#DopamineAttentionVariabiltyExecutiveDysfunction

Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2026-01-11

Me, I need subtitles on everything because I have the ADHD and that's how my brain works.

But if Christopher Nolan is purposely turning sound effects up and dialogue volume down "because he likes it that way," then yeah Chris dude, you're doing it wrong.

Why we all need subtitles now:

youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae





Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2025-12-12

me: okay, I need to not forget these fried eggs I just made and actually eat them

me *picks up plate with fried eggs* *walks across kitchen to take meds* *sets plate down*

also me *takes meds and promptly forgets plate of fried eggs exist until three hours later*

Braining while ADHD-brained means this sort of thing happens a lot.





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Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2025-11-20

Signal: We will occasionally ask you for your PIN so that you remember it.

me: ha ha cute of you to assume I remembered it 10 minutes after I set it






Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2025-02-08

tfw you, ADHD mom, want to show ADHD kid the photo of the guinea pig in a "Your prescription" packet (see prev repost) but you know you'll utterly derail kid from homework, so you turn to show your spouse but he's sitting there trying to concentrate on a score study and there's no point in showing the cats the guinea pig bc they won't care about a photo so you sit there boiling with suppressed excitement energy that has nowhere to go


Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2025-01-12

@mjt I've long felt that the name "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" is a label invented by a person who thought people like me were annoying and just not good enough.

So I own it by calling myself a Filthy Chaos Gremlin.

The "label" I prefer comes from Connor De Wolfe:

Dopamine Attention Variability Executive-dysfunction.

Hi, I'm Courtney, and I have ✨🌟 DAVE 🌟✨. πŸ€˜πŸ––




Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-08-21

@jk This thread & all the replies describe my life.

Most of the time, in order to remember to look at the list I've made, I have to put it somewhere it will be a physical obstacle to future me *enough to make future me irritated*.

It now occurs to me that this might somehow be the explanation for the mystery of why I found a pair of my sweatpants in the freezer.

Anyway, yeah, is exhausting.




Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-08-17

...for at least half an hour:

"Nichts. Aber auch gar. Nichts. Die KΓ€tzchen sind verschwunden, Madame sprintet von einer Ecke des Wohnzimmers in die andere, und ich--habe kalte FΓΌsse."

Over and over. I can't remember what came before or what comes after. It's just Roquefort with his cute little German dialogue until my brain gets distracted by something else.

2/

Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-08-05

To Whom It May Concern:

If your individual post is so long that I have to scroll up more than 2x on my phone, that's gonna be a tl;dr from me. My attention span for reading longer pieces on my phone is sketchy at best (hi )--and when I'm on here, my brain is looking for the microblogging flavor of dopamine hit. Make me work for it, and my brain skips merrily away.

So what I'm saying is, break up posts & thread 'em. 😘


Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-07-27

I think most DIY crafts sites don't understand that when I am looking for "simple, easy DIY" anything, I mean something I can do with materials I already have at home in less than 30 minutes. πŸ˜†









Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-07-01

STATUS: in an entire SEASON of on

GOOD! I'm accomplishing oh so very much -ing! Yay!

NOT GOOD! I'm completing ~5% of tasks & other projects that *need* *my* attention!

Also, spouse & offspring are making noises about missing me?😬

Also, I live in the hope that during my literal 6-8 hours of daily butt-in-chair writing, something external will remind me to drink water & eat. 🫀



Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-06-06

"I don't clean when my house is a mess. I clean when my mind is a mess."

Not sure who said this, but I do know they were describing , and they are 100% correct


Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-04-23

Related:

🎢 Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had a cow,
Sheep, horse, duck, pig, cat,
Heyyyyy Macarena! 🎢

godforsaken.website/@pisscothe



Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-04-23
Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-04-05

..."-gnosia" from "ginosko" = "I know").

So. Hi, I'm Courtney, and I have DAVE-related time agnosia.

3/3

Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-03-26

@masukomi I don't have this problem on YouTube. I have this problem with opening tabs for Articles That I'm Going To Read Later. I have well over a hundred tabs open just on my phone's browser. 😫




Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-03-23
Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-03-18

@samir @mathiasverraes When my kid is doing math homework especially, I (also with ADHD!) tell her all the time: "Stand up. Let's get moving so we can think." As the body moves, so the brain moves.

And that's not confined to ADHDers who *can't* sit still!


Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-03-14

@oatmeal This was me with my having gone undiagnosed until last year, when I was 46. It has all vastly improved since I got on meds.

Still, when those wear off around 8:30pm every evening, I crash hard -- and am back up, ready to do ALL THE THINGS, 15 minutes later. πŸ™„


Court Cantrell does not complycourtcan
2024-03-11

I do genuinely appreciate the confirmation requests and reminder messages from various businesses and medical offices concerning upcoming appointments. These messages provide me with a helpful service and save the other parties money. I get that.

But I really don't need 3 confirmation requests and 7 reminders. I have and I don't even need that many!






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