Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

People With ADHD Divulge Their Biggest Struggles

friends sitting outside using stim toys and laughing at their phones
Hiki App on Unsplash

Reddit user Dull-Enthusiastic asked: 'People with ADHD or ADD, what are your worst struggles?'

Attention-Deficit [Hyperactivity] disorder (ADD or ADHD) is a "chronic neurodivergent condition including attention difficulty, hyperactivity in some cases, and impulsiveness."

ADD/ADHD usually is diagnosed in childhood and often persists into adulthood. It contributes to low self-esteem, troubled relationships, and difficulty at school or work.


Reddit user Dull-Enthusiastic asked:

"People with ADHD or ADD, what are your worst struggles?"

Decisions, Decisions

"Well for me, focus is a nightmare."

"Making decisions is wild—spent like an hour once deciding what to wear."

~ HannahLoveee

Rewind

"Having to read the same page 15 times to actually absorb any of the information."

"Also, having to continually rewind movies and television shows to get back up to speed."

~ WhatAboutPhilly

Plodding Along

"Executive dysfunction. I feel like I'm screaming at myself to do anything functional and am just watching from a distance as I plug along."

"Meanwhile, I KNOW I possess the capacity to go vroom."

~ MMorrighan

Purpose Driven

"Finding a purpose for what I’m doing."

"Nothing I do feels like it’s worth my time if it doesn’t bring me instant satisfaction or joy."

~ MayGodSmiteThee

What?

"I hate when someone asks a question."

"And I have a really good response, and then I start responding and in the middle of it, I realize I've forgotten what the question is I've forgotten what I've been talking about, and I've forgotten where I was going and then I stammer, for a little bit and I'm like, yeah, so that's what I meant."

~ CrazyMinute69

Communication Chaos

"You're in the middle of an argument with someone, you think of a really good point that's eloquent and impactful in your favour."

"You begin expressing said point in a less than eloquent way and forget what you were saying half way through because you were too focused on how you didn't express yourself eloquently enough."

~ Evstrala

Stay On Target

"For me, it’s def keeping focus on tasks and staying organized."

"I’ll start something and then totally forget about it, which makes everything feel chaotic."

~ Anngelinaa

Short-Term Memory

"Truly listening to someone and then immediately having absolutely no idea what they said."

~ Stormschance

Seeking Validation

"Searching for approval constantly while working myself into exhaustion every day. Not relating to normal people at all."

"Nobody understanding my short attention span and how impossible it is for me to commit to much less watch a movie or remember a favorite song, but remembering every freaking detail from life in like 1984 while not remembering what is coming up this weekend or being able to sleep past 4 am."

~ Both-Ad1801

Money Management

"Not putting myself into debt."

"Impulsive purchases is a big issue."

~ StayH2O

Failure To Launch

"Starting something."

"When I've started I can often focus enough to complete a task unless it's really f*cking boring but I find it a real struggle to go from 'I should/want to do to a thing' to actually doing it."

~ PM-ME_UR

Hobby Du Jour

"Getting really, really into a hobby for a couple months, buying expensive equipment then ... Entirely forgetting it exists for several years."

"Damn it, I'm really good at some of those hobbies!"

~ Lexilogical

Time Is Fleeting

"Time blindness! I’m late to everything. I have to try really, really hard to be on time to things and even then, it’s still not always a guarantee."

"And it’s not that I don’t think things or people are important, I just really don’t know how to describe it. But I’m trying my best."

~ pimpfriedrice

Start Strong

"Starting 15 tasks at once and finishing…none of them."

"Plus, forgetting why I walked into a room, only to remember 3 hours later when it’s irrelevant."

~ Lena_love_xoxo

All Or Nothing

"I can either give 110% of myself or 0%."

"I also don't feel I get a choice in it."

~ zeekoes

Feeling Foggy

"I got ADD and I’m zoned out like 90% of the time."

"Never present in the moment, just fog in my head."

~ Spookyy422

Hurry, Hurry, Hurry

"Rushing through life."

"You know when people climb a huge mountain, and they get to the top and look at the view? They sigh and feel a sense of accomplishment and achievement that I’ve just never experienced."

"I get to the top and go 'okay, what now?'."

~ Mediocre_Horror_11

If you have ADD or ADHD, is there anything you'd add to the list?

More from Trending

Carrie Coon
HBO

'White Lotus' Star Carrie Coon Reveals Why Scene With Her Character's Nonbinary Child Was Cut

The third season of HBO's The White Lotus hasn't shied away from depicting our dark moment in American politics, but there was one story element that proved a bridge too far, it seems.

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, actor Carrie Coon said her character Laurie was supposed to have a nonbinary child with they/them pronouns. But the brief scene between her and her child was cut following Trump's election.

Keep ReadingShow less
Vivian Wilson; Elon Musk
@vivllainous/Instagram, Scott Olson/Getty Images

Vivian Wilson Claims Elon Musk's Former Liberal Views Were Just A 'Marketing Scheme'

Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson set the record straight about the tech billionaire's supposed liberal beginnings, alleging that his persona was merely a ruse and part of a “marketing scheme.”

Wilson, who legally changed her name and identity in 2022 when she was 18, interviewed with YouTuber and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who asked her what the "transition was like for your dad to go from a liberal darling…"

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Slammed After Saying He's 'Not Joking' About Running For A Third Term

Republican President Donald Trump was ridiculed for insisting he was "not joking" about running for a third presidential term, which would violate the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, stating a President cannot be elected beyond a second term.

In an NBC interview Sunday morning, Trump maintained his allies were pushing for a third term for the Trump administration.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshot of Donald Trump
Fox News

Trump Ripped For Bonkers Answer After Being Asked To Define What A 'Woman' Is

President Donald Trump was called out after he was asked by a conservative reporter at the end of Women's History Month to give his definition of a "woman"—only to show that he doesn't even know his own talking points let alone those of the wider GOP.

This past Friday, Trump attended the swearing-in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba, where he also took questions.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshot of Karoline Leavitt
C-SPAN2

Karoline Leavitt Gives Mind-Boggling Update On Signal Group Chat Scandal—And Critics Are Furious

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was called out after she dismissed reporters' questions amid revelations that Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was invited into a Signal chat with high-level Trump administration officials, particularly Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, discussing military strategy surrounding war strikes in Yemen.

Lawmakers from both parties have increased their calls demanding an investigation into the Signal scandal. The latest push came from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, who on Monday sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard calling for an independent probe.

Keep ReadingShow less