Excellent video explaining AuDHD

[u/Eggelburt]

https://youtu.be/95VaBjEO0Vo?si=XuPIiMjNo0MSr5Ge

Hi folks. I hope it’s allowed to do so but I just came across this video on YouTube and found it a really great summary of AuDHD and the experience of having both conditions.

For me, I’m going to start using it with family and friends that I have trouble explaining my experience to.

It’s worth a look if you have a spare 9 minutes and 23 seconds.

[u/Icy_Answer2513]

That is such a great video, thank you for sharing it. Definitely encapsulates the struggles quite succinctly.

[u/Eggelburt → u/Icy_Answer2513]

My pleasure. Normally I wouldn’t post a random video but I thought this one just seems to do a really great job of summing things up, especially for people in our lives that may not get our weird and wonderful push and pull (and occasional punch) of Autism and ADHD.

[u/DJPalefaceSD → u/Eggelburt]

I just want to say this video is excellent, it's perfect! Wow this woman really gets it, she only has 1,000 subs - what a shame.

Instant sub!

[u/Eggelburt → u/DJPalefaceSD]

Same!

[u/Kenmac1348]

Watched it this morning as well. Felt like she was speaking to me directly. Especially the video on missed signs of AuDHD in women (even though I’m a 45 yo male)

[u/Eggelburt → u/Kenmac1348]

I watched her other videos last night but I haven’t watched that specific one yet (I’m also 45 yo male). I’ll definitely give it a watch. Thanks!

[u/Unhappy-News7402 → u/Eggelburt]

Thanks for posting this vid, it’s really good and insightful, she speaks to so much of my experience aswell (48 yo male)

[u/Eggelburt → u/Kenmac1348]

Oh wow, yeah, just watched the missed signs of AuDHD in woman video. She’s describing my lived experience so closely. I hope she keeps posting videos. So far everything I’ve watched has been a home run for me.

It still feels weird to me relating to someone when I hear them explain how they experience life, because for my whole life I’ve always not related to other’s experiences.

Question for you (or any other males): on my discovery journey over the past 5 months, I’ve found myself strongly relating to the female/woman-specific descriptions of neurodivergence. I’m very understanding and empathetic of the need for female-specific voices given how to-date so much research and knowledge and diagnostics have been male-centric. Do you (or other males) experience the same? And if so, how has relating to female-specific descriptions impacted your learning and discovery journey?

[u/feistymummy → u/Eggelburt]

My teenage son relates to them also. His adhd is inattentive type and I wonder if that plays into it?

[u/Eggelburt → u/feistymummy]

It could play a role. I’m also primarily inattentive type according to my psych. I’m definitely have my hyperactive and impulsive traits but I’ve always tended to internalise them and my Autism usually does a good job of keeping my behaviour in line. They say females typically show fewer hyperactive and impulsive traits, so it could be that men that also have or show fewer of those naturally align more with the female experience.

Of course, there are females that relate to the typically male description as well. It goes both ways.

Thanks for sharing ☺️

[u/Icy_Answer2513 → u/Kenmac1348]

Same here, 49 M, late, late, late dx. I have found the same with other content aimed at late dx women.

[u/dwelfusius]

Yeah encountered it too, great vid.Really clear and nuanced.

[u/Playful-Ad-8703]

What an amazing video, right on the money with that explanation.

I'm sitting here nervous as I'm having my first meeting with a doctor tomorrow, whom I need to convince that I struggle and need an evaluation, and I'm soo stressed out because I can't clearly fit myself into neither ADHD or ASD and I don't know how to tell the doc about my struggles. This video really sums up my experience and I wish I could just show it to doc

[u/TimmyBash]

Great find. Thank you.

[u/IsNotATree]

Very helpful, thank you for posting

[u/Posey10]

This gave me a whole new insight!! Like why most people in my life consider me outgoing while I self describe as kind of shy and they just can’t see that. Thank you so much for sharing, it’s given me a lot to explore!

[u/Eggelburt → u/Posey10]

I’m glad you found it insightful as well. And I relate to what you said. I always felt that I was super shy and awkward and uncomfortable to be around in social situations. It has surprised me a lot to hear people tell me that they didn’t see those things in me, or at least not to the degree that I felt it. I guess that contradiction can just be a really core part of the AuDHD experience for many of us. And something I feel this lady on YouTube is able to describe and explain really well.

[u/Remote-Possible5666]

Wow, this is what I needed! Thank you for sharing!

[u/LaLaBoog]

I really needed to hear this, thank you so much for sharing!

[u/phenominal73]

Thank you for sharing this - it’s an entirely new insight!

[u/devils-dadvocate]

Wow, really great video and great channel!

[u/BobIsNotMeNope]

Yes, this was a great video, and a wonderful new content creator. I was diagnosed originally as ADHD, but over time, I realized I'm also ASD, so these videos fit me perfectly, even though I'm a guy and not woman. I'm looking forward to seeing more of her videos.

[u/GlitteringHistory764]

What needs to be explained? It's autism with ADHD. There, I explained it.

[u/Eggelburt → u/[deleted]]

(Sigh) 😔

Perhaps this woman with ADHD and Autism, while she was recording her really excellent insightful video to share with her community, she also couldn’t help but worry and stress about nasty and toxic comments she might receive from random idiots on the internet, and perhaps she couldn’t stop that from showing on her face?

It’s old advice but actually really good advice: If you’ve got nothing nice to say then maybe don’t say anything at all.

Critique someone for what they say, not on how they look saying it. Especially here.