#adhd dirk gently

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AuDHD traits Dirk Gently Displays - S1E4: Watkin

Hello friends!! It's been a WHILE but I'm back with this series - You may follow the google docs file I'm writing everything down in, also! If you haven't yet, links to the first three episodes:

S1E1 - Horizons / S1E2 - Lost and Found / S1E3 - Rogue Wall Enthusiasts

Click read more to read the analysis of the fourth episode! Tagging: @clockworkcheetah @urlocallesbiab @generalized-incompetence @amber-angel @goatygoat @frenchfriedgiraffe

 > When Todd catches up with him and Farah, he schools his expressions from excited to have seen him to bored/uninterested, both to show that he isn’t THAT excited he’s there - he seems to think having a bigger reaction to things he likes may cause unwanted reactions from those around him, so he constantly tones himself down

> When they get to the powerhouse, he’s SOOO excited about climbing the fence - I headcanon Dirk as a mix of sensory avoidant and sensory seeking, and his impulsivity is also very relatable

> “Push my bum!! Make me go up!!!” - I might die of second hand embarrassment everytime I watch this scene, but it’s so relatable! I, too, say things without noticing it might have double meaning and it doesn’t dawn on me until hours or years later

> When he isn’t able to climb up and then sees Farah just. Break the locks. It’s SO funny how he hadn’t even considered trying the more obvious steps first before just throwing himself onto the chain link fence, I love him!! Yes impulsive with no common sense king!!!

> As soon as they’re in he just grabs the map from Todd’s hand without even glancing at him - impulsivity but also hyperfocus on the task overriding the conscious effort to show courtesy by asking for things before taking them

> After he falls inside the maze, he tells Todd “Which was unsafe to do unsupervised, now that I think about it” - hard time thinking things through before doing it because, again, the hyperfocus ends up overriding common sense

> “Where are we?” / “Underground!” - WELL YES. Literal thinking icon

> Todd calls out to him, “Hey! Don’t wander off!” - elopping, we tend to wander off without noticing or letting others know, or stay behind because we stopped to look at something, often also involves not noticing danger

> “I think the message is… you’re going to die” - no filter, absolutely first thing that comes to mind is already halfway out his mouth, ADHD ambassador

> “You can’t just walk in blindly? You’re saying that to ME?” - Same trait as before, elopping all the way

> Todd goes, “When shit hits the fan, you fall apart!” - EXTREMELY common for us to not see the consequences or effects coming up until we have to deal with it, especially in situations we’ve never been through before, which is a constant

> *smiling * “...I hope you’re not smiling” DEEP frown - my beautiful son who has cartoonish expressions and can’t hide his emotions very well, we are one and the same

> In the strip down scene we see he wears a white undershirt, which could be providing deep pressure which is great for sensory seeking autistic people!! Also goes in hand with me headcanoning him as trans, double up tight shirt as a binder AND sensory stim

>  “Hope you’re not claustrophobic” / “No, I don’t even like coffee” - two things: he has audio processing issues and misunderstood what was said, AND he responded based on what he understood even if it didn’t make sense for the context of the situation at hand

[minkbumblebee-blog]

Starting new projects all the time without finishing previous ones first. I can relate to Netflix. I don't like it.

[is-your-blorbo-neurodivergent]

does he have audhd?

submit your own characters here to be featured!

reason: He's impulsive and often goes running around based on a gut feeling and also I just have A Feeling

[kat-katharsis]

I've currently got five seperate hyperfixations, I am at severe brain rot levels and I have so much homework I should be doing this is an inopportune time.

[taxihome]

for all my sins I’m back on tumblr. I’ve made a post like this a couple times in the last few years and then not actually started using tumblr again, but I really want to now. I feel like I need a soft space where I can consume all my hyperfixations. so erm. hi? I’ve had a LOT of hyperfixations (I got diagnosed with ADHD last year, my brain makes so much more sense now) over the years, but I guess my current/current-ish/long standing loves are like, fall out boy, peterick, steddie, heartstopper/nick and charlie, dan and phil, book of mormon/mcpriceley, hannibal/hannigram, dirk gently, lotr/frodo and sam... ok shit there’s a lot more but I’ll end up writing an essay. I also love colourful clothes, dungarees, cool/bring makeup, food and drink, psychology, gay stuff. so yeah hello and I guess gimme a follow/stick around if you like any of that? 

[aliceodell42]

Hi, all! My name is Alice O'Dell (as you can tell) and this is just a little post to get you acquainted with me :]

• Other socials: instagram, same @ but I'm gonna be basically posting the exact same stuff there. Pinterest is gremlinnnn_

• Just a heads up that I *do* love me some swearing. Ik a lot of people do it on here, but I just wanted to warn the people who don't like it.

• I am LBGTAI+, use she/her pronouns (you may use they/them, though, I really don't mind it,) I'm ADHD & an adult! :]

• Music: Technoswing, Cosmo Sheldrake, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Will Wood, Kate Bush & ICP

• I love Batman & Alice in Wonderland! They're my biggest hyperfixations and both came from my childhood. (1999 alice in wonderland is better than burton's and i will die on this hill)

• Other Fandoms: Twilight, Phantom of the Opera, Classic Rock, LoTR, Rocky Horror, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Black Mirror, Star Trek (DS9 & TNG mainly), Community & New Girl

• I really wanna use my art to get noticed so I can go into other stuff like fashion & modeling & stuff like that!!

• I promise you from the bottom of my heart that my most sincerest goal in life is to make friends, be polite & feel/give love wherever I can. I wish to make every interaction pleasant as possible and give the best advice that I have in my holster.

• Despite how much I love all my other fan bases, my favorite books and movie/show are Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy and Dirk Gently!

And that's the little vibe feel-out of me for you! I hope we can be moots at the very most <3 Ily & remember to drink water.

[urlocallesbiab]

tags via @rouge-wall-enthusiast:

#noooooo too cute

#whenever Dirk and Todd are next to each other #and Tina's in the room she goes up to them and picks up the pendants and starts clicking them together

#the conversation is still happening

#at this point Todd just rolls his eyes and Dirk has never minded

canon: dirk buys him and todd one of those magnetic best friend necklaces that join together and every so often he’ll walk up to him and just, click

[l3o-lion]

too little / too much

give me a sign

say please and thanks

even a leaf may drown in the wild currents of the stream of creation, much like how wax may melt when Icarus follows his heart

(four versions bc im indecisive as shit hh)

chosen name : Dirk Gently

birth name : Svlad Cjelli

codename : Project Icarus

something something -blackwing subjects as a trans allegory- something

(a buncha rambles under the cut)

But also very possibly queer, disabled, neurodivergent (and i don't just mean that as in autism & adhd), mentally ill, etc (maybe intersex but that's not really my place to decide)- Anything that isn't "standard" can be projected as a possible reading of the blackwing subjects, especially things that people are often persecuted, villainised or discriminated against for being. Dirk and the rest of em are all of course most commonly read simply as who and what they are, though, because there is plenty of value and relatability in that.

........Another unrelated tangent: Dirk absolutely has darkish red hair in my head, even though that doesn't look to be his hair colour for most of the show- i think i've seen others talk about his mysterious hair colour too. And i have read a fic where he had "mood ring" hair, ive loved that sorta stuff for years (when i was into beetlejuice the musical i always drew beej with hair that changed colour depending on mood <3<3) so that's definitely a fantastic headcanon to me-

the text in the fourth image says icarus in case that wasn't clear btw!

aaaaand last but not least !! bonus wip picture that can stand on it's own imo :>

Pleaseeee plspls tell me what you think! And please expand on the (admittedly vague) ideas in this post if you come up with anything!!

[fable-x4]

Actual real pinned post!!!!!

Hiya, I'm Sabo X4 (Say boe Ex 4)

She/they

Im the worlds first sextuple A battery

Aro

Ace

Adhd (diagnosis pending)

Apagender

Arfid

Alterhuman (kinda. Idk ask me if you want the rant)

Cool facts about me

I'M IN A QPR!!!!!

I've only been doing pixel art for about 7 months, and I dont think I'm half bad.

I'm slowly reading through Homestuck

I'm addicted to the Muppets, Dirk Gently, and Outer Wilds

Mildly sex repulsed

Youtube Shorts is my nemesis

Milk is my second nemesis

Any kind of schooling is my third nemesis

DNI

Terfs

Homophobes

Uh... um

Idk, you can interact so long as you arent here to be a jerk.

[doggirlbuffysummers]

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 BBC America drama) is like

What if a British twink with ADHD who is actually an escaped CIA experiment into psychic powers followed you, a random dude, around saying you were his only clue in a missing persons case of someone you have never met in your life

Featuring "what if they let faith Lehane be grimy and Bloodstained and murderous at all times, the character" and a biker gang of four psychic vampires known as the rowdy three

Based on the novels by Douglas Adams

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AuDHD traits Dirk Gently Displays - S1E5: Very Erectus

- You may follow the google docs file I'm writing everything down in, also! If you haven't read them yet, links to the first four episodes:

S1E1 - Horizons / S1E2 - Lost and Found / S1E3 - Rogue Wall Enthusiasts / S1E4 - Watkin

Click read more to read the analysis of the fifth episode! Tagging: @clockworkcheetah @urlocallesbiab @generalized-incompetence @amber-angel @goatygoat @frenchfriedgiraffe

> In the scene in the dinner, after they start driving to go look for the 'treasure' based on the map, Todd starts insisting that Dirk has a power and he immediately deflects and shuts down, avoiding eye contact completely, looking around. > The second Todd says "It's you. It's something about you", he goes "I'm not psychic, drop it." - of course this enters the parallel of the whole show being about the holistics having their ties to the universe in different ways, but I've had moments where people know I'm autistic and they start insisting on either me being actually "normal" and it being a superpower, trying to single me or sus me out, and I react similarly to Dirk in this scene > "No!! We are having this conversation", discomfort, "Here, let's do an experiment" EXTREME discomfort - sometimes you're just existing and people want a) an explanation of your whole life and b) for you to prove to be what you say you are > "Look, I can't explain it, ok? I learned a long time ago things don't always make sense the way people want them to" - AuDhd to its barest components– > "You're going to have to accept that too. To. Too. To. Too? Two?" - very common to lose a bit of sense of words both in autism (overwhelmed) and plus ADHD having the common comorbidity of dyslexia 

> Trading the Corvette for the beat down jeep, and when Todd goes "???" he says "It's just a rental!" - he makes decisions and when people express concern assumes it's based on something else, even if it doesn't make sense. So he just says it. I usually know for a fact I won't figure out what they're ACTUALLY judging me for - general inaptitude to read between the lines or figure out social situations 

> Martin tells Amanda, about Dirk, "He's got gourmet panic!" - he just like us, he just like us fr 

> "Don't start with the zen master thing, ok? It worked out a lot better before I figured out you were a mess, too" - people tend to assume we're more put together than they are because we showcase emotions differently 

> When Todd says he's gonna give up on digging, he just goes "Wouldn't this be just one more thing you walked away from, though" - not the sincerautistic murder-- Sometimes I also blurt out things and accidentally read people to filth without fully realizing. 

> He puts clues together and recognizes patterns then blurts it out, classic AuDHD style

 > "(...) I think life is like that too, just an endless series of room with puzzles and eventually one of them kills you" / "That's dark and depressing" - my fellow AuDHD ambassador just drops bombs and doesn't even realize 

> "What is it?" / "A thing" - stating the obvious shouldn't be as funny as it is but it never gets old 

> "You brought the cat?" / "Of course I did" - just. Very cute honestly but also, I too make decisions without fully realizing what it would entail, like bringing a kitten around with you while digging shit up 

> Todd starts venting to him and he's like. Confused - but yet again he tries his very best to support him, saying "When I look behind me, I can't see ahead of me" / "Are you saying dwelling on my past is holding me back?" / "No. I mean I literally can't see what's back there when I'm looking forward" - general literal thinking

> "You know what I was thinking about? When I was staring down at the barrel of that gun?" "...bullets?" - literal thinking part 321 electric boogaloo

> “Everything is connected. But only I can see it… I’m not.. Psychic. But I am something” yeah. Autistic-

> “The hunches don’t help me, ever” - we tend to figure stuff out based on our general understanding of them, trying to consciously clock things others don’t have to think twice about, but the same is true in reverse, where things that may seem impossible for neurotypicals to figure out, we see immediately. Although we may know these things, we’re usually not taken seriously enough or don’t have the bandwidth to actually prevent some things from happening to us or around us.

> “I don’t have any friends, I am always surrounded by bizarre and frightening states of disaster, and I am always alone” - sad part hours, but it’s unfortunately true: we’re always overwhelmed, surrounded by input we can’t filter out, and it is extremely hard to make and maintain friends. But Dirk has found his people and so will all of us, eventually!!

> When Todd says “And Dirk? I am your friend.” - immediate hope, bright red eyes, furrowed eyebrows, then IMMEDIATELY he schools his expression out to nonchalant, so yet again his big reactions don’t push people around him away (both true for Dirk and in our general experience, having had to tone yourself down your whole life does NUMBERS on you)

[fershiixd]

Get 2 know me •ᴗ•

Hi, so I have to do this if I want actual people to follow me instead of corn bots

Things that I like ＼⁠(⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠)⁠／

K-pop

qsmp

good omens

marvel

the umbrella academy

Hamilton

Dr who (just started watching it)

Mob Psycho 100

gravity falls

Singers / groups Like

BTS

Blackpink

TXT

Twice

SKZ

Bo Burnham

Joji

DPR ian

My Chemical Romance

Obscure fandoms I'm in

Dirk gently's holistic detective agency

The imperfects

Mortel

Lockwood & co

American born Chinese

Mr midnight

My babysitter's a vampire

Daybreak

Actual facts about me

She/her

Suspected ADHD

Atheist

Mexican

MINOR

Aroace

And I think that's it... Ok bye (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

[dingoskidneys]

I see your Dirk Gently ADHD icon but I ask you not to forget Gordon Way. Bro was oozing ADHD. He created it. Look at him talking in the car getting distracted by traffic every five seconds. Spending 15 minutes rambling to a till about computers and ai. We can't sleep on the man

YOU'RE SO RIGHT,, also his hours-long voicemails habit is such a mood

[heybuddythatsnotok]

Intro

Call me Vince!

Pronouns: he/him

Art blog: @faggyart

House sideblog: @i-like-what-this-says-about-you

Shameless sideblog: @bloodyandgay

I also have a @transmasc-advice-blog

About me:

I have autism, ADHD, depression, social anxiety, other types of anxiety… the list goes on

I’m a trans guy

i’m bisexual <3

i’m an atheist

my dog is my best friend (his name is bean ❤️)

my interests (shows i like, hobbies, etc)

Good Omens (the book, too)

Sherlock (BBC)

Umbrella Academy

Stranger Things

The Good Place

Dirk Gently

The Last of Us

Asoue

Breaking Bad

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Shadow and Bone

Yellowjackets

Trollhunters

Shameless (us)

House MD

Harlan Coben’s Shelter

Art

Music

Running

Cooking

Baking

music/musicians i like

NOAHFINNCE

Boys Will Be Boys by Miles McKenna

Queen

Green Day

Cavetown

the umbrella academy playlist honestly

60s and 70s pop/rock

Stromae

The Beatles

Måneskin

AJR

Talking Heads

Blondie

About my blog:

i DO make original posts but just not that often and i reblog a lot of stuff so it’s hard to find them. here are links to my most popular posts:

TUA related post (quotes that remind me of Five)

Another TUA related post (meme)

Good Omens related post (about the fandom)

what i post about

trans/queer stuff

neurodivergent stuff

my interests (listed above)

random things that my brain makes up

i reblog things i think are important or funny/relatable

if you’ve got a problem or question you think i might be able to help you with, feel free to send an ask. i’d love to try my best to help or answer any questions :)

I hope you like my blog!

[adhdvsautismbracket]

just wanted to let you know that if i didn't realize too late i would have submitted mirabel and bruno. mirabel is so adhd coded with her 500 different hobbies, none of which she excels at (same) and her RSD (same) and her colorful imagination/view of the world shown thru musical numbers

and i firmly believe bruno's autistic on account of the isolation and rejection from his family (same) and the struggle with inappropriate comments ("it looks like rain" to a woman who makes it rain when she's upset. on her wedding day.) and the unhealthy attachment to the family that doesn't want him (same)

There's so many duos that I would have liked to highlight through this bracket, but just didn't get enough nominations to justify putting them in 😭

Mirabel and Bruno are definitely on my list of honourable mentions along with Miko and Five from Glitch Techs. And every character from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Encanto is such an awesome movie for SO many reasons, and one of those reasons is definitely how it captures that feeling of wanting to be 'useful' to be accepted by your family unit. The movie ever!!!

[thewolveswolf]

Hello!!! How are you? For the asks 16,17 and 48! 🥰

AH YAY! thank you!!!

16. a netflix series that’s your favorite? ohhhh my god i can only pick ONE?! okay probably jessica jones? but honorable mentions include:

dirk gently's holistic detective agency (s1)

the unknown series (doco)

the witcher

dracula (2020)

there are so many others but these will do

17. an earliest obsession you remember? either lord of the dance or lion king. i took tap & ballet when i was a very small child but when i wasn't immediately as good as michael flatley i quit (the ADHD is coming from inside the house)

48. how weird were these questions? they were GREAT! pls send me more, it's so much fun! 🥰