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ADHD vs Autism-some key differences (unless you have both!)

TheLoneWolf

I found this interesting....found it this morning while sippin coffee. I sometimes don't like these videos out of OVER-SIMPLIFICATION....but here it is. If you're terrible at finishing videos & just want the "cliff's notes"-Check out the line graph at the end.

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  • I have watched this video before. I know the video is about differences, but one of the key similarities between ADHD and autism is single attention - also known as monotropism. There is an interesting article which explains many aspects of autism in relation to the mono tropic cognitive style.

    https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-32/august-2019/me-and-monotropism-unified-theory-autism

  • in reply to Ausomely Autistic

    I'm reading this article. REALLY good stuff in it. The part about Autistic inertia is fascinating.

    This resonates with me alot. I don't think they have everything figured out between the attention issues in ASD/ADHD. It feels like they don't really understand/the categories feel muddled.  

     I have a TERRIBLE time shifting. Obsessions, shifting, flexibility--I believe when you have an overactive anterior cingulate gyrus.My parents have a hard time understand why I can't just 'take a break' to call them while I'm studying. I've explained it & they're starting to get it. Whatever I start on in the morning becomes my main focus for the day. I wake up, have coffee, shower then what to get right into what I'm doing, no windows up & if I start looking in this forum....I cannot pull myself away. Sometimes if I get out the chair, that I've sat in just perfectly....when I come back, I cannot find that same groove.....that is SO ANNOYING.

    Whatever I start with....that's where my focus is. I also never check email/home phone in the morning either or it could potential set a bad mood for the whole day & I'll hyper focus on that. My mom does this with the news....I'm like STOP watching the news lol. 8 years later a therapist told her to & now she's doing it lol. I have to leave video games till the end of the day as well.

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  • in reply to Ausomely Autistic

    I'm reading this article. REALLY good stuff in it. The part about Autistic inertia is fascinating.

    This resonates with me alot. I don't think they have everything figured out between the attention issues in ASD/ADHD. It feels like they don't really understand/the categories feel muddled.  

     I have a TERRIBLE time shifting. Obsessions, shifting, flexibility--I believe when you have an overactive anterior cingulate gyrus.My parents have a hard time understand why I can't just 'take a break' to call them while I'm studying. I've explained it & they're starting to get it. Whatever I start on in the morning becomes my main focus for the day. I wake up, have coffee, shower then what to get right into what I'm doing, no windows up & if I start looking in this forum....I cannot pull myself away. Sometimes if I get out the chair, that I've sat in just perfectly....when I come back, I cannot find that same groove.....that is SO ANNOYING.

    Whatever I start with....that's where my focus is. I also never check email/home phone in the morning either or it could potential set a bad mood for the whole day & I'll hyper focus on that. My mom does this with the news....I'm like STOP watching the news lol. 8 years later a therapist told her to & now she's doing it lol. I have to leave video games till the end of the day as well.

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