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I keep seeing posts pop up that I relate to, then I look down and it’s from an ADHD community. Either these are experiences everyone has… Or I have undiagnosed ADHD
I’m in that same boat
A lot of ADHD symptoms are common in neurotypical people too. The main difference I’ve been told is the frequency of occurrence and impact on quality of life.
A neurotypical person may have this same thing occur, maybe even frequently, but it’s not a constant factor in every facet of their life that causes them problems and eventual distress.
Ah ok, that makes a lot of sense.
Thank you for taking the time to construct such a helpful comment.
They are memes, they want to express that “do you also know that feeling when…” feeling. The more people can relate, the more up votes it gets. This meme community does not aim at being medically correct. That’s at least my guess, I feel the same as you.
The best response I heard to this is “Everybody pees, too, but if you’re doing it 60 times a day, then you have a problem”.
Did you copy me? Lmao we came to the same conclusion.
Spend some time learning about ADHD. Maybe you will understand yourself better, but if not you will at least understand other people better.
It never hurts to get checked out (unless you live somewhere where that could bankrupt you)
Getting good mental health is difficult, at least in the country I live in. It took me about 15 years to get an ADHD diagnosis, because for most of my life I’ve had lousy health insurance and I couldn’t afford to see a good therapist or psychiatrist.
How are people with ADHD with sitting meditation? For me, it tremendously helps with concentration in all other aspects of life.
Neurotypicals have difficulty with mindfulness; for folks with ADHD, it’s extremely difficult. You have to sit still and do nothing for an extended period of time, which is a pretty heavy lift for somebody with an attention deficit. But it does help, yes.
One method that I’ve had success with is to work my way up. I do meditation for 1 minute; the next day 2, then 3, until I get to 20, and then I try to stay there. That’s because the most important part is building the habit. Also, doing short sprints frequently is more effective than doing a marathon. 5 minutes a day for 12 days is better than 60 minutes in one day.
Don’t feel bad if you have to use your finger. Put your finger on the page, and follow your finger. That helped me.
I did when I learnt reading. Of course I moved my finger a lot faster, since I thought the other kids would say “wow, you read fast” instead of “you’re just pretending to read”. Anyway, by doing that, you can actually learn to read really fast. So now you have to go back a page instead of a sentence.
