“…Setting your car radio to ‘scan’ all of the stations. You hear clips of music and, before you can get into one particular song, it changes to the next station.”
We asked men and women for honest words about what living with ADHD feels like. Their experience: frustrating, overwhelming, and sometimes paralyzing. Can you relate to any of their descriptions?
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Radio Head
“For me, ADHD is like having your car radio set to 'scan' all the stations. You hear clips of music and, before you can get into one particular song, it changes to the next station."
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Computer Glitch
“Having ADHD is like walking around all day with a computer glitch in the brain."
"ADHD is like a browser with 600 tabs open, each to a different website.”
“It’s almost as if I’m speaking a foreign language. No one understands what I'm talking about."
“ADHD feels like someone put your brains in a Yahtzee cup, shook it like dice, and then scattered it all over the floor. You spend the whole day trying trying to get your brain together again.”
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Yahtzee!
"ADHD feels like someone put your brains in a Yahtzee cup, shook it like dice, and then scattered it all over the floor. You spend the whole day trying to get your brain together again."
“When I focus, new ideas emerge like shooting stars, bursting through my mind.”
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Day By Day
“When you have ADHD, sometimes you feel misunderstood, undervalued, and on edge. Other times you feel brilliant, confident, and on top of the world. It really all depends on the day.”
an illustration of a blender: a metaphor for what ADHD feels like
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Blender Brain
“ADHD is like having your thoughts whirled around in a blender.”
Slow like a bowl of molasses – a metaphor for what it feels like to have ADHD
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Molasses
"When you have ADHD, it feels like you have to trudge through a layer of molasses."
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Back to the Future
“ADHD is like living five minutes in the future. When I hyperfocus the world doesn't exist. Nothing exists, not even time.”
A hamster on a wheel - a metaphor for what ADHD feels like
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