I have that conversation with my wife but in reverse where I say “hold up, let me make a list” and she’s like “no need, it’s just a few things, you can remember”. This is when I remind her, yet again, that my ADHD is so severe that I have to set the navigation everytime I drive anywhere in order to make sure I actually go to where I originally intended to.
I have that conversation with my wife but in reverse where I say “hold up, let me make a list” and she’s like “no need, it’s just a few things, you can remember”. This is when I remind her, yet again, that my ADHD is so severe that I have to set the navigation everytime I drive anywhere in order to make sure I actually go to where I originally intended to.
I used to randomly start driving home no matter where I was originally going.
Headed back to work after lunch? Get lost in thought and start driving home.
On my way to see my SO? Get lost in thought and start driving home.
Going to the Doctor? Get lost in thought and start driving home.
I Officially™ don’t have ADHD and yet every time I see someone with ADHD describe an ADHD experience I think “that’s me, I do that”
I’m old enough that my official diagnosis is “adult ADD”. Back in my day, we couldn’t afford no fancy H.
Wasn’t it great that, if you got diagnosed as a child, you would need to get re-diagnosed as an adult because you might have “grown out of it”?
happy cake day!
Thank you!
I mean, these are issues for neurotypicals as well, ADHD amplifies them but it’s like, essential human experience pretty much