#wild how hard you can forget stuff once you are not hyperfixating on it

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For the info dump I doubt this counts. But if you wanna hear me talk I’m gonna. People don’t realize faces truely till they draw. They don’t notice and understand the curves and the lines the angles that make a face. They don’t get why people look the way they do. They don’t get why fanart expresses certain emotions. Nico for example has hollowed cheeks and a sharp angled face with a soft nose. They don’t understand that lines look different and stuff and it’s werid. You don’t know a face well till you’ve tried to draw it. The lights and darks can be so hard(also I heard info dump wall the time and hyperfixations can you explain those?)

hello! yes ofc this counts, literally just spill your thoughts on to me i love it

facessssssssss. im literally so obsessed with faces like i COMPLETELY agree about not knowing about faces until you try to draw them bc they just look like simple lines? but then you put them on paper and its so difficult to put them in the right place and get the to look right and no face is really the same so its like relearning how to draw a face every time and also you can tell so much from a face? crows feet and they laughed a lot, etched bags and they cried, nasolabial folds change throughout a lifetime, also due to laughing/smiling and crying and its all really cool to think about.

and also you just... never forget a face. its always there. you can use it up in dreams but every single face youve ever seen is in your mind somewhere. thats wild. and with fanart, the faces express the things theyve done/said bc theres not really a good description on how the faces look so you have to go off of how they should look, so with nico, hes gone hungry a lot and hes a sharp person, hence hollowed cheeks, angular face, but his nose is soft bc it just makes sense like that. and shadows fall differently on every face so of course it would be difficult.

okay that was long sorry

as for infodumping/hyperfixations, infodumping is exactly what it sounds like. dumping info. usually its dumping info about hyperfixations, which would just be random things that catch someones attention entirely (you see it a lot in people with adhd, like me) and its just like getting super excited about something for no reason other than your brain thought it was cool. its like walking on the beach and picking up pretty seashells and putting them in your pocket to look at every once in a while. sometimes you like a seashell a lot and it stays with you for a really long time, and other times you just... lose interest in them. they look the same but youre just not as attracted to it as you were before. which is totally fine, but slightly irritating.

you can probably find a better explanation online, i know mines kind of all over the place, but i appreciate that youre trying to learn! not a lot of people do that, and its great that you do. i hope this helps!

for reference, this is the post they were talking about

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hi!! just found your blog + it’s amazing~ this past semester i’ve been realizing i might have an executive fn disorder and i tried to see what i could find. adhd popped up most often (ironically i ended up hyperfixating over finding info on it) but i was worried i was seeing things that weren’t there. i’ve always been good about schoolwork and not stressed over school deadlines so i thought maybe i was just a person who had similar traits on a lesser scale. but finding your blog (1/? sorry)

especially your posts about emotional deregulation and your “everyday adhd things” post made me realize that i’m maybe a lot closer to the mark than i think... is it possible i’ve come up with my own strategies for dealing with symptoms? like i always have everything in my calendar or in a note on my phone since i’ll forget things if they’re not in plain sight? or hanging out with friends and using them to structure my executive function? i’m a chronic over thinker and i’ve had moments (2/?)

i’ve been able to say “okay i’m going to Do This Thing, Right Now” sorry i’m word vomiting LOL it’s wild to suddenly see all these things and go “wow that’s relatable” “wait that’s relatable” +also i didn’t know there can be mild anxiety... one of my friends once told me i’m one of the “clearest cases of anxiety” he’s ever seen but it usually only pops up when my brain goes “What Do” or when someone says something and idk how to respond;;; idk it’s been a lot to process and (3/4)

tbh how to explain but like... id be cool with being diagnosed bc then i could have confirmation that i’m not overthinking + it’s easier to tell ppl so they understand how me + my brain work but also like... it’s time consuming to get diagnosed and idk where to begin (USA college student so v busy) and i feel like i’m managing okay right now and i can joke about it so idk... BUT!! thank u for letting me rant it’s been a wild trip and u seem very approachable and knowledgeable so thank you 😭🤧💙

Hi! Thank you for saying you like my blog and stuff! It’s here to hopefully be helpful and I’m glad that it’s doing that

Yes, it’s possible that you’ve developed your own coping mechanisms for this stuff - the way you described it makes it sound like you have, because you said you always put things in your calendar, but then added “so I don’t forget”. So even if you haven’t always known that you have adhd, you were aware of the symptoms and finding ways to get around them!

Anxiety only showing up when you don’t know what to do can be down to adhd. I have an anxiety disorder as well as adhd and I have a friend who has just adhd and both of us get really anxious in situations that we don’t know much about and don’t feel prepared for, or when we feel like we’re meant to be doing something but aren’t sure what.

I hope you manage to figure out what you want to do about being diagnosed! It can be a hard decision because it really can be time consuming, and if you’re in the USA then I assume it would also be pretty expensive. But I wish you the best!!! Good luck with everything and I’m ALWAYS here so if you wanna ask anything or just come and rant then I’m 100% here to listen ❤️🥰

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