I once went on a tech support visit to someone's bosses office, finished what I was doing, left, and the guy escorting me told me my hand was bleeding the entire time.

I am absolutely that oblivious, i didn't even know what I nicked myself on, didn't even feel it

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 6 points 4 weeks ago

I've had cuts I didn't know about, but the worst was when I worked retail and managed to smash my upper arm on a shelf, and apparently I was bleeding bad enough to leave a broken trail from the front of the store to the break room.

I couldn't feel anything but the aching of the blunt force trauma, I didn't feel the sharp cut or any stinging at all.

I've also had plenty of small spots I have no idea how they happened, but usually I'M the one to figure it out...

[–] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

I had this while working the other week. Only in my break I noticed my hand was bleeding…

[–] Kojichan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

...ooof. I have a high pain tolerance as well... Totally get this. A lot of things breeze off, then I wonder why I'm suddenly bruised, or my toe is broken.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This is where im blessed, my body very very rarely bruises so most people have no idea how clumsy I am on a daily basis.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

Same, I walked into a vacuum cleaner about 30 minutes ago

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lot of disinformation in the answers you got so I'm here to clear it up.

>Alterations to proprioception is a sensory characteristic that is inherent to ADHD symptomology.

>Proprioception is guided by receptors in the body that connect with the brain through the nervous system so that even without sight, a person knows what his or her body is doing.

Basically, for many people with ADHD, we aren't so good at sensing where our bodies are in relation to the world around us. So it's not abnormal to, say, run into doors when walking through them.

I'm pretty much perpetually covered in bruises.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

wait fuck is THAT what it is? i've always been sorta on the fence about whether i'm adhd, but this symptom is one i have times one million.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It can also occur in folks with other neurodivergence but yes, there's a legit reason why bruises are meme-worthy (and why I get my undies in a twist when people act like it's not a legit symptom).

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've always been clumsy. It was bad enough that a couple of years ago I asked my doctor if I needed a neurology consult. Nobody at any point has said ADHD to me. (Or autism, I've probably also got that going on.) God healthcare sucks

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I take stimulant medication for my crippling ADHD and while it's in my system, I am suddenly aware of where I am, in relation to other things. I don't run into things, I don't trip on nothing.

When I'm at baseline, I have been known to tip over while standing.

This isn't an ad for medication. There are massive drawbacks to it. It's just a reiteration that this isn't our fault. It's not that we're "clumsy." It's not that we're stupid. In this case it isn't even that we're unobservant! It's that neurologically typical people often "feel" where they are in relation to everything around them without trying.

We are fundamentally missing a sense of spacial relation, completely without a frame of reference to everything around us. That isn't a flaw that we possess because of something we are doing "wrong," or because we don't try. And when I realized that, especially since I'm a woman (and grew up verbally brutalized over my unbecoming bruises), it made me angry.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

what’s with the bruised legs?

Impulsive adventurousness and bumping into thing.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 weeks ago

Aha, I thought it was a reference to getting beaten, partly because of the other comment part I mentioned.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Try having a kid with ADHD sometime. I love mine, but it is also genuinely traumatic sometimes

[–] Bilbo_Haggins@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. ADHD mom here. Had a good cry tonight about my kid and all his challenges.

I try to keep on the happy face when he's around but parenting a kid with severe ADHD is really hard sometimes.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I get that. We're meant to stay positive because they can't help it and they need us, but it's hard to see things in a positive light sometimes. Write me sometime if you need a sympathetic ear.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I do have one, but I haven't had any experiences that would make me sit down and cry or anything traumatic. He's a handful (and then some) at times, but definitely more good times than bad ones.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

As a former ADHD kid myself (as in, former kid, still ADHD), I would at least worry about how the condition might affect their academic, social, and emotional development. I was an unfortunate Gifted Kid and picked up a lot of knowledge from cartoons (back when cartoons had educational value), but that came with the cost that I never learned discipline, and never learned how to study. I know that my consistently falling test scores confused and devastated my parents.

But all that was two decades ago. I hope that ADHD is more understood now and kids don't have to remain undiagnosed and untreated.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Everyone's experiences seem to differ, but I'm glad it's not this rough for everyone.