something that people really dont understand about ADHD is that we dont “jump from one idea to the next”
we have very fast, very associative minds that connect ideas. we have a train of thought, it just goes WAY faster than yours!
example: im thinking about dogs. that makes me think of pitbulls, which makes me think of an animal planet show i enjoy. the show connects to tv in general, which makes me think of my favorite cartoon. i associate my favorite cartoon with art and animation, and i wind up thinking about shading techniques.
TL;DR: having ADHD is kinda like playing a lifelong game of 7 Degrees of Kevin Bacon
“having ADHD is like playing a lifelong game of 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon” is one of the most accurate and easy to understand things I’ve ever heard about ADHD.
I don’t have a lot of the other ADHD symptoms, so I don’t think I have it, but my brain is like this so much. It’s not at all infrequent that I say something after my brain has made several leaps and the people around me are like ‘…what? What are you talking about??’
But with my partner, he’s generally really good about following. When I do this, there’s like a pause as his brain calculates what path my brain likely went down, and it’s a nearly seamless conversation.
But often enough he just gives me a blank look and I have to contextualize my comment and he’s just like ???? How did you get to that? XD I wish I could remember the one from the other day because it was so random I asked him if he really wanted to know how I’d gotten there. No clue tho!
To be fair, I’m generally really good at not jumping when I’m with strangers. But it’s like, as soon as I let myself relax and get comfortable… ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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