ADHD is not being able to start, and not being able to stop. | How well does this describe your experience? (discuss.online)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by ericjmorey@discuss.online to c/neurodivergent@discuss.online

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I'm reading a lot of conflicting information about ADHD so I'm not really sure how to describe it. But I saw a statement that resonated with me. It lines up with a lot of the difficulties and frustrations in my life. I'm curious to see what others think about it.:

ADHD is not being able to start, and not being able to stop.

How well does it describe your experience?

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[-] tgm@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Pretty close to my experience. I find starting harder than stopping, but both are difficult. Technically I can do both, but it requires much more effort than neurotipicals seem to expend or compared to myself when medicated

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago

Unable to start. Unable to stop. Unable to finish.

[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Just like all the other 1-line descriptions, its accurate but very incomplete. At some moments there are some tasks i can start easily, while at other moments they'll be hard to start, and at the exact same moment it'll be the reverse for other tasks. And the same for stopping tasks.

[-] OmgItBurns@discuss.online 7 points 9 months ago

For me starting is hard, super hard. Stopping is only hard because of time blindness.

However, much like with Autism, once you've met one person with ADHD, you've met one person with ADHD. The severity of symptoms can very greatly from person to person.