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20 Insanely Accurate Struggles You Understand When You Have ADD

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Shelby McDonald

Jul 03, 2017

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20 Insanely Accurate Struggles You Understand When You Have ADD

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I was diagnosed with ADD when I was 6 years old. I took medication for about 15 years then decided I didn't want to anymore because "I'm an adult" and "I don't need it." The boy was I wrong. I'm now going into my senior year of college and have been off my medicine for 4 years. Let's just say that I have some trouble concentrating on anything longer than 45 seconds. Here are some struggles you'll only understand if you also have ADD:

1. That one time you found your phone in your shoe.

2. There are easily 37 windows open on your phone or computer.

3. You start one project and switch to a new one 6 minutes later.

4. The number of shows you have started binge-watching and stopped in the middle on Netflix is too many to count without getting distracted.

5. You have an attention span so short that people find it comical.

6. The feeling that you will explode at any minute if you don't let the words come out of your mouth.

7. Rewashing your laundry 4 times because you keep forgetting it's in the washer.

8. The urge to ride your bike around the block. At 2:00 am. In the rain.

9. You feel the same way about flashing lights as cats do about laser pointers.

10. Doug from the movie 'UP' is your spirit animal because of his attention span.

11. People tell you to stop talking because you're either talking too much, too fast, or you've changed topics too many times and they can't keep up.

12. You sleep with earplugs because the noise from the fan distracts you from falling asleep.

13. Looking at the calendar after forgetting that you had one, only to realize you forgot to do something 2 days ago.

14. The amount of time that happens between thinking something and doing it is shorter than a micro-second.

15. Everything is in your head at the same time, and it gives you anxiety.

16. Parties are a sensory overload because there's food over there and a person over there and oh you just love that song.

17. "Let me take this exa- ohh look, how many tiles are on the ceiling?"

18. "Hey, Mom?" "What?" "I forgot."

19. "Hey I like your shoe- oh, hey, I like your hai- oh, wait, look at your shirt!"

20. What was this article about again?

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20 Insanely Accurate Struggles You Understand When You Have ADD

Okay so repeat that again. Wait, one more time.

1. That one time you found your phone in your shoe.

2. There are easily 37 windows open on your phone or computer.

3. You start one project and switch to a new one 6 minutes later.

4. The number of shows you have started binge-watching and stopped in the middle on Netflix is too many to count without getting distracted.

5. You have an attention span so short that people find it comical.

6. The feeling that you will explode at any minute if you don't let the words come out of your mouth.

7. Rewashing your laundry 4 times because you keep forgetting it's in the washer.

8. The urge to ride your bike around the block. At 2:00 am. In the rain.

9. You feel the same way about flashing lights as cats do about laser pointers.

10. Doug from the movie 'UP' is your spirit animal because of his attention span.

11. People tell you to stop talking because you're either talking too much, too fast, or you've changed topics too many times and they can't keep up.

12. You sleep with earplugs because the noise from the fan distracts you from falling asleep.

13. Looking at the calendar after forgetting that you had one, only to realize you forgot to do something 2 days ago.

14. The amount of time that happens between thinking something and doing it is shorter than a micro-second.

15. Everything is in your head at the same time, and it gives you anxiety.

16. Parties are a sensory overload because there's food over there and a person over there and oh you just love that song.

17. "Let me take this exa- ohh look, how many tiles are on the ceiling?"

18. "Hey, Mom?" "What?" "I forgot."

19. "Hey I like your shoe- oh, hey, I like your hai- oh, wait, look at your shirt!"

20. What was this article about again?

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For those long nights that turn into mornings when the struggle is real.

1. Walk in motivated and ready to rock

2. Disappointed you let it get this bad

3. Distracted: When a 10-Minute Break Becomes an Hour

4. When the Yearning for Sleep Sneaks Up

5. In the words of Lorelai Gilmore "Coffee, Coffee, Coffee"

Oh, so done.

You need sleep, but also have 13 things due in the span of 4 days.

1. When it's December 1 and you have seven things due, three exams, and haven't slept in three days.

2. So you stress.

3. And cry.

4. Then call your mom to cry some more.

5. After the pep talk, you feel determined to get everything done.

6. But, now you're tired.

7. And really hungry.

8. Suddenly, it's 2 a.m. and you have only written three sentences and your paper is due in the morning.

9. You've made it to Friday... somehow.

10. Then Sunday hits and you find yourself back at the Lib.

11. So you cry some more.

12. But, you fight through the tears to get everything done because you're determined.

13. In the end, you feel on top of the world because you made it through the last week of class alive.

14. But, now it's finals week so good luck.

"A Christmas Story" is the star on top of the tree.

Who isn't stressing out over finals right now?

'tis the season to be jolly!

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