“You’ve never done anything that would get you interviewed on a late night talk show. Proceeds to run through clever responses to all possible questions about any of the things I do that could maybe eventually make me famous, leading in to being best friends with the host afterwards and trying to decide what clothes I’m going to wear when they invite me to dinner with their family. Should I go casual, or a little more dressed up? Wait, what am, I going to wear for the interview itself? I should probably wear something more casual than that. And what does my wife have to wear at the dinner? I should figure out a way to ask her without letting her know I’ve been thinking about being interviewed again.

[–] panda_abyss 10 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

I’m pretty sure everyone does this, no?

There are people with no voice in their head, but like, other than that, isn’t this the default?

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 minutes ago

I saw the perfect comeback for this: "Everybody pees, too, Karen, but if you're doing it 60 times a day, then you might have a problem." It goes from normal to pathological when it interferes with your life.

[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 1 points 41 minutes ago

You know how thinking gets exhausting after a while and it's frustrating because your brain won't stop even when you're already tired? People without adhd don't have this issue because they choose when to have a train of thought and they stop when it gets too hard. We can't choose.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 28 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

One time I took an illicitly-offered adderall.

The silence in my mind was amazing, the calm was as far as I could reach. I could summon a thought into my otherwise blank workspace, and it would stay there until I was done with it, never being jostled or shoved by unbidden thoughts.

It was lovely.

My neurotypical friends were jazzed about being high; I felt normalcy for the first time.

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 6 points 2 hours ago

When I first got a prescription, I tried my first pill. Nothing happened. I was starting to get annoyed.

And then I realized the dialog going on inside my head: it was just a calm, noiseless wave. No preemptive anxiety. No static of overlapping thoughts. Just quiet. Absolutely amazing. Perfect 5/7.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 hours ago

Same. It was honestly amazing, but I also didn’t feel like myself. I’m not sure I want to live out my life feeling like an emotionless zombie.

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Have you ever been watching tv, but then an ad comes on?

Oh duh, everyone see ads.

But.

Have you ever wondered why that ad came on?

Who produced the ad. Was it targeted at this time and this show for demographic reasons?

Seems normal to get a car insurance ad during the news. That's broad appeal shit right. Most people in the US need a car to get around, so broad appeal car insurance ads play everywhere.

What about this gambling as that plays next. Why is sports gambling being advertised during the football game? Wasn't this stuff illegal like less than 20 years ago?

I think there was some court case that said Internet handling is okay, or maybe it was up to the states to decide.

If it's up to the states to decide is there like just one lobby that could organize and just by volume out-compete anti gambling discussions. But it wouldn't be that obvious. It would have to be framed like taxes on the gambling is good or some shit. Like, nevermind the billions siphoned off, your little state slush fund will get 20k in taxes lol, peasant.

I read somewhere that state senators are regularly bought for less than $10k. Like some state senator got up during the meeting for WV and just started reading off the publically available donation numbers for people who sided with corporations on legislature and it was like $5k a pop to buy someone's vote.

Let's see how many of you can stop yourself from replying to me without mentioning any of the points I brought up. This is a response to someone questioning what it's like to have ADHD, remember?

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

The thread's OP suggests that this is the default, not abnormal? I mean, this is what it sounds like in my head pretty much 24/7 (also songs are pretty much always playing in the background) and I've never really thought of myself as anything other than neurotypical.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 2 points 2 hours ago

Anyone who doesn't live in their head doesn't get it.

[–] LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

Sure everyone should do it to some extent. The difference between ADHD and "normal" is if you can focus into one thread if you try. ADHD peeps often don't have that control, it's just uncontrollable slide from one thing to the next.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 1 points 2 hours ago

I hate you for so accurately describing my life.