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“You are so random!!” ahaha, right….
Part 2 of my series about things people frequently misinterprete about our actions and behaviors!
I hope this will help someone communicate better with their loved ones.
Part 1 here
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ALTHeyooo!! In case anyone wonders why I’m so slow posting comics: I’m working on an ADHD Graphic Novel! But I’ll be posting another comic soon, so have a preview :)
(More in-depth stuff about this coming soon, in another collab 👀)
Why do I keep losing things? Aka Nothing good has ever come from trying to “just not forget”
(I whipped up a quick comic cause I had a joke on my mind, but I’ll be doing a whole graphic on coping with memory issues!)
The last panel is based on an incredible video by How to ADHD
Collab with @blackgirllostkeys
“IT’S HERE: When I was diagnosed with ADHD, I felt alone, misunderstood, and broken. Now I’ll never feel alone again. This beautiful collaboration with ADHD Alien is complete, and my heart is overflowing. Happy tears. This is what happens when the #neurodiversesquad teams up.” - René
René’s social media:
I get a lot of DMs asking me “How do I know if I have ADHD?” and the short and boring answer is “you can’t unless you talk to a doctor”.
But I want to share what I think should have been obvious clues to me!
I think it’s hard to judge your own symptoms if all you’ve known your entire life was ADHD. I was convinced I had no problems and just had to stop being lazy and all my problems would go away.
So, to everyone asking themselves “what if I’m just lazy?”, I hope you can find the courage from this to seek a diagnosis! And if you can’t:
Your struggles are legit and real, if they have a name or not.
I’ve been realizing that a lot of what I thought was my personality was not only ADHD, but all the precautions I took to hide it. I even do most of it without realizing! Masking ADHD is extremely exhausting and muddying my sense of self.
I think it’s important to explore these little things we do, buried so deeply into our subconsciousness that we don’t even realize it anymore.
Here’s a previous comic with overlapping points, focusing more on how Anxiety can make ADHD less obvious: Anxiety & ADHD
When you can’t figure out why you have a raging headache and then remember you forgot your basic routine of drinking coffee
(Feel free to use)