12/13/2013

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand

reblogged from Buzzfeed (get it? Buzz feed?)
posted on 



25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
Paramount / Via giphy.com
You want to get stuff done, you really do, it’s just that EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING AT ONCE AND YOU CAN’T ESCAPE FROM ANY OF IT. Lookin’ at you, open-plan offices.

2. Spending so much time looking around at everything that catches your attention that you start to look paranoid.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
Disney / Via imgur.com
No, I’m not worried that someone is out to get me, it’s just that EVERYTHING IS INTERESTING.

3. Having a short-term memory that is the stuff of comedy legend.

Having a short-term memory that is the stuff of comedy legend.
Via imgur.com
You forget whether or not you’ve taken your meds, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE TAKEN YOUR MEDS TO REMEMBER.

4. Loving to impulsively commit to stuff you’re excited about before you’ve thought it through.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
When you’re impulsive, it’s like everyone gets to see the rough-draft version of you.

5. You spend a lot of time wondering when it will be OK to go the bathroom again, just so you have the chance to move around.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand

6. You feel the same way about flashing Gchat alerts as cats do about laser pointers.


Kristin Chirico
Look, there’s a flashy thing! I must grab the flashy thing! I grabbed the flashy thing! OH SHIT, WTF, THE FLASHY THING IS BACK.

7. Nothing on earth is interesting enough to keep your attention over the sound of loud shoes click-clacking against the floor.

Nothing on earth is interesting enough to keep your attention over the sound of loud shoes click-clacking against the floor.

8. That goes double for all of the ringtones and text alerts in earshot.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand

9. When you walk into a room, it takes you many frustrating moments to remember why you walked into a room.

When you walk into a room, it takes you many frustrating moments to remember why you walked into a room.
Via imgur.com

10. When you get a text message and you don’t respond to it right away, it ain’t getting’ answered.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
Via imgur.com

11. Missing the little details are what gets you every. damn. time.

Missing the little details are what gets you every. damn. time.
Via imgur.com

12. When you don’t take your medication, you’re an awesome multitasker who can’t focus.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
Via giphy.com

13. But when you do take your medication, you’re an awesome focuser who cannot multitask.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand

14. People often don’t believe that you have ADHD because “only kids have that.”

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
Via giphy.com

15. You spend a lot of time trying to make sure that no one finds out that you are flaky and disorganized.

You spend a lot of time trying to make sure that no one finds out that you are flaky and disorganized.

16. When anyone says that they’re “so ADD today,” like ADHD is something they can just put on for the day, like a hat.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand

17. You get highway hypnosis from reading long books.

18. You frequently lose things, like things you were holding literally seconds ago.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
Via imgur.com
The keys that you just put in your pockets, the sunglasses that are on top of your head.

19. You tend to lose interest in things, like things you were super into literally seconds ago.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
Via giphy.com
Things that you are actually STILL super into — but your brain is pulling you away like a mean mommy who won’t let you hang out at Toys “R” Us.

20. People are constantly insisting that what you have isn’t real, and that “everyone in your generation has it.”

People are constantly insisting that what you have isn't real, and that "everyone in your generation has it."
Well, that solves that, then.

21. One of your greatest superpowers is your ability to procrastinate in the face of anything.

One of your greatest superpowers is your ability to procrastinate in the face of anything.
Via imgur.com

22. If you’ve got your ADHD under control, anyone who messes with your carefully tuned schedule is asking to get cut.

25 Problems Only People With ADHD Understand
They’re also asking for you to be generally unproductive and annoying, so they’re only hurting themselves, OK? OK. Good talk.

23. When people ask you if you’re “faking it just to get the Adderall prescription.”

When people ask you if you're "faking it just to get the Adderall prescription."
Via imgur.com

24. Or worse, when anyone asks if they can have or buy any of your pills.

Or worse, when anyone asks if they can have or buy any of your pills.
Via imgur.com
Stop being a part of the problem, man.

25. Whenever anyone tells you that you just “lack discipline.”

Whenever anyone tells you that you just "lack discipline."
Via imgur.com
I will make you a deal: I will agree to stop having ADHD if you agree to stop having skin or feet or your current eye color? READY, GO!

No comments:

Post a Comment