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Just obsess over making everything yourself for your hobbies and they cost a lot less. Shit now I need more tools.
washing clothes twice
Ha. I’m lucky if I remember to wash them once!
uhhh. >_> who should I talk to about getting diagnosed?
Oh hey, I do all of these on a regular basis. And regularly got in trouble as a kid for being forgetful, despite the fact that I was a smart kid with good grades. Maybe I should talk to a doc…
Get disposable virtual credit cards.
I just delete my credit card right after I sign up, and then I don’t have to remember anything.
It’s also much easier to unsubscribe you use a new card for each merchant, and if you no longer want to use amazon just delere the card. No need to go jump through 10x hoops to cancel
I must be kind of in an ADHD sweet spot. I’ve had tons of hobbies through the years, but also an aversion to spending a lot of money on them. I prefer cheap activities where I can make most of what’s needed. When I do invest in special tools etc. I tend to stick with those hobbies a lot longer. But I’ve definitely seen people who jump in feet first - 3d printing is a good example - and throw thousands of dollars equipping themselves and then upgrading and modding their equipment, without ever doing much with it. Some people refer to that as being a collector instead of a maker.
While I recognise some of this dysfunction in my life, I think it is possible to avoid the worst excesses. I have a workshop and a tool fetish, which can be expensive but most of my tools have paid for themselves several times over considering the money saved doing things for myself.
We have bad impulse control but we’re also good at improvising, it’s not all bad. I don’t actually care that much about having an attention deficit, I just want to be treated compassionately, the way I treat other people.
Yeah same, I’ve tried many things but I managed to always justify to myself the purchase to make sure I’m not wasting too much money on stuff that will just use space and be unused. Still happens, but could be much much worse. Some things I come back from time to time, when the hyperfocus cycle brings me back to it, like musical instruments. Some things I only ever get the entry level stuff because I know I will move on way before reaching some stage where I need better equipment…
Bingo…I got all the ADHD squares covered
Oh shit I just 100 percented this game. What do I win??
Crippling debt
I forget…
Debt
arent you suppose to buy something after losing it? eating out is not allowed for nonadhd guys? is this suppose to be a meme or something?
Neurotypical people don’t lose things as often. And when they do, they often remember where they misplaced it by retracing their steps.
Neurotypical people have their shit together so they find time and energy for cooking meals more often than people with ADHD.
I definitely find myself in all of these, except for the one in the middle of the last row.
i get it now. the picture oversimplified this.
Easy fix. Just make sure you make enough to pay the adhd dues
I want to laugh, but it’s too close to home.
I’ll add:
Missing appointments, rescheduling and then missing that one too.
And still paying for the appointments that were missed
Everyone forgets shit. Get over yourself.
Placing all the things you personally forget in an ADHD box does not in any way absolve you.
Same way an autistic asshole is still just an asshole who happens to be autistic, one is not caused by the other.
Fuck off. This community literally has just the one rule.
So you’re just an asshole then?
Yeah everyone forgets things but how many people have ever had their car repossessed while also having enough money to pay off the whole loan because the crappy bank that gave the best interest rate doesn’t have a convenient autopay system?
I don’t think people are thinking of absolution when they recognize these kinds of things are part of their disorder. It’s commiserating with your fellow sufferers on the absurd, counterintuitive, and inconsistent nature of the damn thing.
Your bank almost certainly has a way to mail checks on a schedule.
Thanks for sharing but there is no need to help solution this example that happened more than a decade ago.
The original poster of this comment chain said something minimizing the severity and impact ADHD can have in a person’s life to the effect of “everyone forgets things, get over yourself”
My comment explains that there is a casual level of forgetful and an ADHD level of self sabotaging forgetful which is one of the things that makes it a disorder and not just a person who is a little careless.
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.
Yk, this is the ONE time living in the ass end of nowhere has been good for my wallet.
I’ve wanted to paint minis for a while now, and the one mini I got is a small blueberry I haven’t even painted because I’d need to buy the tools and paints, which aren’t sold here.
If I were stateside I’d be drowning in orc and salamander minis. Or more likely yet, primed but not painted, and tossed aside like half the hobbies I pick up until the moment I got the jist of what its about.
I got 300 eur worth of ifninity minis, lost a shitty painting competition and now ive put it off since i need a paint booth.
Ive picked up airsoft now. At least airsofts cheaper.
Oof, isn’t airsoft a money sink as well?
Or more likely yet, primed but not painted, and tossed aside like half the hobbies I pick up until the moment I got the jist of what its about.
I feel personally attacked
Oh I HAVE A BINGO !(unfortunately)
Luckily my wife pays the bills in the house or I be a mess.
This is me too. I don’t think I could survive on my own.
I’m pretty good at making money tho. I’m even good at investing. But paying a simple bill requires 2 doses of Ritalin
Autopay is the way.
