A day in the wild with ADHD 🤣

[@thistley_42]

I got second-hand anxiety at the idea of getting a coffee when the train is due in 10 minutes 😂

[@tinadixon8186]

My tummy still hurts!

[@davidhill5684]

Me too. No way I'd leave that platform

[@TisOnlyAScratch]

Same here but I'd be anxious that I already miss the train, I look weird just standing there, watching the clock, checking all instructions to make sure I knew the train I was about to board is really going where I want to go, nervous about missing the other trains, and doing ANYTHING to preoccupy my boredom when I was reassured that everything I can do or remember has been done or put in my notes to remember (knowing I forgot or will gorget something anyway but I need a breather for mental health). ANYTHING (by priority): Talk to my travel companion; talk to random stranger who just happens to connect with me or I connect with conversationally; dread random stranger who is talking to me but I'm not interested in and am looking for a polite way out; my phone (when charged and nobody's talking to me); pictures and surroundings; thinking of what if scenerios; listening to my favorite songs via memory; trying to get annoying earworm songs out of my head; counting ANYTHING; Math problems based on what I see in my environment; math problems that I think of randomly. The ANYTHING is combined with making sure I get on the right train/bus and sometimes breathing exercises (hearing and feeling my breathing in and out while while considering air quality).

[@Jay-ql4gp]

I felt a stab of it myself. lol

[@lynn6462]

My belly did a 'flip'... 🙁😣

[@thathurt]

When Google maps took off the little thing that told you which way you are facing, I was screwed. 😂

[@Nashleyism]

Samee. Why on earth did they do that?

[@Museofmemory]

My google maps still does that? Shows like a little "cone of vision" in whichever direction it thinks I'm facing.

[@Lyandra01]

I have a “cone of vision” as well, but sometimes it’s really hard to see!

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

@@Lyandra01 it is and I always have difficulties to tell which is meant to be front and which back. Should be a simple arror.

[@cerrida82]

I thought it was just me! Why would they change that?

[@SusyQ8228]

Definitely relate. I told my husband that I needed adult supervision, he just looked at me and asked “why do you think I’m here?”

[@ADHD_love]

There's a good man right there!

[@catalysthellgoddessadept3019]

I have a shirt that says "In my defense, I was left unsupervised" which feels like the same thing as I shouldn't be allowed out in the wild to me

[@bonnacon1610]

Yes, if anyone can figure out which way Google maps is pointing, please let us know. It drives me nuts when it says "Turn south and walk along X street" and you know you're going to be going round and round like an excited spaniel trying to figure out which way South is and which way that damn arrow is pointing....

[@peterclarke7240]

When you first open it, Google maps is always aligned North. So "up" is always north. It only becomes a problem if you then try to move in or out and accidentally rotate the map, which I do on an alarmingly frequent basis. The frustrating thing is that there IS a compass, but it's only visible when you go to street view, which eats far more energy and data (or at least, I feel it should...) Honestly, I've just taken to attaching a little compass to the shoulder strap of my backpack. It's just easier. Yes, I look like a bit of a dork, but I'm a dork who always knows which way is North. Unless I forget my backpack...

[@a_921]

I have a buddy who does compass and map with ease, but he to "fights" with google maps :p

[@perozu3289]

If it's sunny outside you can use the sun to figure out where South is!

[@perozu3289]

(Wanted to write more but KZbin is being weird) The sun is east in the morning, south (northern hemisphere) or north (southern hemisphere) at noon and west in the evening. Of course that only works if it's daytime and you can tell where the sun is 😅 I also try to look at the angles of the streets and see where the shops around me are on the map to get an idea of which way I'm facing!

[@sophiacromwell8017]

Wow… I know the “replies” posted above are meant to be helpful but…. YIKES!! I’m even more afraid to use google maps now 😢

[@kellydoherty2192]

the bag on the seat ... this is so me...I left mine on the counter at target the other day... Also if I do anything else I will miss what ever it is.❤

[@RLWarrior]

Whoa! I can relate to all of these. I just didn’t have the words. Thank you

[@ADHD_love]

Happy to help! 🩵

[@secretlydifferent4499]

OMG this is so real! - You two are great, thank you for this channel and showing the world our struggles.

[@yorkshirerose4515]

Me trying to board the bus this morning, scrabbling around for my debit card, starting to worry because it's not in my purse, when i realise its actually right there in the palm of my hand 😂

[@ADHD_love]

Classic!

[@JJ-dr7im]

Did you follow me to work last week? And the previous.

[@JJ-dr7im]

You know things are bad when old ladies start eye rolling 😃

[@ladylilac4363]

I couldn't find my keys. I looked through my purse twice. Then I emptied it. Still no keys. I put my hand back in my purse and there they were! I have no idea how I missed them three times.

[@muchadoaboutkovu]

I’ve left my bag behind so many times, and my husband and I both say when we go out in public that we should not be allowed in the wild. 😅 amazing video once again!✌️

[@cathysnider8717]

ADHD tax 😂 I’m going to use that.

[@floistyenel2329]

😂 me too

[@lisastenzel5713]

THE T-SHIRT!!!!!!!😭😭😭😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@ADHD_love]

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[@ADHD_love]

Available from the link above. All profits go to War Child 🩵 🩵

[@plateaujourneys]

Oh my! So often I feel I can't go out because of all the anxiety and than get tremendously bored sitting around home.

[@happytrails.]

I've not been able to leave the house this week.

[@relaxedanchored]

I came here to procrastinate, and now I’m hooked on this video-mission accomplished! 😂

[@ADHD_love]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Hermitthecog]

"At the moment I'm just walking and hoping for the best" ought to be the official anthem of travellers with ADHD. (Amsterdam's concentrically curved streets did my head in even *with* GPS.)

[@catlifechannel3886]

Don’t go to canberrra australia, then. It’s roundabout city.

[@TheBanana93]

I seem to be blessed with an innate ability to find my way anywhere, I was telling my parents they had gone the wrong way when I was like 4 and they didn't believe me and then 5 mins later "oh god he was right" haha

[@FURRY_SLIPPERS]

So relatable! Even in the kitchen I struggle with what playlist I should play 🙄 Usually end up just asking Alexa to play something "Different" to save my struggle escalating. Whatever it takes eh?! Fortunately I drive, if I didn't I wouldn't wild, EVER! Public transport is far to enclosed & way to "Peopley" Well done on managing a day out 💜

[@oogiemunster]

The struggle is real.

[@xjustmillieeex]

“I’ve decided I shouldn’t be let out in the wild” 😂

[@ADHD_love]

True tho!! 😄

[@StephieOmbre]

I didn't even know that ive seen your guys videos before until I just remembered seeing your picture on the book I have both off them and I haven't read them yet but im excited too read them as a recently diagnosed 21 year old ADHD woman

[@ADHD_love]

Ooooo, hope you enjoy them! 🤗

[@Adragos17]

These are so real and hit SO hard. I worked on training myself and my working memory, thankfully it doesnt happen so much anymore😮😢

[@Stormbrise]

Um, I have a post it taped on my front door that says: Do you have… - Keys - Phone - Charger - Wallet If not turn around! I later added shoes! I kept getting locked out of the flat with only my phone, wallet, car keys, and a battery pack… with no shoes! We now keep a spare key at my mother in laws place which is about 12 miles away. However, I have hyper sensitivity to touch on the soles of my feet, so I mostly end up at the train station waiting for my husband to get home. Also, I now keep a pair of trail runners in the car and a pair of socks. Took me 20 years to learn this, because here where I live now, if the door shuts you’re locked out!

[@Flopsi80]

I have checklists in my brain for different occasions.

[@petrfedor1851]

I lock my frontdoor So i can't physicly leave house without keys

[@Hiker77-dc5bg]

When you have ADHD you gotta have a sense of humor. When I lose my wallet call it my "wraskally wallet" and hunt it down like Elmer Fudd

[@penrar]

All the forgotten items left for the next person 😢 adhd tax is cruel!

[@ADHD_love]

😭

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

This one of all your vids is absolutely me.

[@5pydieman]

The "ADHD TAX" is so real 😭😂

[@ADHD_love]

🥹 🥹

[@MelliaBoomBot]

Staring out of the window until it’s my stop 😂

[@lynneruark]

That is exactly 100% real. This is why I don’t go out much, and why my husband doesn’t normally go with me. He is absolutely the opposite of your hubby and his comments make my anxiety and adhd worse. 💕

[@AuDHD_Mom]

All of this is so relatable.

[@K1LN3R]

Thank you, without seeing your adhd uploads I would of never understood myself 👌💯

[@MC-342]

I would have been at the station 2 hours early to wait for it to come. Don't want to even come close to missing it. Anxiety overload. Im like that with everything. Btw, im 66. It never gets better ❤😊

[@ADHD_love]

Ugh, the worst is when you're on the first train of two and the first train is a bit delayed, making that connection time tight. I know no anxiety like it! 😅

[@shannallama]

OMG😂 ive had all these thoughts as im ADHD.😢 but never understood exactly what i do is mostly due to adhd😳. You guys are a cool looking couple so my husband watches your vids and is learning so much🤯

[@jacindashelly]

Sing to the tune of head, shoulders, knees and toes: “Keys, wallet, glasses, phone.” Jacket can be used instead of glasses if relevant.

[@lynn6462]

❤ this... 😅

[@LOVEANGEL-hm6oj]

"I should not be left alone in the wild" yo literally me the other day lol.

[@kix1464]

I can definitely relate to the taking so damn long to choose something that I don’t do anything else in the end, the having to stay where I am or otherwise I‘ll get distracted and the having to wait anxiously for something to arrive to and not being able to do anything else because again I‘ll get distracted. And I‘m sure most of you will understand: I mean ANYTHING else.

[@Lisa.B.808]

I traveled w my mom for her chemo treatments, and EVERY DAY after breakfast at the hotel a young man who worked there had to chase after me w my purse. Same scenario. Every. Single. Day. 😐🤦🏼‍♀️ It was like the movie Groundhog Day. And it was VERY embarrassing!

[@ADHD_love]

Oh no! Every day??!! 😆 I hope your mum's treatment is going / went well. Sending love. 🩵

[@lisastenzel5713]

This is so...oh my gosh. I can't imagine... For me a train ride has all these rules...stuff that I need to keep in mind. Especially not losing my ticket. And it's like a hyper focus I can turn on when needed. Not sure I find the off button though

[@jful]

To be fair how are you supposed to go anywhere without the perfect playlist?

[@ADHD_love]

True story.

[@katherinebuchanan9350]

.... I sooo understand the need to watch every stop so I don't miss mine, then getting distracted for 'only a moment'. Now I asked the driver if they stop at "blahblah stop" - then sit as close as possible to the drivers seat. With luck he lets me know if it's coming up!

[@im_a_gnu]

i literally just went out in london today and the train stuff is painfully real 😭😭 like once i was actually waiting for a bus and it was gonna be there in like 17 minutes cuz of delays and i was starving AND there was a waitrose right outside the bus stop but i was genuinely terrified that i would miss the bus or it would suddenly come early or there was a really big checkout que that would make me miss the bus so i sat there for 17 minutes 😭😭😭😭

[@geminierica4077]

Not all people with ADHD are completely dysfunctional for example if I'm anxious or worried about something I'm extremely focused to where I'm never late (not doing anything 10 mins before I have to leave for something important is very accurate as I need to be focused on the time if I do anything else the time goes by and im late) and can handle anything in a crisis when I have adrenaline. Its the moments between where I don't have any anxiety at all where I fail to find drive to do anything and can't focus at all on mundane tasks.

[@PressPowerPlay]

All facts!!

[@smugandsmarmy]

I usually say that I require adult supervision! 💚💙

[@AutumnVulpes369]

the bag thing is the reason i never take off any bag... it just stays on me or i have to hold it even if the train ride is 2h long...

[@mellyb5454]

After watching these videos I'm becoming increasingly more nervous about leaving the comfort of my shed in the garden where I can't forget anything coz it lives in there anyway. 😂

[@JJ-dr7im]

Accurate and funny ❤

[@aethanix1819]

ADHD tax it is somewhat funny but alsow wery sad... i know what i meens it can destroy a life. There is also the emotionel tax called RSD. thank you for making these videos

[@raea3588]

It's real! ADHD tax is real! 😆I mean, I was in denial, hoped I had imagined it but now that I'm not the only one 😁Thank you 🥰

[@ADHD_love]

It's definitely real, and you're definitely not alone. 🩵

[@raea3588]

@@ADHD_love Thank you!

[@angieM1]

I felt that😂

[@MrEpsilonZero]

Need massive neon signs for ADHD... The struggle, went to a place circled around, had to ask where it is.. Job agency is between a store and pizza place, ofcouse I saw signs for those two but was hard to spot a door between those two buildings.🤣 They could paint door pink or something 😆

[@abolkilgen7334]

And the Powernap after being out for the day if your burned out

[@ADHD_love]

It's exhausting out there!

[@neuroticnation144]

People in real life just don’t understand! 😭

[@MIZNOFACE]

I get 30 seconds into 80 songs before I get to point B😂

[@MusicMode-ul2qz]

Last time I was let out in the wild the Police were called. Mind you I was Naked and I had some wonderful pot noodle soup

[@AutumnVulpes369]

i would REALLY appreciate an answer, i am in the middle of a full diagnosis not in the UK but i am moving to the uk, how easily are medications or help at workplaces acessible? thank you so much for your answer

[@a_921]

I doubt the workplace will help much (but I've only worked at one place in the UK, could differ). My place was the negative stereotype of the US workplace (obey, shut up, do as told, ask no questions, work 200 %). I think sorting out meds should be easy though. I got a GP, free prescribed meds (same type as I had where I moved from), doctors appointment etc easily, within the first week I think (but I am not on ADHD meds, so can't say specifically about that)

[@happytrails.]

I saw the bag on the seat and went NOOOO. And found myself almost getting up to go grab it and to catch Rox before she got off the train! Like I could reach the video or something. I guess that got a little too real... how do people not get immersed?

[@ADHD_love]

Thanks for trying to give it back!! 😆

[@a_921]

ADHD tax... I'm stealing that one PS; For longer travels: Check the time table / ticket to see when you will arrive at your station, set an alarm five mins (or whatever time you need) before that time. yyou can start staring madly out the window (or gather your stuff) when the alarm goes off

[@Haley.W.927]

💜💜💜

[@Jay-ql4gp]

Right? I love that shirt!

[@jadedangyle]

I actually texted my daughter (also on team ADHD) yesterday to tell her that I went to Dollar Tree and only bought one item. She said that that not possible. So I told her, "It is if you bring a responsible adult with you! 😂"

[@Avi_Z.]

I stay home. 😂

[@carolyncottier9466]

Laughing at this, a lot, so many similarities

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

I hardly do vacations bc it's too stressful, especially with no helping partner. And to do no vacations is stressfull as well. 😞

[@RandyBaumery-s4i]

Imagine when the Grid fails.😅

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

@@RandyBaumery-s4i oh no 😅

[@RandyBaumery-s4i]

@@user-bj2lu9qt3o whatll be great about that is once the power cells go out on phones, there'll be no video evidence if you had to take care of business on someone who DESERVES IT! The politeness Mike Tyson talks about would, return.

[@asaandersson9214]

❤❤ I just Love you boht Spott on me.

[@100strawberries10]

I put my train ticket in a safe place that I won’t ever forget 😂 a train ticket inspector came on and was looking at peoples tickets he came to me I panicked because I didn’t wanna get a fine i was over whelmed and was flustered he told me he will come back 5 mins later I found it after I finished crying and he was like oook thank you with a weird look on his face, and I apologised to him aswell I got traits but Im only diagnosed with a doctor the uk is a 2 year waiting list.

[@ADHD_love]

Oh no! The panic is overwhelming sometimes isn't it. 🥺

[@avalinah]

The funny thing is that I'm the one with ADHD but I am also the one who runs down the checklist "phone keys wallet" for everyone 😂 cause I just know what happens if you don't 😂

[@adyjclarke]

ADHD Tax for me, yesterday, was a massive £300 as I ithought I had lost me key. I had left it in the car

[@emeraldandblue]

so true

[@Satan-fz7je]

Tbh im one of those who will play 10 seconds of a song, get bored and then change it again. I can listen to 30 songs in 10 minutes 😅

[@mizbubba9673]

ADHD tax…😬!

[@jamiegallier2106]

❤

[@aellalee4767]

My bag is touching me at all times. I'll wrap it around my foot so I trip trying to leave if I have to.

[@ADHD_love]

That's a good idea!

[@anlewi1]

I also believe I shouldn't be allowed out in the wild. Go out into the forest and camp where there's only wildlife and not wild humans and be okay. Just keep me away from humans altogether and I'll be happy.

[@kaymastclinic2171]

Oh definitely Just getting to work is a nightmare and a half let alone trying to get on a plane train bus or the like

[@Bytheway-m3z]

I hate going out its safer too stay at home you cant completely embarrass your self at home or get drunk and arrested well you can but at least your at home lol

[@lfc8277]

😂

[@aniam.9996]

😢

[@KatarzynaEm]

You rather have hyperactive thyroid. Ever checked that?

[@bridquet]

😂😮😢 me 🥜🐚🪩

[@calliemyersbuchanan6458]

Lost my subway ticket on the train in tokyo. took almost an hour to find an employee to let us pay so we could leave...