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[–] surewhynotlem 111 points 4 months ago (23 children)

Welcome! You're possibly a self medicating ADHD person.

Otter common signs you should get checked out

  • do you sit there paralyzed and unable to do a task, even when you want to do it and know it needs to get done?

  • are you weirdly calm and effective in stressful and panicked situations?

  • do you get really into a hobby for a while, then drop it forever because you lose all interest?

If so, a diagnosis could be life altering.

[–] Speculater 10 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Not trying to be a naysayer or anything, but aren't these all normal? Otherwise I'm a mega ADHD.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (2 children)

a lot of adhd things are "normal" problems that people deal with, except that they are often dialed up to the point of affecting a person's daily life negatively.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

So much this. Like sure. Zoning out/disassociating is totally normal. When you spend 1/2 your day doing it and it’s manifested as paralysis it becomes A bit of a fucking issue.

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