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Do you guys struggle with eye contact? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by pineapple@lemmy.ml to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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I'm not really sure if I have adhd or not at the moment and I just realised this. I'm not sure if this is related to adhd at all but I just find it weird looking into peoples eyes, when I listen to people I usually look out a window or something and sometimes people ask me weather I am listening and I didn't even realise I was looking out a window I kind of just assumed they knew I was listening.

Also as a side note, I have a lot of symptoms of adhd but I'm not sure if to enough of an extent, since I see a lot that everyone has the symptoms of adhd just not to the extent of someone that actually has adhd has.

Do you also have that one comment in the bottom of your lemmy inbox that you've been meaning to respond to for the last several weeks or months but you keep putting it off?

Do you also sit on your couch or bed and just stair out the window for like 30 minutes or longer at a time?

I also have struggle focusing on school work, this hasn't always been the case but it's a lot more now. Once the coffee from the morning wears off I can't focus for long enough to finish a small portion of a single Maths question before I'm staring out the window thinking about something completely unrelated, then about 5-10 minutes later I realised I'm distracted.

You've probably also noticed a pattern at this point, I love staring out windows!

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[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago

The fun thing about tests like these is that they indicate something but they could always be completely off either because the test taker isn't completely honest with themselves or are misinterpreting the question or some other reason. One can only be sure after they have seen a pro!

Personally, I have always known I wasn't completely normal. I thought I was super normal as a kid and that everybody else were the weird ones. But I'm also not weird enough for anything to be obvious with me. My spouse and I are 100% sure I have ADHD. He doesn't think I am autistic in any way. I don't know what I am, but I do find it interesting that the vast majority of people I have clicked with my whole life and have made friendships with are either ADHD or autistic or have some form of disorder like that. Every single one. My spouse is normal but grew up in a family full of ADHD'ers and has a few symptoms himself, but only the fun ones, like becoming obsessed with a hobby and getting really good at it and then suddenly dropping it when it no longer tickles his brain. Lucky bastard xD

Anyway! Good luck with the test again and I hope you get tested so you can get some answers! Especially if the symptoms you experience are disruptive to your life! Hug!

I hope you got some sleep also! XD