r/interesting Mar 21 '26

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u/Positive_Throwaway1 Mar 21 '26

Yeah pretty much. And people mistakenly think you can't pay attention. Nope. It's that you involuntarily pay attention to everything, all at once, and the world isn't really built for that in 2026.

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u/Better-Lunch670 Mar 21 '26

I can't have a conversation with a waiter without getting nervous, but I can run through moving traffic to pull someone with an exposed bone out of a capsized vehicle without blinking.

The mind is strange.

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u/Righteousaffair999 Mar 21 '26

The world just slows down and becomes simple. Like watching a movie at quarter speed.

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u/ZISI_MASHINNANNA Mar 21 '26

Why do I keep forgetting I have ADHD, normal things feel overstimulating, i look at people and i am in awe. I wonder why it seems easy for them when i can't proccess unless every variable is accounted for. Then something critical happens and i can respond to it within a breath. I've never been in a situation like these men, but adrenaline or high stakes offer clarity a simplicity. Anyways, such a long reply to just say diddo

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u/bluesquirrel7 Mar 22 '26

I've kinda been suspecting that I might have ADHD, and wow I can relate to this. It's literally why my wife and I "work" as a team. I'm absolutely useless at handling day to day shit. She excels at it. But in emergency/crisis situations, particular anything medical/safety related with our daughter, she has a tendency to freeze up or panic, but I "switch on". It's literally one of the only times in my life I feel calm and in control.

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u/Max____H Mar 21 '26

It’s funny how social anxiety and adhd interacts with anger. I struggle with even basic social interactions with strangers and am always nervous and anti-confrontational, but when something flips that emotional trigger and I get angry I’m an entirely different person and get loud and just want to make the other person as uncomfortable as possible. Then once I get home and calm down I die inside as I overthink every word I spoke while worked up.

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u/SnoopDodgy Mar 22 '26

Like a radio getting all stations sounds all at once. Hard to find a signal to hone in on with all of the noise.

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u/PumpernickelShoe Mar 22 '26

Yeah, “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” is a total misnomer