I thought removing distractions would help too. But even with no distractions, attending a meeting feels like I’m listening to a radio while driving between states.
Would you look at that, I have hands.
“y’know, they call 'em fingers, but I never see them ‘fing.’ Oh, wait, there they go.”
Are you sure it’s not just depression?
There is probably also depression in there. It is pretty easy to get depressed when you have ADHD.
throws you down a cliff like a sack of potatoes
but ADHD is such a gift how could we ever end up depressed??!?
Me with distraction: feeling fine, barely getting work done
Me without distraction: rumination HELL, feel like shit, still barely getting work done
Give me interesting work and I will give you unlimited output
“Write stuff down and put it where you’ll see it!”
— proceeds to completely see through the stuff you wrote down because it is now blends into the background scenery —
Alternative: about six years ago I was struck with an idea for a new campaign setting after watching a video about orbital resonance in tightly-packed planetary systems. I was about to get into the shower at the time, but I completely forgot about that for the next three hours as i started scribbling equations on the walls with soap and on the steamed-up mirrors with my fingers. That was the moment that made me realize I actually needed medication
Yup. Getting tired of people saying “just write notes and reminders!”
Okay, my brain immediately deleted the memory of the reminder once it popped up, now what.
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
I will make up a story more elaborate than game of thrones before doing something I don’t want to
If I don’t have something to distract me I can’t concentrate
Yep, the goal is to find the correct balance of the correct types of distractions.
Too much or the wrong ones and you veer off course and never make it back to the main task, too much the other way and the main task feels like too much to start.
This is different for everyone which makes it all the more fun. It’s a life skill people with adhd need to learn all on their own and other than telling rach other a path exists, we cannot actually guide each other from our own experience.
And the sometimes what works shifts around or stops working all together as circumstances or surroundings change.
I work best with music/podcasts/streaming all simultaneously blasting. Then I can concentrate.
The distractions are all on the inside of my brain going weeeeeee… so should i just remove my brain?
Complete removal seems extreme. Maybe just disconnect some of it, as a treat.
My fingers are fucking fascinating. As are my toes. Not to mention all the bullshit going on in my head.
Yes. I hate myself.
By “wall” I assume this means smartphone. Because if you’re sitting for 6 hours doing nothing but staring at a wall I think there’s something else going on.
EDIT:
I get that the meme is being hyperboic, but I find it kind of misleading. As someone who likely has ADHD or/and is on the spectrum, the idea of “sitting still and staring at a wall for 6 hours” doesn’t match how ADHD usually works. If I remove distractions, I don’t just freeze - I end up doing something else entirely, like watching YouTube or pacing around. The paralysis is real, but it’s more about being stuck in a loop of avoiding the right task while still seeking stimulation. So the meme’s wording just doesn’t land for me because it confuses task paralysis with total inactivity, which feels more like depression or burnout than ADHD. Maybe I’m just being too literal, but this is why it doesn’t click with me.You have a functioning brain right? You don’t need smartphone to get thinking.
Mostly functional yes, but not compatible with sitting still for 6 hours and doing nothing.
Doing nothing implies just physically nothing though. If you have a fun brain there are a lot of things you can do. It’s specifically useful while traveling long distances
Comments like this give me the feeling that it’s the neurotypicals that actually have something wrong with them and they just convinced ND people that they’re the normal ones.
No. By wall they mean wall/ceiling/floor.
If you’re removing distractions, you should probably also remove smartphones /tablets/smartwatches/whatever else people might have. But again, even if people try to remove my distractions, I’ll entertain myself. I personally like to guess and check cube roots, which is much easier to do with paper and pencil, but can be done without. It’s an effective way to kill time.
