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I'm not hyperactive...right? + drawing tutorial
🕑 Added 2020-11-12 16:08:30 +0000 UTCHey!!
I'm not hyperactive...right?
Here's my next comic about how hyperactivity can show in adults, teens, or young girls that just can't afford to "act out" and be labeled "agressive" or "too loud". I think it's acceptable for hardly anyone of us to run around screaming like the hyperactive ADHD stereotype, so I wanted to create an overview of a few ways we learnt to hide our hyperactivity and how it might actually show itself. I think I'll make it into a bingo thing!
Also, sneaky introduction to the new, inattentive Alien. :)
Before my diagnosis, I would have never believed that there was even an ounce of hyperactivity within me. I was the typical daydreaming girl and if anything, often got scolded for *moving too slowly*.
It wasn't until I was on my way home from my diagnosis that I noticed that I was the only one dancing and mouthing words while waiting for the train.
So over the next few months, I just looked at myself and started realizing how often I'd cramp up and physically press myself into chairs to prevent myself from moving. I guess it's always good to ask yourself "...but how much energy am I spending on not showing this symptom or making up for it?"
Drawing tutorial
I get a lot of sponsorship and collaboration offers but made the decision a long time ago to not accept anything related to ADHD (especially something like supplements) because I want everything I talk about to be my experience. If I endorse something, then because it has helped me and without any compensation for it.
But
I was offered a free display drawing tablet in return for a honest review!! How could I say no! I LOVE DRAWING. And because I don't like posting stuff that doesn't benefit my audience, I thought I'd make a tiny drawing tutorial! Hope ya'll like it!
Comments
Nivali Mariam
The whole excessive chewing issue was a big deal at school, went through tons of pencils just because I chewed them short. Just got some chewerly to help me "stay put" while doing online college now.
Noah Sabadish
wowowowow my parents always thought of me as a βgood runnerβ.. was never particularly good compared w my peers, but what if they were just thinking in terms of frequency.,, π€―
Matt Soukup
This will be another one of those posts of yours I need to reference on the bad days where I'm feeling low and doubting myself in spite of a diagnosis. Thanks π
david christianson
Girls are often misdiagnosed because they display their ADHD as inattention. When Jimmy is hopping around like a squirrel with its tail on fire, it's so easy for Sussie to get missed as she stares out the window not bothering anyone else. I don't know how much of that is genetic; I suspect a lot of it is the socialization of children and the narrative that boys are physical so displaying the hyperactivity becomes more acceptable for boys than girls. Thank you for sharing this I think it is so important for people to realize ADHD may show up more mentally than physically.
*took, not too. Dammit, I checked for typos like four times.
Wow. Some of these I knew but some of them I am literally just now connected to my ADHD. This is ... enlightening. It's remarkable how much I've learned about myself here. The part of my brain that thinks and feels works way too fast, but the part that converts those into something communicable is painfully slow, so it's gratifying to see myself in words. (Even just typing this out too ten minutes because my thoughts were going too quick to capture.)
Your comics helped me to get medical help and be diagnosed with ADHD. Thank you very much. I am going through the treatment to see the level of improvement I get and then will be having my daughter checked as well. She pretty much ticks all the boxes in the comic at the top of the page.
LawNerdAmber
You make it look so easy! Thank you for sharing your gift with us. Many times your art speaks words I can't find.
ADHD Alien
You and me both
Elizabeth Quinn
100% that's me.
