If you’ve been running up any hills lately with your understanding of ADHD, here’s some gifs I found super relatable from the hit Netflix series Stranger Things
(Sources are linked to the gif image. Please note this is for entertainment purposes only.)
VISUAL SPOILERS ARE BELOW FOR EVERY SEASON
1. What I hear when I haven’t been able to follow a conversation
2. Being secretive for no real reason
3. When my social meter runs out and I have to cancel my plans
4. Unsure of social cues in other people’s tone
5. Being unable how to share my feelings when I really need to
6. Noticing patterns others miss or don’t care about
7. Misunderstanding levels of friendship
8. Accepting that I don’t share the interests or ideas of what might be typical for my age
9. Struggling to have people take my mental health struggles seriously enough for diagnosis
10. When my favourite tune I’ve had on repeat for weeks takes me out of a bad place
11. Not knowing how to ask for help when I need it
12. School wasn’t exactly my safe place
13. What it’s like when people are trying to get my attention
14. When I’m overthinking things and my friends notice
15. Some environments are really overwhelming and send me into a meltdown
16. Forgetting to eat for hours till I’m practically ravenous when I finally remember
17. Generally eating faster than everyone else
18. Struggling to wake up even when my alarms have gone off
19. Needing white noise to sleep or concentrate
20. Having very specific sensory needs
21. Being an outside the box thinker and inventing up things that I enjoy creating
22. Bursting into song or dropping lyrics in conversation
23. Getting into trouble from bring misunderstood
24. Having no idea what was just being said
25. Trouble blocking out unwanted distractions and keeping focused on what I’m looking at
26. When I hear people chewing
27. Wanting to know stuff about all the things
28. Impatience or getting anxious about being late
29. Good with coming up with ideas on the spot
30. When someone touches my piles
31. Me connecting ideas together others can’t see how
32. Having interests that others don’t understand
34. Human lie detector
35. Wearing my sunglasses even inside
36. Turning down invites for socializing
37. Willing to take risks
38. Having one favourite food I always need to eat
39. Rule breaker. Because rules are made to be broken.
40. Getting a fright or startled more easily
41. I don’t know
42. Having a hard time reading
43. Never tell me the odds, cause I have dyscalculia and I cannot math
44. My brains perseverating thoughts
45. What I look like when I’m deep in thought
46. Being visibly more animated than others are typically
47. Me trying to get myself started on a task
48. When someone interrupts my hyperfocus
49. Stim dancing in my bedroom to self regulate
50. Finding other neurodivergent friends who understand my experiences
Jenn has ADHD 