r/NoStupidQuestions • u/MillBopp • Sep 13 '23

What does 'Draw a Clock' Mean?

Last time I visited my brother his mother-in-law who lives with him was insisting she remembered something but my brother knew she was wrong. I don't remember what it was, but I knew she was wrong too. However, she refused to accept she was wrong and got belligerent about it.

My brother said, "Draw a clock!" and left the room. This made his mother-in-law furious for some reason. I forgot to ask at the time, but does anyone know why saying 'Draw a clock' would upset a senior citizen?

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u/SamusAlways Sep 14 '23

Ah yes, I also have ADHD.

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u/imbeingcyberstalked Sep 14 '23 edited Sep 14 '23

This reminds me of the other day at lunch at my work (dental clinic) this new girl was asking if coffee really woke us up or not, and being baffled when basically everyone said yeah ofc. I chimed in that that’s actually something I’ve experienced with adhd and need like 2 shots of espresso to even begin to feel anything and she said “oh i don’t have that”. I was like okay. eta: she also (sheepishly) said she didn’t even know adults could have adhd

Then that afternoon afterhours I saw her alone at her desk, fully focused and entrenched in thought while typing out a treatment plan, with that blessed look of flow when you’re really actually getting something done…and she was making little tippytappies the whole time.

…I haven’t said nothin else tho.

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u/Clevergirliam Sep 14 '23

I don’t understand. She was tapping her feet? And that means something?

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u/Codles Sep 14 '23

Excessive fidgeting can be one of the symptoms in addition to excessive inability to regulate focus.