as someone who is in fact inattentive, i appreciate the quick video 😅

I told my mom i have inattentive adhd and she doesnt believe me so now I'm trying to find a good psychologist so I can better live my life

For me it sucks because me brother also has it, but he has the hyper version of it so I got looked over. This is why more boys are diagnosed than girls, because boy’s usually have the hyper type and girls have the inattentive type. I’m the “bright student that just needs to work harder” I’m not saying I have ADHD because I haven’t been diagnosed, but I have all nine symptoms.

The length of this video totally caters to us and I 👏🏻 am 👏🏻 here 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 it!

I grew up with this. It was tough.

I had to replay the video because I wasn't paying attention. Speaking of the devil

I had to skip back a few times during this as i started daydreaming and lost focus hah. My ADD assesment next month cant come soon enough.

I have 7/9 of these signs but I always thought I was just anxious and avoidant. Now idk

Thank you for explaining this in 1 minute. Most of the other people in videos talking about this seem to just blather on incessantly and not get to the subject.

All of the criteria in this video unfortunately apply to me. It's really hard to live a normal life when you can't stay on task, lose focus, and repeatedly give in to impulses. My peers think I'm an idiot when they see me fumble, misunderstand instructions, and lose things. It's been this way since I was a child, when teachers would yell at me for not listening to them or having an extremely disorganized backpack. People think ADHD is just a joke or a minor inconvenience, but it can really be life-defining.

The confusing part is there are some days that are better than others. Most days are just like walking through fog.

1. Overlook or miss details: Yes, sometimes. I try so hard not to have this happen that I focus too much on such a small focal area that I sometimes miss huge things in other areas. Playing games of Chess helps exercise this, but that's just me. 2. Difficulty remaining focused during certain tasks or conversations: Definitely, I find that trying to relate tasks to other things or making them into some sort of game or finding patterns in them makes it easier to do so. Until I occasionally become overcome by those patterns or mechanics and then find myself staring off into space thinking of a better way, lol! 3. Do not seem to be listening or Paying Attention: There are times when someone can be a few feet from me and I'm looking directly at them and I can even be watching their lips move and I will have no idea what they had just said to me. It usually ends up with the other person getting frustrated or think I'm being rude or disrespectful. I never apologize for this but rather explain what had just happened. 4. Difficulty following instructions: I only have this issue if there is a list of steps being given verbally. This usually is the cause of #'s 1, 2, and 3. lol. As long as I am able to write them down and repeat back, I'm good. Though the disinterest does tend to happy a LOT! 5. Messy, disorganized, poor time management: This was an issue and sometimes still pops up from time to time with the messy and disorganized but that is probably something that someone sees it from the outside. There IS a method to my madness. As far as Time management, I have to give myself dang near an awesome rating on that these days as I can usually time tasks throughout my day/week as to priority and whatnot. Kind of like cooking big dinners. Cooking thanksgiving usually starts with prep the night before and then start getting things ready in the morning starting with what will take the longest and doing other tasks in between in the "filler" time. In my day to day, I may be washing, trimming flash and priming my miniatures. For clarification, I do custom painting for tabletop and board game miniatures on commission. Then it is usually paint, then things around the house while that layer dries and then back to painting and then something during drying and so on and so forth. I just realized that I'm starting to write WAY TOO much! I'm actually not really sure why I started this post in the first place... I need to get back to work on painting and dishes/laundry. It is my last day off! I'm taking points away from my score of awesome on time management for now... I know I deserve it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 6. No way, like I said.... I already spent too much time here, lol! Maybe this covers enough of the rest!

I was diagnosed with this quite recently so thought i would give this a watch. I can’t unhear unfinished doodies 😂 we leave unfinished doodies everywhere 😂

My son was diagnosed at 16. He developed an addiction to opioids and benzodiazepines in an effort to self medicate. Once sober he found an ADHD med that didn't make him feel high all the time. Since then he has kept.a job and has a much better quality of life. I feel for people diagnosed with ADHD. It is so misunderstood.

My parents called me stubborn and lazy, but I was actually experiencing the consequences of zoning out in conversations - causing me to forget a conversation, details, or delay the desire to do homework.

I was Diagnosed 2 weeks ago and everything finally makes complete sense.

The moment he said “forget returning important phone calls” I was like OH CRAP cause I forgot to return one myself 🙃

I’m smart enough to do my job well enough that I use it as an excuse to chat half of my day. I’ve already set up “efficiency” systems at work to help me not get overwhelmed but some days I can do “nothing” . I’m so lucky I sit at a desk all day so can mask how I’m feeling to some degree. My job as an architectural designer is creative enough to be fun but at times it’s torture (paperwork & forms). I haven’t been diagnosed but now I’m questioning my whole personality

Me, relating to all 9 points 👁️👄👁️

I really think there's a possibility of me having this. I mean, just recently I perceived that I'm always lost in my own mind. I'm always daydreaming, talking to myself, talking to people I created in my head, losing my attention to everything. In school every task they make me do I get quickly distracted decorating it all with drawings of what I'm thinking about in the moment. I always don't pay attention to things that well and that can lead me to do things wrong and make teachers and my own parents mad as hell. I'm always forgetting everything, I have to note all things I have to do and tap it to my forehead to not forget it, and even so, I do. I find doing homework (principally maths) very hard, cause besides me not paying attention in class and daydreaming while teacher is speaking, I can't help but distract myself with everything, and even when I do focus, I cannot understand bs of what's going on in there. I'm doing this rn lol. Everything I do is disorganized, and when it's not, it's probably because I enjoy it alot. So yeah I'm talking this to my therapist Also I'm really scared because I think my parents are gonna b real mad if I end up having it and get a diagnosis. Cause, they think adhd is caused by multitasking (?). They say I do it so much it could cause me to have it. Idk I just want to kick them for their ignorance

As someone who's literally been diagnosed with Inattentive type ADD, I still feel attacked because everything is so spot on lmao

I have been diagnosed with the non hyperactive one (ADD). I am not completely without hyperactivity. I just don't rock back and forth but I am known to fidget. One of my teachers in high school could testify to that. In fact I have her to thank for the testimony she gave. I was given paper copies of all forms including her testimony in those papers. I strongly recommend getting a cheap used document scanner (automatic feeder and duplex mode highly recommended) and scanning your papers. Take your time on this and then back them up. This is what I did one cold winter day when I had nothing else to do. The automatic feeder made the scanning go by so quickly, imagine the eternity that it feels like to load each sheet onto a flatbed scanner. While that will produce a more than acceptable scan it will be monotonous. Just don't overload the document feeder or you may get multiple pages fed at once or worse, a jam. I was cautious to avoid jams since those are my only copies and thankfully none got damaged. I don't know how I would replace them, asking the SSA for them can be an unnecessarily bureaucratic process. Now they are backed up on at least 2 external hard drives along with the original scans still on the computer.

In many ADHD comment sections I see especially young people having difficulties communicating with their parents on this topic. To those, I just want to encourage you to make a diagnostic. Better even make two with different experts (not random pediatricians, genuine adhd experts). For parents it's often difficult to accept their child might be somewhat different from 'normal'. Their automatic conclusions often go the 'my child isn't crazy, they don't need a psychiatrist' route. That can be because they want to protect their child from being treated badly (if they're good parents) or themselves from redicule by their own peers (if they're not so great parents) etc. There's many reasons to first think this way. An official diagnosis might give you some leverage to be taken more seriously and having your arguments actually being heared and not repelled right away. And don't get discouraged just because one therapist rejects you. Not every psychiatrist or psychologist is knowledgeable about ADHD. Really take the extra time and look for someone who is actually an ADHD expert. Good luck to you all!

I struggled to get through this whole video without closing it and doing something else then to remember I was watching this video lol

Wow I have all of these but still haven't been diagnosed or looked at for this , already been diagnosed with anxiety and depression for years now but the more I learn of inattentive type adhd the more I feel like it fits me

I’ve already been diagnosed with inattentive ADHD for a few years now. I would say that 6 of 9 definitely apply but the other 3 certainly do not. The 3 that do not are: -Avoiding tasks that require lengthy attention. I have no problems with tasks that require I focus for a long period. -Being messy or disorganized. Although I can be it’s not a habit. -Don’t seem to listen or pay attention when spoken to. This is often more of a problem than straight up not paying attention as instructors always say that I look like I’m paying attention and engaged and I also feel I am as well. So when I miss a detail it’s difficult to communicate what I missed. Inattentive ADHD causes my brain to have moments where it pauses for a split second. This often causes me to loose my train of thought. Which really hampers my ability to right three sources, short stories, and exams within the usual allotted time.

So i'm everything there and now it's starting to affect my work life and future, could handle it when i was young because it was "just school" but what are the next steps when you believe you have it. I'm 32

I have this tyoe of ADHD and I'm telling you that it's hard to fight those symptoms. I often do it unconsciously.

I answered yes to 7/9 but one thing that stands out is that I feel I'm definitely a good listener and have been told as much by other people. Could I still have this subtype if you have no problem being patient and listening to others in conversation?

This is me! Once I got the ADD diagnosis everything made much more sense. I'm still incredibly disorganised but at least I know why, and no longer beat myself up about it.

Is it still considering being inattentive when you find out that if you do other mindless things it helps you pay attention? Such as drawing boxes or rectangles while listening to others? But when you just try to listen(without doing anything at all) you're easily distracted or just zone out?

Had to watch this twice, bc the first time I forgot to pay attention.

I could never read when I was younger- I would just sound the words out, but would never know what the story of the book was. When I was 9, we used to have reading time, and whenever I read a book and my friend asked me about it, I would make up what it was about because I never absorbed any of the information. I never listened in class, especially English class where the teacher would read out the entire fiction book, so I had no idea what it was even about. When teachers were writing notes down for us to copy, I never knew what it said because I would just be zoned out. Even now, I struggle to read books, and I struggle to listen to audiobooks. The only way I can really keep concentration is when I listen to audiobooks and read the books at the same time, and even then its a little bit hard. Oh and I never listen when people are talking at the dinner table, or when people are having a conversation, but that's changing since I started noticing it. Do I have ADD, or do I just have low concentration levels? I don't experience hyperfocus, or many other symptoms.

Anyone who knows me well knows I have every single trait. 😮 thank you! I’m saving this for the next time I need to explain to someone.

Really glad you did not drag it on. Well explained in under 2 minutes. Some videos go on and on before they get to the main point.

It sucks to have it half. Like not extreme but i have the symptoms and because of that i dont have a diagnosis but i still have problems like i dont keep friends if i dont see them a lot and i cant paying attention in clas whisch is why im out of school without friends and my life sucks. I always want something else which makes it hard to keep motivated. Sorry for the bad english

Had to watch this 3x before I fully got everything

Dang I’ve been diagnosed by doctors but all the different meds they would give me felt like a bad drug trip and didn’t actually change anything. So I convinced myself I didn’t actually have this. But I check all those flipping boxes. I’m actually currently in a room filled with boxes Bc I haven’t managed to unpack, sleeping on a couch for the past 2 weeks because I haven’t even gotten my bed in yet. And I’ve mis-placed my wallet and keys. Dang dang dang. Damn.

man i thought i was a normal person the whole time. now my life in utter ruin and i realize this problem.

Great specific list don't confuse this with lack of interest or try to ignore uses hostile people

When i was a kid, my school was diagnosed with learning disability because I had difficulty with school work and not paying attention to the teacher. Years later, in my early 30s, I went to a mental health clinic and they found the results that I am diagnosed with ADHD Inattentive Type, which explains my symptoms like forgetting things, daydreaming, misleading, and not following directions. I'm not sure why, maybe because of genetics or head injury?

Nice, 8-9 out of 9 😤 wish me luck ive been having a difficult time at college and im finally going to get tested over Thanksgiving break. The impulsively sucks tbh cuz in your head you say you're going to change how you go about things, but then it just never happens. Told myself this semester would be the one to change and I have online classes that I didn't even touch this semester because I loed to myself and said I can just pick it up in a week, and then never touched it. Then if you're used to taking any recreational substances (been smoking since 14), you relapse about just as quickly as you tell yourself no more, or just when you finally think you're done with it. Youll spend the last of your money on weed or nicotine without even thinking. You go to be around your friends to forget about the stressors in your life, cause you can't seem to focus on the schoolwork, which should be the main reason at school, but then messing around with friends instead of focusing on work just leads you back into the never ending circle. Your also smoke and you get brought back into in cause you're so impulsive that you just say fuck it and wanna have a good time. You love having conversations with friends to grasp an understanding of life, but when conversations are too long or other people interrupt; you get lost in the fog and miss a sentence or two. Then you think about how you missed that one sentence and then next thing you know you missed a few minutes of conversation and you don't even know how to reply to your one friend who is looking dead at you for a response. This is my life :/

Im 8/9, 40yo, & only recently discovered inattentive adhd is why I’ve been struggling my whole life. I can’t even get in the door to been seen by a professional & my life is falling apart. 😣

Lol you know you have it when he started talking but you got distracted within 38 secs of the video because there’s no pictures and animation... lol

LOVE the brevity.

I left dr grande's 6 minutes video on the same subject to watch this one.

Nailed all 9. I rock.

I've never gone to a psychologist but everything that was listed in this video was 100% me

I work all the time, but still behind. It's exhausting.

It's wrecked havoc on my life. I hate it so much.

I zone out mid sentence in casual conversation often. Luckily I seem to have a reasonable amount of focus when in a more serious conversation.

not me watching this while i'm supposed to be doing homework 👀

Um, wow. I'm just finding out about this right now....at 36. 😅🤯

Thanks so much for this video... but I have to ask, do people often tell you that you look like Charlottes husband from Sex and the city??

with my inattentiveness, this 1-minute video is the best but within that 1-minute video, I find myself looking around and doing something else because... I can't focus :(

Glad found shorter clip

Yep that’s me, described in a minute.

When you don't want to self diagnossis but all behaviors are relatable 😀🙈

i relate to everything in this yet i still feel invalid because i’m quiet :/

ADHD subtypes no longer exist they merely now explain certain dominant features of an individuals behaviour struggling but really if you're an adult with ADHD you will struggle with everything over you life span

8.5/9 I tend to be able to do the things I need to do, regardless of how time consuming they are, but it is a struggle.

9 out of 9 - but as I'm in my 40's, I don't fulfil the criteria for assessment.

I do relate to some of these symptoms, but I never really struggled in school. I've always had trouble with procrastination (lots of reports finished the night before in college), but my grades rarely suffered. However, I could have definitely gotten a lot more out of my college experience if I studied more. What really bothers me is that I've always had spurts of creative energy, but I can never see a project through to the end. I will get really excited for a new story idea, or a new hobby, but the passion fizzles out after a few hours. Hard for me to know if that's "normal" laziness/lack of discipline, or if it's some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain. Both of my brothers have ADHD diagnoses now so it's making me wonder if I should get checked out too.

Only 1.5 minutes long and I still had to rewind several times. Geez louise, I need to get assessed. 😩

this is making me cry sm. i am so so so SO sure i have it. and i wanna get diagnosed so bad but my parents won't take me. i literally have done hours and hours of research and it would all make sense but i just don't know how to tell my parents i think i have it. my dad would just blame it on my phone and my mom would tell my whole family. idk what to do atp im very very confused and frustrated

you know your adhd is bad when you zone out during a 1 minute video

Is it possible to have all these symptoms, but still not have adhd?

I got distracted watching this. Oh the irony!! Remembering to complete a work task I got distracted from, while I am procrastinating.

It took me 3x rewindings to get the info on a 1min and half vid. I will dub my behavior henceforth, "drifting into the curve." Ps: forgot to do an important chore because I decided to leave a comment.

LOL well that was shockingly accurate

I got distracted like 3 times while I watching this video...

I have all 9 of the symptoms

The only one I don't do with any significant frequency is lose important things... Other than that 💯😬

Past 5 year have bin pure shit and I was pretty much doing one thing most of it...but everything else took a back seat

All of these apply to me 100%. I guess I should get testet...

I’m having this all right now in college I missed a quiz and I do my homework at the last minute because I put it off. I forget to do stuff once I start. It’s horrible by grades are fucking up

I literally zoned out during this whole video

i won!!! i got em all !!

Ok. So i just i wanna know if... Your handwritings are consistently good. If not so am I. 😔😞 I'm still anxious about this thing.

tfw I have all 9/9 symptoms both at school and at home since the age of 5

i have all 7 symptoms i payed attention to! :D

I didn’t even finish the video before getting distracted

I have like all 9 symptoms, but I'm not "officially" diagnosed (sorta but not) & i can't afford an assessment. Pervasive Atypical Developmental Disorder yes...

Thanks What it is if a 14 years old not understanding reasoning in math, has difficulty in retaining and recalling info for Science subject, not able to know by heart quotes ? But able to solve simple math mentally .

Ok can someone help me? For my whole life, I’ve gotten straight A’s in school. But in class, I can never focus on anything at all. Even at home every single day, no matter the task, I get distracted and/or totally forget what I’m doing. It’s literally getting out of control. The thing is, my parents don’t think I have adhd because my moms a therapist and she said it’s unlikely because “I get such good grades”, but I’m struggling so much with the basic thing in life and don’t know what to do anymore. Im also terrified of ppl think I’m self diagnosing which I’m really trying not to do. Please help.

Oh! That’s what’s wrong with me! I’ve got all 9 of those, but also listen to the same songs daily on a loop! Is that also a symptom? 😅

Me having trouble paying attention to this video 😭

I zoned out in the middle of the part about not listening in a conversation...

I have about 8/9 of these symptoms , but I don't.think diagnosis or treatment is available in my country for this particular type , so ig I'm stuck like this forever .

Disgnosed with this last year now 16 bout to do exams 🤦‍♂️

What are some treatments

I don't understand. So it's the non hyperactive subtype? But there's still "hyper activity" in the disorder name? And it feels like I can't find relevant info on this subtype either..

is thinking that everything mentioned here are just normal behaviour and everyone has it, means that i do have it? i seriously think that i’m just exaggerating and everyone on earth also struggle with it. :(

Gurl i literally got diagnosed this today ?? I dont believe it i never woild have expected. I thought i had depression or somethting and the doctor said i have this im done

Every website about this I have looked at says different things. I don't do any of the stuff listed here, but on other websites it describes me to a T. So what the heck?

I’m having trouble finding stuff on this disorder, but absolutely minus the hyperactivity. Could you please do a ADD one ? Thanks. Understandable if too busy

guess I have to go to the doctor

So...me...every single one of them. Sort of diagnosed but not. Found some old hospital paperwork and...

Had to replay the video cause I opened another video in the middle and have no idea what he said and writing this while it plays the second time 🤡

Woooh! Highscore: 9/9!