For those without ADHD that might be a bit confused, it's not voices in your head it's just the split train of thought. So the voices represent every thought being processed at the same time

@Saki_Mari

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for clarifying... I could relate to the multi-thought process, but wasn't sure if she was actually hearing voices (and if I've been mistaken about myself 😊)

@msotis800

5 ай бұрын

Several trains leaving the station at different times and the same time.

@Funloverjef

4 ай бұрын

Wait so is the lack of "extra" trains why Normals can only single task and look annoyed when the radio AND TV and running life's background sound tracks while you're doing a primary task ?

@NyxiousYT

4 ай бұрын

@@Funloverjef No way you just said "Normals" 💀

@Funloverjef

4 ай бұрын

@@NyxiousYT I know, I know, but they get annoyed when referred to as "the Obsolete" just bc they failed to evolve our multitasking gene. Lol.

She forgot her first task, to get something to eat…. As someone with a lifetime of ADHD, this is very accurate !

@haileybalmer9722

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. The classic “why do I feel sick. Oh. I haven’t had food or water today. It’s dinner time. Oh no.” But at least half my dishes are unloaded, and I got the vacuum out.

@malexthegreat

Жыл бұрын

@@haileybalmer9722 wow you are organized today and the last 3 days i woke up at dinner time

@YAK0SEI

Жыл бұрын

Yup, I'll go an entire day, and suddenly be like, "why the hell am I so hangry today, oh yes, I didn't eat anything yesterday, did I?"

@irascib1e

Жыл бұрын

This is why I'm so skinny

@wanderingpaladin4927

Жыл бұрын

bruh i forgot she needed to eat ;-;

one of the most accurate things is how the internal monologue gets more and more dejected and upset as you realize the “one task” is much more overwhelming and time-consuming than you thought. You captured really well how it feels when you’re *trying* to stay on track and motivated while constantly trying to ignore the part of you that’s overwhelmed and upset with yourself because all the obstacles you encountered only exist because past you made yet another mistake.

@NiMareQ

3 ай бұрын

Why does she keep such mess around if she knows her condition? This is so stupid. I don't have ADHD, but I know how overwhelming things get if you don't finish them and it all piles up. Depressing enough for me, let alone for someone who has a precondition.

@Batsquid_

3 ай бұрын

@@NiMareQ Congrats you missed the point entirely.

@trixie9777

3 ай бұрын

@@Batsquid_well said! It went right over that person’s head.

@RamiCrafy

3 ай бұрын

Exactly

@AandM8

3 ай бұрын

@@NiMareQlmao. You didn’t have to clarify you don’t have adhd. It’s pretty clear from your question.

Best way to describe executive dysfunction I've seen. Everything you want to do has 1 of two other tasks you have to do before that and those 1 or 2 tasks have aother one or two that need to be done before. It's an endless loop of not being able to do shit

@micksteel007

3 ай бұрын

Nah you will find the task is pointless, not overwhelmingly overwhemling. There is a theory this so called adhd is just people that suited to hunting and killing. (The protectors of the village)

@tbotalpha8133

3 ай бұрын

@@micksteel007 Or you could actually listen to what people with ADHD are telling you, instead of ignoring people's lived experiences.

@micksteel007

3 ай бұрын

@@tbotalpha8133 they tried it with me, but becoming a life long addict wasn't my thing. (I wonder why they want children on drugs so young)

@Lunearien

2 ай бұрын

​@@micksteel007 Is there a video or book I can read about it?

@micksteel007

2 ай бұрын

@@Lunearien well I think one must remember all information is controlled by a centralised tap and the flow is highly controlled. It's also important to remember that nothing is so set in stone that everything else should be disregarded becuase someone says you have no right to opposing books.

In case anybody without adhd is wondering, those "extra voices" (at least in my experience) aren't the same thing as audio hallucinations, like hearing voices in disorders like schizophrenia. For me, at least, it's more like my mind is moving so fast, I can literally carry on multiple inner dialogues, more or less at the same time, or close together, typically in the "background" for the most part, with one main one being my actual inner thoughts, as opposed to my meanderings and preoccupations. I also have OCD, so I often find myself commenting on my own odd mannerisms and quirks, in a very annoying marriage of the two disorders. The voices are still mine, as in sound like my main inner dialogue, and I associate them with myself, and technically have a semblance of control over them (Except they sorta happen, whether I want them to or not, bc racing mind). So, they aren't hallucinations, for that reason.

@opaltoralien4015

Жыл бұрын

Same here, even on medication for both, things get really complicated really quickly whenever the thing i am trying to do has more than pre-requisites.

@JohnsonWildlife

Жыл бұрын

Same here too!!! 😢

@kimberlytl6127

Жыл бұрын

Mine all sound like my voice, different tones & volumes tho

@alittlepieceofearth

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was just me. . .

@pinkiepie6880

Жыл бұрын

I most likely have both (can't afford a diagnosis but multiple therapists, a psychologist and psychiatrist have said I most likely have one or the other, or both. Plus friends and ex partners who are nuerodivergent, have ADHD or know someone that does think I have ADHD as they see the same behaviours in me as in themselves). I'm different in the fact that while my mind races constantly and jumps from thought to thought, I don't have an internal dialog... I also don't see visuals in my mind. Which is strange as I can be very creative. Yet, I have to have references. I can't conjure up a great sketch from my mind. If you were to ask me to picture something in my mind or imagine a scene, I can't... yet occasionally I get strange flashes of things. But they feel so far in the back of my mind that I can't reach them and they're blurry and indistinct and only last a fraction of a second. I will add that I was diagnosed with PTSD at 14 years old, then not long after with insomnia (due to my mind not settling down... constant thoughts racing and when I finally do sleep I'm restless and wake up multiple times; this went away for years but has come back with a vengeance in the last year or so). Was also diagnosed at 15 with manic depression and anxiety. Yet I think bipolar was a completely wrong diagnosis; while I did have mood swings they were a daily thing, not something that changed over months. Also, I never had the manic stage... delusions of grandeur, heightened emotions, etc I was severely depressed though and put on ecitalopram, then citalopram, then Prozac (fluoxetine) at 15! It didn't work... I didn't feel depressed anymore but I didn't feel anything else either. I had suicidal idealation, self mutilated and had mental break downs... one landed me in hospital at 18 years old. Mind you, my life was traumatic... moved out at 15, came back home at 17, then got kicked out at 18 after my last mental break down as my parents couldn't handle my behavior, didn't know what to do and my step Dad was at his wits end, not to mention they had my half brother to look after, who is 10 years my junior. I started self medicating by turning to drugs, which actually cured my depression and insomnia (but obviously did not address the underlying issues)... because I was high and blissfully unaware for years. Spent years wasted and off the planet. I've been in recovery for over half the time I've been a drug addict yet for the past 3 years I've finally stopped using on the side. Yet, all my disorders, emotional issues, etc have reared their ugly heads up. I'm finding daily life debilitating. As a 30 year old woman I'm assuming I was wrongly diagnosed with bipolar as a teen and my ADHD went under the radar, as happens to so many women. Yet after doing a lot of research, watching videos like this (ADHD Love channel made me feel so validated as 98% of the issues she has with daily life were relatable to me). I'm just so freaking tired all the time! I need help but without being able to afford screening and a diagnosis I can't receive the help I so desperately need. I don't know what to do anymore... my mental state has declined these last couple months and now I'm really depressed for the first time in a decade (mind you, depression and anxiety as a teen was way worse... probably why I ended up in co dependent relationships and now have anxiety when in public by myself; parties, social gatherings, etc are fine and I can easily strike up a convo with strangers but doing things by myself is anxiety inducing... I don't like walking on the street, people driving past, etc as I fear they're looking at me... which is ironic as my aesthetic is alternative, I have body mods and used to dye my hair all sorts of funky colours... yet I could hide behind that. Now that I've grown up I'm more casual yet I'm not expressing myself like I used to... which also feels like a detriment to my mind). Sorry for the big spiel... sometimes I can't help it. I'm absolutely unbearable in person (well I think so yet my friends say there's never a dull moment) as I'm a chatterbox and it comes across online as well.

This is eerily similar to my thought process and why I can never get anything done The only difference I have is stopping and staring at something forget what I was doing and then leave the room

@craigsheppard3511

Жыл бұрын

same

@FroggyGizmo

Жыл бұрын

It feels like whatever is controlling my brain went out to get a coffee real quick and i just sit there head empty until it comes back

@brizilypuff

Жыл бұрын

@@FroggyGizmo no literally lol

@emma3837

Жыл бұрын

Yea it’s scary how much this sounds like me

@jameseenacoene5769

Жыл бұрын

Ditto!

Love that you acknowledged the insane amount of negative self talk that comes along with it. I’m hypercritical of myself partially bc I was the scapegoat of the family, but seeing this made me feel less alone in how my inner monologue tears me apart over the smallest things. The “of course you forgot, you’re so forgetful, you always mess up, you can’t do things correctly” voice is so exhausting to battle with.

@NamesZKP

2 ай бұрын

It's exhausting to even watch somebody struggle with it 😭. I dated someone with ADHD and it was like every small wassup ughfhdisjshd by dhd

@MilodeVries

2 ай бұрын

​@@NamesZKPdid you have a stroke? Are you ok?

@LachimusPrime

5 күн бұрын

But also, you are beautiful.

My husband has ADHD and this is helpful; I’ve always wondered how the “tornadoes of thoughts” (his words) in his brain sounded like as he became more flustered!! Thank you for making this!!❤❤

@lalaflo88

4 ай бұрын

I used "racing thoughts" as my words. I'm going through my 3rd divorce now. I'd rather be single than being accused of things like I ignore a lot, I'm not interested anymore, I must be thinking of someone else.... Help your husband by helping him make his life easier. He will love you even more. But, don't lose yourself in the process. Make self-care a priority as well. 🙂

@Interestking

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for putting in this effort for him. I know that ADHD is one of those things that you can't fully grasp unless you've experienced it, but it warms my heart to see someone who cares enough about their partner to work towards understanding it. People like you remind me that there is good in the world.

@SPANIMATIONS4114

4 ай бұрын

I can't imagine what it's like without ADHD.

@evlutionzllc5519

3 ай бұрын

It’s like trying to drink out of two thought fire hydrants at one time and the water is drowning you yet you can’t swallow one mouthful of thought to process it. Or like the dog trying to bit me the water coming out of a water hose, just like that.

@evlutionzllc5519

3 ай бұрын

@@SPANIMATIONS4114 I think I had ADHD pre-TBI, but I mainly had the hyperfocus. I could do just about anything I was interested in really well and better than most people. Now it is mostly attention deficit and getting hyper focused on everything except what I am trying to do. I sort of know what I’m missing. I wish I had always been like this. I think it would be easier to accept.

The only part you forgot was the giving up because you’re suddenly REALLY overwhelmed. Lol.

@alicesaunders6041

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Happens to me all the time as soon as she opened the cupboard I was done- time for a nap

@schokoloko2092

Жыл бұрын

Jep, 100 things to do but I do nothing instead, because I don't know where to start.

@anial2906

Жыл бұрын

@@schokoloko2092 yesss same

@GolgariGymBro

Жыл бұрын

Around the time she was looking for her keys is when I would have said "Fuck it", started the dishwasher and put it all off till tomorrow.

@schokoloko2092

Жыл бұрын

@@GolgariGymBro and I think there is nothing wrong with that. Not everything needs to be done now. A little dish in the sink never hurt anybody 😄

This is one of the few "what's it's actually like to have ADHD" videos I've seen that aren't people just being "oh I was doing that and then I saw a butterfly" or just randomly shifting focus to something random out of nowhere. I like the fact it shows the struggle of actually trying to put effort into executing daily tasks and setting reminders (the sticky notes) but failing at things when you realize you left stuff to pile up and you need a certain step or like a clean space to execute your next task and they're all chained together untill you realize they all pile into an entire house of undone things and before you realize it it's time to go back to bed, you haven't done anything yet you're insanely tired.

@Vengedyr

Жыл бұрын

THIS

@jstylo09

Жыл бұрын

This

@tara34952

Жыл бұрын

Yes THIS!

@OliveDoctor

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. It's very bad

@Inklor

Жыл бұрын

And also run on sentences

A way I have learnt to tackle this issue is whenever you realise you're stuck in a loop, JUST STAND STILL!! Stand still between each task and don't move until you're clear what your next task is. This method really helped me. Also, LET EVERYTHING GO AND EAT FIRST.

@imaniwilson1848

Ай бұрын

This was a very helpful suggestion. I will try it!! Thanks 🙏🏽

I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 22. Spent my whole life fighting ADHD. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

@DassHibionada

Ай бұрын

Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.

@Bastianbishops

Ай бұрын

Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them

@smith23652

Ай бұрын

YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

@Mcdogmom288

Ай бұрын

100% agree I used to have Psychosis and paranoid thoughts like "people thinking about me talking about me etc. Very odd behavior after getting off Adderall from 7-16. Antidepressants at 18-29. 31 now. I took way to much, but took about 20g of Gold caps (Psilocybin containing mushroom) I analyzed my entire life. The emotions that came out helped me understand behavior etc more. Wont ever need to do it again because I'm happy and contempt forever, but I wish more people did this to alter their perception of reality. Would help with healing much trauma

@AnnaRoth-pb8xv

Ай бұрын

How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

I love how she COMPLETELY forgot that she wanted to eat something. this is crazy accurate lol

@KapitaenAwesome

Жыл бұрын

.... I forgot she forgot that. By the time she was at the dishwasher. .... Yea this is pretty damn accurate. Just my thoughts are often more random, this is just how it looks like when I manage to focus on something.

@friesxnxcoke

Жыл бұрын

That's like one of the bigger things with ADHD is forgetting to eat. My husband asked how does one forget your hungry. Idk there is so much going on up in my head.

@abigailsheehan6895

Жыл бұрын

I knew there was something that she forgot! I just couldn’t remember what it was…

@Tobias.Sterling

Жыл бұрын

didn't even realize until i saw this comment! so accurate, cause i do the same thing. i wanna eat so i go to the kitchen, but because i have a roommate there's already dirty dishes from her meal, so i have to clean them and the dishwasher was thankfully turned on but i have to unload it and put the other dishes in, but in order to unload the dishwasher i have to reorganize the cupboard so everything can fit because roommate doesn't remember where everything goes/doesn't have time to/doesn't bother to put things back in the right spot. for some reason the cat treats are in the tupperware cupboard. oh, right, i need to feed the cats, but while i'm doing that i notice the filter in their water fountain getting gross so i need to clean that, but in order to clean that i need to clear out the sink but to do that i need to unload the dishwasher but to do that i need to reorganize the cupboards and - 3 hours later the kitchen is spotless and i'm exhausted, but i forget to eat

@oniichxnn

Жыл бұрын

she wanted to eat something?

I love that she never DID find her keys. So true. Now just imagine this five minutes before it's time for you to go to work, and add in some panic induced adrenaline because you know you're already on notice for lateness. 😬

@ksusha_kaban

Жыл бұрын

so on point

@kristianefalk

Жыл бұрын

That type of situation helps really. Suddenly I know what and how much of it I need to do in the very moment. Only pity is, there is so very little time left, if only the clearness would come earlier next time lol

@hiiloveu1521

Жыл бұрын

WAIT I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THE KEYS- I thought "they're right there, on the counter", but then she switched to another thing and the keys completely flew out of my head

@PolrisTired

Жыл бұрын

She also forgot about getting food lol

@alexguerra1668

Жыл бұрын

😢

This literally made me cry because this is what i go through every single day and my husband just doesnt understand. I can share this video with him thank you so much for making it

@SarahHodgins

3 ай бұрын

i hope he tries to understand because it is total hell to have ADHD

@littleonex378

2 ай бұрын

Same girl same

@jeandiehl5074

2 ай бұрын

Can you let us know how he accepted it?

@Gimenez528Hz

2 ай бұрын

​@@SarahHodginsagreed. I'm constantly exhausted and worn out with it

@Somebodysomewheresometime

Ай бұрын

Made me cry too

I genuinely thought everyone felt like this… this is spot on minute to minute in my brain but I never realized this was ADHD and not just how everyone’s inner monologue and task completion went, just assumed everyone else were better at managing their shit. Thank you for sharing and producing ADHD content! It is helping us all learn and find ways to improve day to day more than any doctor I have seen

The especially relatable part for me is that after all that, she didn't actually start the dishwasher and didn't end up eating. Damn you really got this spot on.

@centrifugedestroyer2579

Жыл бұрын

And she never found the key

@ashyboo74

Жыл бұрын

@@centrifugedestroyer2579 to be fair I also completely forgot about the key by the end LMAO

@erinmcdonald7781

Жыл бұрын

Good paying attention! I remembered the "need to eat," but missed the others. This is quite relatable! ✌️😎🍀 Note: 🔑the key thing is why I have a small over the shoulder small satchel and try to always have pockets, so when I get too distracted muscle memory will take over, and at least the keys will be with me on the right side of the door! Also, have a larger purse where most everything else important goes, cards, necessary bills a container w/meds in case I missed something..... The kitchen thing, or cleaning my room, I got nothing. I try not to think of how life would be different if only I could complete the simple tasks....

@centrifugedestroyer2579

Жыл бұрын

@@erinmcdonald7781 I have a kind of belt attachment for my keys. I always use the same sturdy belt, and this is the only way I don't lock myself out or lose my keys all the time

@neox0087

Жыл бұрын

Is it bad i didn't even realise at all? 💀💀💀

This is a great simulator. I showed it to my husband and he’s horrified. He finally understands what our son lives on a daily basis. I think what shocked him the most was hearing the “noise” - the constant brain dialogue/feedback, both positive and negative.

@joan-lisa-smith

Жыл бұрын

but with ADHD you don't hear voices in your head, that's schizophrenia, this video is wrong.

@someanonymouslyrandomguy1134

Жыл бұрын

I think exactly the way the video shows, so it confuses me that your husband is "horrified". Anyone that doesnt finish any task because it becomes many is just lazy and they lack discipline The end result for me wouldv been a whistle clean kitchen and a full stomach

@freezingcathedral

Жыл бұрын

that's not adhd, that's schizophrenia because it's a second personality.

@joan-lisa-smith

Жыл бұрын

@@freezingcathedral people with schizophrenia don't have other personalities, they hear voices but don't have multiple personalities (that's not even a real thing) nor do they have "split personalities".

@babyqeels

Жыл бұрын

@@joan-lisa-smith DID is real though.. but yeah it’s totally different from schizophrenia which is totally different from ADHD

The internal monologue being vocalised is EVERYTHING ♡♡

Dang, this is a genuinely brilliant bit of film making. You nailed it. And it also made me realize that the dishes in my own sink (which are still there) led to me forgetting to eat breakfast this morning.

I’m actually in tears right now, I didn’t realise not everyone’s brain was like this. I truly didn’t know, I thought it was like this for everyone. Only in the last six months due to increased awareness have I started to realise I think I’ve had adhd my whole life. I’m female and 50 and I’ve never understood why I am the way I am, I thought I was just useless lazy. I’ve struggled my whole life like this and I didn’t know. Thank god for increased awareness, I’m going to ask for help now. What a brilliant video.

@inevitabley

8 ай бұрын

Do you really hear many voices in your head all at once!? Wow, that sounds like a mighty struggle Good luck on getting help, it sucks you couldn’t find out earlier

@mainboysmusic6985

8 ай бұрын

@@inevitabley Oh no they don't hear multiple voices, it's just their inner thoughts focusing on multiple things at once. You could say something real simple to somebody who has ADHD, and if they're even a little stressed at that moment, it's possible they might not comprehend what you said because they're too focused on a dozen other things. Relaxation can prevent this, but it's so darn hard to be relaxed. Even while I'm typing this, I had to stop and inhale/exhale just to get my thoughts together and focus on writing this.

@cw5451

8 ай бұрын

There’s a great book on ADD/ADHD that is called “You mean I’m not lazy, stupid, or crazy.” This book was life-changing for me and I’ve known I have ADHD my whole life.

@sooticablue1664

8 ай бұрын

@@cw5451 thank you for the recommendation, I’ve been trying to choose a book. I’m going to order that right now. ❤️

@blablablabla3114

8 ай бұрын

@@sooticablue1664 I very rarely comment. But good luck, love!

You forgot the intrusive thoughts and the three songs playing in the background lol In all seriousness though, this is completely accurate.

@overcomingobstaclescreates1695

Жыл бұрын

I really liked the singing in the background, but yeah my brain is more like 2 or 3 radio stations that are on simultaneously ALL day long

@jayatibali2337

Жыл бұрын

Anyone have Imagine Dragons permanently owning real estate in their head while Michael Jackson occasionally rents out a room?

@fallingbisexualdisaster

Жыл бұрын

@@jayatibali2337 yes lol

@loftydabird54

Жыл бұрын

You get 3 songs? My brain picks ONE and that’s what plays for the rest of the day

@overcomingobstaclescreates1695

Жыл бұрын

@@loftydabird54 Yep, that sometimes happens too. Those are the worst days!

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

@Somusicais

21 күн бұрын

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

@user-nh5ze8hq5e

21 күн бұрын

Yes, dr.porass. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

@DamsonIdris-rh6sx

21 күн бұрын

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

@Somusicais

21 күн бұрын

Is he on instagram?

@user-nh5ze8hq5e

21 күн бұрын

Yes he is dr.porass.

For those wanting to get married, please have a discussion with your future potential about this. Not everyone is going to find it quirky and cute, some just straight up can’t handle it! You’ll know you’ve found the one when they help you get better at managing it rather than them making it worst.

@lalaflo88

4 ай бұрын

100% Agree! 👍🏻

@ac9871

3 ай бұрын

Who needs hell called marriage anyways?

@la6136

3 ай бұрын

Or you learn how to manage it yourself because that is not another persons responsibility. I have ADHD and no one even notices I have it because I have my own ways of dealing.

@Mintaka.

3 ай бұрын

​@@la6136 you DO KNOW that ADHD symptoms differ?????? Especially between ADHD with and without hyperactivity.

@YEs69th420

3 ай бұрын

​@@la6136You're not in a relationship is what this sounds like

As someone with ADHD, I can confirm this is pretty damn accurate. Except I usually get overwhelmed and then end up doing absolutely none of the stuff I was supposed to do- then a few hours later I’ll be on my phone and I’ll think “wait wasn’t I supposed to be doing something?” And the cycle begins again :,)

@LinkfromTLOZ28

Жыл бұрын

fatherless

@juliathawitch4400

Жыл бұрын

​@@LinkfromTLOZ28 dislike

@fsahfs269

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what happens to me,is there any salutations for that?

@fsahfs269

Жыл бұрын

Solution *

@A.M-82

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

This is why it is so hard to stay on task with ADHD. You remember things you were meant to do whilst trying to figure out what needs doing now. This video demonstrates it very well. If you have depression or anxiety or PTSD in addition to ADHD the mental process is so overwhelming that you feel like you are spiraling into mental and emotional breakdown.

@NYCHFAN

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, and then the shut down, the overwhelm, and immobilization. 😢

@tntaylor101

Жыл бұрын

This. And then you turn around and see the absolute trail of destruction you’ve left behind in no time flat: open cupboards, half-made sandwich, “most” of the dishes done, “some” of them dried, bottle of soda on counter next to fridge, glass on a completely different counter, ice tray…how’d that wind up in the dining room, and…oh wait I was looking for my keys, that’s right, now where…oh let me finish that sandwich… 🙀

@joycemiller7908

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes! Yes!

@undertale-perseverance

Жыл бұрын

when the tasks pile up i just shrivel up and go back to bed

@syntgelic

Жыл бұрын

i have bipolar, bpd, ptsd and am gonna be tested for adhd D:

OMG, this is SO ACCURATE!! Like, my brain is one heck of a mess: no wonder why I’m so dysfunctional! It’s hard to focus on one thing at a time, when your brain jumps from one thought to another completely different. This is why we get so overwhelmed so quickly and we get nothing done. And then, there’s the damn guilt and self-blame.

Nailed the cabinets. If you ever want to know just how bad someones adhd is, look in their cabinets and try to find a theme in the stuff they put together, its pretty tough.

This is a near perfect representation of the mind of a person with ADHD. They didn't touch on the fact that the whole time you're mind is screaming at you about 10 other things the whole time.

@Bimby-b

Жыл бұрын

Mine is also constantly saying how stupid I am for not eating not being able to finish, for taking too long for wasting time and how thirsty I am and I can't get a drink because I can't work myself up to it

@MountainBabyRoses

Жыл бұрын

Did you not hear in the background the chit chatter of like 5 other voices singing and reciting Humpty Dumpty and suggesting "you could just use a towel" instead of a drying rack. And putting her down like "gosh Youre so forgetfull" "why cant you do anything right?" ~that one may have come from my head tho...

@theAwkwardAlicorn

Жыл бұрын

@@MountainBabyRoses I def heard it... but then into got drowned out by my own internal chatter heh

@hiwelcometochillis2579

Жыл бұрын

​@@Bimby-b mine says I'm awesome and funny when my mind say jokes 😅 to other thoughts train in my mind then it says "wait why nobody is around that was so funny" And I'm like lol yeah 😅

@hiwelcometochillis2579

Жыл бұрын

​@@Bimby-b also drink chamomile tea because my mind went from 5 to 8 different thought trains, to just one and is very zen and relaxing 😌

This made me cry. It made me feel more normal, and like I wasn’t lazy, or crazy. The intrusive negative self talk associated with the disorganization in the background was the icing on the cake. That is what set me crying. And I literally did this to my kitchen last week. It took me 5 hours to take care of my groceries. AND I forgot trash bags! I felt like I was watching a replay of my life.

@silverlief

Жыл бұрын

It made me cry too, it's so accurate

@msdeaver1

Жыл бұрын

I cry when you cry. Imagine our grandparents saying that they cried because they couldn't put away groceries...I cried with you...

@raydromeda3777

Жыл бұрын

Thing is I thought this was normal until a year ago and now I've been contemplating ADHD diagnosis but also have the ADHD tendency to keep putting it off.

@ADHDeb

Жыл бұрын

@Theresa Dawson you are not crazy. You are not lazy. You are enough.

@melissawerner6309

Жыл бұрын

I had to like, and then unlike so I could relike this post, I feel ya!!! I had the worst anxiety attack I've had in a while today, ironically largely because of a teeth cleaning appointment but it was getting the gas that calmed me down enough to be able to realize just how out of control my brain was. I don't know what to do about it but I recognize that the problem is worse than I thought.

I too am in tears watching this, I can't even explain how deep it cuts. It's a constant battle and a thankless struggle because who is going to praise an adult for "just" getting through a day, right? But they don't know that each day is like this... Thank you so much.

I’m devastated. This is happening in my mind all the time nonstop and I feel so freaking overwhelmed after just analyzing the tasks that I have to do, bc as shown in the video it turns out I have to do like 10 tasks more to do one task. Life just feels like a huge rock that I can’t even move because this rock is literally me being trapped in my own mind

This is ACTUALLY a really good depiction of how it is. I mean, REALLY GOOD. Most videos on social media about ADHD is just silly. Like trying to make it a quirky and fun superpower that everybody would like to have. So that people can be like; “oh, adhd is so cool and it’s part of my personality.” This is a disorter. And yeah, sometimes I feel like my adhd CAN be to my advantage - but THIS - this video shows how the average person with adhd struggles without not realizing it’s a struggle. You are just doing your thing and suddenly; time is up, someone’s disappointed in you and everything becomes chaos.

@harleyvannote9637

Жыл бұрын

That last line hit the nail on the head, perfectly.

@Zaza-Xoxo

Жыл бұрын

It’s like you wrote out how I feel, especially the last line

@LegendOfTheOld

Жыл бұрын

Whow, this is overwhelming. I just learned - with this video - that i have undiagnosed ADHD. That last sentence of yours even made me tear up a bit. Now I just have to convince everyone - who is already tired of my constant fickleness - that I'm ill. But to stay positive: Now I can, much better, explain why I constantly lose my stuff, which is great timing 'cause I miss my wedding ring for some months now... again.

@Nina-vv3ev

Жыл бұрын

Actually it was weak… I thought that was normal behavior 😅Now I know why somebody asked if my weird ass was autistic or something LOL

@diamondrl0

Жыл бұрын

the scary part is that when others are disappointed you don't even know why because you're trying your best to do your tasks, even tho you still haven't do the first and only task they asked you to do. I just forget/trying to get there!

This is LITERALLY me. Then I collapse from the pressure of being overwhelmed and play video games for two hours, then get guilty for not getting anything done.

@lunaticreisen4698

Жыл бұрын

Same...

@a_raichub

Жыл бұрын

yelp

@itsnatemate7697

Жыл бұрын

“And play video games for two hours…” OMG?! When will KZread stop calling me out?! 😭💀

@OnlyMichaelJackson

Жыл бұрын

Same

@h0neychai

Жыл бұрын

For somebody like me who witnesses this on a daily basis being with their partner, what could i do to help support him to remain productive instead of repeating the cycle of try to do tasks > get overwhelmed > video games > guilt > repeat ?

My wife is a therapist and she's been saying for years I have this. Everyone is in denial right? Well, I'm in my 40s and have come to terms this is what I've dealt with all my life. The thoughts, the too many directions, the feeling like a horder, etc.... Anyway, this video is spot on! Thank you for sharing!

I could relate to this except for the fact that you sorted out what all tasks you need to do to clean the kitchen at the end. I would have totally forgotten all these to-do jobs the moment I saw that book was to be returned.

I like that you included the "background" thoughts that got louder when you were quiet, and softer while you were talking to yourself. I feel like this is the most acurate potrayal I've ever seen, and people don't realize that instead of a bunch of thoughts happening one after the other really fast, like people tend to think, it's actually a bunch of thoughts happening at the same time on different "levels." Details, man.

@ShramenNoodles

Жыл бұрын

Its weird- I have like several different "levels" of my brain too, like I am thinking about writing this comment at the same time as thinking about the implications it has, and at the same time thinking about thinking about this comment... But I don't have ADHD and I can focus on things despite all of this. Not trying to say people with ADHD can control it, because I know they can't- I'm just saying my brain works in a similar way despite not having it \o/

@angelicana9065

Жыл бұрын

@@ShramenNoodles This. Literally your first paragraph is exactly what I was talking about. Thank you for writing it in a better way!

@heckyesitsjess84

Жыл бұрын

That's what I thought would be most frustrating. The multiples

@careliz

Жыл бұрын

I feel the same with letters. Like when i have to write. Every a b c ... e.j. like = like but lke or li..e or l..i..k..... I don't know what it is. It's hard sometimes. But if i thought like numbers is easy for me

@swifter46ter

Жыл бұрын

Halfway through the comment I was trying to process what you were saying but I also thought about how long it was and how I should just click off and do something else. Thanks ADHD, really helps me take in all the words when I have a little gremlin not interested in the topic at hand.

Everything you talk about I've done also. I'm 79, and no one knew about this in my youth. I could have been so much more if I had understood I wasn't lazy, rude, selfish, and an annoying person, but uniquely disabled. Had I experienced compassion, and help to do more I could have been so much more. Instead I'm filled with anger and sadness realizing what I lost .

@crowsshows4804

Жыл бұрын

You have right now to treat yourself with compassion and as a priority

@nyxskids

Жыл бұрын

My family crest should just be self loathing ADHD as far back as I have stories for. So I get it. I got diagnosed at 35, but only managed to get treatment 5 years ago, and am processing the emotional damage of being undiagnosed for most of my life has caused with my lovely, but overworked and underpaid therapist at the clinic. It's not your fault. And if hugs help- I offer all the virtual hugs possible. Take care

@Omnihilo

Жыл бұрын

@@nyxskids If you don’t mind, what treatment did you receive? I’m hesitant to try medication again.

@pinkmoonrabbit2072

Жыл бұрын

🫂

@nyxskids

Жыл бұрын

@@Omnihilo Mostly talk therapy with an eye on accepting that the world is not made for me. I'm retired because of severe injury though, so my treatment probably wouldn't work for most. I wish I had more to offer

I burst into tears halfway through this video as I saw myself going through these motions n tracking all the tasks n hearing all the other thoughts simultaneously! I fairly recently received my adult diagnosis, and I have never seen an ADHD simulation video before. This is exactly what it is like for me. All day, every day. (The task board is a good idea. I use a brain dump pad currently).

This is terrifyingly accurate to my everyday life. It's a struggle that makes it hard for me to even want to exist another day. ADHD has consumed me for over 40 years and has destroyed my life beyond repair. I've lost countless jobs which put a strain on myself and my family and cost me two marriages. If I do go out in public and my ADHD causes me to mess something up, people act and look at me like I'm an idiot, not knowing why I messed up and its out of my control. I've gotten to the point where I avoid everyone and everything at all cost. I don't want to explain myself every time I find myself in those type of situations. I have no more fight left. I don't have the energy or the will to deal with it any longer. Life isn't fun.

I want a simulator for a normal person in this situation so I can see how they aren’t going thru this every time.

@LimegreenSnowstorm

Жыл бұрын

Right? Like, how do NT brains work? Do people just _not_ constantly have music playing in the background?

@loserchips1112

Жыл бұрын

Hi!! I'm a neurotypical and I can sau that I would prioritize something to eat FIRST because thats a bodily need and something i wanted to do. Since the dishwasher was started this time you could actually avoid hand washing the dishes while youre at the store because then the dishes will be done, you unload, and you put the new ones in - now dishes are done! You dont HAVE to clean the cabinets if the day has already been overwhelming cause at least you ate something, cleaned dishes, and got those garbage bags (+returned book if you dont forget to grab it)

@theangledsaxon6765

Жыл бұрын

@@loserchips1112 holy shit wait that’s smart

@oOoMiSSBiRDoOo

Жыл бұрын

@@loserchips1112 eating will make more dishes. There is no where to put the dishes that will get dirty because the sink is full, the counter is full, and the dishwasher is full. Can't put them in any clear surfaces because that will make them dirty and more to clean. And the whole point of them being clean is because I said I wouldn't put any thing else in those spots so they will always be clean. So I need to do the dishes first.....

@englishmuffinpizzas

Жыл бұрын

I don’t have ADHD. I would not have gotten distracted from needing to eat - that is the primary goal. So I would figure out a way to make that happen. No clean dishes? Ok, I’ll hand wash a single plate or whatever the minimum thing I need to achieve that goal. Definitely not starting any major projects before getting my food. I’d probably start the dishwasher running for later, then grab some food and eat that. I would notice things like the book and the messy cabinets (which I probably already knew about) but I’d be better able to assess their urgency and automatically prioritize when I’ll do what. For example, I’ll start the dishwasher now because it takes 1 min. I’ll take the book back and buy garbage bags after I eat. The messy cabinets are a big and not urgent project so I’ll tackle on a weekend sometime when I have time. Etc

As someone who has ADHD, I can say this is super accurate, but you forgot the part where you zone out for God knows how long 🤣

@bonnie3937

11 ай бұрын

Oh yes. It is like stimulus overload, and you find yourself just staring into space.

@jshsjsnsk

9 ай бұрын

Omfg yes😭😭

@jshsjsnsk

9 ай бұрын

Also: ADHD paralysis

@jrain4219

9 ай бұрын

I think zone out is about 7 years between tasks.

@caitm8209

9 ай бұрын

Omg the zoning out is the biggest barrier of them all. I usually follow it up with a rampage because of how far behind I got and OH MY GOD I'M SO LATE.

This helped me understand my husband’s ADHD more than anything else I’ve seen/been told/heard so far. He actually made me turn it off because it was triggering because it was so accurate. Amazing job and I really feel for anyone who has to live with this ❤

I completely understood all the voices. Some were memories, some were imaginary conversations you might have today with real people, some were future lists of tasks that need to be done later, some were hobbies you would REALLY like to get to one day.

@RuailleBuaille

Жыл бұрын

And of course there was that one magic jukebox playing a random song in the back of the mind :D

@Jacqueline_Thijsen

11 ай бұрын

​@RuailleBuaille Yes, only the jukebox forgot half the words and is on constant repeat, but somehow it's still pleasant to have.

@larsonfamilyhouse

11 ай бұрын

I have tons of imaginary conversations for the future!

@jamesbryson9542

9 ай бұрын

And the jingle, song or phrase repeating whether it be "keys,keys, keys," or like in this one the Stranger Things line "Chrissy wake up" in all it's sing-song glory.

@LeanEre

9 ай бұрын

Don't forget the never ending cicle of repeating favorite movies scenes, sometimes the WHOLE movie.

I’m 28, and I haven’t been diagnosed with ADHD, but this video is ridiculously relatable.

@patalfred3357

Жыл бұрын

Same wtf

@blackshadow9033

Жыл бұрын

That's what TikTok , shorts and reels do to you.

@beth_m

Жыл бұрын

Same like I might need to figure this out

@Vengedyr

Жыл бұрын

Is this adhd specific? Isn't everyone's mind like this? (Also, my mind at least goes NO! THERE'S MORE ROOM IN THAT DISHWASHER!)

@gabbyslife4965

Жыл бұрын

I'm about to be 28 in feb and this has been my life for years. But I as well have not been diagnosed with ADHD

This made me cry, its like she just got in my head. And when it's bad I just sit back down because my head hurts. I'm over 60 and this expressed what goes on in my thought process, it's so bloody exhausting. I've never been able to find the words. 😢❤ Thank-you x

Spot on. I was first diagnosed with depression and anxiety and I really think it was the negative self talk and overwhelm that comes with trying to handle everything with ADHD. As soon as I figured out it was actually ADHD (something a friend helped me discover) and went on meds, everything changed for the better

I would take this as the more focused version because you're getting things done (focusing on what needs to be done). The unfocused version you're ALSO thinking about everything else that's going on your life, has happened in your life, might happen in your life, May never happen to your life, has nothing to do with your life, has nothing to do with life, and has everything to do with life. Yet like a chain of thought. Dishes; what did I eat last; lasagna; my mom makes good lasagna; I remember when we went to Sonic; I'm thirsty. Hey wife, wanna go to Sonic? Where are my keys? Then there is an occasional mind wipe where everything goes blank for few seconds in the attempt to reset yourself. The negative of the mind wipe is you have to start over what you are thinking about. You sometimes end up on a completely different thought chain. I usually say, "okay so" in my head. It only happened three..... Nine times in the statement. With edits. (This has been edited 8 times)

@terrimaerz2688

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@allisonhunter1063

Жыл бұрын

ME.

@otsdrselse1163

Жыл бұрын

Yes. 😐

@buhzs9663

Жыл бұрын

STAWP EXPOSING ME T.T

@ohyeah2269

Жыл бұрын

I felt like I was the only one. Thank you for sharing ❤️

This is my brain 😢 thanks for making me feel like I’m not alone.

@Wonkess_Chonkess

Жыл бұрын

Watch out! You might be haunted... Boohoohooooooo

@JediWebSurf

Жыл бұрын

@@Wonkess_Chonkess your face is haunted and apparently your profile pic too.

@JediWebSurf

Жыл бұрын

@@Wonkess_Chonkess oh

@Wonkess_Chonkess

Жыл бұрын

@@JediWebSurf Boohoohooooooo

@gogirl1621

Жыл бұрын

We should literally start a support group. This is so refreshing.

100% Spot on! Thanks for this video! I’ve forwarded it to the people in my life who don’t understand why everything takes me so long to accomplish!

Thank you for this, this is indeed my brain -- especially when I have a "task" whether its getting ready for work, cooking, etc. Can totally relate to the never ending to do list.

The intrusive thinking which creates a distraction when already distracted is so accurate ❤️

@Mushroom321-

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!, IT'S AWFUL !! 😑😑

@SakuraMoonflower

Жыл бұрын

So relatable and so awful lol.

@blockhead4791

Жыл бұрын

I heard you like distractions, so I made a distraction for your distraction!

As someone who has ADHD AND helps people with ADHD as her job, this is actually pretty accurate. The overwhelming feeling of tasks to do not knowing where to start is often why people with ADHD look lazy. No we are not lazy. We just don't know what to do first. Also there is a missing part of hyperfocus, where suddenly your brain put everything in a correct order and you can do all the tasks in a split of the time of how long other people would need. Consequence: you are efficient, but after that your energy is down to 0. Also NEVER speak to someone who hyperfocus. If they lose their concentration it's over.

@EmmaTheSmol

8 ай бұрын

pretty much like yes I have worked on maths for the past 3 hours without adjusting my chair or anything else but maths but don't dare come into my room or try to talk to me because I will have a minor breakdown, lose all motivation and be unable to continue my work for quite a long time

@Ardorstorm

8 ай бұрын

@@EmmaTheSmol Omg yeah

@NealBrewer

8 ай бұрын

Flow state flows. interrupt at the peril of.... Oh FUCK... I forgot to take my noon adderall today.

@Datan0de

8 ай бұрын

My mantra is "One thing at a time. One thing at a time. One thing at a time." (Always 3x for some reason.) It helps a little.

@bbkyuu

8 ай бұрын

Actually the hyperfocus part for me is more like, got all the tasks laid out on the task board, then think if im throwing out food im gonna have to buy more too, and then spend the next 5 hours browsing south east asian recipes. In fact I opened youtube to search for a recipe but here I am commenting on this instead 😵‍💫

This is what inside my head sounds like! Thank you. Now I can share with family

That voice in your head is so on point...i cried when i saw another short like this. I actually felt bad for myself.. compassion for the first time. I could literally say Awe bless my hesrt 😄

You know what was a nice touch? When you first walked over to the task board and all the voices stopped what they were doing to say “board…board…board…yay!” But then immediately fell into chaos again once you had to make a decision (“I guess I’ll start with the dishes”) I’ve noticed lately that every decision I make fractures the task into something smaller, and often leaves me standing and staring at the table or the dishes or the wall, as my brain gets caught up in a loop.

@freezingcathedral

Жыл бұрын

the other voice was a different personality. that's schizophrenia, not adhd.

@thiccle1160

Жыл бұрын

@@freezingcathedral …. What? That was her thoughts lol.

@naterardin8053

Жыл бұрын

@@freezingcathedral No it's just the person's thoughts. Schizophrenia would be if you were hearing voices, not just thinking verbally.

@Wonkess_Chonkess

Жыл бұрын

@@freezingcathedral oh I have everything

I appreciate how in the end, the reason why you went into the kitchen in the first place (getting food for the first time that day) went ignored. Very accurate.

@royalwolf7603

Жыл бұрын

She could've just eaten what was in the cabinet and avoided everything else entirely. 😂

@AlyxTheProtogen

Жыл бұрын

@@royalwolf7603 yeah but the point is that's not how someone with adhd does stuff

@SakuraMoonflower

Жыл бұрын

Happens to me every day. @_@;

Aw, it's heartbreaking to realise that this is how it must be for some people. No wonder my son struggled so much at school, with all the 'distractions' going on in his head. I'm just so grateful that I'm home schooling him now. I'll do it for as long as he wants me to. I could only watch about a minute of this video - it was so distracting, but I can totally understand why you've done it this way. I initially thought that I must have got another KZread video playing in another tab, but when I paused your video - I could see that the other audio / talking was coming from your video and when I paused your video - the additional sounds stopped....Very effective way to demonstrate. I'm going to show this to my son - to see if that's how it feels for him...I'll also show it to my husband x

I love LOVE that i can share this video with my family so they might understand a tiny bit what its like in my head on a daily basis. Thank u for this amazingly perfect, spot on example. Great job! 👍🙏❤️

As someone who also has ADHD, this is incredibly relatable, especially the _constant_ dialogue in your head (edit) to people who think I have schizophrenia, you are misunderstanding what I mean. I'm referring to my thoughts as "dialogue" because in the video the thoughts were portrayed like "dialogue" even though it's not actual dialogue. Please stop saying I have schizophrenia. I do not have it. Thank you.

@jimmcneal5292

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that normal when you're planning what to do?

@rosieleaverton

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmcneal5292 I mean how the thoughts are just constant. not like "Oh, I should do this thing." I mean constantly talking in your head without stop no matter what you're doing. Even interrupting your own thoughts sometimes to have another random thought. It never stops. It's really annoying most of the time, like if you're trying to sleep and you just keep thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking without end. That's a huge con to having a hyperactive brain, lol. (edit) I meant THOUGHTS not VOICES. I am not schizophrenic.

@jimmcneal5292

Жыл бұрын

@@rosieleaverton idk, unless i'm going to bed I have this same thing but it's ok, I don't feel discomfort(it's especially "severe" if I read math, then I feel like overclocked cpu)

@rosieleaverton

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmcneal5292 Yeah, i get that. Math makes my brain feel like it's short-circuited sometimes (doesn't help that I'm also dyslexic, lol)

@gammadion

Жыл бұрын

People with ADHD are commonly very high IQ.

i high-key forgot this was an adhd thing and i always assume everyone is just better at being overwhelmed lol. Your thought process was literally so spot on I didn't question it.

@dreambrush7251

Жыл бұрын

it's honestly so foreign to me that people's brains can be just silent on a regular basis

@Haliosman

Жыл бұрын

I thought this is the norm 😂how is it different for people with no ADHD?

@jacksuttonfilms

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Only halfway through viewing I was like ‘oh this is meant to demonstrate ADHD’ as I was so used to the thought process going on it felt normal

@booperdooper9762

Жыл бұрын

Same here

@booperdooper9762

Жыл бұрын

@@dreambrush7251 That can happen? You're not just talking about brain fog, right?

1000% thank you for making these. Not everyone gets the "overwhelmed paralysis" I will keep chugging until 1am and my partner asks if I'm done. Remember add is different for everyone ❤

I'm 43 and recently diagnosed. This is 1000% accurate. I always thought I was just "flighty" and "lazy" and "stupid". Don't wait as long as I did to be diagnosed. My life could have gone so differently if I hadn't waited because I was told "adhd is just an excuse not to do what you need to and only do what you want to".

@ras_krystafari3333

Жыл бұрын

Lol as if it's just as simple as not waiting .... you have it so easy as a woman who can just request... I would get framed, raped, abused, tortured in hospital & by police for seeking treatment, 😆 🤣 😂 😹 all you had to do was stop waiting ? Your life is in super easy mode compared to mine if that's the case

@ninamarise237

Жыл бұрын

Same here! I'm 43 and I know I have this I don't even know how I graduated High school because I barely made it by. How did they diagnose you? What can you do for it?

@ceejones6489

Жыл бұрын

What did the doctor do to help you?

@FruityPibbles

Жыл бұрын

@@ras_krystafari3333 first, you don't know me or my story, or anything I've been through in my life so don't act like you do. Second, I don't need your trauma dump like it is my fault. Take your anger and do something constructive with it.

@FruityPibbles

Жыл бұрын

@@ninamarise237 I actually took my teenage daughter in to her doctor first and it was basically just an appointment with a psychiatrist where they asked her a ton of questions and she answered them honestly. As I listened to the questions a lightbulb went on And I made an appointment for myself on the way out. They are doing a combination of medicine and behavioral therapy to teach us skills to overcome the challenges medicine alone can't fix. Mine was misdiagnosed as depression for 30 years.

And because of how overwhelming it is you forget to do tasks properly or just procrastinate. This is just spot on.

@r3mixgaming82

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I always do one thing at a time, but if someone tells me to do something, I do that before I do something else. It's painful.

@Inzpectre

Жыл бұрын

@@r3mixgaming82 It really is... Especially at work, in my first ever job, ive misunderstood things so many times, and the slightest detail that isnt explained "properly" to me makes me overthink of doing something wrong. Sometimes it makes me so overwhelmed i feel sick in the head. Ive told my boss about it and stuff, but i dont think he understands how much it really affects me. So basically, adhd sucks.

@r3mixgaming82

Жыл бұрын

@@Inzpectre Very much.

@dennisjungbauer4467

Жыл бұрын

@@r3mixgaming82 Well, while I OTOH also consciously try to do just one thing at a time but decided to put unplanned things (from other people at least) on queue, do them after what I've had planned. But this way you're disappointing other people, so that's also not a solution.. And writing most of it down in to-do lists also doesn't work well, at least for me, as while you don't forget things this way, the lists grow and I'm getting stressed out and you're busy all the time or feel the guilt of procrastinating..

@freecommentor

Жыл бұрын

I'm asking as someone who has very similar symptoms: Did any of you guys suffer from Narcolepsy as well?

😩 Thank you 🙏🏻 sooo much for this! My Daughter has ADHD and I have OCD and we live together 😔it is so frustrating! I have a very clear understanding of what it’s like to be inside her head and need to hug her and have some apologize along with the crow I will be having for lunch! This was a real awakening! 🙏🏻 thank you again! 😩

I have ADHD and there aren't actual "voices" like this - but it FEELS like that, as the title says. Just a dozen thoughts, ideas, etc., getting in the way of an immediate task with the potential for any one of them to replace the immediate task. BUT - what's also important to remember about ADHD is that there's also manic *FOCUS* a particular task - you can end up honing in on one thing very intensely; it's not always not finishing or being able to focus on what you're supposed to do, it can also be the opposite, but to an extreme degree. The latter is usually followed by a long period of inactivity, having accomplished *something*, even though it's not what you needed to actually do, which leads to a false sense of accomplishment and neglecting what has to be done. It's not fun.

@shadowprovesunshine

Жыл бұрын

After I host a party I am done. I dont clean up all the way for like a week. I always wait till the last minute to accomplish or plan and that's when inspiration strikes and I can laser focus (not so easy as I get older though). Then after the event I'm wiped out. Hmm...

@upshifter5316

Жыл бұрын

Whoa. This is spot on.

@lil_keyshaun6967

Жыл бұрын

No like real shi I'll be walking around and randomly talk to my self all day in my head I just do it you wouldn't notice be cause you doing other thing some take a walk out side and at least remember to try not to think and if you do then try to catch something that you normally don't do try it I catch my self doing it all the time is normal I guess

@omkarpatil2763

Жыл бұрын

Very accurate!

@SHAE141

Жыл бұрын

thank you for saying this. sometimes I get frustrated with these 'simulator' videos because it doesn't exactly translate to most that these aren't actual voices, and I think there comes a lot of confusion and people diagnosing themselves. for example, I struggle with anxiety and these 'voices' fit better in that scenario, because I talk to myself in my head. But, my ADHD is completely different. Real ADHD is always lost in translation. its not black and white, rather a grey area but that grey area gets misplaced with that of normal habits. talking to yourself is not enough to diagnose yourself with ADHD, for example.

Honestly I’m impressed you thought to have a task board and remembered to put it on the wall and remembered it exists and remembered to update it and didn’t lose the post it notes or get distracted while looking for a pen

@ummillyaas459

Жыл бұрын

That was me--as soon as she saw the book I feared that she would take a peak at a chapter 😂😂😂

@lionsatmidnight

Жыл бұрын

It just goes to show task boards are useless and pointless to someone with ADHD.

@AZ-kr6ff

Жыл бұрын

@@lionsatmidnight No they're not. I've got a small white board on the wall in my shower, because that's where I tend to think about all the things I need to do. I use one sticky note at a time and in very small writing I'll list the items from the white board onto the sticky note after I get dressed, then I fold it so the sticky part keeps it folded (writing side out) and tuck it in my pocket. I can write on one sticky note for a few days if I write small enough. I keep it in my pocket and scratch things off as I complete them, and scan the list for the next thing that I can cross off, usually picking some small thing thats right in front of me at the time. I'll kind of circle or underline things that can be chained together, like post office, grocery store, drop off book, then at the grocery store I'll cross off items as I pick them up. It's pretty satisfying to see a sticky note with a bunch of tasks crossed off. Of course the list is never ending, because life is a never ending list of sh*t that you need to do. When the paper gets full, I copy the items I haven't crossed off onto a new sticky note and start over. "Task boards" with multiple sticky notes wouldn't work for me, because 1) it's not always with me to add something that needs doing or to check what needs doing and 2) something about all those separate sticky notes just seems like a jumbled mess that my brain would just rather avoid. A list is much simpler. " post office, chicken, tooth paste, olive oil, bank, electric bill, ear buds, paper towels, pay John, fix railing, bread, eggs, laundry" etc. One trip to the grocery store and I've got 6 things crossed off the list That's satisfying and what's left looks easily manageable. Anyway, that's what I do. It works well for me. Believe me I'd way rather just avoid it all and get lost in playing my guitar or Ace Combat or something, but the sh*t gets piled up and seems unmanageable in no time. I like to write, so thanks for reading.

@miexysroom

Жыл бұрын

@@AZ-kr6ff honestly i would forget it exists too.. it’s an extra step which: instead of spending the limited energy we have to do tasks we gotta spend it on updating the board.. i personally carry a pocket sized book with a pen and write down thoughts, ideas, and tasks in there right away (as a rule). But once you fall into the “i can remember this task without writing it down” trap, youre gonna take weeks to reorganise!! 😅

@JesseDanielle

Жыл бұрын

I love using my fridge as a whiteboard. And I got a 3 foot calendar that I put right in front of my door I literally have to make things so big and obnoxious that I can’t miss them anything smaller it’s going in the brain trash

Spot on. Now couple that with a traumatic brain injury, and increase those ADHD symptoms & the overwhelm exponentially. Throw in brain fog, only 15% processing speed, sensory overload, light sensitivity, extreme fatigue, visual & auditory processing issues, body perpetually stuck in fight/flight, disrupted peripheral vision, living alone with no one to help, inability to work, financial stress due to out of pocket medical expenses being higher than entire disability check, papers & clutter everywhere, etc etc. Oh, & did I mention overwhelm?!?! 😑😂 Love your work -- so relatable. Thank you thank you!!

this is why people with adhd freeze and then people think we are lazy but in fact, we are, OVERWHELMED

As someone who does not have ADHD, this was horribly stressful to watch! We all have moments when we get overwhelmed, but it appears as if, according to this video, there's an inability to keep one's thoughts organized in your head, along with a crushing anxiety. I was thinking to myself while watching this thoughts like "Well, I'd just go to store to get the bags, take the book with me and drop it off the library on the way to the store. Before leaving, I'd run the dishwasher so the dishes will be clean when I get back, and I'll organized the cabinets, put the clean dishes away, and put dirty dishes in the sink when I get back.

@RutabegaNG

Жыл бұрын

This is pretty constant, yes. Our prioritization function is a bit wonky, so finding your keys winds up being as important as putting the baking soda away and eating something before you pass out, and each one of those items has a million steps leading up to it.

@neithere

7 ай бұрын

Oh... I thought this was maybe a bit overdone, or that it represented my worse days, or perhaps I don't even have ADHD (because I'm only self-diagnosed), but then I read your comment and realised that I didn't even start thinking about how I'd organise the tasks, I was already confused and exhausted trying to follow them, although they aren't even mine and I don't need to do them. Oh well.

@AnnekeOosterink

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, but then you walk into the hallway to get your shoes and realise you only have summer shoes out and it's raining, so you need to find waterproof shoes somewhere, and then you notice the wet laundry while walking to the box with winter shoes, and wet laundry will get mildew so that needs to be dried right now, otherwise you'll forget it and it will stay where it is for 3 days before you see it again and remember it, and it will need to be washed a second time. So you can't leave yet, otherwise the laundry WILL just escape your mind. Then when the laundry is done your stomach rumbles, so you remember you wanted to eat and the kitchen loop repeats (with the exception of making the list on the whiteboard). And then you will finally find the shoes you needed and go to the store, but you will forget the dishwasher. because that's inside of the kitchen task list which is completely separated from the shopping and library task list. So when you come back you need to turn that dishwasher on, and then you can start on the dishes. Meanwhile you still haven't eaten. And if you're lucky you won't meet another list of 10 tasks when you walk into the living room, or bedroom, or bathroom, etc etc.

@charcoalanderson8010

6 ай бұрын

This comment is just *chefs kiss*. You just described, to a 'T', what my last hour has been like. And it's like that every day, all the time.

@LuluTheCorgi

6 ай бұрын

It is incredibly stressful, the first time I took medication I was confused about being able to just do stuff, never felt calm before in my life

I absolutely LOVE that you included the LOUDNESS of being inside an ADHD head. That was a PHENOMENAL way to explain it. I've tried explaining it before, but never been very good at it. The best explanation I've seen from other people (besides this one) is as follows: Imagine you're in a small room. You're in the centre of it all. The room is completely full of people. Maybe 20-30 or so. All of these people are talking to you simultaneously and the volume varies, some quietly, some normal volume and some are yelling loudly. All of these people are trying to draw your attention. All of these people believe that what they're trying to get you to focus on is very important and you must pay attention to it RIGHT NOW!!!!! You just saw something colourful out of the corner of your eye. Another person is trying draw your attention to it. Another is trying to get you to focus on the task at hand. Another is trying to get you to remember that line from a show you watched last night. Another is trying to get you to think about what's happening tomorrow and what you need to do to prepare. And than the volumes that the everyone is speaking to you at varies randomly. Some will go from yelling to quiet or vice versa for no apparent reason.

@indigo_0

Жыл бұрын

that on top of all the physical stimuli and sensory overload you experience on a day to day basis- istg some neurotyps are just like “well, you can just filter it out 🤪” and to which i say HOW?? you’re the one talking, not giving a shit that im the one having a panic attack because of the fucking 24/7 screaming, talking, yelling that i cannot escape wherever i go, and you’re just telling me to stop stimming but you want me to just “filter it out”? im so goddamn done.

@joyh8382

Жыл бұрын

This is AMAZING. Yes! *Thank you for sharing.*

@nena5518

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the music. I often also have a song on repeat and like one or two bars from a song that I try to identify.

@kris778

Жыл бұрын

@@nena5518 I always end up with a song I listen to once or haven’t heard in years stuck in my head. It’s never the song I’m currently playing on a loop until I’m sick of it 😅

@angelaverbowski995

Жыл бұрын

YES.. seriously! Yes! I sent the video to my friend and my boys- because they tease me about losing my mind. Today I got a rose from my kids and a card .. telling me how they appreciate all I am doing. It took them by surprise, because they didn't understand! Now, they speak softer and try to help me out more.. my friend has been doing my shopping because I get overwhelmed with the noise in stores! He didn't realize that I was pushing so hard to do normal thing's and he now comes over once a week to do anything outside and straightening up the house. I have mobile issues too. I was in tears, a small video can help do so much! Thanks for letting the world see the struggle! ✌️🌹🤍

This frighteningly accurate. I do this all day every day. Some days you want to scream. I also live with a hoarder so there are times when I just spin around in the living room and sort of break down because I cant do anything.

I was diagnosed with ADHD as a first grader and was told i have it all through my younger life. Im now 35. This was back when ADHD was new enough that they were still experimenting with the medication. I was on concerta, paxil, prozac, ritilin, and all kinds of things at different points until Adderall came out and was spreading. I got on adderall and took different forms of it throughout elementary and middle school from the wafers to the XR extended release when it came out. Going into highschool with a more developed conciousness and seeing how everyone was claiming or bieng diagnosed with ADHD i realized by looking at them that they didnt have a disorder, they simply didnt have life skills, discipline, or shame about making endless excuses for themselves. I took a look at myself and applied that same insight, stopped taking medication and got my mindset in order. Started taking things more seriously and applied more diligence toward prioritizing what needed to be done with the mindset of responsibility. Havent taken medication since and like i said i am now 35. I have no problem completing a task. Work as a union electrician and do well as anyone else. Do i lose my keys or forget things from bieng overwhelmed by life sometimes? Ofcourse, its called bieng human. ADHD is nothing but a way to pimp single mothers or those who are otherwise lacking traditional no excuse fatherhood in the home into taking medication and giving it to thier children. An easy way for parents or others who have been diagnosed with ADHD to say, "its not my fault, its a disorder". Alot of people will be mad but thats just the truth of the matter. Life is chaotic sometimes and everyone has trouble prioritizing at some point or another, but its about diligence in setting patterns for yourself and following them. Knowing what to do and bieng on point is not supposed to just come naturally, but like any skill, it takes practice, experience, and repetition to get better at it. ADHD is not it.. I want yall to do better for yourselves and especially your children.

This is why I never complete anything lol

@JamiesLife

Жыл бұрын

Same lol but I complete a lot I manage my 3 kids my brains so chaotic all day though

@cc..starlight

Жыл бұрын

This is why my room is a mess lol

@KodaTheSlytherin

Жыл бұрын

Fr tho

@ceterisparibus8966

Жыл бұрын

This is why I cannot pass exams

@Wojtek_Ch

Жыл бұрын

As good an excuse as any other

The board is a great representation of what it feels like. Where others see one simple task “clean the kitchen” we see seven different tasks, and that’s not counting what might have been forgotten. I got overwhelmed just looking at the board, no wonder I suck at getting things done

@lauracarrillo884

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I hate boards or to do list , they get me anxioud

@oo8962

Жыл бұрын

I had no adhd and the board is indeed overwhelming. I'm a "I'll do whatever I feel like doing" person so to do list is a huge stress for me. It's like several monsters are behind me constantly reminds me to do stuff

@k_t530

Жыл бұрын

No the average person would see several tasks to clean, an entire room incompasses several tasks, this is somebody trying to label everyday things or really her inability to do everyday tasks or her making shit difficult as ADHD and it's not.

@bobkoontz5814

Жыл бұрын

@@k_t530 what?

@pedroewert143

Жыл бұрын

@@bobkoontz5814 this are normal thought processes. The Person in the Video actually Made the correct plan, getting Garbage bags makes sense. Noticing various Things is Not adhd. If she noticed the book and then would have started to Look Up library opening hours and ended Up websurfing i May have believe IT. but she noticed the book and still had the task in mind

This is so comforting. Thank you for making this.

I describe it as having several tabs open on a computer screen, flipping back and forth between them, or searching for a radio station on a car radio. I am 60 and still struggle. I tried meds a few years ago, but it didn’t help. Both of my grown sons take meds, one since childhood, one just more recently.

The most perfect part about this, is she completely forgot that she was unable to find her keys! Wrote down all the steps and plotted out everything and once she starts to leave for the store, it all unravels.

@shahsingh663

Жыл бұрын

I forgot that to

@pollyrg97

Жыл бұрын

Also no breakfast

@shahsingh663

Жыл бұрын

@@pollyrg97 well, that parts a daily

My doctor suspects I have ADHD and honestly this video is so accurate to the point that it made me feel so overwhelmed, my brain just shut down and now I feel extremely tired and sick. It's shit to get nothing done

@mrspumpkin6298

Жыл бұрын

I know, it is so annoying! But you need to try and be happy that you know yourself more now (if you have it) and there is plenty of research into it unlike a few years ago; meaning it is really known about and you can get help. I find that it also helps knowing that others also live with ADHD, so there is a community around it that YOU are a part of 😊

@eileensnow6153

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hit that point right around “I have to clean the cabinets” (although not as intensely, I just know I would’ve given up around then). This felt EXACTLY like my internal monologue, you might want to follow up on that potential ADHD diagnosis

@RoleplayHost

Жыл бұрын

as someone who is professionally diagnosed: you have ADHD. the reason why you feel tired and sick is because your brain is starving for dopamine constantly so when you're through a task in a way that puts a lot of pressure on you, your brain is suffering because it needs the Do and Reward chemical and it just is not getting through. Your brain literally goes dim when you try harder. I can't think of anything else it could be except for executive dysfunction. Something that helps for me is focusing solely on the root of the task first and only (sometimes for the entire day) or quantifying the task if it's sisyphean. Also putting your shoes on for some tasks helps for some reason. For example, for this video what I would focus on first is going to the store (with a list so i don't forget) to get trash bags and use the trip as an excuse to return the book. I would put the trash bags in a place where they are convenient to re-line the trash. Then, I would do something nice for a little while in the same room where I need to do the next task and I would do a little starting with 10 of this or 5 of that, setting a really small goal so you can do something rather than nothing, and even overachieve. I also like to wear gloves and watch a video while I'm handwashing dishes so that my brain is distracted from the awful sensation and there is a physical barrier between me and the awful sensation BUT all of this is way easier on medication, off medication it is still physically painful and mentally agonizing for me to get things done. And even on medication sometimes it's easier when you ask people to do the silliest little tasks for you like "can you play games in the same room as me while i'm taking stuff out of the cabinet" "can you talk to me while i do the dishes" or just tiny tasks that somehow feel so big

@user-dp9pq6nh5g

Жыл бұрын

@@eileensnow6153 i hit it when i saw the stilll dirty dishes in the dishwasher

@ICRAVEBRAINZ

Жыл бұрын

but, no guarantee u got adhd lol

OMG! You have described my entire life of thinking in two mins!! Thank you for all your videos and shorts! No one understands what I mean! ❤

This is so me, I have such a difficult time keeping track of things because there's billions of different conversations going on in my head. I'm getting tested for ADHD (again since 3rd grade) I hope it goes well. Thank you so much for making me feel welcome, Olivia ❤

This made me feel an extreme amount of empathy to know that someone literally thinks and feels exactly how I do on a daily basis…yet also made me tear up a bit to know that someone else literally thinks and feels how I do on a daily basis. Great video though. Subscribed.

@melissawerner6309

Жыл бұрын

Hugs, I get it!!

I still find it so hard to believe there’s people who don’t experience this. Thanks for posting this!

@WeezieV

6 ай бұрын

EXACTLY! Like, I experience this thought process but I don't believe I have ADHD, but how would someone do all these tasks otherwise? Just start washing dishes then move stuff with soap all over their hands and knock stuff over because it is in the way? People who DON'T think this way, please explain what your process would be. Maybe that can help me and others.

@CrisTryingToBeProductive

5 ай бұрын

​@@WeezieVyes, once I'm in the sink and my hands are wet I don't leave till I finish, unless I have to wait for the kettle to boil water for those extra greasy dishes. I might temporarily forget about the dishes, but eventually resume the task.

@yazajag

5 ай бұрын

​@@WeezieVim hyper organized not (i am on the autistic spectrum and not ADHD Idk if that matters) i stack dirty dishes neatly in the sink to one side i clean off the counters and i have a "routine" and order i go in. And when i place things in cabinets, i also am very neat with boxes, cans, etc, all same shape and size category goes together, cans stack together. Pasta stands together etc, kind of like Tetris. I think my friend may be closer to ADHD because she has her things in disarray like cans on bags of rice etc and i cant understand how someone can not notice or be okay with leaving the sink or cabinets or closets etc so chaotic. It literally gives me anxiety to see disorder to that extent, but i mean that without judgement. Its just our brains function differently and the more disarray the harder it is to clean up. My dad also taught me to clean as you go, as in dont wait until its a tornado of a mess to start cleaning tho i know for some its easier said than done. 😢😅 BTW🎉 Happy New Year🎉

@rahelglaus5721

4 ай бұрын

@@WeezieVI did have the same thought process, however, I would have put the tasks on the wall and started with turning on the dishwasher, then go out to return the book and buy garbage bags, and then come back home to empty and reload the dishwasher. Which would leave me with time to clean up the cabinet etc. ;)

@lorme86653

4 ай бұрын

​@@CrisTryingToBeProductive9

Never diagnosed with this, however my son was. And yet, this video and many other things I have come to learn, probably means I have it too. I'm not hyper, not usually, but definitely focusing on one task without getting distracted along the way is very difficult.

Thank you. This was very helpful. You’re doing a great service for the world by providing his videos.

I really appreciate the overlapping thoughts. I haven’t seen that aspect depicted so effectively before. It can be a struggle to explain to neurotypical people how challenging it can be to exist this way. Thank you for creating this.

@beardiemom

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, same. I've tried to explain to my husband before that I can be in a conversation with him, think about my RP group, about something that went wrong with work, about having to clean the lizard cage, oh, and that one train of thoughts is humming the tetris melody again. He looked at me like I was crazy.

@RosenrotRtLiebchen87

Жыл бұрын

@@beardiemom do dodo do do dodo do dodo do do do do do dooo dooo dooo dooo doooo dooo do do do (all pronounced like doo but amount of "o"s indicates length of oo sound)

@xo9523

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Sometimes it just feels like layers on top of layers of thoughts. Wow it feels good to hear someone talk about that

@rebeccat9389

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@jjrulez1596

Жыл бұрын

@@RosenrotRtLiebchen87 megalovania?

As someone with ADHD, it is hard to believe or understand that not everyone functions like this

@thinkingtoomuch7680

3 ай бұрын

Yeah! I’m having trouble imagining people who DON’T have ADHD. They must have e very stable thoughts and processes. I feel like I’m reining in a pack of random ideas whenever I intend to do a task. Inevitably, several of those thoughts either gain supremacy or get lost.

I especially like that there’s a voice that’s just singing a random song. I’ve always got a song in the background of my mind.

OMG! I'm in my 50s and always thought this was normal and that I was just weak for always getting overwhelmed! Thank you!

Why is this so accurate 😂 now I can’t be the only one wishing to see a simulation of how it feels not to have adhd

@A.M-82

Жыл бұрын

Ik what is that like

@whatisahandle221

Жыл бұрын

👩‍🚀👍

@Sac-chan

Жыл бұрын

just mute the video and put a scene finding the keys and being happy :D

@A.M-82

Жыл бұрын

@@Sac-chan lol

@BioLivbanon

Жыл бұрын

​​@@Sac-chan No, haha, it would be actually doing the dishes and cleaning the kitchen 😆

This is the most accurate I've seen so far, thank you for this!

Thank you so much for this video! Right to the point and representing exactly what’s going on in my head and my life ALL the time! It’s exhausting! I appreciate you and your time and your talent and your enthusiasm that I wish I had 😂

That constant criticism is too real & really takes a toll! I’m glad that I finally got diagnosed by 45 years old, it’s made my whole life so different - even therapy is so different - even my relationship with my grown kids - for once in my life I’m consistent af with a medication which in turn makes my life so consistent, flexible & manageable… I don’t ever want to go back to the way things were… ADD/ADHD is no joke; get help or get your loved ones the help that best suits them sooner than later 🙏

@janani5480

Жыл бұрын

What are those medications?!

@nowonmetube

Жыл бұрын

Which medication. Ritalin doesn't work well for everyone.

@tiredofit1968

Жыл бұрын

I was diagnosed at 48, and in the first three years of being treated with medication, I took an accelerated masters program in Elementary Education and made straight A's, taught myself plumbing, electrical, construction, and HVAC to save myself money on repairs to my mom's and my rentals, all while raising a daughter by myself and taking care of an 85 year old mother with dementia and a 60 year old brother with a Crack and alcohol addiction

@galekron1954

Жыл бұрын

What meds ?

@Healthevoid

Жыл бұрын

Which medication worked for you ?

I've actually never used this word, because it never felt appropriate, but this was really triggering. Not a complaint or a criticism, just proof of how accurate it is - as soon as I got on the right meds for my ADHD, my anxiety got cut in half. Five years later, just watching the first minute of this almost set off a panic attack.

@lindabidwell6722

3 ай бұрын

Trigger...good word. I became short of breath and anxious. 😂

@ghassenbenabdallah5899

3 ай бұрын

Try smoking weed

@ConstantChaos1

3 ай бұрын

I hate that the comment section is about how accurate this is, cuz for me this is at best a waterd down spoof of my ADHD. How I would love to just have to deal with that level of ADHD But also yeah people never talk about how stressful it is and how effectively taking meth is still better lol

@yasedky

3 ай бұрын

Right Absolutely right

@chickontheright2771

3 ай бұрын

@@ghassenbenabdallah5899 sometimes weed can actually increase ones anxiety and it surely doesn't help with ADHD .

I have found that sitting on a rock by a stream, on the deck or on a rock with a veiw really helps slow things down and let's me collect my thoughts, this might not work for all but it's worth a shot.

The only thing missing, that happens to me on a weekly basis, is one of the voices in my head starts calling me dumb because of something I did or didn't do, then some other hear it and call me dumb for judging myself too harshly, than a few other calls me stupid, incompetent, unworthy and all kinds of bad stuff in a crescendo until the main voice starts doing that too. All of a sudden, one of them starts calling me dumb for speaking with myself and listening to the self bullying, so I try to stop talking in my head. If I fail, it starts all over again, an If I manage to do so (usually with music), I finally get some small peace, in spite of knowing well it will happen again.

This is exactly like the verbal test a chief psychiatrist of a mental hospital gave me to diagnose my ADHD; he gave me 6 chores for the day and asked me how I'd go about accomplishing them, and my response was just like this video

This is by far THE MOST ACCURATE depiction I've ever seen...I DIDN'T EVEN THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DEPICT YOUR EXTRA VOICES IN VIDEO FORM BUT YOU DID IT, you deserve an Emmy or something for this masterpiece

@vernievuitton

Жыл бұрын

Totally.. I was always in denial of even having ADHD even though i was prescribed meds in my youth but I always thought the dialogue I was hearing was simply my brain processing things but I had no idea this was unique to ADHD! I almost feel relieved that i actually know now

@theyetirulrs

Жыл бұрын

52 and a vaguely functional adult. Been trying to address this issue with my doctor for years. Think I’m going to show this to him next week. Cuz yeah… that’s me. Voices and all the rest.

@Rogueixpresents

Жыл бұрын

Relax dude it’s not that a big deal LMAO

@McStruggles

Жыл бұрын

I tried describing it to people with "Having like 3 separate trains of thought at once and you can't pick one to focus on" Needless to say unless you experience ADHD people think I'm just going crazy or exaggerating with that description

@McStruggles

Жыл бұрын

@@Rogueixpresents it's incredibly frustrating not being able to explain to people what it's like in your head and if you do usually the response is "Ok, sure. You're just procrastinating by choice." Or "You're over exaggerating". So to find such an accurate depiction is so validating. You have something to show people who don't understand. It's exciting!

when i think of things while doing stuff i talk about what im thinking of, even if its to myself, that way i can hear what im thinking about and keep on track with what im doing while retaining an overactive brain. i find if i assign a voice to the thoughts in my head my brain has an easier time keeping on track, sometimes i even vent frustration and it helps a lot with processing thoughts and emotions. i may seem a bit crazy talking to myself but talking to myself not only helps me to understand things im thinking of better by talking them out, but i can also hear myself reminding myself what i gotta be doing and what i gotta do next keeping me somewhat on track. sometimes....its a bit of a overload but its easier than trying to keep it all in.

what I love so much about this video is how you have multiple people (you's) talking to you while still trying to determine what stimuli to filter out while trying to keep track of what you're trying to do in that moment while trying to remember the steps you need to take to accomplish -- wait wasn't I hungry?? ❤🤣 Thank you so much for posting this

@anacom4238

6 ай бұрын

I agree. I think the hardest thing to do is prioritize.

@janefitch4254

5 ай бұрын

And there’s always that one background voice criticizing you for losing this or that or not doing the one task you started out to do.

@msrogaz

5 ай бұрын

This is a really good illustration!

@Robocat9000

5 ай бұрын

@@anacom4238 - the hardest thing is to get the other inner dialogs to shut up 😆. It's just impossible