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ADHD is characterized by a pattern of behavior, present in multiple settings (e.g., school and home), that can result in performance issues in social, educational, or work settings. ADHD is a neurological disorder characterized by difficulty sustaining attention, lack of self-control, and impaired working memory. Nearly 8 million people around the world suffer from ADHD. Check out these 23 things that no one tells you about having ADHD from someone who suffers from it!

hey, y’all, you amazing humans with ADHD like me, school wasn’t made for us. we know this. this is hard! i validate that this is really freaking difficult! and if you have adhd combo w anxiety this is absolutely the worst time ever in our lives in the year. and i know you may be freaking out like I am about finishing those essays or problem sets. more than our non-add peers can even fathom. but YOU CAN DO IT. You CAN get through the end of this semester. Get in a cute little coffee shop or library and bring some food and music or ear plugs and cuddle up and act like you’re freaking harry potter or some other cool nerd so you can hyperfocus and knock those essays and projects out of the park. you CAN turn in your assignments. I believe in you!!  i believe in us.

Haha guess who’s failing two classes and is on the verge to failing two more besides? Me! And I’ve got just barely over two weeks to try and get all those grades up because otherwise my school is kicking me out. Guess I won’t be coming back to this school next semester….

Woe are my Grades. Being off-meds again sucks.

So in case you didn’t know, I have ADHD. And due to some bullshit that is partially my own damn fault and partially my previous doctor’s fault, I can’t get meds until next semester, even though this is my hardest yet by far.

And oh wow I don’t care if anyone reblogs this, but I just wanted to vent/share my feelings about something that has irritated me for years and has been rearing its ugly head more and more recently: people’s comments on my grades, my work ethic, and overall value on education.

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Shout-out to everyone whose executive function issues didn’t show up when they were younger. Shout-out to every incredibly intelligent kid that has to go to special ed. Shout-out to everyone who gives their 110% and still gets told they aren’t trying hard enough. Shout-out to everyone whose kind of intelligence doesn’t help them in school. Shout-out to the people who haven’t yet found the tools they need. Shout-out to everyone who has to use some unusual coping mechanisms to get by. Shout-out to everyone who’s sick of being told they should do better even when they’ve done their best. Shout-out to everyone who doesn’t need to be reminded again about their problems or the things they can’t do. Shout-out to everyone who’s passion gets shoved aside to make room for something they struggle with. You’re not alone. It’s not just you. It’s not your fault. You are valid and intelligent and amazing. And there are more of us than you think.

an incomplete list of really annoying adhd symptoms

- Losing your phone and/or keys at least once a day, usually multiple times. (Especially my phone. If my phone is not in my hand I probably have no idea where it is.)  

- Looking like an asshole 24/7 even though you’re actually a really considerate person at heart because you constantly forget to reply to texts and messages, RSVP to events, tip waiters, etc. It took me about two weeks to realize I hadn’t yet donated to my friend’s Kickstarter. 

- Driving is just. You know. Fun. 

- Completely forgetting what you were going to say in the middle of probably 30% of your sentences. 

- Constantly burning food, leaving detergent on too long, etc. because you step out of the room for two seconds and end up distracted by something else.

- Fighting back tears when you need to clean a space but there are too many Items and u need to move them all and sort them out….somehow…kill me

- Needing clean, clear spaces in your home in order to think straight, but everything is constantly a mess because executive dysfunction. 

- That persistent feeling, even when you’re calm and feeling mostly fine, that you’ve probably forgotten something of dire importance and your life is about to come crashing down around you. 

- Getting super flustered when someone gives you instructions to follow that aren’t written down. 

- Being actually really fucking smart but having nothing to show for it because you struggle to follow instructions, remember key components of simple tasks, and you get confused by half of what people say to you.

- Being really hardworking and taking your work really seriously but getting no credit for it because you can’t perform half as well as employees who care half as much.

- Not understanding jokes. Not understanding jokes. Not understanding jokes.  N o t  u n d e r s t a n d i n g  j o k e s   

- Thought of a good song lyric, melody, or description? You better write that shit down NOW because it’s gonna be gone in 20 seconds. 

- Not knowing how to respond to various things people say so you just end up saying the most accidentally rude or awkward thing you possibly could. 

- Literally not even being able to focus on things that you love to do. Having to structure time to do things that are fulfilling to you. *bangs head against wall repeatedly*

- Checking and re-checking any work you do because who the hell knows what glaringly obvious idiotic mistake you might have made.

- Realizing that absolutely everything you know how to do halfway competently is a combination of Google and winging it because your brain just does not process information the way it’s normally presented and “common sense” is not a thing with you. 

- Having to set an unsettling amount of alarms on your phone if you actually want to remember the things you need to do. 

- Pretty much never making any recipe that involves more than 4 ingredients because anything past that gets overwhelming. 

- Making to-do lists and forgetting you made them. 

Feel free to message me if you need help.

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