them: the first step toward fixing a problem is knowing you have it
me, continuing to be completely dysfunctional despite my astoundingly high level of self-awareness: okay fucker what’s the next step
Tag: adhd
Do you have ‘I made tea an hour ago and forgot about it and now it’s cold’ adhd or ‘I got a soda out of the fridge an hour ago and forgot about it and now it’s warm’ adhd?
Hi Jake Peralta has ADHD and is a monument to how people with ADHD can become accomplished and well adjusted adults thanks for coming to my TED talk
Today’s aesthetic: keeping the same tab open in your browser for three solid weeks because you’re definitely going to get around to reading and/or acting on whatever’s in it any minute now.
466. Hufflepuffs with ADHD are those kids who slip by unnoticed for the first half of their schooling and then once they become a teenager adults think they’re annoying and don’t know what to do with them but they just want to be accepted
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Tony Stark and ADHD
So while researching about the disorder, I started seeing quite a few correlations between A Certain Fave™ of mine and the symptoms that were shown on some of the websites I visited. For Example:
- Coffee/ caffeine works to actually help calm down and regulate the mood, helping focus and productivity
- Two settings- hyperfixation or complete lack of focus. A person with ADHD can completely lose themselves to a task they are engaged in/ worried about, forgetting to eat, sleep or generally perform basic human functions until it is completed. And then, on the other end of the spectrum- they will also find it difficult to focus AT ALL on things they are not interested in, choosing instead to zone out and lose concentration very easily.
- Constant fidgeting, with anything and everything.
- Conversations moving faster than anyone else can keep up with, hopping from point A to Z in the space of 0.3 seconds
- Forgetfulness and general memory imbalances. Either perfect or not there at all.
- Reckless behaviour and lack of sense of danger.
- Can also manifest itself in forms of anxiety
- Difficulty with socialising- often talking very loudly and jumping in or interrupting because they lack impulse control
And listen. Listen, okay- we know canononically that these are all Very Much Tony Stark Things; hyperfocusing on some tasks and then completely losing interest in others, reckless and impulsive behaviours and using coffee as a tool to focus or help productivity are just some of the FEW common examples. So, y’know, I’m headcanoning this.
Tony Stark has ADHD.
The real reason why Tony always wears sunglasses outside is because of his adhd sensory problems that make the sunlight just too much.
Me: *is productive, accomplishes something*
Me: *attemps to start another task*
My brain: error. Ability [executive functioning] has 7 hours 32 minutes of cooldown remaining.
Watch Jessica McCabe’s full TEDx Talk “Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story” here.









