What is the most annoying ADHD trait that you have?
What is the most annoying ADHD trait that you have?
For me its when someone tells me to bring them something. If i try to find something that i need, i will find it really quickly. If someone is asking me to find something for them in a room, it is like i become blind and even if its in front of me, it is really hard to find it.
Procrastination for sure. Plus some kind of object blindness/forgetfulness: i forget stuff i don't see and things i put down somewhere just blend into the landscape really soon. Even if i consciously see them again, my brain doesn't make the connection to do something with them. Like putting them away or throwing them out.
1Procrastination is the most annoying for me, too. Closely followed by time blindness, object permanence and getting distracted.
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For me, it's a tie between having no object permanence and waiting mode. My lack of object permanence really shows in my kitchen, because I will keep everything I commonly use on the counter. If Idon't, I forget I have it. Waiting mode really speaks for itself. If I have an appointment, I can't do anything else til I'm done with it. I'm also compulsively early to every appointment because of how angry my parents would get if we were even a minute late to anything.
1I've got a good memory, but talking with my partner he will often say "I told you this before" and it's just completely gone over my head cause I've been slightly distracted. I'll be listening but things don't seem to register and it's worse when I'm distracted by the fact that I am having to put so much effort into listening. Edit: typo
1Not being able to retain basic information for more than a few seconds.
Oh, your name is [name] and you need [item]? Too bad, I'll forget both of those things as soon as I turn around
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