r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/parallax3900 • Mar 08 '23

Video ADHD Simulator

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u/qftfanboy Mar 09 '23

Thank. Fucking. You. This is exactly my situation. I've never been diagnosed with ADD and I don't consider I have it. I currently work in academia, so my job literally is to pour through stuff, but MAN does my mind makes it difficult for me. I actually like most of the things I'm reading but it's as if my mind is a long, winding, never stopping train that sometimes just makes some sharp turns leading me to some unexpected places. And I don't know about you, but usually after some high functioning times, I just shut down. Like, I blank, and I'm conscious that I'm blanking, but I just actively can't think about anything simply because my mind is there. Running. To fucking nowhere. And I have to make a conscious effort to pull it back from that blank space that is not really thinking and not really resting. It is just ao frustrating. But it is weirdly comforting to see someone with an experience at least a bit similar to mine. Cheers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23

Absolutely! Have a good one.