35 Things People With ADHD Want Everyone Else To Know
“I wish people understood that I don’t have a choice in how my brain works.”
We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community living with ADD/ADHD to tell us what they wish other people understood about the disorder. Here are some of the best responses.
Quick note: ADD/ADHD is a neurological disorder characterized by difficulty sustaining attention, by lack of self-control, and by impaired working memory. It’s now more often classified in medical literature as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but lots of people (including some doctors) still refer to it as ADD. For the purpose of clarity and conciseness, we will refer to the disorder as ADHD for the remainder of this article.
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ADHD isn't an inability to concentrate — it's an inability to control what we concentrate on.
Caroline Kee / Via buzzfeed.com
Sometimes we focus on literally everything at once.
"People seem to think that ADHD means that I’m always too easily distracted. In actuality, I am focused on far too many things at any given moment and move from thought to thought very quickly."
Alois Di Leo / spectrumnews.org / Via reddit.com
...Or we focus too much on one thing, which we call ~hyperfocus~.
Instagram: @adhdmemes / Via instagram.com