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The realities of living with ADHD
Brut America
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6/1/2022
"ADHD is not this fun, quirky little disability."
These people want you to know what it's really like living with ADHD …
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ADHD is not like this fun and quirky little, like, disability.
00:05
Your main symptoms make you look like a bad person.
00:09
Tasks can be psychologically painful for you.
00:19
Now the first chunk is attention deficit.
00:21
A lot of us in the ADHD community don't really see it as a deficit of
00:25
attention, but really as an inability to control where that attention's going.
00:30
Now onto the slash hyperactivity part.
00:32
Now the slash is very important because the slash means that,
00:35
yes, some people have hyperactivity when it comes to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
00:41
However, not everyone will have hyperactivity.
00:50
Hey Mike, I'm looking for my...
00:52
What are you doing?
00:53
Just cutting my hair.
00:55
How long have you been planning this?
00:58
Yesterday.
00:59
Mike, impulse check.
01:08
I'm Dr. Brian, I specialize in ADHD and I have it myself.
01:11
Boys are more likely to have ADHD than girls, right?
01:14
Wrong.
01:14
See, our research tells us that boys are much more likely to show externalizing forms of behavior,
01:19
like running around and acting impulsively,
01:20
whereas girls are more likely to show more internalizing forms of ADHD,
01:23
like inattention and daydreaming.
01:25
If you're someone that feels like they might have undiagnosed ADHD,
01:29
then keep watching this video.
01:31
You've always struggled with forgetfulness.
01:33
You've always struggled with organization.
01:35
You struggle to remember people's names and faces.
01:37
Doing tasks can be psychologically painful for you.
01:42
You have poor object permanence,
01:43
meaning you don't remember that you have something unless it's in sight, out of sight, out of mind.
01:50
Object permanence isn't just for things, it's for people too.
01:54
So like, if we don't see or interact with you on a regular basis,
01:57
you kind of stop existing to us.
02:01
I can't think of a nicer way to say that.
02:02
The way that ADHD throws your life into a spin
02:06
in a way that makes it inconvenient for the people around you.
02:09
Honestly, how do, how do I explain?
02:11
Oh look, an email.
02:15
Hey Dave, I have something that I need you to do.
02:17
It's really, really important.
02:20
But if it doesn't get done, it's not that big of a deal.
02:22
But there is a time limit of 10 days.
02:26
Do you ever have a task to do and you're kind of just sat there in your head,
02:29
thinking about the task, but not getting the task started?
02:32
That's ADHD paralysis.
02:33
And oh my god, it's frustrating as f**k.
02:36
It's not normal to have to remind yourself to pay attention when someone's talking to you.
02:40
Often if someone's telling me a story halfway through,
02:43
it'll sound like they're talking Simlish.
02:45
In a minute, I'm gonna need another minute to figure out what the hell I was doing.
02:49
There's so many people on this app that talk about ADHD and how we struggle to sleep and,
02:56
you know, make it out to be this like quirky thing.
02:59
Like that's not cute.
03:01
It's horrific.
03:02
It is, honest to god, debilitating.
03:04
The last few months, I've literally been averaging maybe three, four, five hours sleep.
03:11
Find a relationship you think it's all sunshine and rainbows
03:14
and then bang, out of nowhere, you just don't care.
03:16
You can be doing something right that you think you really love and enjoy
03:19
and then out of nowhere, you can just stop enjoying it.
03:22
You can struggle with rejection like to a point where even guys don't like it.
03:26
It really hurts.
03:27
One of my top comments is that everyone on this app has ADHD.
03:31
That's not true.
03:32
What's happening is now finally after years of us being undiagnosed and having absolutely no reason
03:40
and no explanation as to why we were struggling,
03:43
we're finding other people like ourselves and the information is widely available.
03:48
If you have ADHD or you know someone, please just go easy on them.
03:52
Show them love.
03:53
Show them compassion because I can promise you they are literally doing their best.
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