#adhd in history

[curiositypolling]

pls reblog for sample size etc

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[burningvelvet]

the worst part about having an embarrassing amount of knowledge about your hyperfixation is having to repress the urge to correct people when they talk about it bc u don't want to be an asshole but at the same time u Need to Share and Protect the Knowledge for the Good of All Mankind

[zebracakesarecopingmechanisms]

ok so we know about the need to infodump, but what about the opposite? The need to absorb more information about your special interest like a sponge, but you literally can’t find any new material because you’ve already consumed every fact about it

[teapot-studies]

Random writing tips that my history professor just told during class that are actually helpful

Download all your sources or print them so you can turn off your wifi

Give your phone to someone

Just. WRITE. Writing is analysing, you’ll get more ideas as you write. It doesn’t need to be perfect, for now you can just blurt out words and ideas randomly. You can fix it later.

Create a skeleton/structure before writing.

Stop before you get exhausted. It’s best to stop writing when you still have some energy and inspiration left, this will also motivate you to get started again next time.

Make a to do list

Work in bite sizes. Even if it’s not much, as long as you put some ideas on paper or do some editing.

Simple language =/= boring language, simple language = clear language.

Own your words. If they are not your words, state this clearly in the text, not just in the footnotes.

STOP BEFORE YOU GET EXHAUSTED. Listing it again because it’s easily one of the best tips a teacher has ever given me.

[stripefeathr]

epic rap battles of vishkar

[bonnieura]

coincidences arent real

[crumpet-doodles]

Me explaining my thought process but I have ADHD:

[miauwenn]

EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY

[leonardoeatscarrots]

This book is a goddamn comedy istg

he goes on to talk about how he bit one of his tutors btw

deranged child [in the most humorous way]

"I was a difficult child, Today, after so many years, I still think remorsefully of all those who wore themselves out in an effort to bring me to bring me up properly. First on the list was a German nurse who had been with my brothers, and who went off her head. This was partly due to her unrequited passion for my father's secretary, and partly no doubt to my bad temper. My parents had to send her to a mental home, and I was handed over to my mother's former governess, Mademoiselle Versiloff, a charming, good, and devoted woman, who had become one of the family. I was a very bad pupil. My governess, thinking that a little competition might do me good, organized classes so that I could work with other children; but I remained lazy and uninterested, and my bad example had a most disastrous effect upon my fellow pupils."

-Prince Felix Youssoupoff, Lost Splendor

[chessalbaneze]

Late night sketch of Mozart from memory, because I love him. One would think I’d draw him more, as obsessed with him as I am. I used his own painted reference of the deformity in his left ear. Apparently he also had a little earring? It’s cute.

Mozart knew he was not particularly attractive so he made up for this by taking fastidious care of his appearance, being funny, and often placing his talent on display before himself.

[sungreen-lemongrass]

[emolionsrawr]

buck: *mumbling*

tommy: whatcha up to babe?

buck: sh sh sh i'm in the zone

tommy: oh sorry

*three hours later*

buck: HEY BABE WANNA KNOW HOW ACRYLIC YARN IS MADE?!

tommy: uh, obviously! how is it made?

buck: okay so acrylic yarn is made from a coal based and petroleum chemicals, making them fossil fuels! the petroleum chemicals is treated with certain monomers, which is a type of molecule that leads to the formation of polymers! acrylic fibre and yarn are made from a synthetic polymer called acrylonitrile!

tommy: oh wow, that's really interesting baby *kisses buck head* what made you deep dive on acrylic yarn?

buck: huh? oh! i somehow got to crochet tok and got curious, but do you know what that means babe?

tommy: what?

buck: everyone who crochets dinosaurs with acrylic yarn is making dinosaurs with dinosaur juice

tommy: dino juice-

buck: dino juice!!

[secret-history-hyperfixation]

Bunny seems like he should be lactose intolerant and allergic to peanuts.

[lunarhorrors]

i never completely lose interest in anything. if i have become fixated on something at one point in time, there will always be the possibility of me becoming obsessed with it again. all it takes is something to trigger my memory and BAM that thing i loved in 6th grade is the only thing i can think about.

all of my interests float around in my head and compete to be in the forefront of my mind. right now i’m thinking about puppet history, spirk, avatar the last airbender, and the country of new zealand. i am a force to be reckoned with.

[autismmydearwatson]

It's actually so funny that in Rebels season 3 Ezra goes to so much trouble making sure Thrawn, the guy who is famous for using art for military advantage, doesn't find Atollon by erasing it from the Empires maps, only for Thrawn to find it anyway by studying fucking folk art

[entropyvoid]

Golden Hour (+ lineart below cut)

I took a picture of the lines for once and did some basic crappy photo editing on my phone, so you could probably print this out and use it as a coloring page or something if you so wish lol. Do with it what you will.