Tell Me You Have ADHD Without Telling Me You Have ADHD - The Signs Everyone Missed Growing Up

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Published 2021-09-21
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All Comments (21)
  • @BabyBackManiac
    I think the "but he/she has no problems paying attention to videos games" phenomenon (*see also TV, Sports, music, legos, etc) has done more to keep kids from being diagnosed by well meaning parents than probably any other thing.

    It really is a bummer they call it attention "deficit" disorder instead of something more accurate.
  • @frisog6948
    "wait I missed what they said"
    * rewinds 60 seconds *
    30 seconds later:
    "wait I missed what they said"
  • @beethovenbeats
    “Tell me you have ADHD without telling me you have ADHD”

    watching hours of videos on ADHD while I have 37 other things to do that I can’t focus on
  • @kgilburg
    It’s really hard to find out you have ADHD at the age of 79! But it’s also comforting to know I’m not crazy!
  • Finding out that I was never lazy or messy and I actually just have ADHD felt almost traumatic.
    Like, I’ve been struggling for 20 years, and instead of listening to me and helping me I just got called lazy. It’s hard not to be mad.
  • @Azeria
    Oh here’s one: I downloaded a game today and I’m currently ranked 12th worldwide.
  • When you said “you have so much potential. Why don’t you just try harder?” It hit me like a ton of bricks. 😭
  • @maddy.8915
    One of my history teachers in high school told me he was disappointed in me at the end of the year because "I could have done so much better if I had just tried". I think about that a lot. Watching your videos makes me feel less alone but also lonely at the same time. I hope anyone reading this knows I understand you, and I am proud of you.
  • @sulatlalaki
    "Getting distracted is NOT a moral defect." My FAVORITE thing you've said thus far!
  • POV: You're an adult that has never been tested for ADHD and can strongly relate to 80%+ of these
  • @agibson9020
    I got chills all over my body when she talked about people talking about your wasted potential and assuming it’s a moral failure. Thanks for saying it out loud!!
  • @claudenad7353
    When i was younger my mom thought i had ADHD but the doctor dismissed the idea because i was able to "sit quietly and watch tv". Now as an adult with a daughter whose showing signs, i realize more and more how much signs were missed for me. Im hoping to get my daughter help so she wont have a hard time growing up like me. As well as myself.
  • The twice exceptional thing hits really close 😭. I struggled so much doing homework or any school work but because I could eventually(usually late) get a good grade. It was brushed off as me being lazy and I never got help until I was depressed and burnt out in university from how hard turning things in on time is
  • @cheryldueck318
    So, who else was “listening” to this while reading the comments, because you wanted to see people’s reactions to what Jessica was saying, but then realized you missed half (or more) of what she said and had to rewatch it? 😜
  • @GoADHDGo
    As I’ve stated many times before… conversations like this:

    “You ‘forgot’? How?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “What do you mean you don’t know?”
    “I don’t know.”
  • @Tacsponge
    Loved learning, loved talking to the teacher. Never did homework.
    " he has many good ideas, but presentation gets in the way of understanding them"
  • For years and years I would always ask myself (many times in tears) “why am I like this?”, “why can’t I do this?” “Why does everything come so easy to other people and not me?” I always felt “abnormal” somehow but didn’t have a clue as to what it could be. I know I have anxiety and I am 99.9% sure I have ADD as well. It just makes perfect sense. It Literally describes everything I’ve been going through my whole life. It’s negatively affecting my work and personal life today and I’m wondering if it’s time to seek professional help
  • @SockBot
    "The thing that i want most from the world is for people to stop being yelled at for things that they struggle with that they're trying not to struggle with"

    Oof that hit me like a truck.
  • @ironheavenz
    Oh my god the "wasted potential" speech pretty much every adult gave me, everyone calling me lazy, "the minimum effort genius" really hit hard during childhood and teen years. It's amazing and incredibly sad how we seem to struggle with stuff that is so similar if not identical. Hope the future is brighter and easier for next generations, at least we got eachother!