My adhd is broken. I never have an interesting collection of questions to unleash on people; my brain just goes blank while I try to remember what a question is.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The secret is to not have a filter. Like any filter at all.

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Comorbid autism helps.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

"hold on let me activate the -tism.. click okay so this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down"

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah see...that got me into a metric poopton of trouble and conflict as a kid so now it occurs to me in my head, LOUDLY, but I clench my jaw shut. Lol

[–] beerclue@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Well, it's a spectrum :) I have 4 ADHD people at home, all diagnosed and medicated, but they all behave differently. One has too many questions, another one none... 🤷

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

This really hits home.

If you ask me to list things, I'll struggle to find more than 1 example of whatever. Even stuff that I know so well I could do a ted talk on, but my brain just violently opposes enumerating stuff...

[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago

Completely depends on the situation and what I did before the question. But yeah most of the time I'm either trying so hard to focus on what we're talking about that I don't let other thoughts come up or I have way to many thoughts to keep track and they all vanish the moment I get asked a question.

It's like asking "what are you thinking about?" - I'll answer "nothing specific" because the honest answer would require to go back 30 minutes of thoughts so you get the context of why I'm even thinking all those things that seem unrelated otherwise.

[–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I have exactly one on deck at all times. 'If you were a hotdog, would you eat yourself'