Connie Winch

And have been along these same lines for *decades*.

OMG the way they portrayed how long grief lasts... awesome. 👏👏👏

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Except...what is the Doctor's problem??? #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

Im not even halfway through this week's episode of #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy, and I am LOOOVING how theyre dealing w/trauma. Bravo! 👏🖖

Per #UberEats, my dinner is being delivered by a guy *on a bicycle*. 🚲 WTF?!?

OMG if I never again see that OSU hospital commercial WITH THE WEXNER NAME STILL ON THE BUILDING, it'll be way too soon. 😠

I dont "have Adult ADHD." I have #ADHD that went undiagnosed until I was an adult. And since it's a neurological condition, you're either born with it or not, so.

Make that...this whole thread. OOF.

Last 5 posts: YESSS from me. Can confirm.

This occurs not because we don't care about what is being said but because we have difficulty sustaining our attention for very long."

"There is also the 'Wait, what?' phenomenon that happens when those of us with ADHD forget to listen. We think we are listening, and then our minds begin to drift. We zone out without realizing it, which leads to difficulty in remembering conversations or following a complex set of directions.

they are more interesting or more easily accomplished than our higher-priority tasks."

"Because of how the ADHD brain operates, we have a hard time paying attention if something isn't inherently interesting or emotionally engaging. Functions that we find monotonous or mundane create more difficulties for us. That is why we will so often get distracted by lower-priority tasks—

"ADHD can help someone focus, however, on tasks they find stimulating or engaging because a specific part of their brain is emotionally invested in the activity."

neuotypical person compete for our attention. Because of our brains that go *ping!* our attention is often inefficiently redirected."

-Dr. Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken

that our five senses are detecting: people whispering, crooked artwork on the wall, perfume that is too strong, the itchy tag of our T-shirt lights that are too bright. Because we don't have the filters to sift out unnecessary information, these distractions, which are nearly invisible to the

"There is a misconception that those with ADHD lack the ability to pay attention or stay focused. The reality is that ADHD causes us to pay too *much* attention to everything most of the time—especially when it comes from our environment. We may become easily distracted by irrelevant information

Thanks! 💙

"The distinct disadvantage of those of us with ADHD often feel compared to our non-ADHD peers [is that] Our symptoms whittle away at our efficiency in life and erode our beliefs in our own ability to succeed."

The number of times I've "objectively" felt like a failure says this is true.

"As I listened, I heard the all-too-familiar refrain: *It's hard to be me.* This refrain is not an exaggeration or symptoms of a pity party. When a person has ADHD, it not only *feels* very difficult to manage even the average day-to-day challenges of life; it actually *is* more difficult."

"'People don't have any idea how hard I work to do normal stuff,' Kristine said, tearing up again. 'It's just so hard.'"

Yessss. Can confirm.

#ADHD #AdultADHD

Well, it's news to me that that last one's a symptom! I figured my emotional sensitivity was from all the shit have been through. 🤪 Because yeah...I have cPTSD too. 😞

Im really sick and tired of being Double Whammy Girl.

"I was able to reassure Kristine that she was exhibiting the most common ADHD symptoms among adults: problems with working memory, trouble directing focus, struggles with the organization and time management, and emotional hypersensitivity."

one does not outgrow ADHD. Some symptoms can lessen or disappear as a person gets older, but that is not the same as outgrowing them."

Adults with ADHD, previously known as ADD, often struggle to regulate attention and impulses due to differences in the way their brains have developed and function. Although ADHD is still often thought of as the naughty-boy disease that will eventually go away with maturity science, now shows that

I have so many people willing to help. But what do I tell them to do?'" -Dr. Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken

Can relate to so much of that. 😵‍💫

#ADHD #AdultADHD

"'Everything's a mess, my car, my apartment. I keep making stupid little mistakes. I'm tired and overwhelmed all the time. I keep telling myself, "Kristine, you can do better. Get it together!" But it seems like I just can't. My fiancé asks how he can help me—I don't even know what help to ask for.

"Part of this problem is how others judge me. But another part is how hard I judge myself. Like so many with ADHD, I am sensitive to rejection and criticism. I make the cognitive mistake of seeing criticism where it wasn't intended...."

"Because those of us with ADHD receive so many small messages like that, they build up and leave dents in our sense of well-being." -Dr. Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken | As if I didn't have enough dents in my sense of well-being from other things. 😞

character, telling me to pay more attention to this or that."

(RUDE!)

-Dr. Tamara Rosier, Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD