Freddy, you're supposed to be on lockdown!
Shut yo mouth ---- I'm listening to music!
Audio: Temperature - Sean Paul x Bananza - Akon
No, I am not drunk Kyle.
I simply neglected to ingest my stimulant medication for my Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
and therefore my words are fucking jumbly.
I'm extremely confused.
You're confused? I'm fucking confused bro.
Audio: Fergalicious - Fergie
AAAAAAAAAH
Audio: Che La Luna - Louis Prima
Audio: THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X
Audio: Sadeness - Enigma
Audio: Milkshake - Kelis
Security Guard!
Uh, hey.
Yeah, what's up?
...I don't know.
But then you have to make a decision.
Do you just want to sign another lease or do you supposespshthsppshtth
And now they're going to try and run anoth-
I know, another season! Theyre already running three other shows!
Why are you yelling?
I don't know, I don't know...
That's their responsibility because-
If they just established that from the first place they wouldn't have to come re-visit it when-
Why are you trying to fight with me man? Why are you trying to fight with me?
We're not fighting, We're not fighting. We're having fun!
I'm not having fun.
I'm having fun.
You know it's a little scary but I think that was the best move to make overall-
PAUSE
Wait, where are you going?
I have to go do something!
Right now?
But I have to do it now or I'm not going to remember later!
Wyatt, I'm going to need you to pay attention.
Oh I'm listening. Yeah like completely.
Then could you please take actual notes instead of doodling?
Um, I'm sorry this is just, this is what works for me like in terms of paying attention.
Everybody has to take notes including you it's only fair.
Because accommodating the atypical student would be so unfair.
What was that?
Oh I said um of course it would be in my chair. I lost my pen.
Your notes are like immaculate. They almost look like a piece of art.
I know that's what I was afraid of.
No need to worry, from the looks of it you're gonna do amazing.
You totally failed. But you had to have written the most thorough and detailed notes in class what happened?
The notes happened!
Um I think the misunderstanding is because I don't actually write notes I draw them.
Hmm?
Doodling helps me because it's a mindless activity for the most part that just keeps my hands busy
which allows me to like better focus my attention towards the lecture.
Taking notes on the other hand is ultimately a record so that places a way higher demand
or priority on me to pay attention to what it is that I'm doing with my hands.
Subsequently, my difficulty in regulating attention makes it a really significant challenge for me
to not become hyperfocused on just like the aesthetic of the notes rather than the actual content itself.
Then how do you think we should go about this?
I don't mean to be snarky I mean this respectfully,
it's just is it more important or is there a higher priority on me to learn the material
or is it more of a priority for me to learn the material exactly the same way as everyone else does
even if that presents more of a challenge?
Ultimately, to know it of course.
Then please let me doodle.
I think giving me my best chance actually is the most fair.
Does anyone else have the same strain of ADHD that I do that makes you unable to answer questions concisely?
Because yesterday a boy texted me to ask me how my day was going
and I had to tell him that I woke up early took an Adderall to go around the corner to a café to go do homework to help me focus.
Upon entering the café I had to get a coffee so I wasn't charged criminal offenses for loitering.
The combination of coffee and Adderall unsurprisingly did not lead me to the unchartered chapters 6-9 in my business law textbook
but did embark me on the tedious endeavor of texting everyone I've ever known to catch up on their life, current lovers, and current mental health status.
I let him know I resided at a community table with two lovely women who I'm fairly positive thought I was schizophrenic
due to my multiple outbursts of laughter probed by the thought of the curious man I saw at the bar the night before
who paid his bill, got up from his bar stool, walked lackluster to the door and quickly and in one swift motion without stopping might I add
vomited medium heavily onto the floor of the bar and continued so gracefully in his pursuit to the door and out the exit
that would leave one wondering if that happened in anyone else's simulation or only their own.
Many, many minutes later right around the time I opened my textbook to read the ever so titillating first thought of 'The'
my AirPods die which leaves a chargerless girl on a new journey back to her apartment due to the fact that she can't focus
without the noise-cancelling sorcery that can only come from a sleek fruit named product that's designed with my ease and simplicity in mind.
Upon arriving to my humble abode I was impulsed to do a few simple tasks
such as unload the dishwasher, break down boxes, and take out the trash to fine-tune my newest quality I'm adding to my resume of impeccable roommate.
After the chores were done I opened formerly mentioned law book to the exciting chapter of administrative agencies.
Just as I started to feel an underwhelming gust of wonderment about the topic
a medium handsome prolate spheroid kicking boy with good bedside manner text me with intent to hear about the ongoings of my Monday morning
an offer of which I couldn't refuse.
Which led me to the current moment where I had spent the last 10 minutes drafting a personal memoir
to answer an inquiry that could have been answered completely and succinctly with the response of 'Good'
Uhhh what is- what is she doing?
Oh yeah she hasn't eaten in 24 hours but she realizes she should eat so she's trying to figure out what to eat but nothing's quite hitting the spot.
Why does she keep... doing the pacing thing?
She's definitely hungry but can't figure out if it's just anxiety or not.
So, that's not normal for sure right?
Oh yeah this process could last for hours who knows.
Why doesn't she just pick something... anything?
Well she has to find the right food that perfectly itches that right scratch.
Oh my god that's awful.
Oh no yeah this is definitely ADHD for sure.
This is painful to watch.
Oh, look!
Oh she did it.
She'll do it again tomorrow for sure.
Do you want to know what it's like to have ADHD?
So I just walked away from my kitchen for a second and I came back.
You know how sometimes you walk back into a room and you have like a new perspective?
This is what my kitchen looks like right now.
Because, this is what happened.
So I started making dinner. The clock is not right.
Through prepping the dinner that I wanted to make I realized I didn't have the right ingredients after I had set a bunch of them out on the table.
So I cut myself a snack. In throwing away the pieces of the pear I realized I needed to take the garbage out.
On my way to take the garbage out I realized that our Hello Fresh box had arrived.
So I started putting stuff away in the refrigerator.
Midway through putting stuff away in the refrigerator I figured I would just cook one of the Hellofreshes because I didn't have the right ingredients for dinner.
So I pulled out the Hello Fresh thing and realized I needed a pan.
All the pans are dirty so I started emptying the dishwasher.
Midway through putting my dishes away my kitchen cabinet handles (which I still haven't put on properly it's been months don't worry about that) got loose again
so I went to go look for a screwdriver, forgot what I was doing, went back to the kitchen and here we are.
It's been two hours and no progress has been made.
Okay, 2:00 now I'll get up do my work at 2:30.
oh god 2:29 I just got to get through this deck.
Okay it's 2:31...
2:45 I'll get up at 2:45.
Okay it's 2:48.
3:00 I will get up at 3:00.
Okay I finished!
It's 3:04
I'll tidy and clean and get up at 3:15.
Oh I got distracted and it's 3:20.
3:30 I WILL get up at 3:30.
Okay how did it get to 3:40?
4:00 I will get up at 4:00
Okay done!
it's 4:30
But at least I'm done.
If you have ADHD you might find it hard to drink water. (yeah i know some of yall still dont drink so this ones for you make sure you listen nice and good)
I know I do so I'd like to ask you, how boring is your water?
Is it too boring? Is it way too not boring?
In my travels I found that a lot of neurodivergent people struggle with drinking water because it's either too little or too much stimulation.
For me it's too little. I'm straight up bored when I drink water.
So I found it incredibly useful to do anything I can to just up the amount of stimulus from the water.
Putting ice in it, getting a sodastream and carbonating it, squeezing lime into it.
But for others all that can be really overstimulating and for those people it might be good to have some room temperature water around
or using a water filter so you don't have to deal with the weird regional taste of your tap water.
So go get a glass of water right now. Are you bored or overstimulated? Because knowing which one it is can really up your hydration game.
Now follow me it's dangerous to go alone.