#adhd comic
This is one part of ADHD that I actually find really fun. Whenever I get a new hobby, which happens often, I leap into learning all about it and then I get really excited to share it with other people. Though, sometimes I get a bit too enthusiastic admittedly.
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This is actually based on an earlier comic I did about a task I’d normally do easily, suddenly being much harder, but I really wanted to focus on the emotional aspect of it.
This happens a lot to me and it can be hard sometimes to recognize it is part of a cycle my brain will go through. My ADHD can have a huge impact on anxiety, so when my ADHD isn’t under control, my anxiety is allowed to go haywire.
I’ll get so self defeated and suddenly the next time I try the task, I don’t struggle as much and it can be very confusing to me.
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I struggle to maintain focus while watching videos, especially longer ones, but I’ve found a combination of increased playback speed/captions to help me substantially!
I’m really bad about getting off topic when discussing something or after being asked a question. It’s not as though I change the topic completely at a whim, but rather whatever is being talked about relates to something else and my ADHD sends me down a rabbit hole. I’m really bad about getting off topic when discussing something or after being asked a question. It’s not as though I change the topic completely at a whim, but rather whatever is being talked about relates to something else and my ADHD sends me down a rabbit hole
Exhausted before the day even begins.
Happy New Years! 2020 may have been a hard year, but it was a big year for me in terms of being diagnosed and finding the wonderful ADHD community. I felt so lost after my initial diagnosis, but I was so lucky to find people who understand and have been such great supports.
Thank you all for being a part of this and for sharing your experiences, cheering me on, and being a part of this community.
This is a very personal comic, even though it’s not very long and doesn’t have many details. There were many opportunities in my life where my ADHD should have been caught, but I felt like I had been failed several times by the same professionals I had sought help from. It all boiled down to the fact they thought they knew me better than I knew me and therefore what I had to say was not deemed important enough to listen to.
It wasn’t until I started seeing my current therapist that I was actually allowed to speak for myself. At first it seemed to only confirm my Generalized Anxiety Disorder, but the more I talked, the more she began to realize that there was something else going on. One day she politely asked me to stop for a moment and point blank asked me “Bri, have you ever heard of Inattentive ADHD?” I had not.
And it was then I began my true journey.
A little ADHD life hack for when Executive Dysfunction is making task completion difficult.
ADHD has many positives! But it also has downsides. It’s not a superpower but it’s not all negative either.
ADHD just is, it’s a neurotype which is not inherently negative nor positive, and even though it gives us a lot of strengths like the ability to hyperfocus, it’s important to remember that it’s also a disability because society isn’t made for us, and so we struggle and need accommodations.
Humans are more complex than just positives and negatives, abilities and disabilities, there’s whole galaxies inside of each of us :)
People would never tell others to stop wearing their glasses or to stop using insulin, but somehow when it’s about #ADHD meds they immediately start saying its bad for you and demonise it even further. I need my meds to function just like I need my glasses to see!
ADHD makes being compassionate with others easier because we understand how it feels to be left out, hurt and as if nobody understands us, but it’s also important to be compassionate with ourselves. This is your reminder to check in with yourself! How are you doing?
Nothing like when you have 1000+ hobbies and can’t focus on finishing 1 task. ADHD sometimes can be a double edged sword, in my case both sides are my multiple skills and languages vs my inability to finish tasks because they’re not as appealing as they could be. What about you?
Things I’ve realised these past weeks: I’ve been growing and didn’t realise. Take a moment for yourself, really look at how you’re doing, you may find you’ve been growing too.
We struggle, we get called out, we get negative messages from others, but let’s not forget what’s also good about us! Here’s some examples of good characteristics some of us #ADHD folk have!
I have sensory issues and, for some reason, people think it’s just me finding bright lights, loud sounds, unwanted touches and weird food textures are annoying, just like everyone feels about them, and I’m just being dramatic. Except that I’m not, I truly struggle with it, and it’s hard to explain how you feel things when others don’t feel the same.
When I say I would love it if people understood ADHD better, it’s usually about this. We are NOT lazy, we struggle so much in different areas of our lives that we are often misunderstood and called lazy, which can end in us developing some kind of anxiety disorder.
Words like “you’re so smart, if you would only work harder”, “why can you play all day but can’t do chores?”, “I told you to do this thing and you didn’t, why are you so lazy!” were (and still are) quite common for me to hear while growing up. I didn’t know what was wrong with me, so of course I thought I was lazy, I internalised it, and now taking a break or just existing when I don’t have anything to do fills me with anxiety, because I’m “just being lazy”.
It’s important for us to see that we do try our best, we work hard, but we also have bad days. How “productive” we are in the eyes of someone else, who doesn’t know what we go through every day, doesn’t define our worth. Our symptoms ARE NOT lazyness.
