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Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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📕PRE-ORDER my Graphic Novel: ✨Feeling like an ADHD Alien ✨Releases Sept 15 at adhd-alien.com⭐️ I stream on Twitch twitch.tv/adhd_alien/⭐️
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    May 29
    Hey, I make Comics about my experience with ADHD and explain symptoms! I stream twitch.tv/adhd_alien/ Graphic Novel releases Sept 26 adhd-alien.com You can support me on Patreon <3 patreon.com/adhd_alien/
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    Jun 20, 2023
    You’re not alone (TW suicidal ideation)
    Depressed and lifeless alien looking at their phone. They read a message that says “if it wasn’t for this comic I would have ended my life. The alien looks a bit shaken but then a little bit warmer at the core.
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    Lela Chapman
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    Nov 17, 2021
    I thought @ADHD_Alien should see this comment someone posted on Reddit about your untreated ADHD comic.
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    Jan 18, 2022
    "That's not ADHD, I do that too" "That's not ADHD, everyone does that" Famous last words spoken by someone soon to be diagnosed with ADHD
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
    @ADHD_Alien
    Oct 14, 2019
    The incorrect and negative beliefs we can get from years of negative feedback not knowing we have ADHD or how it affects our lives. While not everything is solely caused by ADHD, it can affect us and our comorbidities in many, many ways. Good news is, treating ADHD can do wonders
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
    @ADHD_Alien
    Oct 25, 2022
    Sometimes, having to start a task can be the hardest and most frustrating thing in the world to me. I often force myself to sit down and start working but I only get irritated until I cry. This is so hard to explain. Part 1 of 4 explaining why this happens + coping tools
    An info graphic explaining why it's hard to start tasks with ADHD. Our inability to start a task is not a character flaw, it's a neurological problem. The executive functions: self motivation, needed to start and complete tasks. organizing and prioritizing to decide what tasks to do in what order. impulse control so we don't get sidetracked by the next shiny task. sense of time, to estimate how long tasks will take. Other EFs are emotional regulation and self-monitoring. These executive functions are a collection of tools in our brain. ADHD impacts those tools negatively. At the bottom is a list how to identify task inertia. 1 you want to do a task but cant 2 knowing the conesquences doesnt help 3 it feels like your body isnt cooperating 4 you can do other things that are fun or: you can't even do fun things 5 you feel burnt out but haven't been overworking 6 feeling anxious knowing you have to do this task later 7 saying i dont know when asked why you didnt do a task
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
    @ADHD_Alien
    Jan 12, 2023
    The “ADHD is only a disorder because of capitalism” crowd forgets that we have ADHD on weekends too. It undermines how much we can struggle with daily life and just… folding laundry. Making food. Showering. Just because you have ADHD and have no problem with this doesn’t mean-
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    Jun 5, 2020
    How ADHD can influence relationships (romantically or not)
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    Jul 28, 2020
    The incorrect and negative beliefs we can get from years of negative feedback not knowing we have ADHD or how it affects our lives. While not everything is solely caused by ADHD, it can affect us and our comorbidities in many, many ways. Good news is, treating ADHD can do wonders
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
    @ADHD_Alien
    Oct 15, 2021
    ADHD affects how we experience time. Not only can it be hard to plan ahead or tell how long ago exactly something has happened, it also makes it hard to envision a future for ourselves and work towards long-term goals.
    ADHD affects how far into the future I can see and plan. If I imagine that other people can see this far into the future (4 meters). Then with ADHD, I can only see and plan this far (1 meter). I often can't get started on tasks if the deadline or goal isn't within my time horizon. If there is an interesting activity within my time horizon, I rather pursue that instad. That means I tend to follow short-term activities, because I can actually see those. But long-term goals and lasting life changes rarely feel rewarding right away, so I'm less likely able to pursue those. That isn't a lack of willpower, that is a neurological problem. So it often feels like I can't make changes to my life. I often feel helpless and hopeless.
    Time management is one of the executive functions that is affected by ADHD. Executive functions are tools in our brain that help us to do things such as self-motivation, remembering where we put an object or starting tasks. It feels like I can't rely on my time to flow at any one pace, so it's hard to estimate how much time I have for tasks. It's also hard to judge how long ago something has happened. So sometimes, I end up thinking I didn't talk to someone in 2 days, when it has actually been months. It took me a long time to realize I have problems with time though. I was so afraid of being late that I always came at least an hour early to appointments. So it's extra heartbreaking being told over and over again that I just don't care enough to be on time. But there are things I found to support the rhythm of my own clock: Outsourcing my internal clock with visual timers Using songs to get a sense of how much time passes Making steps of the process my goals instead of only working
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
    @ADHD_Alien
    Nov 18, 2020
    I used to think I can't have ADHD because I wasn't hyperactive. Not everyone can allow themselves to act on their hyperactivity, so we find ways to redirect or hide the understimulation. (Sneak introduction to the new inattentive Alien! A hommage to a collab I did with René❤️)
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    Feb 10, 2020
    I wish more people knew how affected our emotions and emotional responses are by ADHD. Everyone will experience their ADHD differently, so feel free to cross out what applies to you!
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
    @ADHD_Alien
    Dec 6, 2019
    I could never figure out why I’m so lazy - but always so exhausted. I always try to make things right, just to get them wrong all over again. This is one of the things that really make me question myself.
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    Aug 9, 2019
    Why I didn’t get diagnosed until 28 and was told I’m “too quiet” to have ADHD✌️ (Alternative title: How instead of getting ADHD treatment I developed Anxiety to cope) #adhd #adhs #tdah #comic #comics
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    Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics
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    Aug 28, 2020
    Shout out to everyone who has trouble voicing themselves and forming coherent sentences. To everyone who has to rewrite e-mails for an hour. You go ahead and draw, make sounds or gestures instead. You say long purple tomato instead of eggplant? Your voice is just as valuable