From: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/j9cmfr/the_adhd_reality/ ![[iceberg.jpg]] ## What people think ADHD is: - Trouble focusing - Fidgeting ## What ADHD actually is: - Sensory processing disorder - Anxiety - Financial problems - Uncontrollable fidgeting - Hyperfixations - Mood swings - Difficulty maintaining relationships - Depression - Difficulty following and maintaining conversations - Inability to focus even if there are no distractions - Executive dysfuntion[^1] - Self-Awareness: commanding self-directed attention - Self-Restraint: inhibiting yourself - Non-Verbal Working Memory: holding things in your mind to guide behavior - Verbal Working Memory: retaining internal speech - Emotional: using words and images along with self-awareness to alter how you feel about things - Self-Motivation: motivating yourself to do things when no outside consequences exist - Planning and Problem Solving: finding new approaches and solutions - Poor impulse control - Forgetting to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom - Problems focusing on things even if they are of interest - Poor sense of time - "All or nothing" attitude - Trouble recalling commonly used words - Sleeping problems - Auditory processing disorder - Losing items - Chronic unemployment - Difficulty switching tasks - Inability to stick to one task - Choice paralysis - Forgetting thoughts quickly [^1]: https://www.additudemag.com/what-is-executive-function-disorder