can think of for hours and search on Google. Things that my mom wants me to listen just won’t get in my brain. I try to listen but it's hard! And I always get punished for it. Thrice I’ve almost left my phone in the toilet because I forgot. And seven times I keep forgetting which floor I lived in. Thank you. I never thought that I was ADHD. My mom always says that it's just my problem. Thank you sooo much. This means a lot to me. I noticed it when I was about 8. Thank you.❤
I never thought my bad handwriting is related to having Adhd TT_TT Still trying to figure out if I have adhd, but to get professionally diagnosed and help seems like it would cost a lot of money 😢
Sorry for the essay man. Just figured that there may be a chance someone has been worried about similar things and may be looking for some potential answers.
When I was in Year 5 (second final year of Primary school) I saw this thing in PSHE which explained to us all the symptoms when you have ADHD, and I realise that I had all the symptoms of the four examples. That was the first bit of belief that I have it. 2 years later, the symptoms just keep piling up, with me having 12 out of 14. Tomorrow I will tell my parents if I remember to and if I’ve built the courage to.
I have so many of the symptoms, including stimulants having the opposite effect on me than they do on normal people; but, according to some click test the therapist had me do a week ago, I'm only borderline and I got diagnosed with anxiety instead.
welp..i wrote the ones that related to me and all 14 of them were written down. took me a while cuz I needed to rewind the video just in case I thought you said something different.
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The video was made clearly by someone who have Adhd. You had my attention from start to finish.
I appreciate it man! Glad i Held your Attention;)
I got distracted within two seconds of the video
I skipped through the whole video
i had to rewatch 4-5 of the questions because i wasn't paying attention
I was eating and playing video games and was somehow attentively hooked
I started to clean my room and then I suddenly decided I wanted to watch this video. I’m now sitting on my bed watching this video but not really watching it because I’m distracted by writing this comment and reading all the other comments, and there’s a bag half full of garbage sitting on the floor.
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im supposed to be making food rn
Lol I was decorating for Christmas and decided I was bored so I tried playing a board game now I am watching this video
Update: I have been treating my ADHD with medication and therapy. My room is now clean for the first time ever and the Christmas gifts have been wrapped 😂
@@kelseastovall5613 already? Dang 😂 I have a good feeling u don't like that Thanksgiving and halloween are so close to it because they are in the way 🤣
“people who don’t have adhd are able to sit still for hours on end” WHAT?? PEOPLE DO THAT???
I'm confused by that. Like. I understand sitting still doing something. But doing nothing/doing something dull isn't, people don't do that, right? I don't understand doing something you aren't at least partially involved/interested in or something you aren't pressured to do.
I never understood how people were able to just sit and either do nothing or a boring task for hours. I can hardly sit still for 20 minutes to do classwork.
I have a hard time sleeping so i have to walk around and roll around on a mat as to not wake up my family LMAO i dont know how my friend can just read all the time and just sit there
@@ontrid If it's a book that I like reading, I can hyperfocus and read for a long time. Every few minutes or so I lose docus and have to reread the first few parsgraphs or page. Bur I have to stretch or I have my leg bouncing while I'm reading.
@@blue_thequinncat1448 yeah
Me watching this: welllll.. at least I never robbed a bank or killed someone?
Ngl I did illegal things cause of impulse. I’ve personally fought myself to be better than that
well get to it then
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Me either.......
For all my fellow adhd’ers with no patience for 8 minutes:
1. Cannot sit still, always moving or fidgeting
2. Easily distracted, focus shifts often or can’t be controlled
3. focusing on something you have no interest in is nearly impossible and very exhausting
4. switching tasks/ focus/ interest very often and fast
5. internal restlessness, you cannot relax easily. You have racing thoughts or you just feel physically and mentally over-energized (hyperactivity)
6. You cannot wait, you are impatient, queues are horrible, other people are annoyingly slow
7. you finish other peoples sentences often bc you’re impatient
8. You have trouble completing tasks, no stamina even tho you were very motivated in the beginning
9. You’re usually not very calm, you’re easily tempered and can get very emotional (it can be also very hard to control your emotions)
10. You’re not thinking decisions through, you act impulsive (e.g. interrupting, buying a lot of things, binge eating) (he said bank rubbing and murder but that wouldn’t be my first thought tbh)
11. You often loose and forget a lot of things (bad working memory)
12. You disrupt others (bc you can’t wait and easily forget things)
13. You talk a lot (your brain jumps from one point to another very fast, fast flow of thoughts)
14. Staying focused on attentive listening is hard, therefore you can seem like you’re not listening
For me there’s also:
- It’s hard to structure things, to organize and plan
-sometimes extrem mood swings (overly happy then depressed)
- procrastinating a lot bc of lacking motivation (house chores are very annoying)
- easily overwhelmed and resigning bc of too much input or
- extremely bored without any (to the point of boredom-depression)
- sometimes my brain is paralyzed and can’t process information (bc of overwhelm usually with negative emotions such as depression and/or anxiety)
-ping pong thoughts, I get lost in thoughts, chaotic thinking
-low self worth bc of negative experiences (e.g. in school, with peers, maybe you got teased a lot)
- comorbide depression, anxiety, eating disorder, etc …. -> Can be overlooked bc of this
-you can’t filter information (what is important? What is a priority?)
- you just feel different, bc your brain processes information differently
- big changes and new situations make the symptoms a lot worse (like moving out, divorce, entering work-life / uni …)
-being hungry and tired makes the symptoms also very visible and prominent / worse
-black and white thinking/ all or nothing/ perfectionist/ never reaching your own high standards and goals bc you get overwhelmed by too much information to process and work with
But don’t forget the positive: you’re also creative, generous, loving, unique, open minded (etc.) and overall a wonderful person despite of all the struggles
Oh yeah, and despite having time limits on apps, you ignore them and spend hours scrolling through social media or get super deep into something that you forget reality and time…
Thank you. My brain left after one and came back right before 6.
I wish i could copy this text as its me all over at 40
I would love to read this but… you know
@@JohannaPlantsyup!!
When I was in college, I hyper focused on this one assignment. I did it so well. I had my fill of dopamine. Then I was too tired to actually submit it.
Oh dude this is so accurate
People say that if you can't do something for a while it is a symptom of adhd , but you can also hyper focus on something
Bruuh
i worked all day for my maths assignment. i didnt even copy the answers from the internet like we usually do, i legit sat down to understand each and everything tho it was not in the exam syllabus. on the day of submission, i got too lazy to just get up from my desk to give it to my teacher. i was sitting 2 benches away from him.
I literally took a bunch of courses and paperwork for my health insurance company to have a surgery approved over a 6 month period... AND THEN NEVER SENT IT IN!
i'm actually surprised by the fact that my mom thinks there's nothing wrong with me
U and me both
Same here
Facts
Same
Same.
The fact that I've just zooned out in the beginning and started doing everything else..
Yeah, I started playing solitaire twice while watching this.
omg i love ur pfp
LITERALLY AS SOON AS IT WASNT QUESTIONS I ZONED OUT AMD STARTED LOOKING AT COMMENTS
The first word was America and I just spent the rest of the video thinking "Oh no, I'm not from America but still nice voice bro--"
@@hannahprice2631 SAMEEEE
when you fit every single criteria... but kept rewatching it to get every point cos you kept zoning out and getting distracted whilst bouncing around in your chair... lol
I was hyper focusing and just doing it on my fingers but had to restart a few times because I lost count.
I put videos on 1.5x so I can get through them
Dang that's me the last vid I watched about ADHD I kept scrolling through the comments and stuff while having to started the video over cause I missed something.
Yes! I literally just commented that a couple seconds ago XD
This
The fact that 2 minutes in I jumped over to the comments and saw a comment that resumed stuff and read like 6 sentences then watched another video then jumped back into this video says a lot
Bro I was here a minute and like 15 seconds in I can't 😭😭😭
start watching videos at 2x speed then
I was unofficially diagnosed by a therapist when I was 40, but this is the first time I realized how many boxes I check. All 14. It makes me a bit sad that I’ve felt so weird, a bit broken and often so tired of myself, my entire life. There was an actual reason for it and I could have received support. I’m glad awareness is more widespread now!
Dude I couldn’t even pay attention to this video because I zoned out thinking of the stuff he’s talking about but in my life
Same
Lol I'm clinically diagnosed idk why I'm watching this
It's fun
same lol
I just came to see the idiots self diagnosing in the comments
Mood
Same
I got diagnosed with adhd last month. Before getting diagnosed, I always dazed off when listening to long conversations. I even watched every single video on youtube at 2x speed, because they felt so slow. I stopped doing things I thought were ‘good enough’ (although they weren’t quite finished) and most importantly I multitasked everything (I solved a rubiks cube while watching a movie cos my hands were bored). I am so glad i got diagnosed, because now I can finally understand why I’m a bit different from others and try different methods that might work for my when doing my tasks and everyday chores.
Finally found someone else that watches youtube videos at 2x speed
@@firefox5090 you are not alone 🤪 at times it's even quicker just to scan the transcript
Nah the Rubik’s cube while doing something else is too real
as student i watch lectures sometimes in 3x even movies too
If you don’t mind me asking, how did you get diagnosed? Did you ask for a diagnosis or…??
I was diagnosed with ADHD since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Can you help me with the reliable source🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
How do i reach out to him? Is he on insta
I would like to know from those who have solved PTSD and anxiety, if they have solved it definitively and how to understand what quantity of psilocybin to take and when, for how long. And can you really heal without having an addiction?
Thanks to everyone for helping me understand, I want to understand if it's
something that can help me solve the problem (I have c-ptsd)
Does he ship? Can he deliver to me here in Turkey 🇹🇷
Yes he ships! Got mine shipped here in TX
Hard thing is years of experience of “not finishing a project” get you unmotivated to start anything.... it’s been hard.
Omg that sounds so much like me. So much...
Yes 😭
ur profile pic and name made me so hungry..
I hate this
THIS! That's one of my issues.
Aye yo, I finally passed one test check ✨
Same ✨ got like12/14 ish, kinda don't remember.
I got 14/14! Yay! ✨️
Me having ADHD isn't nothing new to me but I'm now even more sure I have ADHD 😂
Same btw 🥲
“If you have at least 8-“
Me, with my 12 marks: 🥲
Same. xD
Make that 13
Same
I got 13, I only didnt get the risk-taking one because I also have really high anxiety.
@@otakuwithinsomnia6465 Same
I feel like I get too annoyed at my friend when she won’t listen to me or talks over me and says the same things over and over again with excitement but it’s just ADHD and I need to show more compassion. thank you for helping me realize that.
And then the funny thing is, I do the EXACT same thing by accident, it's hilarious my hypocrisy.
my ADHD went undiagnosed for decades because the intelligence I was also born with did a great job helping me to mask what I used to call my idiosyncrasies.
ok i have adhd so i might be biased but the idea of laying down doing nothing for 20 minutes sounds like torture i would have to be so tired or sad like how on earth would someone even do that i cant imagine it
i would just * daydream *
Well usually I’m daydreaming lol, or I’m really tired and sad and unmotivated and nothing sounds fun 😂
I remember I had a ct scan and the nurse lady kept telling me to be still but like....how I was in their for what felt to be HOURS and I got a little claustrophobic in their😅
People tell me to try meditating but I can’t sit down for that long
ok update i did in fact actually manage to lie on the floor and not really do anything for a good amount of time but i was very sad and stressed so,
"public speaking"? uh, not me. i am not talkative. I avoid talking and will only do so if people are talking to me. why bcz my train if thought or self expression is messed up. honestly I forget the next thing I want to say. as a cashier I literally have to force myself to chit chat with customers and over think what I am going to say
Hey, thx for the comment. Yea, same here, I hate small talk. However, when it comes to things that I am passionate about - i love talking about them. I reckon I'm also pretty good. Try public speaking about a topic that really interests you.
@@adhdvision x2 here
This list mostly addresses adhd hyperactive type , you should look into inattentive type . It is more common in women and often missed. It has some of the same basic executive functioning challenges, but presents itself different in several ways, including often being quit , shy or having social anxiety.
I hit all 14. I'm 52. I was only diagnosed 2 years ago. Just so you know x
Same! mind blowing when I look back at my life.
I scored 13/14! I only started researching this when my 30 year old son was diagnosed with inattentive adhd recently and was told it can be hereditary 😱
I hit most of them, mainly not being able to sit still and often not seeming to listen. But the speaking part is mostly due to my social anxiety. Like, I’ve been on a call with a friend for 4 hours before. But for confrontation of any kind, I freeze solid.
"You're lazy and probably have ADHD*
Me: *Offended in ADHD*
When I heard that fact I got so offended
I didn’t even hear that part of the video because I was looking at the comments…
@@eastern_coyoteI’m liking your comment on the button with all my fingers and toes
“If you crossed 8-”
Me looking at my 12 marks and my Methylphenidate: yep I thought so.
Lucky you hsve a ritalin prescription..
.they removrd it after 15 years fof nothing. I cant be functionnal.😢
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
i thought i could memorize how many adhd traits i could have in my head, but that didn't work haha
You're not alone...
Same, I was good for the first five and then I forgot I was counting😂
I always count on my hands when i take these tests lmao
I started counting in my head and didn’t forget my count because all of them applied to me :|
Same last time when my parents finnaly decided to take me to a phycologist i tried to remember everything but forgot all of them and was sittin there like:😃
Some forms of ADHD can cause you to "freeze" or stay in bed. Some people are not externally hyper.
THIS
I was just looking for this
I am 37 & barely got diagnosed… all the boxes ticked in this. PS I love my brain, I’m the funnest person I know & people are naturally drawn to me. Yes there’s struggles, but that’s what we keep learning for !
You got me when you said “if you didnt use a paper to mark any if these, you’re lazy and might actually have adhd” 😂😂 im pretty sure i’ve had undiagnosed adhd for years, it’s extremely hard and frustrating when the only person who can change it won’t listen to you or assumes you want to be “different” from everyone else when everything is going downhill in my life because of things i cannot control.
My same situation
Same dw
lol I missed that part and I did the same thing , my brain said who is going to make notes on paper , i will keep the count in my head.
I have adhd and he got it spot on like omg it is crazy how accurate this dude was
One reason I know I have adhd: I could never focus in school even though I tried very hard, beginning from elementary. I remember asking my brother if it's normal, he said he had problems focusinh too but it went away by puberty, that never happened for me. I feel like adhd is like a sensory overload, you try to listen to the teacher, you notice how their face moves, the background noise, the things on the desk. I noticed it's easier to listen when I close my eyes, but I still loose track. Also the part where you can't finish tasks is very true, losing things. I'm almost 30 and it all makes sense now.
true i keep on losing my usb only to find it days later i kept in its normal place
47yr old female with ADHD here .. Hello everyone and thank you for sharing this video. watched it twice lol and still ticked yes to every question. I am classed as too old to be 'dragonised' with ADHD, however when I was statemented for dyslexia and dyspraxia the examiner confirmed ADHA too then this was two years ago. I am who I am .. love me or hate me (like marmite) .. current studying for a degree and you guested it can't sit for long periods, 30 minutes if I am lucky which sucks when you have essays to write lol
Well Idk how to get anyone to listen to Me 46 yrs old here
Wow. I never realized that I had ADHA.
I stumbled across a video, earlier today, that I watched because a lot of my friends have been diagnosed with ADHD. That video was the first time I ever considered that I might also have ADHD.
Now, watching your video, I realized that I probably do have ADHD. Practically the only questions that didn’t scream “this is me!” are the ones I have worked for decades to overcome.
My mind is blown.
I watched it ten times and finally managed to listen to it all.
Me: *knows I have ADHD*
Also me: "Wow! I checked off for all of these, who would have thought????"
All of them: yes
Me: a communications major and my biggest goal is to give a ted talk...
I’ve tried to tell my friends and family and they don’t believe me
Lately I've been questioning if I have adhd or not, I'm a little nervous to go to a doctor or let my family /friends know (because I've been judged by an ex-friend after telling them I think I might have adhd) so I'm hoping if someone with adhd or a doctor who can recognize adhd can help me our here and let me know if there's a possibility I have adhd or not. Here's a list of things I do that are listed in the video:
1. I have trouble sitting still: I often find myself playing with my hands/jewelry, kicking my feet, playing with my clothes, shake my leg, etc the only time I can ever sit still is when something catches my full attention which barely happens at all
2. You're quickly distracted by things that are stimulating: I do get distracted quite easily. Example: I get distracted when someone I find attractive walks by, and think about them for the next 5 minute while my teacher is giving a lecture. (this has happened multiple times to me before especially in the classroom) If I don't find interest in something, my mind will drift to something else like the sound of chewing gum or someone tapping their pencil since those thing annoy me I'll end up paying more attention to those little things instead of what's important or the task.
3. You find it difficult to focus of tasks that don't interest you: and the ending of number 2 leads into this one, number 3. It is very hard for me to focus on certain tasks like cleaning my room, doing homework, reading a book for school, taking a test, etc because those things don't interest me. For example when I'm cleaning my room I always get distracted by something like a bottle laying the floor or something.
4. You often switch from another activity to another: This happens a ton I know I said this for all the other things, but it does happen a lot. One time I was working on a digital piece of artwork and I ended up rushing at the end because I wanted to finish it and move on to writing a piece for a book. Another day I was working out because I wanted to get in shape, but then days after I found myself abandoning the workout routine to paint or something.
5. You're internally Restless: I was about to say this doesn't happen to me, but I realized it does. I always have to be doing something like listening to music, watching a show, drawing, singing, I have to do something or else I become cranky because I don't fulfill the needs for my entertainment.
6. You often can't wait your turn: now this one doesn't happen as much, but it depends on what I waiting on. Like if my little brother's struggling to read a sentence in a book, I'll finish it for him so I can say what I need to say.
7. You blurt of things: I've blurted a few times, but only in elementary. Now I don't blurt at all, or not yet. I'm at least able to control the blurting out bit.
8. It's difficult for you to play calmly: It can be difficult for me to play calmly. Often when I'm not able to do something right I find myself really angered, and I can get overly excited over things as well.
9. You're very rash in your decision making: The only time I feel like I can relate to this is when I'm sad or angry, I often times lash out at others sometimes physically hurting them which I'm not proud of.
10. You often lose essential things: I do loose things a lot like a calculator, a straw, a pair of shoes, clothing, headphones, a charger, etc. The list goes on and on.
11. You talk a lot: I do talk a lot especially about things I'm passionate about, I feel like I always have to have a response to everything said, but sometimes my anxiety blocks me from speaking out.
12. You often don't seem to be listening: Like I said before I get easily distracted from certain noises, people etc.
(Thank you, If you actually read all this)
I loved this, but the repetitive. song in the background was SUPER distracting and kind of got on my nerves after a while. Maybe think about not having music play in your next video, or if so- something not so repetitive with strong guitar strings?
Im glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback!
noo the music definitely helped
Wait there's music
I am medically diagnosed, its fun to look at the video and think "thats me!!!"
I’ve been questioning if I have adhd for a little while now. My parents never got me checked, though, they also took years to get my sisters mental disability diagnosis. I hit a lot of the criteria in the video but I have really bad anxiety so I’m too scared to go get a diagnosis or some sort of help.
Same
Yup I mentioned it to my mom and she didn’t say or do anything just kinda told me probably not and didn’t bring it up My brother has adhd and I fit the criteria but I make straight As which is probably why she either doesn’t believe or denies it because she doesn’t want me to be like my brother I don’t say anything about it anymore because I know it’s useless
Same
If you dont treat you adhd you will messup you life and relationship.
Guys please you are still young I hope you will take care of your adhd and get stronger while its still early !
You will jump from job to job because it will be a torture to do any boring jobs !!
Make sure you do a JOB YOU LOVE otherwise you will endup struggling trust me !
I took tons of adhd tests online they all said I have severe adhd but its not diagnosed my sister has adhd so my thinks im just trying to seek attention
I've got almost all these symptoms combined with depression & anxiety and it has seriously affected my life!!!!!!!!
I usualy see this kind of videos when my imposter syndrome gets the best out of me, it gets me thinking "Yeah you dont have any neurodivergency, you are just a useless and lazy failure" This is the one that have helped me the most. Its well adressed, i feel like im listening to someone who understand my problem and in this moment where I'm in my absolute bottom it helps to remember me thag its not entirely my fault. Thx for the vid.
I was diagnosed with severe ADULT ADHD about 7 years ago & I am 55 now. You just described me . Didn't need to count as all described me except for throwing things & robbing banks
*Me, looking down at my 13 tally marks:* that's a problem for another day :)
Same
I was listening in and out (I have diagnosed ADHD) and ticking it when i heard the titles, i had to rewind about 60 times to double check LOL. but i noticed i was doodling flowers whilst ticking the last box!
The fact I’m watching this instead of doing my assignment lol, I’m already diagnosed but this just reaffirms it
Got “tested” back in high school and the doctor told me that it sounded like I needed to just try harder and was embarrassed to get a second opinion but since meeting my fiancé and her telling me that I 100% have it and seeing all these videos and checking off almost all the boxes I want to get tested again
When they all apply to you but you have to restart because you get distracted by the littlest things
“If you didn’t mark off on paper, you’re lazy... and probably also have ADHD.”
- I feel attacked
When you’re trying hard to focus on the list but he was on number 7 a minute ago and now he’s on number 11... whoops, got distracted
Now imagine having adhd anxiety and depression. Depression makes you feel like doing nothing but your anxiety and adhd make you feel bad for doing nothing which makes you more depressed
❤😂🎉 I love how you have the 🎶🎵 in the background. It helps this ADHD woman's brain absorb or comprehend your information so that my mind stayed engaged. AMAZING 🤯 there were a few parts that I don't think applies to me yet I can see in some of my friends. THANK YOU! For helping me understand my Why😟😣😵💫🙄🧐🧠 and way's for me to try to see if it works I can add it to my Life formulas. No two are the same. Everything has a ying&yang ☯️. That must mean that if neurotypical is "normal" people the ying, then neurodivergent people are the yang.😊
12 out of 14, I actually laughed out loud at a couple, they were so accurate!
I love how i always watch these videos, but I've been diagnosed 3 separate times, sooo i think it's safe to say that i have adhd
It’s kinda sad that for 13, I used to talk a lot, but I became quieter and more reserved because of my fear of people being annoyed and bothered by it. Sometimes, depending on who I’m talking too, I’ll just talk and talk until I get the signs they want to talk too. Now, I have one friend who I always do the talking, and she’s fine with that because when she’s with her friends she normally does all the talking, so she gets a break with me
I was diagnosed when I was 30; that was 22 years ago. But as soon as I realized, my whole life then made sense. So, for the last 22 years, I have used it to my advantage. As an artist, I always have at least 7-10 paintings going on all at once. Like he said, we get bored on to the next but I will go back and finish many. We can multi-task people; it's like having 100 tabs open on your screen!! We are creative by nature!
I noticed the frequent motion and movie references and memes, held my attention well (and I’m gonna try and get diagnosed with adhd since I fit many of the symptoms and my friend who’s diagnosed tells me I match all the symptoms that got them diagnosed)
At the beginning when he mentioned to draw dots for your points I got so excited for some reason and I am not making a smiley face with the dots I drew 💕
I succeeded, it’s pretty easy to make a smiley face with 11 dots!
Gotta love the scoring 12/14 on this. Mr Therapy man is gonna be hearing about this soon 😀
I started watching this and did other things the entire time and I ended up having to watch it over again. Also, even though I was listening the whole time, I can't remember any of it. Even after watching this again, I still barely remember it.
the fact that I tell my parents that I think I have adhd and I tell them the symptoms, their answer is always "it's because u are a teenager" and when I remind them that I did it as a child too, they complain that I was always the "weird kid" 🤠
Im a life coach with ADHD. Funny thing is I fall into hyper focus during my sessions because I find it so interesting, and Ive trained to not to interrupt. So, use your ADHD as a super power folk. We are great and other people needs us ❤
I got 13 out of 14. Had to rewind a couple of times cuz I wasn’t paying attention and thought I missed one ;-;
I definitely missed few
Recently been told by my college that they think I have ADD not dylexia and honestly it makes a lot more sense
Think dyslexia, add and adhd are all a bit over lappy. I defo saw something for do I have adhd that said 'give a point if you have dyslexia.'
when you realise the test isnt about the criterias but about whether you finish the video undistracted
i literally started playing a movie, and then i realized that i didn’t text my friend back, so i picked up my phone and went on tiktok which led me to this video to which i got 14/14. don’t you just love to see it
I answered yes to 12 questions!!! I have been on this journey for quite some time now and am learning to love and accept myself inspite of my adhd. I love your videos on youtube!!!
Looking forward to learning more how to cope with it!!!😂😂😂
For me, I've found that I don't talk alot due to being an introvert.. but once I do make a friend I am very outspoken but only around those close to me.
Sophomore year I remember during AP Euro lectures, sometimes they were so long I physically could not sit down anymore, like idk how to explain it it wasn’t pain, but like it felt so bad, like electricity was going through my body and that the only way of feeling better was by moving, like it got me really restless and like I felt like just standing up and sprinting for hours lol
BRO THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS ME PERFECTLY! Every. Single. One.
I have been diagnosed professionally, but the imposter syndrome dictates I must watch.
I have ADHD and I was watching till the end without stopping (just because I found it interesting).
I can't help but think "isn't that just normal?" like.... 😐
I literally HAVE to look somewhere else every time my teacher or anyone talks and it has gotten me in trouble so much
i love taking these tests/quizzes as someone already diagnosed lmao it's always like, "wow! you probably have adhd!" thanks lol
I just want to tell you all how much of a science experiment my brain is... I have Adhd, Ocd, Bpd, MDD (Depression), and Social Anxiety. But I am a gifted child who finds learning fun and stimulating.
You can stop here if you're bored.
I didn't even know for the longest time there was something wrong, I just liked learning and I was a little weird. I used to be the role model of my school, but as I got older everything became less about intelligence and more about organization.
So, I adapted to the roles school wanted me to take, but then I started feeling incomplete. In the time that I had worked on myself just to be at my full potential, I didn't put effort into my friendships to make sure they were healthy, so I started getting lonely.
I still have a lot of trouble, and I'm more emotional than dysfunctional now. I have friends, a best friend, a boy friend (oooh), and I am trying to get a therapist!
Oh no, that's not a happy ending. 😀
Sorry, it is taking me too long to get a therapist. Insurance, personality, travel restrictions, and the fact that pediatric therapists and psychologists suck are all reasons of why I haven't been able to find a therapist.
I had to say something rash on social media to get recognized as not feeling okay. I didn't realized I've been bullied for the whole school year. I reached out and said I knew there was something gravely wrong and my guidance counselor didn't see the severity because I am "put together".
I am put together because if I'm not society criticizes me. So now because I learned to cope, and become a better person I can't be struggling? I HAVE A 15 MINUTE VIDEO OF ME SCREAMING I-
This is what Adhd is, not just the inability to focus or behave. I hid myself so that I wasn't bullied, so I could make it into Treble, so I could be in advanced classes again where people would appreciate my intelligence.
Where did that go? When did my illness consume me? Am I going to be okay?
I have not been diagnosed with ADHD, and I try to avoid the "self-diagnosing pathway.". When I was around 11-15, I overheard my parents talking about the possibility of me having something (not specifically ADHD) after several incidents at school and me getting referred to some "diagnostic testing" by the school because of some "incidents." The teachers described me on my school report as "prone to impulsive behaviors" and "getting carried away" or "frequently forgetting to do basic tasks." Others were nice enough to call me "bubbly" and "have a good sense of humor.".
Examples of these "incidents" this year include:
-I didn't notice my water bottle was overflowing and tipped over on my desk until the teacher told me it was going everywhere. This happened twice in the same room.
-Getting told that we were doing my least favorite sport, netball, and immediately jumping over the tennis net, hitting the concrete ground. So I bleed enough not to do sports. We had a relief/supply teacher, and he was horrified.
-Talking a lot and being told to turn down my volume.
-Doing an assignment the same day it got given. So, I don't forget, and then I accidentally do the assignment again the next day. The teacher said, "What the hell is this?". When I gave him the other assignment the next day, he said, "You already handed it in." Holding up a piece of work I had never seen before.
-Not trying in certain fields of study. For example, I would be immersed in something like biology or chemistry, but I would fall asleep or get bad grades in physics. Like this year, I got an A for biology and a D for physics.
-And pacing a lot when trying to remember things.
At one point, it got so bad that my mom had to write a list of what I had to do to get ready in the morning.
I was a teenager and still am, so I did not understand much. Only to know it was bad.
I did find out while they were talking that they were not going to take me because "it may affect my future and limit my opportunities." My dad is Asian.
I only realized I could have ADHD after I took a quiz with my friends and got 41/50. So, I don't really know.
Thanks for listening to my tedtalk.
Please give me some advice.
baha i related to almost all of the questions and my parents say i’m fine and i honestly don’t know why and i’m pretty sure i have anxiety but my (what i’m guessing is) social anxiety is so bad that i’m WAY too embarrassed to ask for a appointment like my family made me order my own food and i cried
I litteraly kept opening new tabs and watching new YT
I know I have ADHD, I just wanted to see why I constantly forget things but can remember some things. I lose my items because of my forgetfulness. What I don’t understand is how I managed to memorize my mom’s phone number but when it gets to memorizing other phone numbers, it’s impossible. I later learned that people who have ADHD have impaired short term memory. I just wanted to confirm if I was right 😅 and also wanted to know why I remember some things but forgot other things.
omg same i can remember some things like a convo i had years ago with someone i met only once and the place we were what they were wearing and i would be able to point them out in a crowd and be like woah i remember u from that time but when it comes to knowing what i did the day before or even this morning where my keys are just normal things i should know i just can’t
i remember embarrassing situations from when i was 5 but i don’t remember that i have an assignment due it’s so bad also with the phone number thing i also don’t remember when someone is listing it off to me in the moment and asks me to remember it so they can write it down but if u repeated it to me and asked me a few weeks later i would somehow know it but also never will i forget it again it’s v weird
I got 12. I had to get tested once already, and I think this time I'll be positive. Thing was then everyone thought it was always difficult to focus- no matter the task. So thanks.
My mind kept wandering all the way through this video...
This is probably the only test ive aced so far. Though adhd helps me in problem solving since i get distracted by small nuances in phrases im presented... After reading it 10x first cause i get sidetracked mid every 2 sentences i read 🤦♂️
the typo at 11 bothered me but in conclusion i gotta see my doctor lmao
My friend who has adhd her mum asked me if I have adhd I said no and then I told my mum about that and she said that it’s only because I’m hyper active but adhd doesn’t mean that your always hyper active
1) yes
2) yes
3) yes
4) yes
5) yes
6) formerly / not anymore
7) formerly / not anymore
8) YES
9) YES
10) Formerly / not anymore
11) Yes but I i made a good system so I i don't lose things often
12) Yes, I'm making a channel now for it haha
13) Yes, but i hate to admit it
Pretty solid ADHD.
I never rest, I stay up until almost 05:00 am every night and I just can't sleep. I alway lose important stuff and my parents always scold at me. I can’t sit still and every time my mom wants me to do homework I just can’t focus. I always just take out my iPad, open RUclips and start watching. When at math, I usually just take out a calculator and write the answer(just don’t tell my mom). I am very emotional about things and I can get offended really easily. I have like a box of fidget toys at home but I still can’t focus on anything. Things that I am interested in I can think of for hours and search on Google. Things that my mom wants me to listen just won’t get in my brain. I try to listen but it's hard! And I always get punished for it. Thrice I’ve almost left my phone in the toilet because I forgot. And seven times I keep forgetting which floor I lived in.
Thank you. I never thought that I was ADHD. My mom always says that it's just my problem. Thank you sooo much. This means a lot to me. I noticed it when I was about 8. Thank you.❤
I wud like to add one more thing but I'm not sure if it's in everybody's case.....Bad Handwriting.
Guilty as charged haha
Wow true. Well in my case ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Y e s
I never thought my bad handwriting is related to having Adhd TT_TT
Still trying to figure out if I have adhd, but to get professionally diagnosed and help seems like it would cost a lot of money 😢
Sorry for the essay man. Just figured that there may be a chance someone has been worried about similar things and may be looking for some potential answers.
I had all of these as a child however now that I am an adult some of them have been replaced by lots of anxiety.
Him: if you crossed at least 8/14...
Me: why did I cross 16?
When I was in Year 5 (second final year of Primary school) I saw this thing in PSHE which explained to us all the symptoms when you have ADHD, and I realise that I had all the symptoms of the four examples. That was the first bit of belief that I have it. 2 years later, the symptoms just keep piling up, with me having 12 out of 14. Tomorrow I will tell my parents if I remember to and if I’ve built the courage to.
"If you cross 8 of these criteria of more you likely have ADHD"
Me who's crossed everyone of the criteria...
this doesn’t mean you truly have it, if you think you do you can get clinically tested :))
coming from one who was adhd
I have so many of the symptoms, including stimulants having the opposite effect on me than they do on normal people; but, according to some click test the therapist had me do a week ago, I'm only borderline and I got diagnosed with anxiety instead.
2:13 i was shaking my leg when u said that i-
I just read all symptoms with time stamps on pause. It required me less than 20 seconds… Pure ADHD hahah
Been diagnosed with adhd and still watched this video because I wanted to make sure 🙂
welp..i wrote the ones that related to me and all 14 of them were written down. took me a while cuz I needed to rewind the video just in case I thought you said something different.