The silent struggles of workers with ADHD

Re:The silent struggles of workers with ADHD by aatd86 on Monday December 12, 2022 @04:25PM (#33960567)

Out of curiosity, do you have intrusive thoughts?

Or if you think about your thoughts calmly, at a distance, what pops up?

When you try to imagine let's say a chess board and the pieces on it, does it look clear to you? Or do you have difficulties controlling your internal visualization?

(if anyone also with ADHD wants to answer, feel free)

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Re:The silent struggles of workers with ADHD by k__ on Monday December 12, 2022 @05:30PM (#33961369)

I have intrusive thoughts.

When I try to phantasize something to calm myself down for sleep, I often end up thinking about something embarrassing or hurtful from the past. I can't control it, it just happens and when I notice it, I alread ruminates some time about it and don't know how I got there.

But besides that, I don't have problems to visualize things in my mind. I just have to do it consciously, most of the time I think in concepts.

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Re:The silent struggles of workers with ADHD by cyanf on Monday December 12, 2022 @08:50PM (#33963583)

For me, the visualization of the board is amorphous and unstable. It also resets about every so often.

However, I’m not sure if this is an experience exclusive to ADHD.

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