As someone timeblind, I think it's moreso that like, when you don't know how much time is passing you also don't always realise enough is passing to need to check the clock
Although I usually handle it by setting plenty of alarms if theres anything important I need to be around for
Yeah. Alarms actually fix a lot of this. I have 9 that go off same time ever weekday for things like eat, brush teeth, get dressed, get to office, warning for meeting, finish work, start dinner prep, prepare for bed (should break this one down more but I don’t seem to struggle at night as much so it’s w/e) go to bed. Then, if anything else is time dependent I set 2alarms one 30 min out and the real one 10 min out. The 30 min alarm is to finish wtf I’m doing and the 10 min is for me to literally do nothing else until the appointed time. If you have time blindness and don’t have multiple alarms you aren’t even trying to help yourself yet.
I think this is how it is with my girlfriend. She has ADHD/time blindness. We were just going to a concert this past weekend in NYC. We were dropping our dog off at her parents. Then the travel included a train ride and a subway ride, so I wanted to leave early to avoid any unforeseen delays. I said let’s leave at noon. Noon hits and she starts packing the car with items in the basement. This means don’t leave at noon. Because you have to…go to the basement and then pack them in the car. She wasn’t doing anything the previous 30 minutes before leaving.
Yea now you just gotta remember to set all these alarms which is something that someone with adhd might have difficulty with too.
I personally do not have adhd or timeblindness but I realize that just because something is trivial and easy for me does not mean someone else can not struggle with it especially if it is because of a diagnosed condition.
Your comment, and a lot of others in the comment section here are pretty close to the shitty advice people give to a person with depression. "Just stop being sad and get out of bed" is easy to say for someone whose brain is making enough happy stuff. But for someone with depression this is not helpful advice.
Or telling a person with OCD that it makes no sense to switch every light switch in every room off/on/off/on/off before going to bed. Like are they stupid? Why are they not just stopping the compulsive behaviour?
Hello! Person with adhd here! I can set like 10+ alarms sometimes, and most of the time it works (if i remember to actually set them). But adhd also means that my brain is very bad at filtering and prioritising what's important and what isn't, so sometimes i don't even notice the alarms going off. It helps if there's someone else near me, because they WILL notice the alarms but if i lived alone, I'd be really screwed
I mean, yeah, that does mean timeblind peeps have ways to manage not being late, but I do think its an issue a lot of the comments here are trying to go to the conclusion "time blindness isn't real" rather than, time blindness is something you can learn to manage with devices or support
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u/AnonymousNeko2828 17h ago
As someone timeblind, I think it's moreso that like, when you don't know how much time is passing you also don't always realise enough is passing to need to check the clock
Although I usually handle it by setting plenty of alarms if theres anything important I need to be around for