#inattentive ADHD

[ghostradiodylan]

Thinking about Dylan Lenivy (always) and his ADHD coding. We talk about his irresistible impulse to push play on the tape deck and listen to that garbled camp song in the middle of an emergency and how he can exhibit what sure looks a lot like Rejection-Sensitive Dysphoria in several parts of the game, but equally relatable to me as an ADHD sufferer is the part where he seems to have a bit of doubt that he would have noticed if a whole-ass bear trap just a few feet from the door of the Radio Hut—where he worked every day for two months—had been there the whole time.

I see you, Dylan. I might not see a bear trap I passed every day for 60ish days in a row either, but I see you. 😂💀

[homosexualslug]

there are a lot of reasons already to love Everything Everywhere All At Once but in the year 2024 it's still the only media I've seen deliberately portray inattentive-type adhd and how it affects women and even how it coincides with depression. when I was growing up, adhd characters were always stereotyped as just the hyperactive male, comedic relief kid characters who talked too fast. but inattentive-type looks much different (spacing out, forgetfulness, poor attention, carelessness) and it flies under the radar as a result. which is why so many don't get diagnosed until they are an adult.

though to be fair, that movie raises the bar by a lot already because I don't think I'll ever feel as seen as I am seeing a woman whose parallel lives are just "me if I ever stuck with one single hobby or special interest and saw it through" or who feels like she's in different universes entirely when she zones out.

[confused-mortal-being-ft-adhd]

Does your autism also give you anxiety attacks after reacting appropriately to someone being an asshole?

[emmastraub3]

I don’t know if anyone else has ever noticed but Jack and Sally both are great representation of characters with Hyperactive ADHD Inattentive ADHD.

Jack very much displays signs of Hyperactive ADHD. From being impulsive to getting obsessed with something and forgetting everything else. Hyperactive ADHD tends to only affect people born male and gets most attention because they are usually extrovert and can’t sit still Jack has all of these.

Sally very much as well shows signs of Inattentive ADHD Sally gets lost in her thoughts and has a very hard time connecting with others. Inattentive ADHA tends to affect people born female. This type of ADHD is very much more internal where it can be more hard to diagnosed. Sally tends to keep to herself even when she’s in a group setting.

At the end though Jack and Sally find each other and love each other through and through.

[piskelo10]

Living with ADHD

[virovirokun-has-adhd]

phycology tumblr is this true i just got this ad on my dash and i have adhd

lik3 it would make sense if its true i have inattentive adhd and i resort to communication as a procrastination tactic and i know full well i have depression .....

like i do this thing bc im sad and dont wanna be sad is thay really procrastination tho??? isnt that just ... coping?

[hopehjort]

Why (Inattentive) ADHD folks are so sensitive to rejection.

I want to talk about this. It’s been in my mind a lot lately. In October I got my inattentive ADHD diagnosis at the age of 29 (I turn 30 in just 20 days).

Inattentive ADHD is what used to be call ADD in the past. The reason it’s not anymore is because we still have that Hyperactivity. It’s still there. It’s in our head, our mind, our racing thoughts going 100 miles an hour. The daydreaming, the excited rambling, the zoning out and completely ignoring everything around you for a solid 2-5 minutes before realising you’re driving on the highway(before you ask YES. This has happened to me on several occasions - no I have miraculously not been in any accidents.)

It’s an internal hyperactivity.

Anyway - all my life I’ve been struggling with a lot of emotional turmoil and if there’s one thing I know I’m afraid of. Something that can and has absolutely done in the past – break me – it’s rejection.

Social rejection, relationship rejection, romantic rejection, job rejection. We’ve all been there. It’s part of life. And every time someone express fear of said rejection. The response is almost always the same.

- What’s the worst that can happen?

- It’s not the end of the world.

- A no won’t kill you.

All true by the way yes. In the overview of the world, yes. Certainly things I’ve said myself. Things I’m still working on accepting.

Everybody has an emotional volume switch on the inside. Something you can turn up and down depending on your feelings.

ADHD folks often usually have a different kind of switch. We have off and on. 0% and 100%. Now There is a way to practice feeling the different percentages inbetween but it can be hard. Also remember everybody is different and I am primarily speaking from personal experience and talking with others who has felt similar.

What does 0 vs 100% mean you ask?

Well it means either you can or you can’t. If I get the job I applied for that’s 100% - I CAN do what I want to work as.

If I happen to not get the job I applied for? That 0%. That’s me being told that I’m not good enough. And the more rejections I get the more I’m told how much I truly must suck at this type of job I really want.

The more rejections given the bigger, the louder, the more INTENSE this 0% becomes.

No. It’s not the end of the world. It won’t kill me. But it hurts so bad it feels like it does.

“Stop getting upset. It’s just a lost toy, it’s just one job, It’s just one guy/girl/any, It’s just xyz, it’s not that bad.”

No. It’s not JUST xyz. Yes it IS that bad because it FEELS that bad. Because it feels intense. We can’t just linger somewhere in between. Even though we want to.

Just… be aware. Understand that we try but it’s not that easy. Things hits us harder because if we don’t feel at 0% we feel it at 100%.

 And no one wants to feel at 0%.

[disabled-sysboxes]

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[clfixationstation]

so like, how are other people with ADHD eating?

cw: discussing food and difficulty with executive function & eating

I have such a miserable time with it :( Executive dysfunction is kicking my ass. I have a hard time choosing what to eat and when to eat, remembering and comprehending what food I even have, comprehending and following recipes, sensing hunger, and switching tasks. I CAN do all of these things, it just takes a lot of effort and I have to do it three times a day, every day. And so, I do not eat enough (which my body really can't afford).

Also, how I experience (?) foods differs from day to day; sometimes I love a food, while other days the same food makes me nauseous/gives me a headache. But that's more specific to me then adhd.

Anyways, this is the daily scenario: I can't decide what to eat and I get stuck in whatever task I'm doing. Then because I'm hungry, my mood and ability to think worsen, and I'm still just stuck. It ends when a) I pick something and force myself to follow through or b) someone else helps me. And then I have to sit down and eat without getting bored and forgetting about it! It's tiring and embarrassing.

Luckily, my meds don't seem to suppress my appetite. If anything, they can help cut through the executive dysfunction that prevents me from procuring food, lol

So, how do other people manage?

I also don't love eating out because I have to ask about peanut allergens, and also money. I only do it when I have to for social purposes. so please don't suggest that

[abcsofadhd]

(Source: me on twitter)

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See, the funniest thing is that I actually have significantly more spoons than I did a handful of years ago. But because I only got diagnosed at 20, I have two decades of inattentive power saving habits.

I have that thing where we feel we can only do one thing at a time. The magical one thing that we will be interested in that will motivate us through it all.

And that thing where I subconsciously compare the spoons investment and ROI on investment and get put off of doing low ROI stuff.

[that-jack-kline-bestie]

adhd is such a fucking disability. it’s so common now for people to treat it as if you’re a lil disorganized and forgetful, wow so silly so creative.

I just went to the bathroom to fill up my glass of water and now two hours have gone by. It’s 6:30 am in the morning i am losing hours of sleep every single night because of this

[backpackpharmacist]

Having inattentive adhd + me/cfs is surely a combo. What do you mean I'm in an endless limbo of being bored but not being able to focus on anything to kill the boredom. *Starts drawing* this is not mentally stimulating enough. *Proceeds to start reading or studying* this is too complex to memorize right now but also. I need to do something cognitively. *Takes ritalin* nice, now I'm both exhausted AND anxious.

Idk man. Just tired of only existing and not thinking. Since I can't do cocaine and listening to energetic music 24/7 ain't taking me anywhere, do someone have suggestions?

[slow-burn-sally]

Instead of calling people who diagnose themselves on TikTok "trenders" or "fakers", how about we acknowledge that there are literally millions upon millions of undiagnosed women, afabs and non-standard amabs/men who have these disorders, and who are still flying under the radar of our deeply flawed and inconsistent medical system. We can acknowledge that assessments can be expensive and difficult to acquire, and we can shift the focus from how these people are acting like assholes online because they're using it as an "excuse" and focus more on how to manage our emotions. How to ease our Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, our anger problems, and how to get away from black and white thinking, rather than saying that stuff just doesn't exist.

[confused-mortal-being-ft-adhd]

When I give a lot of information, it's oversharing, but a neurotypical does and "it's a long story."

[one-shitpost-a-day]

sometimes i'll listen to a song and then completely zone out for the whole thing and not register that it played so i have to play it again and actively try to absorb it this time

[piskelo10]

I can't be trusted

edit: ignore that I wrote this at 4 am

edit edit: I forgot I didn't need to point that out because I fucking said the time in the goddamn message oh my god