Growing up with ADHD is something I got to do and this video really does accurately describe what it can be like. A lot of people grow out of it as they get older but it’s still there, your attention is easily drawn away and things are very quickly forgotten. You’ll have random bouts of energy where you act like an insane person who just smoked a bunch of crack and will usually make a fool of yourself. Eventually, you learn that you can still learn something without your full attention on it. This doesn’t work in schools. Most people with ADHD are the kind who learn by doing what they’re being taught not being told what to do.
There are people that say ADHD/ADD are just parents trying to control kids, the difference between a kid who has a lot of energy and one with ADHD can be night and day. The one with a lot of energy may be able to focus for hours on end on one subject, while the kid with ADHD will maybe get a good five minutes at a time before something draws them away. I’ve even seen ADHD compared to bipolar or manic depression without the severe depression.
Being able to control ADHD without medication is not something you do easily. I still struggle with focus issues, I forget things I have been told minutes prior because either something caught my attention while I was told about it or something right after being told took my interest very quickly after. It’s a constant frustration in mine and my family life. Try as I might though there is that little bug that is always looking to the next thing. Sometimes, like with this video, something just grabs hard onto your attention though. It drives you, it gives you a hyper focus, makes you need to complete whatever it is that drove you to start. It borders on a brief obsession and then quickly begins to fizzle. If you’ve read any of my longer posts you may realize where this happens for me. Even now after writing this for the past 20 or so minutes I can feel my interest for it waning but since I can recognize that feeling I push myself to finish even at the detriment of the quality.
Nerdhood 