• @[email protected]OP
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      311 year ago

      One of my favorite sayings is people with ADHD have two time settings, “Now” and “Later.” When you come to us with a request, we think it must be done NOW unless you explain otherwise. Then, it gets puts into the “Later” pile, which ranges anywhere from 5 minutes to 5 years.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        LOL. This resonates with me so strongly and I don’t know whether to laugh out loud or break down crying…

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        Holy shit. I need to explain this to my partner tomorrow when she’s up. I’ve been struggling so hard to find the words to explain how my timing mechanism for things she asks me to do works. Thank you!

        We’re using a shared calendar with reminders which is really great. Until I dismiss the reminder, putting it in the later pile…

    • LazaroFilm
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      91 year ago

      Time blindness and hyper focus are so prevalent! And that’s how you forget to eat lunch and you suddenly need to eat right now at 5:47. No time for a sandwich, just put the bread in the mouth and the jam after, it’ll mix up into a sandwich in your stomach.