You should know adhd people often have superior long term memory and faulty short term memory. So we may be able to keep 4 things we need to do in our heads but a fifth will push something out of mind. On the other hand I remember in vivid rage most all the people who did me shitty going back to elementary school.

[–] Yippster@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, according to my therapist all brains, not just ADHD ones, do this - negative memories are evolutionarily more pertinent to survival (i.e. "this rotten/poisonous fruit made me sick" trumps "this fruit was really juicy").

On the other hand some people say ADHD can come with RSD or "reaction sensitivity dysphoria" (i.e. stronger reactions to negative feedback, thus salient negative memory etc.) - and sometimes that feels right to me, but the evidence is thin so far.

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