Lady Butterfly to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agoLife's more expensivelazysoci.alimagemessage-square67arrow-up1618
arrow-up1618imageLife's more expensivelazysoci.alLady Butterfly to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square67
minus-square@i_love_FFT@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoExcept that “forgetting things” is the most salient symptom of ADHD, while “being an asshole” is nowhere near the autism spectrum.
minus-square@JasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months 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-square@SolarMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months 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.
minus-square@Spoodle@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoThis is the way. Picked this habit up from Adam Savage’s book.
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.
This is the way. Picked this habit up from Adam Savage’s book.