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Post by phil on Apr 24, 2011 9:40:47 GMT
you take you're children to the seaside and take them to look for crabs tell them to watch they don't fall on the rocks then go arse over tit on the rocks
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 7:40:29 GMT
You go to light the woodburner and half an hour later your still freezing, but up on last weeks news because you've just sat there and just had to read one more old news article!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 7:41:54 GMT
I've looked for glasses that I've had on my FACE!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 9:57:50 GMT
phil: At a beach party years ago, I went to find the toilets with a couple of friends, in the dark. As we walked along I warned them about a *huge* hole nearby with rocks jutting out, that someone had dug, As I was saying this I fell into it and broke a rib.
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Post by phil on Apr 25, 2011 13:19:10 GMT
lol angle, famous last words ;D I'm cut bruised and swollen all over the place :S but the kids had a right laugh I managed to find crabs too! Lol The kids love going on nature spotting adventures in the passed we have found star fish, hermit crabs and all sorts!
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Post by dizzydumpling on Apr 25, 2011 13:19:57 GMT
You go to light the woodburner and half an hour later your still freezing, but up on last weeks news because you've just sat there and just had to read one more old news article! That made me laugh so much cos I used to do that all the time years ago when I had an open fire - how come those papers never got read when they were in the magazine rack, but became so interesting once they'd entered the log-basket?? ;D .....also, when you're assignment's less than half done and due in tomorrow, but you're still sitting at your lap-top laughing at ADHD related anecdotes !
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Post by phil on Apr 25, 2011 13:55:51 GMT
@ dizzy with adhd we have zones where we are focused but sort of over focused that things on the agenda get put on the back burner! This is a good time to study as things stick in the mind! But we cannot dictate the zones!
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Post by boo on Apr 25, 2011 15:00:00 GMT
- how come those papers never got read when they were in the magazine rack, but became so interesting once they'd entered the log-basket?? ;D oh so true about so many things, shred fest on letters left unread/unopened also becoming readible once sitting down to get rid of them, even though they may be weeks/months or worse old and irrelevant to anything whatsoever. Sorting out old papers and getting caught up in photos that you happen across and then getting the urge to go through other old photos and tearing the back of you wardrobe (that actually should contain all the stuff from your floordrobe) apart to get to the box of stuff stashed away there the list could go on me thinks ;D i am gonna sort my own floordrobe out this afternoon, i hope theres nothing hidden in the pile that gets me veering off on another tangent, although i know i am gonna get totally bored midway through anyway and it would probably be a welcome distraction. its no wonder it all takes 10 times longer really is it, if it gets done at all....
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Post by phil on Apr 25, 2011 19:01:07 GMT
Where busy doing nothing working the whole day through, trying to find lots of things not to do ;D
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Post by kakema on Apr 26, 2011 5:32:00 GMT
....the cream-coloured bucket that you've turned the house upside down looking for, because how hard can it be to find something as big as a bloody bucket, and have given up looking for and replaced with a new fluoro-green, hah! can't lose this one, can we, bucket....miraculously de-cloaks this morning and is spotted, in plain sight, in the corner of the kitchen.
Actually, I'm struggling to blame this one on the ADHD. I reckon there's gremlins afoot....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2011 17:01:23 GMT
Oh you guys just gave me a good belly laugh workout!
I've been around neurodiverse people all my life, so nothing here really surprises me, but it also makes me cross that the psychiatrist said that my friend J can't be ADHD - 'cos just about all of these things he could have done.
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Post by boo on Apr 26, 2011 20:25:42 GMT
so shiny, thats two to hunt for and not find the next time you need one i like this thread, makes me feel normal ;D
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Post by dizzydumpling on Apr 29, 2011 0:23:44 GMT
@ dizzy with adhd we have zones where we are focused but sort of over focused that things on the agenda get put on the back burner! This is a good time to study as things stick in the mind! But we cannot dictate the zones! Yeah, that make perfect sense, but just try explaining that to an NT!! Oh what I'd give to be able to dictate those zones!!! I'm guessing you probably know you have adhd when this is how bill paying goes...and this is the revised version (ie, since I realised a few years ago that being taken to court for non-payment was no fun!) Day 1. Final red bill arrives Day 7. Finally manage to dig out that cheque book Day 12. Wow - bill and cheque book both on the same coffee table together - a winning combo!! Day 15. Find an envelope AND write the address on (pat self on back!) Day 20. Remember to blag a stamp from partner before he leaves for work. Stick stamp on. Place envelope in handbag/manbag? ready for posting. Day 30. Nasty letter arrives threatening debt collection agency. Day 32. Hurray!! Tattered remains of creased, ink stained envelope are winging their way to their grateful recipient. Feel smug!!
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2011 8:44:42 GMT
When your flatmate's fish is looking at you as if to say "Really? He only asked you to feed me for a week. How could you forget AGAIN!"
Oh, and when you drop a pan of baked beans on the floor but looking at the mess is just too problematic to contemplate how to clear it up so you just step round it to try and find something else to eat.
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Post by andy12345 on May 4, 2011 14:40:24 GMT
QUOTE Oh, and when you drop a pan of baked beans on the floor but looking at the mess is just too problematic to contemplate how to clear it up so you just step round it to try and find something else to eat. _____
OMG!
I think that's a perfectionist tendency. Instead of getting in there with a absorbent method in the first 10 seconds, I would umm and ahh, look at it and derive a perfect (in my mind) plan to save the world from this ever expanding pool of deadly baked beans.
It could be worse.
You could jab the point of a serrated but fortunatley not sharp knife into the area where the side of your thumb meets the web of your hand, whilst trying to quickly as quickly as possible) jabbing 2 holes into the bottom of a pease pudding tin to release the mass of food via air release.
Luckily, It went in only about 1cm very quickly in and out.
It was my luckiest ever - near fatal - wound!! lol. If it was sharp knife I would it would have sliced and caused damage instead of cleaving. It took about 6 weeks to get back to near normal strength.
Don't try this at home bigkiddies!
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Post by phil on May 6, 2011 10:01:47 GMT
You try to clean up the kitchen and get some ECT off a plug socket thus confirming the why bastard bother belief system ;D
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Post by dizzydumpling on May 8, 2011 13:20:44 GMT
When your flatmate's fish is looking at you as if to say "Really? He only asked you to feed me for a week. How could you forget AGAIN!" And the cat's been winding itself around your ankles and meowing at 150 decibels for at least half an hour while you're cooking dinner, wondering at what point it became inaudible/invisible/and without physical substance!
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2011 15:01:24 GMT
you know that you have adhd when you start to tidy the spare room and find a massive box of old school technical Lego and proceed to build the first 2 things in the book!!! oh and the car had working diff!! lol im such a geek ;D damn you shiny bricks of colour! 2 hours gone........ Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2011 16:08:41 GMT
when on your second driving test you miss eight 40 speed limit change signs. 2 on each side, one after the other. eight!
i had my driving test on monday and i just had a driving lesson and he took me back to the a127 where i missed them. how the fuck did i miss eight. i must have been zoning out coz it was a long straight road. when i got on it i was even like 'oh no a long, straight road, concentrate for this!"
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Post by dizzydumpling on May 20, 2011 22:06:26 GMT
when on your second driving test you miss eight 40 speed limit change signs. 2 on each side, one after the other. eight! Shit Cookie - that's no mean feat! Bad luck for not passing though and better luck next time! Mine looks a bit crap compared to that - I was gonna say you know you've got ADHD when you've had to phone Morisons for the second time in 6 weeks cos you've left your card in their stupid bloody chip and pin machine again - but I'm not sure I should bother. This pales into insignificance after yours!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2011 13:15:21 GMT
I wish I could say that I couldn't relate to most of the experiences that have been provided on here! I'm obviously in great company!
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Post by goosey on May 24, 2011 10:38:24 GMT
........it takes 2.5 hours from waking up....to finally sit down to start working !!
.....when painting my toenails (a nice shiny colour) has a higher priority than my revision !!
.....when tickling my eyelashes is more intriguing (and distracting) than studying !!
And this is me trying to being organised !! ;D
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Post by kakema on May 24, 2011 16:28:06 GMT
Ooo, slutty red? Yaay! ;D
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Post by goosey on May 24, 2011 17:01:13 GMT
Oooo no shiny......a sassy n sophisticated deep blue ;D
You know you have ADHD when you......
...........spend nearly 30 mins watching YouTube videos of people farting.....AND cry with laughter !! ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 17:16:47 GMT
... when you forget what it is you've forgotten... eg: You close the front door behind you and think "oh sh**, I forgot to [bring my bike-lock or lock the back door, ... or whatever]". So you go back in the house, but then you can't remember what you just realised you forgot - but you know it was something important (because you do remember thinking "I really need that"). ...So you end up wondering around the house, looking for some unknown important thing that you know you should have done, or should be in your bag.
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Post by seahorse on May 25, 2011 17:56:20 GMT
Angle, I know exactly what you mean! I often forget the details but remember a sort of feeling... I can't describe that feeling to someone else and if I could they wouldn't associate it with whatever it is I've forgotten, but it means something to me and I have to sit and unravel the feeling and try to match it to what I've forgotten!
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Post by boo on May 25, 2011 18:47:44 GMT
angle, that is soooo familar......
its like your brain teases you with a fleeting attempt at prompting, only for it to slip away cos you've replaced it with opening the door!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 19:14:20 GMT
seahorse: yeah, maybe that's why we have such good insight/intuition, because we're used to trying to interpret those half feelings that never point directly to anything obvious or tangible. boo: yes, that's it... it's been replaced with opening the door! Haha. I always imagine that my working memory is a whiteboard which has an automatic wiper (like a windscreen wiper) that's been set too fast.
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Post by boo on May 25, 2011 20:32:17 GMT
etch-a-sketch-head ;D
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Post by dizzydumpling on May 25, 2011 23:09:55 GMT
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