Like this. Basic stuff, “I wish I had been taught how to do my taxes in high school” kind of stuff. Long-form video content is preferred but not required.
Edit: I should clarify for everyone in the thread that I could probably work my way up to reading stuff, especially further on when I’ve built up some better habits. Should also mention my executive dysfunction/ADHD issues in this post body
OP don’t listen to this shit. ADHD people are the best at multitasking, we thrive at it. In fact jobs will love that you can do it. This poster is just making an excuse for themselves. (Another thing you gotta watch out for as an adult. People are tricky and play their own mind games.)
Jesus Christ, fuck science and evidence, I guess. There’s a reason I included that. But sure, let’s go off one assholes anecdote that “ADHD people are the best at multitasking, we thrive at it” and everyone else is just making an excuse for their shortcoming of not having ADHD. Give me a break dude.
And for another anecdote, literally nobody I know who has ADHD is loved at their job for having it. They all struggle to hold jobs.
Most science about human behavior deals with averages. It’s completely possible that a subpopulation might show an inverse trend. This is especially the case when it’s a subpopulation with known differences in similar behavior. I’m not saying ADHD people benefit from multitasking, but we just can’t say anything based on the general population.
A friend of mine is excelling at sales and that is due to his personality, including ADHD. In most jobs, of course, it’s not beneficial and can pose problems. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find jobs that are well-suited for ADHD people – maybe even better suited than for neurotypicals.
This is a much fairer and more well reasoned take than what the other fellow said.
Somebody did already find it worth a downvote lol.
Sorry to hear that, you got an upvote from me at least. (Downvotes don’t federate to blahaj and you can’t downvote from blahaj)
yeah, it was a bit of an exaggeration. there are definitely aspects that make it hard, but others can be used to their advantage.
Bullshit.
Constantly bouncing between projects and never making meaningful progress is NOT multitasking.
I’m able to multitask and make progress with more than project at once, and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
But did you progress more than if you had concentrated on one project at a time? That’s the point they are trying to make.
On what kind of scale?
Can you type an email to one person while speaking on the phone with another?
Or do you mean that you are able to do one task, and then do another task?
Or, when it’s almost time to go home, do you have 30 half written emails, because you kept clicking on random bullshit on the computer and wandering away from your desk?
There really is no universal definition of multi tasking, but every one thinks they are good at it, because we always feel like we have so much going on, and we’re still surviving, so we must be doing something right.
ADHD isn’t one size fits all. Personally, if there’s a TV on in the room, I will be watching it. It could be a golf tournament that I have no interest in at all, and I’ll be staring at it while someone is trying to talk to me. I try not to, because I don’t WANT to watch the TV, but for some reason I will keep sneaking peaks at it. Oh, that guy’s down 3 strokes. I don’t know what that even means, but I must have thought it was important to pay attention to that. 🤷🏻♂️