You know I’ve not been diagnosed but I relate to practically every post in this community and now it makes me wonder. No insurance to see a professional about it though.
Nearly every post I’ve seen is not only applicable to me, but my wife, friends and family.
So either these aren’t things unique to the ADHD experience or everyone I know has ADHD.
A lot of those things are not unique to ADHD but we experience them much much more often and those experiences are also much more severe than the average person’s. Someone shared under one of the posts here the quote “everyone pees but if you pee 60 times a day you need to see a doctor”. I butchered the quote up but it should get the point across.
It’s also worth to note that people with ADHD tend to stick together (or at least I have heard that pretty often back on r/ADHD) and ADHD is mostly genetic. So there’s a chance that some of your friends, wife, and family ineed have ADHD but I’m making big assumptions there.
It’s a common issue in psychological and medical circle’s that you can self diagnose as having things when learning about symptoms for the first time.
Usually the difference is “everyone does this from time to time… People with syndrome Z, do this all the time”
For example, everyone is late to things or loses their phone/wallet occasionally… I lose my phone Almost daily and am more often late that not, even when I prepare well in advance.
I get what you are saying, and I don’t mean to trivialize ADHD or anyone’s experience. I just feel that many opinions and experiences I’ve seen here are common occurrences to me and most people I know. It’s impossible to judge how frequent or distressing each of them are to anyone who is suffering due to them. In my experience nearly everything posted here is a not a “that happens once in a while” but a “yes that is a thing humans do.”
I think since everyone who has ADHD only knows what it is like to have ADHD many silly things everybody experiences are seen as a result of ADHD. Like giving up on a comment while posting it.
Once again, I have no way of judging how impactful, frequent and distressing any behavior is for another person, nor do I think there is benefit in doing so. I just believe that much of content I’ve seen here is not unique to ADHD people.
I want to thank you for providing this source. It’s given me more to think about. While the information provided doesn’t provide and definitive answer for my case. (How could it?) It does shine a light on issues that I personally experience. While I don’t fully relate to symptoms like, poor impulse control and I don’t fail to organize my day-to-day, what does stand out is the “persistence toward the future” as he points out early in the video. I have started many personal projects: I have bought a guitar because I want to perform music. I buy notebooks with the intention of writing a story. I bought expensive microphones with the plan to work on a YouTube channel. I have purchased courses for coding to start a fresh career. I have not achieved a large goal in anything like what I have just mentioned, not since obtaining my Bachelor’s degree. I struggle with delayed gratification. This may or may not be ADHD or it could be another disorder.
Thank you again, it gives me s direction for seeking healing.
I’m very happy to hear that what I wrote actually helped someone. You don’t have to relate to everything said in the video because everyone experiences ADHD differently. But if you relate to most of the stuff siad there then you very probably have ADHD. If you want to learn more about the topic then continue here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/wiki/index/ .
