Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoLife's more expensivelazysoci.alimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageLife's more expensivelazysoci.alLady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarei_love_FFT@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoExcept that “forgetting things” is the most salient symptom of ADHD, while “being an asshole” is nowhere near the autism spectrum.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoRight? “Forgetting things” is one thing…but whenever I have a home project I spend more time looking for my hammer multiple times than I do actually working. As an example.
minus-squareSolarMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI have 5 hammers, 2 identical drills, and 4 box cutters because of this. I have some 20 pair of scissors for the same reason. I don’t even want to know how many screwdrivers I’ll find when I pack my shit to move. Object permanence is a big problem. A big expensive problem. I can set something down right in front of myself and lose it basically immediately.
Except that “forgetting things” is the most salient symptom of ADHD, while “being an asshole” is nowhere near the autism spectrum.
Right? “Forgetting things” is one thing…but whenever I have a home project I spend more time looking for my hammer multiple times than I do actually working. As an example.
I have 5 hammers, 2 identical drills, and 4 box cutters because of this.
I have some 20 pair of scissors for the same reason.
I don’t even want to know how many screwdrivers I’ll find when I pack my shit to move.
Object permanence is a big problem. A big expensive problem. I can set something down right in front of myself and lose it basically immediately.