ADHD is being intelligent and hard working but completely unable to decide a career path, so drifting through life into your 40s when you finally realise you have ADHD and have wasted the past 25 years.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 days ago

Hey! We're not all hard working!

[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

dude...

edit: I studied physics, quit, became a bass player, then a street musician playing percussion, then software developer, then translator, then studied classical music composition, then quit, then became conference interpreter, then learned neural networks and gave a seminar on using neural networks in contemporary music at Ircam Paris in 2018, then went back to studying composition at the university. This year I will finally graduate at 41. Hope to do my masters and become a college professor.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Good job, I'm stupid.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

Hey nuh uh, I did all that having been diagnosed at 5, thank you.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 23 points 6 days ago (3 children)

If you're my husband the key is apparently to marry an autist and let her manage all your projects.

Shit gets done.

[–] undefinedValue@programming.dev 8 points 5 days ago

Is this blessed autist PM hiring any new ADHD devs???

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Its me, I'm the autistic wife to a completely dysfunctional ADHD husband. I am tired. Tell her thank you.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago

fistbump

[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

My autistic wife is the reason our home hasn't inexplicably burned to the ground!

[–] Oneser@lemm.ee 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Is this really an ADHD thing?

[–] kubica@fedia.io 44 points 6 days ago

Executive dysfunction can be a symptom of other things but also ADHD.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 days ago

It is for me.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 16 points 6 days ago

My nemesis, choice paralysis, how you are the bane of my existence.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That sounds more like depression to me?

But in my ADHD experience: I'd think of 1000 fun things to do, but do some minor hyperfixation thing(s) and then it's 3am and I did nothing I should have done or actually wanted to do 😵‍💫

[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 6 points 5 days ago

It can go both ways. If it goes your way, I consider that a successful day. Its usually easier to just watch YouTube videos to no end instead of doing all the cool things you thought about.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

FUCK.

Happened to me today!

ended up listening to loud music on the new home amplifier at least

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ooh, which one did you get?!

[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Please don’t answer or I’ll have to waste 3 days researching amplifiers

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

I’m looking forward to three days researching amplifiers!

[–] Charlxmagne@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Or imagining how sick it would be doing one of those activities without having the willpower to start.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

This is me every weekend.

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm getting pretty sick of "ADHD is specifically this"

That is not how it works.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

devil's advocate: "[thing] is" has become internet shorthand for "a common attribute of [thing]" likely due to microblog character limits

that being said I do get a "it's ALWAYS like this for ALL OF US" vibe from a lot of these types of posts that is uhhhh not great