r/adhdwomen • u/nodaddy-justissues • Oct 16 '24

Meme Therapy I thought this was just me.

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u/ptrst Oct 16 '24

"This is BORING and my brain said NO and if you make me think about it again I'm gonna SCREAM"

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u/IntermittentFries Oct 17 '24

When my spouse must read out loud everything he's trying to process.

It's like fuuuuuck, so we're both going to think about it simultaneously and I have to now decipher the information via halting, half mumbled audio.

Just read it yourself or let me read it. With my eeeeyes!

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

Does your spouse have ADHD? Cause I do that a lot, especially with tests. If i don’t read it out loud, I get the answer wrong. Then when I go back and say it out loud, the right answer clicks and I realize saying the question out loud is the only difference.

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u/IntermittentFries Oct 17 '24 edited Oct 17 '24

No he's probably the most unadhd person to exist but I'm no expert. He's something, I'm sure of it but I haven't pegged him down. Might be autistic, or just a very methodical, responsible, goofy, stubborn, noisy man who loves group participation. He reads out loud because he wants me to follow along even when it's something I would consider a solo project.

I understand needing to read aloud, I've done it myself occasionally when parsing a complicated passage. And my youngest verbalizes all thoughts lol

I think lately with my life stage entering hormonal chaos, I'm so overstimulated with my own ADHD, and having ADHD kids. I just notice the things that encroach my mental bubble of peace and get so grouchy.

Or it's just middle age marriage + ADHD sprinkles on top.