• net00@lemm.ee
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    18 days ago

    Nothing, it has become quite common to say ADHD causes every little odd behavior. I’m not sure if all those people are even actually diagnosed and not just lying for internet points…

    I assume people with actual ADHD find it offensive their condition is made fun of by “quirky” idiots online.

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      17 days ago

      Yep. Just because you do something in a nonsensical, stupid way doesn’t mean you have ADHD or that is what someone with ADHD would do. People with ADHD are also “intellectual.”

      For me, this is how I’d solve 9+7:

      Day 1: Fuck it, I’ll do it tomorrow

      Day 2: Alright gotta do that problem now! Just gonna eat and take a walk to prepare my mind

      Day 3: okay for real this time

      Day 4: staring intently at problem for half an hour before getting incredibly inspired to do anything else

      Day 5: anxiety

      Day 6: paralyzed but anxiety

      Day 7: Either I actually try to do it and it takes 30 seconds or I give up entirely and flunk the class

      Not “hehe quirky look at me I’m so stupid because my brain does things differently, ur so smart I wish I was like you and not so dumb! x3”

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        18 days ago

        I wanna be charitable and say that these sort of behaviors might be commonly associated with ADHD because for us they become a necessity to exist in the world.

        While an NT person might have no problem adding 9+7 without breaking up the problem, it becomes much harder with ADHD. so ADHD people are more likely to develop them as a coping mechanism.

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          17 days ago

          For me personally, the more steps a math problem has, the less likely I am to follow through. My mind prefers cutting corners rather than breaking equations up

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            17 days ago

            For many of us it is cutting corners. Memory is hard, but I know my fives and anything less than five so really I just need two spots in ram instead of a bunch of tables on my tiny hard drive

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              17 days ago

              Yes! This is true, for example, if I’m given something like 16 + 27, I’ll sooner make an educated (wrong) guess 3 times than stop and think about it. Not sure if that’s ADHD though!

      • don@lemm.ee
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        18 days ago

        The problem here is that what you’re posting is accurate, realistic, and far more importantly, makes no use of italibold. Sorry, friend.