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Hey everyone. Lately, I've been trying to learn more about ADHD (I was diagnosed with the inattentive type as an adult), and there are a few aspects that confuse me, so I'd like to know if there are others out there in a similar situation who might be able to guide me a bit. Unlike what I've read about people with ADHD, my train of thought isn't chaotic, with one thought overlapping another or constantly jumping between ideas. In fact, I often find myself not thinking anything at all, with total calm in my head. This happens both in relaxed situations (which isn't a bad thing) and in moments when I need to focus, like during work meetings, where I'll suddenly realize I've been zoned out for the last few minutes (not thinking at all) and completely lost track. On top of this, combined with the "if it's not now, it doesn't exist" mindset, my emotional world feels... "stable." Stable because neither the future nor the past is "now," so those emotions just fade away. All of this has left me feeling like my life is somehow out of my control. I feel like a little twig floating down a river, content to end up wherever the current takes me, unable to steer toward where / actually want to go. It's pretty disheartening, honestly. I'd love to know if there are others out there who feel this way -people living in a sort of emotional and mental void that only kicks into gear when alarms start blaring

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you ever feel like everything is meh, with only the extreme ups and downs having any impact on you?

It's something that I've been noticing about myself lately.

For the most part everything is just "normal". If you ask what I want for supper, I don't care. And I honestly don't. Aside from a few things that I REALLY don't like, anything will be fine. Little annoyances, and small victories just feel like boring everyday typical events, and only the "THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM THAT WILL DESTROY MY LIFE" or "THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED!" give me any sort of emotional variance.

Your post doesn't directly reference this, but it reminded me of it. And I wanted to keep this concept separate from my Tao of Pooh recommendation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Smacks of depression. Or at least how I feel when I’m depressed.

The first sign, for me, is a lack of excitement for upcoming events I really should be hyped for.

If you find an ongoing lack of emotion, except for the extremes, maybe speak to someone about that. It really helped me.