A lot of people don't believe ADHD is real until they marry someone with ADHD. The "trail of broken dreams" is dead on. Everything gets started, nothing gets finished.
I'm pushing forty...my wife and I watched this and she turned to me and said..."Are you sure you don't have ADHD....cuz you're the wife in this picture, except with a collection of tools instead of rocks and several boxes of unfinished repairs". Decided to get a professional opinion on the matter...and 6 doctors and weeks of evaluation later...yeah, I'm Drew's wife.
My ADHD husband wants to finish our basement himself. Could have paid a little more to have the builders do it when they finished the rest of the house, but this is his dream. The rest of the house was finished 6 years ago. The basement has a half dozen support beams ... and that's all.
As a woman with ADHD, a rock collection, a spiritual connection to squirrels, and enough art and craft supplies to start my own store, I laughed so hard I thought I was going to trigger an asthma attack. All I can say is thank God I'm not married, and especially not married to a stand up comedian, lol.
I have severe ADHD, stopped medication because was doing other harm and just try to survive without it. Then got sent this video by my husband a couple of weeks ago, FULLY knowing his was attaching me, I didn’t watch until today when he told me to slow down in the conversation 😅 THIS VIDEO IS GOLD AND DANGEROUSLY ACCURATE.
I use this, to show people, to help explain, the 'turmoils' of life. I have a plastic model kit of a clipper ship, unfinished, I've carried/moved, for almost 40 years, so far, because, I'm determined, to finish it, one day,..🙄😒
As someone with ADHD...yup, this is pretty accurate. Right after I started ADHD medication at the age of 33 it was an epiphany when mid-washing dishes, I saw something else in the kitchen needing to be done, (with sponge in hand) was able to pause before moving to that other task, and tell myself, "I'll get to that after I finish the dishes." 🤯
anyone please describe more into detail being on the pills, I dunno I can be taking em, because I learned to live with it and taking advantage of it... my work and workflow and creativity is based on total chaos, but I'm content creator and designer and I need to be creative and I need the hyperfocus, helps me finish difficult projects I'd be lazy to even start or work on. I'd say pills will take all that from me + psychical medication often leads into gaining weight. Pot lil helps me to focus and to be productive, but makes me silent eh.. beer helps me focus only on manual work, but turns me at least into the 'normal' person socially.
@@a420dro I'm a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor/Therapist as well as a Musician, Songwriter, and arts-n'-crafts maverick. TBH taking my prescribed Dopamine & Norepinephrine Anti-depressant with a prescribed stimulant medication (appropriately), has helped me finish and time the several projects and pieces that I start. Typically, I'll have like 10 or more things I'm working on at the same time, and it's difficult to finish them due to the constant loss of focus, motivation and anxieties via RSD. I'm the same way normally with THC and Alcohol. Also, when I got used to my medication, I ended up naturally not wanting to use rec. substances as much. I think it is because I was getting the mental steadiness and release, I was hoping for physically and mentally through my medication. Word of caution, every person's body chemistry is different...it takes some trial and error as well as patience to find what works best for you. A recommendation (look into) "Genesight Testing: genesight.com/ . God Speed Ahead!
@@a420dro It produces the ability to buffer / queue tasks in your head. Furthermore it gives you the ability to stop and think before acting - something most people have the ability to do but ADHD kinda just... doesn't. Also it makes starting a task you don't want to do way easier, which means it's basically a giant 'motivation' booster. ADHD is sometimes jokingly compared to erectile dysfunction of the brain - doesn't matter how badly you want to do something, it's not a willpower thing. Meds make your willpower actually hold sway over doing things like it should. Everyone reacts differently to different medications and treatments, so find what works for you. But as someone in their mid-30s who's been on meds since they were in preschool I literally cannot function like an adult off of them. They're not addictive - in fact forgetting to take them or refill your prescription is the main hurdle with them, but they can create a dependency because you don't have to use coping mechanisms every day to do basic tasks. So, that said, if you're used to using those coping mechanisms, then this shouldn't be an issue. However, it will feel like putting on glasses and seeing the world clearly, and you'll likely not want to go without because of it. I mean, a person with glasses can absolutely function without them. But ask people with glasses if they'd intentionally choose not to wear them and go back to blurry vision as a default and I promise none of them will say yes seriously.
My sister is not emo, but she has a grumpy silent personality and it has always annoyed the crap out of her how I ask her SOOOOO many questions. Everyday. Lol.
“It looks like etsy took a shit in our house” That’s how you know this is a true story I honestly can’t think of a shorter sentence that sums up ADHD hyperfixation perfectly
Jesus Christ that was a funny set! I have ADHD, love squirrels, and my apt. definitely often looks like etsy shit everywhere - that was some accurate comedy!
This guy just represented ADHD, proved that unconditional love is real, threw dirt at people who capitalise on other people’s problems and actually made us laugh. HERO.
restraint is still a choice when you have ADHD btw, acting like that is a choice you choose to make. its the same with emotions, you dont control what emotions you feel but that doesnt mean your emotions control you and how you act. ADHD is the same
@@ZEROAAHENIX No, it's not the same. We're talking about a well-researched, neurological disorder that affects executive functions and *self-control* (see the problem with your assessment?). Which choice to make is something you control, but your choices may be limited; ADHD symptoms like distractability and hyperfocus are absolutely NOT a choice. While there are some tools, coping mechanisms, and resources that can help us (if we can *remember* to use them!), just using "restraint" to control ADHD--if it works at all--is mentally exhausting, highly limited, and impossible to sustain. It's kind of like telling someone who's had no food or sleep for 48 hours that solving algebra problems is just simple math. Maybe it is, but if you expect them to do it at the same speed and level as someone who's eaten and slept well, you're probably not going to get great results.
@@Amy-zr5mn >me- a neurologist for 6 years who also has ADHD and PTSD that i learned to control through proper conditioning and mental strengthening >you- someone who doesnt have actual real life knowledge on the subject like i do we are not the same also no one even once claimed that you choose to feel distracted or hyperfused, wtf are you smoking. i said the EXACT opposite of that kid, learn to read
My parents literally gave me a room for all my unfinished projects. Looking back i realized what an awesome parents they were for putting up with a crazy child like me. I did painting, drawing, paper mache, knitting, sewing clothes, painting on shoes, on bags, on shirts, I played piano, violin, guitar, recorder, and ukulele, I sing, dance, do taekwondo, play video games, and collects hardbound books, hero figurines, hot wheels, and barbies. It was like I had a different dream every week and my parents supported me for it, they saw it as a sign of a brilliant kid, a jack of all trades. If i were my parents I wouldn't have the patience to deal with a kid like me
I call that a "learning circuit" keep rotating and if you don't stop you eventually come back to square one, improve on each project segment and keep going until all the projects are done. Although that usually takes the whole weekend.
He actually started years before the incident that caused his stutter. I am glad and grateful it didn't kill his career! 😅 If anything, it seems to have enhanced it lol . 😊 His spirit is truly incredible.
I was trying to explain to my wife, who is new to standup comedy, that it's okay to make fun of yourself. So, I have ADHD. Thats how I found Drew Lynch. She laughed so hard she apologized. Thank you, dude. You have 2 new fans!
Just sent this to my sister, the only one of two family witnesses left of the ADHD. Sister has memories of critter salvation home building attempt memories. Started with my top drawer nest for bugs. This is so spot on.
@@leavemyrightsalone Well we need to call dis-regulation of the RAS leading to dual-activation of the DMN and TPN something, so ADHD or some other name for the rose that is to your liking. BTW I am ADHD and have the full set of symptoms with caffeine paradoxical reaction and was diagnosed when it was still HADD in the DSM, so not one of the trendy over-diagnosed.
I'm deeply ADHD, and I have no idea how non-ADHD people live with us. I am deeply grateful to know that ADHD people and non-ADHD can peacefully co-exist.
Agree. And I have no idea how I would live without my neurotypical husband. The house is clean. There’s groceries AND toilet paper before we run out. He has an INTERNAL sense of time. It’s all some dark magic, I’m sure of it!
Non ADHD people-oriented exist with us. They just tell themselves that they don't have the energy to deal with us so they just leave us to our Tornado thoughts.
Right??? Also, I got so excited when his wife said, "It worked!" about her squirrel ladder, I, a 45 yr old woman, squealed "YES!" and did a victory fist pump for what I believe is definitely the first time in my life, although I admit I am often wrong about that kind of thing when I'm So Totally Present In The Moment that all other moments have apparently ceased to exist🤔
I kept wanting to see what his wife was going to do next. I felt a connection to her. It made me feel empathy because she cares so deeply. I know some may not get this. She cares about everything all at once, so its hard to get anything done. I love the part about how she rescued the squirrel!
@@GBfanatic15I have adhd badly my mom while she was out asked me to take out the garbage and I got to the door before I noticed “hmmmm the entrance looks dirty I better sweep” witch led me on a four hour adventure that led me to me sweeping the whole house then wiping all the counters and mowing the lawn before I realized I never took the bag out
I have not laughed so hard in years. Such genuine honest recounts of an ADHD mind fashioned so well into utter hilarity! I so needed this today!!! Thank you thank you!
rockycersosimo8784, As I understand it (from friends that are ADHD) her dancing to his stuttering is actually a good thing; a compliment in a round about way. She's not mocking him. Rather, he makes her feel like dancing. But he may not have seen it as a compliment at the time.
My favorite part of the living with the ADHD-er puzzle is when they start telling you something or asking a question, but they haven't included you in the conversation they had in their head leading up to it. I have to work out, based on what we've talked about in the last few days what the pronouns in their sentences might be. They've mentally gone through points A-F without me, brought me in at G, now I have to work backwards to figure out what B is.
It’s surprising how many conversations need to start with “did I tell you X?” between beloved and I. We are both guilty of this, and the reverse of having the conversation and not remembering anything from it.
I think you can only truly appreciate how hilarious this is if you have ADHD or experience with ADHD because even though I’m super picky with standup, I legit cried tears of laughter throughout his ADHD set
I have mascara tears from this set LOL! I have ADHD and I related so hard to his wife! I legit did collect rocks as kid and I love collecting crystals (though I don't believe they have special powers, I just think they're very pretty). And I do talk to animals in my yard, squirrels included.. 🤣
I have ADHD, and I could relate to so much of this, even the rock collecting, but when he said that his wife started dancing when he stuttered on the word stressed, I busted out laughing until tears were pouring out of my eyes.
Thanks for the heads up. I was going to share this with my boyfriend, but it may empower him to call me out on my daily behavior even more. He claims my whole day is thrown off course if I hear a bird tweet. It was never on course anyway.
My daughter is like this. She has absolutely no concept of time. Nothing is ever all the way finished and her emotions are all over the place. It's exhausting. She makes plans but they never happen. She went to the store for toilet paper and ended up buying a kayak, finding a river, tipping the kayak, losing her shoes, getting lost and calling for help. She forgot to get what she went for because the kayaks were displayed right inside the door. She needs a minder to keep her on track.
As he got to that part I was carrying my phone and an armload of clean laundry. I noticed an open container of juice on the coffee table and had to pick it up and close it so it didn't get spilled accidentally. I laughed so hard I thought I was going to go to the store for paper towels 😂
I'm crying and laughing at the same time! My fiance has ADHD and I'm a bit of a neat freak. He's incredibly creative and talented, so he comes up with fantastic ideas to update the house. He gets these projects to the point where I can visualize how great it's going to look when he's finished, but by that time, he's become bored with it and starts a new project. He juggles all these projects simultaneously, so they're all in various stages of completion. As a result, every room in the house is crammed with tools and supplies needed for each project. I can't even dust or straighten up because I'm not allowed to move anything since he says he won't be able to find anything, which is ironic, since he can't find anything anyway. We rarely entertain because there's nowhere for anyone to sit, but when we're expecting company, he becomes like a whirlwind, boxing up everything so he can temporarily store the tools and all the supplies out on the back patio so I can clean inside. When the visitors leave, he doesn't haul it back in right away, so there's a small window where I can enjoy walking from one room to the next without walking sideways or tripping. No, he waits until he decides to work on project #6 again. Then, despite knowing his supplies are in a box on the patio ... somewhere ... he doesn't have the patience to dig them out. He makes an effort to locate what he needs, but gives up in frustration after a couple of minutes, leaves the house and comes back an hour later with new supplies for that project PLUS a new project he thought of on the way to the hardware store. Rinse and repeat. LOL. He's a mess, but he's my mess.
Oh man! I got that one at my house. I just moved a bag of tools by the front door after days of hearing he was going to do something with them. I just sort of work around everything as if we’re both normal and we know we’re not.
This is ME. Some years ago my husband threw his hands up & forbade me to start a new household project. I thought it was about spending money & accused him of being miserly. Then he pointed out he couldn’t turn a corner in our house without bumping into a pile of tools & a half-done project. I hadn’t even realized it, but I sat down and counted SEVENTEEN PROJECTS I had started & left undone. And that’s not including the sewing, cooking, & other arts & crafts projects (& writing projects) which I have a whole room for…😂 I’m 50 & only now am I finally getting diagnosed. I finally understand why I’ve struggled so much my entire life in so many ways. I wish I’d known earlier. Thank heavens for loving & patient spouses.
I howled with laughter throughout. As a woman with ADHD, all the jokes made me feel seen, but the last one hit home so hard. My husband occasionally stutters, and once when he was stuck on a word, I turned it into a rap song and started dancing. He was not happy, and I had to explain that I wasn’t making fun of him, that the sound just triggered that thought, and that’s where my brain went. I felt so bad for doing it, and yet I still laughed until I cried at Drew’s experience.
I relate... i am the mom (non-adhd).. my son is adult son is adhd and growing up he would hyperfix on accents or how i said a certain word and he'd mimic it over and over.. took me a while to realize that he wasn't making fun of how i said things... Now that he is 30, he does accents really well and can quote some hilarious movie lines.
Thank you for this- our 17 year old hyperfixates on accents and words and perseverates until we are all losing our minds. I had no idea this was part of ADHD.
@@rachelsanders4913 ❤❤It very much is. I'm from the U.S. and my husband is from the UK, and I have had to really work hard to not imitate his accent all the time because it makes him feel like he's being made fun of, which is not the case at all. I also have moments where just a word hits, and my brain latches on to how odd the word sounds, regardless of whether I or someone else says it. I once used the word "toward" in the middle of a conversation and my brain noticed it was a weird sounding word, so I started saying it in various ways rather than completing the sentence. I knew what was going on in my head, but to others I looked like I had broken and was just standing there going "tword, tord, toowaard, twaaard, twooord."
As an artist who is a retired hygienist, has a masters and an almost doctorate, who rescues disabled animals, makes intricate crochet thread items, is a reiki master, has multiple crystals, has a house full of art supplies in 50 different genres, is a certified life coach..... (takes a breath)...... I have forgotten my point. 😂
😂😂😂😂 I wasn’t diagnosed until late in life. Retired from the Army not knowing that I should’ve had a medical waiver to join. I believe they still require that from folks with ADHD, but not from folks who have gender dysphoria? And the ‘normal’ folks think we’re weird because we have a spiritual connection to squirrels? By the way, International Squirrel Appreciation Day is the 21st of January. Eat some nuts and pass them out.
This is hilarious😂 I laughed so hard about the beat part at the end. My boyfriend and I both have ADHD. We live together and that beat part is just so accurate. There is always music in the house cause we hear a beat in everything. We struggle together with a lot of things but we also laugh about a lot of things when it comes to ADHD. He really is my soulmate🤭🙏🏼🥰
I had a baby squirrel run up behind me, hop on my boot, and run up to my shoulder. We stared at each other and blinked, then he ran off. Came to visit for the next couple days though. Held him in my hand and fed him corn.
When he started talking about distractions, squirrel rescues and rocks. I was like wait a minute....am I your wife?! 😂lol she sounds awesome by the way I would totally love to hang out with her. We could continue to make popsicles stick ladders to save the squirrels even if it means sacrificing every single shoe in his house. I'm in!
@@harvanshpalsinghbali I need someone with your sense of humor to keep me laughing at myself. Usually people think 'What's wrong with you?". Thanks for stories that are close to my crazy thought processes. I am not alone.
Me too. I've watched this like seven times and laughed every single time the first time I might have have cried I think it's completely normal. And there's a reason for everything I do and how I will arrive there 3 hours late but I will arrive and most likely with an interesting anecdote that happened along the way.
As someone with ADHD, this is so freaking true. If I do not have music going on while I'm working, I cannot stay on task. Every part of this is so accurate. LMAO!
U noticied improvement with music to, i was finally able 2 read a book when i put mysic in the background. B4 that i would get distracted n reread the same paragraph over n over
@@mattw6399 music and background noise are a necessity. Just to be able to quiet my mind enough to sleep, I have to have rain and thunder sounds going. UA-cam has some great ambiance videos for sleep and study focus. It definitely helps.
I'm that way with videos/audio books. I need some sort of mentally stimulating thing going on or I can't get anything done. But then it's such a minefield to get through to said video/audiobook without getting distracted by all of the other things. (case and point, me right now 🤣)
My son has ADHD, his growing up years were....well....interesting. Now he has made it his super power and has a very successful career. He is a very good man and I am so very proud of him.
You make your academics the subject of your hyperfocus, enabling you to study for days on end. The trade-off of this seems to be the fact that my grades have become my entire personality 🤣
This is one of the best routines you’ve done! I’ve watched it many times over the years. Thanks for all the laughter you’ve added to my life. I hope to make it to one of your shows.
Yep exactly I pick up a cup to take to the kitchen while cleaning the living room see a spot on the counter start wiping down counters head to laundry room to put in laundry bin start doing laundry then dog comes in and leave to get her a treat after hours of this end up in the garage have no idea why my bf comes home and is like wtf babe everything’s half done then he immediately finishes what I previously began lol
@@carriecree1789 😂😂😂 I was Dx with ADHD late in life, explained a lot of what I lived through. What helped me survive was over organizing things, habit learned in part as a kid, perfected in the Army. People disturbing me while I’m trying to stay on task with little add-ons drives me nuts. Wife does it all the time. She is the one that puts or has someone put things into a place with a door, room, closet, cabinet, etc. and because it can’t be seen, the room has been cleaned up. Never-mind that you can’t access anything that is behind the door. Things that drive ADHD folks nuts.
All true - with ADHD, getting "lucky" means going to the kitchen & remembering why. Hard to believe Drew (merely witnessing, never having ADHD) so accurately described exactly how life feels with ADHD. ...A detective discovering their own crimes - hysterical and precise!
As a woman with ADHD, I loved this!!. This clip had me dead on. Unfortunately, I was married to someone who was not as understanding of my issue. I spent 19 years with someone who was often frustrated and disappointed with me and my actions, which decimated my self-esteem and self- worth. Now, I’m happier than ever.
@@NikkiBudders or when you're in a situation in which your train of thought is close enough to a song lyric, so you say it out loud and everyone just stares at you like they don't get it or something
I am the ADHD wife and as soon as you said projects unfinished I immediately sent it to my husband because I knew I would forget if I didn't do it right then. I've already started my living room cleaning, but was watching videos. Time to clean the kitchen. 😂😂😂 And I have rocks too, and art projects everywhere. **For all the men that love us- we are sorry, and thank you. But at least you will never get bored!❤**
@@tiffanycoulthurst4821 Right? My 30 hobbies (crochet, cold process soap making, baking, etc) with just stuff stored away 😭. I love my husband so much. Thank you to all of the supportive husbands!
Omg, THE STRUGGLE IS REAALLL! How do y'all manage it? 😅 Our silver lining is we're both combined types-- I'm hyper dominant, whereas he's my inattentive space-case-- and the yin and yang dynamic at least makes it ftmp manageable. lol Wish they had more books on couples who BOTH have it!
I was diagnosed with ADD - not ADHD - by a psychiatrist (not by myself) before smart phones were invented (and before the majority of us had any kind of non-land line phone at all). I’ve been taking Adderall for it for almost 30 years. They used to be diagnosed as 2 separate things…ADD and ADHD. Now it’s just ADHD with hyperactivity or ADHD without hyperactivity. I don’t really have the hyperactivity part (I’m verbally hyperactive but not really physically hyperactive…I can sit still if I really have to, etc), but every other thing in this video is 100% my life. What my parents and husband have gone through…and it hasn’t been easy for me, either. Please know that ADD (or ADHD w/o hyperactivity) is very real and very debilitating. It is not about phone addiction and people w ADD don’t suck. We’re actually lovely, empathic, funny, smart, and creative. Anyway…other than that, this guy nailed it!!! Very funny!!! 😂😂😂
As a female with ADHD and a successful project manager it’s hilarious. My personal and professional life is not the same. Literally everything you said it was like you are my husband dealing with me. I have my own “area” for crafts or project it’s hard but I’m proud of my self for keeping it clean,organized and “out of sight”
@@gabrieleomaggio1461 first acknowledge your system will have to be changed and updated once in a while, acknowledge & accept you will mess up, allow yourself to forgive your mistakes. Then start. Professionally: I write everything down in one note, have a visual tracking I created (very manual) for my dashboards that need to be created with the checklist inside of it. Then if I have questions I just do it because honestly I need to understand or else my stakeholders won’t get the right products. For personal: I have the “bucket” system. I bought a big enough bucket for all my nail supplies (can place smaller boxes in it) that can be put away. My bathroom has buckets for daily need vs emergency need. Clothes (the whole process) takes a week for me as I try to organize my clothes once a quarter. If it’s something “important” keep it in sight to keep it in mind. I have a trip soon so my calendar is open to it and my bag I’m using for packing is under my table to remind me. These are examples that work for me. Others may have different ways. Also factor in what “mess” you allow yourself to be in and what will cause you to melt down. That’s a big one so I ask my husband for help when I am getting to that point. It’s all about understanding and trying to find what works for you. :)
As a HUMAN we can all relate. You are not special because you have trouble focusing.. we all do. Most of us just dont need a doctor to tell us we are "sick" in some way. Bullshit.
1000%, When he was talking about the collection of projects I looked around my room and thought about the 50 odd and end collection I have all in various degrees of completion and laughed, crazy thing is I didn't realize I had ADHD till last year, it makes soooo much sense.
I’m diagnosed ADHD and my wife was just staring me the whole time while watching this. She gets SO frustrated with me almost on a daily basis. For you spouses/partners out there who deal with us……thank you. We appreciate you 😂
Honestly man her frustration is the type of thing that will destroy a marriage over time. There are partners who love you enough to not get frustrated daily, maybe occasionally, but not that often. Those are the ones to find.
My husband just smirked at me, shook his head and went to complete 1 task, and 1 task only. Then playfully flaunted his ability to be a proper adult in my face. Hahaha cheers to the spouses and peers with patience and playfulness with us 🍻
as someone that has autism and was the 'wierd quiet/emo kid' in school, and had a adhd bestfriend that was the 'other wierd kid' that bit especially made me laugh. we both did horsebackriding so we would pretend out hands were horses and play pretend that way. i think our teacher either hated or adored us
As a teacher with Adhd, i can tell you that you and your friend were both adored and annoying at the same time. Those weird friend couples are incredibly funny to see but they tend to disrupt the class a bit. Was the weird ADHD kid when i was young. ❤
I'm ADHD and my bff all thru school was a goth kid on the Autism spectrum. Both of us were diagnosed as adults, and I can confirm this is exactly how we interacted the first couple times. I was 100% cracked out asking all kinds of questions because she had a Good Charlotte Tshirt and I thought it looked cool. We made a weird pair, but a good weird pair. Idk what it is but ADHD and the Autism spectrum go together like PB&J.
@@clueless_cutieI am guessing it's the novelty. Neurotypical is just too normal. And ADHD finds normal boring. The weird kid, well, that's different, something new, let's figure it out!
As a teen with ADHD, with two siblings diagnosed with it as well as being on the autism spectrum, and a mom we inherited all this stuff from, this was amazing and we all loved it. The funniest thing is that my dad, who is neurotypical, laughed the loudest and most often. (That is how we talk when we get really hyper...) me * has started writing over 20 books during my spare time cuz I was bored * also me * nas finished a grand total of one of them * Also, they're not just any rocks. They are shiny or sparkly or colorful or simply nicely shaped rocks.
I have it, my daughter and son have it. I can say with honesty that we talk like this, collect rocks, start or plan out hundreds of projects between the three of us, and are erratic cleaners. 💯💯💯 (The squirrel ladder was a new one, though we do tend to feed every stray that comes our way no matter what species🤷🏻♀️.)
Wish you could talk to my wife.. she sometimes don't laugh, she just gets mad at me. Depends on how someone laughs "about me" I don't do good with people laughing at me or making fun of me. But it can bother me, and upset me, that my wife is mad at me and it's like.. I can't help it. We've had some big arguments over the years.. it's a wonder to me sometimes why we are together or why she's put up with me this long.. then I think to myself.. it's probably because no other man would put up with her or do as much as I already do for her.
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
I was looking through the comments and spoiled myself for what was to come but I still went through the whole thing... spoiling myself did absolutely nothing as I had that exact reaction, except my laugh was just air, no sound, and I was crying.
As someone with ADHD and autism, with a girlfriend (who if we wanted marriage would be my wife) who is also autistic, and this is sooooo spot on. Life is sweet beautiful chaotic love. Great standup Drew. The best 45 mins spent watching a 15 minute video while crying in laughter.
@@tarabithia4509 Great question. We just agreed we love each other and do not need the financial and legal ties to live our lives together, or to feel closer as a couple, or to know we love one another. We are just happy together, forever.
This guy has overcame so much adversity (Stage freight, stuttering, etc...) love to see you still pursuing your dream. It's hard to tell you ever had a stutter. You have overcame so much and I'm happy to be here supporting you!
I am constantly reminded my brain does not work in a manner that makes sense. It is frustrating for me, even when I know to make allowances for myself. It was, however, such a relief to get diagnosed.
@@lbyerly I was saying something to my aunt about needing to sleep because I had to go to Mississauga (city where my college is) to watch Psycho and she looked at me like I'd lost my mind. I'm taking a class on horror movies for context, I wouldn't watch it under my own choosing
Correction: our attention span does not exist unless it's for something like learning about random possum fun facts at three AM or surfing through the net for new hyperfocus supplies
My daughter has ADHD. However, she was not the weird kid. She was quiet in class and would destress once she got home, which was such a joy.😳 Some girls with ADHD do not want to get in trouble so they are hyper vigilant to be good in class.
Yep! Definitely manifests differently between boys and girls. I'm diagnosed with it. I'm convinced a handful of my 6 kids have it and definitely different from boys to girls.
I laughed WAY too hard at all of this. 😂😂😂😂😂 My husband is ADHD, as are 3 of our 4 children. They used to drive me insane and I'd get mad that I couldn't "fix" them. But somewhere along the years I started appreciating their ADHD differences and now, 35 years later, I absolutely LOVE the way they are and wouldn't change a thing about any of them. ❤❤❤❤
As a mom with adhd who has a son with adhd.. thank you :) I hope my husband will come around to your point of view, he has accepted it and deals with it as best as he can, but fails to recognise the positive things it does for us (not refusing, just not..grasping).
I actually was in tears. Started from the laughter. Switched to relating to the struggle and how it negatively impacts those around us. Did that flip flop a couple of times.
Every single thing he said about ADHD was correct... except I really have to advocate for us inattentive types, and especially the girls who don't get diagnosed until later in life. I was also one of the "weird" kids in school, but never hyper. I could sit still for hours, in silence, daydreaming about a million different things, and have no idea what the teacher taught that day. It's still ADHD, but the "hyperactive" part is all inside my head.
THANK YOU i took so long to get diagnosed because I was the quiet kid, the bookworm, once even the emo. just cuz I don't externally behave like a pinball game doesn't mean inside isn't the same
Yes this. I felt a little insulted, but it was gone after a few seconds;) hehe. Drew is great so I forgive him :p Im not the H in ADHD. I can get annoyed easily but Im not loud and I am not brutally honest. I mostly keep things to myself if someone annoys me. So ADD, but internal H.
I would just like to point out how far Drew has come. I remember watching him on Conan and he stuttered over every other word. Now I'm watching this, and I'm almost half way through, and he's only stuttered twice, both over "H" sounding words. Good for you Drew. Keep being hilarious, please
When I was a kid I was diagnosed by my doctor with ADD. ADD and ADHD used to be two sperate diagnoses but after further study, it became more acurate to refer to them as Inatentive ADHD, Hyperactive ADHD, or combined ADHD. Its all the same thing, the differentiation is just based on your symptoms. Just to avoid the spread of misinformation.
Yes! Often, as in my case, the hyperactivity is not visible... It is not physical activity, but rather it is my brain that is hyperactive. It is never not busy, no matter how hard I try, it is impossible for me to "clear my mind". This guy hysterically described a day in the life of me!
This is community service Drew has come up with a bit that both precisely conveys the reality of living with ADHD AND does it so incredibly funny that it will be watched willingly if someone who cares about you can't grasp this aspect of your life
@@5Kool-Kiddtook me a good week to listen to it all the way through. It was very informative though and made me truly understand what it is and what it’s doing to me. Big recommendation!
As an ADHD wife, married to… wait for it… an ADHD guy, I was so blown away by the accuracy of this! This is MY LIFE… doing hundreds things at the same time… and my change of focus collides with his totally opposite change of focus, oh my!!!
@@laurieoberg5506 Very true; I have yet to hear him do that. He probably never will, he knows firsthand what it's like. I used to have a pretty significant stutter as well, when I was young, just to a lesser extent, and I also got over it later in life.
I'm 62, ADHD wasn't something we heard of in those days... All my life I've struggled to be "normal'. I've recently meet a 39 year old social worker. After spending much time together, she suggested that I had ADHD, OCD etc. What a relief, I always come home with rocks, dance to the washing machine and start new projects often. I loved this, made me laugh so much. I feel so happy to be me ❤
My husband and I are both turning 60 this year. He was diagnosed as hyperactive when he was in kindergarten. He was put on Ritalin. His mother asked how long he had to be on it. The doctor said, all his life. My mother-in-law said, "Over my dead body!!" She weaned him off of it and worked with him. She kept him busy to burn off all his energy. Scouts, swimming, baseball etc. As an adult he worked full time, ran a business on the side and was a Youth Pastor and Associate Pastor all at the same time. He also was an avid SCUBA diver and even taught it to others. He never had the attention issues, just the energy.
@@tessmoore3762 Good on her for being accepting of him and teaching him to use it as a gift! If only I could accomplish that many different things all at once.
I can relate. 65. Different all my life. Never diagnoses. Never heard of it growing up. Now as adult people ask me if I have it. Even my grief counselor. At this point I’ve lived with me my whole life, I learned to adjust and accept. And try to control. Some OCD stuff. The meds might cause more issues. I took an online test, bingo! ADD
I have ADHD and this is exactly what I do! I have clutter in 1/2 of my house where I start a project and get distracted! Then I start changing rooms moving furniture from one room to another. Now I have boxes and odd furniture in 3 rooms, etc! I move so much stuff around, I can never remember where I moved it...I hate it!
I laughed so hard!! I really needed this after my dog passed. I have ADHD and this whole show is so relatable and don’t think I ever BREATHED! We have a connection to squirrels because we ARE squirrels!!! THEY CAN NEVER FIND THE NUTS THEY HIDE!!! This show was so relatable, I felt like I was living it as he said it! I’m sending this too all my ADHD crew!!! 😂😂😂😍😂
This guy is hilarious! He is describing how I clean. I did get diagnosed by a doctor. I was stunned. I was 62 years old at the time of diagnosis but it explained so much.
May I ask how you found a doctor willing to evaluate you for ADHD? My mom is 67 and no one wants to do it, as if old age makes the symptoms go away. She’s specifically does not want to get medicated, she just wants to KNOW.
@@paloma3248 It's tough to diagnose, because there's no test to definitively prove you do or don't have it. They ask you questions, and if give the same answers and display characteristics that match other people who have been characterized with the disorder, then they will declare that you have the disorder as well. So since there's no medical test, like it's not going to show on an XRAY or brain scan, etc, it's a matter of having very specialized knowledge to be able to correctly identify if the patient has the disorder, so it doesn't surprise me that a lot of doctors would shy away from diagnosing it.
The part where she danced to his stutter is also very ADHD. We are compulsive when we are reminded of something. Often breaking out into song or quotes while someone is talking to us etc.
I have been labeled a walking juke box. Word to music lyric association is sooooo strong for me. My son once asked me, Mom, how many songs do you think you have in there? (my brain) For once I stood speechless for a few seconds as it dawned on me there must be thousands. And my sister and I have had whole conversations using quotes from favorite movies/tv shows, it's a blast!
The reason people with ADHD will start a bunch of tasks is because when we see something we know were gonna forget about it if we don't take care of it now, and it kinda just keeps snowballing 😅
This is spot-on explaining the true struggle of life with ADHD.. so many people think, “oh yeah, me too, I totally have that…” No, they probably don’t. But you have managed to identify the things she does that make her special and unique and different. I know people get frustrated with me, but when someone is patient and understanding instead of angry and annoyed, it helps me identify where I need to get a grip on my own.
@@kachi9293 yes, those don’t have ADHD may feel that way when someone close to them has AFHD, but those with ADHD absolutely are aware of the predicaments they cause themselves and absolutely feel the struggle as they try to navigate themselves through the day to day. They may seem to be living in ignorant bliss to some at times, but if you think they don’t experience struggle, you are the ignorant one.
@@kachi9293 Some point to ADHD having a positive natural selection pressure in the past as it would make us better sentries, etc. as we immediately snap to whatever is new or different in the environment. So having a certain percentage of your population with ADHD was an advantage to overall group survival. ADHD is no where near Alzheimers / Dimentia (aka Type 3 diabetes), I have been drug free for over 20 years and having a parent that had Alzheimers I can definitively say even though I can be easily pulled off task it is nowhere near Alzheimers as far as a burden on others. Your comparing Alzheimers to ADHD, is like comparing Rabies to being Drunk.
@@deltatango6793exactly! We know we can be a complete wreck. But we do try! It’s just not up to some others standards. And I swear we over-try to make up to people something that we can’t control & didn’t ask for.
The cleaning part is 100% relatable with me. I have explained this whole process to my husband many times. Just so I can explain why the house is still messy even though I spent the entire day cleaning
this woman is living her BEST FRIKEN LIFE!!!!!!! As a woman with ADHD I wish I could live this life with a husband who can laugh with her rather than at her.
As someone with ADHD who has to deal with people self diagnosing themselves via TikTok who have no idea how difficult is actually is to have an executive function disorder like ADHD, Tourettes, or Autism.. This is the most accurate depiction of what it's actually like I have seen. This is amazing.
Try...ADHD, Autism and ptsd all wrapped into one. The tiktok vids on you tube make me cry. I can't get help. Then outsiders say...but you look fine! 😢 you're just eccentric! Etc.
Seeeee, I can’t complain too much because the reason I even went to get diagnosed is cause of tik tok compilations that UA-cam randomly recommended to me. And then y’a know, I went “oh shit”, did outside research and went “OH SHIT” and then got diagnosed with adhd. After waiting almost a year 😂
Every bit of this is accurate, and hilarious. To anyone dealing with one of us, please try to be compassionate and patient. If you think it’s a wild ride being around (diagnosed, and real)inattentive add or adhd, imagine living this way, every day, on a “crash cycle” where the next mistake could be the last - whether that’s job, school, family, etc. Being called lazy, scattered, “blonde,” careless, irresponsible. All to a point where your inner voice never lets you forget. We know what’s expected, we see everyone else doing it seemingly easily. We know we’re not normal, and most of us can easily sense the frustration in our relationships. I need to stop commenting on UA-cam and get back to work, but will probably spend another 20 minutes checking for typos, which I’ll inevitably miss at least one.
All you're going to witness here is 15 minutes of great comedy.
When does the comedy start?
@@angelavara4097 The moment the video starts.
@@angelavara4097 You obviously don't know anyone with ADHD!
When you leave chat
@@B_Bodziak maybe she wasnt PAYING ATTENTION to the video
A lot of people don't believe ADHD is real until they marry someone with ADHD. The "trail of broken dreams" is dead on. Everything gets started, nothing gets finished.
I have ADHD and autism and husband has a stutter this Is our life 😂😂
I'm pushing forty...my wife and I watched this and she turned to me and said..."Are you sure you don't have ADHD....cuz you're the wife in this picture, except with a collection of tools instead of rocks and several boxes of unfinished repairs". Decided to get a professional opinion on the matter...and 6 doctors and weeks of evaluation later...yeah, I'm Drew's wife.
My whole family has it...
My ADHD husband wants to finish our basement himself. Could have paid a little more to have the builders do it when they finished the rest of the house, but this is his dream.
The rest of the house was finished 6 years ago. The basement has a half dozen support beams ... and that's all.
@@tinkeramma That's me in a nutshell.
As a woman with ADHD, a rock collection, a spiritual connection to squirrels, and enough art and craft supplies to start my own store, I laughed so hard I thought I was going to trigger an asthma attack. All I can say is thank God I'm not married, and especially not married to a stand up comedian, lol.
Me too!
As a woman exactly the same as you but also married to the MOST NEUROTYPICAL GUY its hard.
😂😂😁
Oh no. I am married to squirrels, stare at pretty rocks, have adhd and I am engaged to a comedian 😂
Are you my twin flame!?!
"It's just a trail of broken dreams and then she's stuck in a corner somewhere." I cried laughing at how accurate that is.
The story of my life. With blessings sprinkled on along the way.
@@wisething2do And bits of my broken toe nail :D
😂
So funny 😂 so accurate lol
Exactly
I have severe ADHD, stopped medication because was doing other harm and just try to survive without it. Then got sent this video by my husband a couple of weeks ago, FULLY knowing his was attaching me, I didn’t watch until today when he told me to slow down in the conversation 😅
THIS VIDEO IS GOLD AND DANGEROUSLY ACCURATE.
Slow down in the conversation 😂 my doctor said this to me a few days ago 🤦♂️😂 reading your comment reminded me and made me laugh about it
My wife's brain is like a Ferrari fitted with bicycle brakes (fully diagnosed ADHD).
As someone with adhd the highest compliment i can give this comedian is that i have watched an entire 15 minute video not once but twice
🤣
It sounds so like me. Both sides of my brain. I am both the man witnessing & the woman that has this personality. Wow! It's a wild ride! 🤣
For real been adhd since diagnosed in 93
I use this, to show people, to help explain, the 'turmoils' of life. I have a plastic model kit of a clipper ship, unfinished, I've carried/moved, for almost 40 years, so far, because, I'm determined, to finish it, one day,..🙄😒
Right same. I love him.
My wife and I both have ADHD so our house is either immaculate and well put together or looks like a war zone and there’s no in between 😂
Much love to ya'll, that battle never seams to cease (so far)
same!! and one of our kids has ADHD, the other autism. All four of us are neurodivergent.💀
No cap!
oh boy, my fiancé has Autism and ive got ADHD, very much the same
we have never reached immaculate. we get halfway through three projects... I do house work all day but my house is never clean!
As someone with ADHD...yup, this is pretty accurate. Right after I started ADHD medication at the age of 33 it was an epiphany when mid-washing dishes, I saw something else in the kitchen needing to be done, (with sponge in hand) was able to pause before moving to that other task, and tell myself, "I'll get to that after I finish the dishes." 🤯
41 here, just started taking meds. It's incredible "normal" people work that way all the time...🤯😂
Everything just makes so much sense now
Good for you! Progress!🎉
anyone please describe more into detail being on the pills, I dunno I can be taking em, because I learned to live with it and taking advantage of it... my work and workflow and creativity is based on total chaos, but I'm content creator and designer and I need to be creative and I need the hyperfocus, helps me finish difficult projects I'd be lazy to even start or work on. I'd say pills will take all that from me + psychical medication often leads into gaining weight. Pot lil helps me to focus and to be productive, but makes me silent eh.. beer helps me focus only on manual work, but turns me at least into the 'normal' person socially.
@@a420dro I'm a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor/Therapist as well as a Musician, Songwriter, and arts-n'-crafts maverick. TBH taking my prescribed Dopamine & Norepinephrine Anti-depressant with a prescribed stimulant medication (appropriately), has helped me finish and time the several projects and pieces that I start. Typically, I'll have like 10 or more things I'm working on at the same time, and it's difficult to finish them due to the constant loss of focus, motivation and anxieties via RSD. I'm the same way normally with THC and Alcohol. Also, when I got used to my medication, I ended up naturally not wanting to use rec. substances as much. I think it is because I was getting the mental steadiness and release, I was hoping for physically and mentally through my medication. Word of caution, every person's body chemistry is different...it takes some trial and error as well as patience to find what works best for you. A recommendation (look into) "Genesight Testing: genesight.com/ . God Speed Ahead!
@@a420dro It produces the ability to buffer / queue tasks in your head. Furthermore it gives you the ability to stop and think before acting - something most people have the ability to do but ADHD kinda just... doesn't. Also it makes starting a task you don't want to do way easier, which means it's basically a giant 'motivation' booster. ADHD is sometimes jokingly compared to erectile dysfunction of the brain - doesn't matter how badly you want to do something, it's not a willpower thing. Meds make your willpower actually hold sway over doing things like it should.
Everyone reacts differently to different medications and treatments, so find what works for you.
But as someone in their mid-30s who's been on meds since they were in preschool I literally cannot function like an adult off of them. They're not addictive - in fact forgetting to take them or refill your prescription is the main hurdle with them, but they can create a dependency because you don't have to use coping mechanisms every day to do basic tasks. So, that said, if you're used to using those coping mechanisms, then this shouldn't be an issue. However, it will feel like putting on glasses and seeing the world clearly, and you'll likely not want to go without because of it. I mean, a person with glasses can absolutely function without them. But ask people with glasses if they'd intentionally choose not to wear them and go back to blurry vision as a default and I promise none of them will say yes seriously.
SPOT ON!!! My husband is such a saint for having extra patience with me whenever I start 'cleaning'
As a "emo kid" with a adhd sister, I appreciate the representation of our relationship
My sister is not emo, but she has a grumpy silent personality and it has always annoyed the crap out of her how I ask her SOOOOO many questions. Everyday. Lol.
@@viridianacortes9642 that's amazing and I respect your chaos
It's basically DeeDee and Dexter, lol. We have this in my family, too.
This cracked me open lol
@@shiraz9986 Awh yeah :D
“It looks like etsy took a shit in our house”
That’s how you know this is a true story I honestly can’t think of a shorter sentence that sums up ADHD hyperfixation perfectly
🎉😭🐿️😮
😂😆🤪
Jesus Christ that was a funny set! I have ADHD, love squirrels, and my apt. definitely often looks like etsy shit everywhere - that was some accurate comedy!
Our favorite hobby is collecting hobbies!
Yep, I feel attacked 😂
This guy just represented ADHD, proved that unconditional love is real, threw dirt at people who capitalise on other people’s problems and actually made us laugh. HERO.
Legendary 😂
I felt like the target of this skit, I love it! 🤣 Someone actually understands!
restraint is still a choice when you have ADHD btw, acting like that is a choice you choose to make. its the same with emotions, you dont control what emotions you feel but that doesnt mean your emotions control you and how you act. ADHD is the same
@@ZEROAAHENIX No, it's not the same. We're talking about a well-researched, neurological disorder that affects executive functions and *self-control* (see the problem with your assessment?). Which choice to make is something you control, but your choices may be limited; ADHD symptoms like distractability and hyperfocus are absolutely NOT a choice. While there are some tools, coping mechanisms, and resources that can help us (if we can *remember* to use them!), just using "restraint" to control ADHD--if it works at all--is mentally exhausting, highly limited, and impossible to sustain. It's kind of like telling someone who's had no food or sleep for 48 hours that solving algebra problems is just simple math. Maybe it is, but if you expect them to do it at the same speed and level as someone who's eaten and slept well, you're probably not going to get great results.
@@Amy-zr5mn >me- a neurologist for 6 years who also has ADHD and PTSD that i learned to control through proper conditioning and mental strengthening
>you- someone who doesnt have actual real life knowledge on the subject like i do
we are not the same
also no one even once claimed that you choose to feel distracted or hyperfused, wtf are you smoking. i said the EXACT opposite of that kid, learn to read
i feel both called out and understood😂😂
😂😂 when he did the „st st st“ I started to dance and then he says „and THIS CHICK started DANCING 🙄“ 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Same.
My parents literally gave me a room for all my unfinished projects. Looking back i realized what an awesome parents they were for putting up with a crazy child like me. I did painting, drawing, paper mache, knitting, sewing clothes, painting on shoes, on bags, on shirts, I played piano, violin, guitar, recorder, and ukulele, I sing, dance, do taekwondo, play video games, and collects hardbound books, hero figurines, hot wheels, and barbies. It was like I had a different dream every week and my parents supported me for it, they saw it as a sign of a brilliant kid, a jack of all trades. If i were my parents I wouldn't have the patience to deal with a kid like me
You and your parents sound awesome! 🎉❤
I call that a "learning circuit" keep rotating and if you don't stop you eventually come back to square one, improve on each project segment and keep going until all the projects are done. Although that usually takes the whole weekend.
:)
A Polymath! Commonly unable to finish projects because the new ones just keep coming...
Not necessarily ADHD!
😊
The fact that he doesn't stutter that much anymore is absolutely amazing. He found his calling and it help him tremendously.
This is my first time in a long time seeing anything regarding him and I noticed that. I was like "wow, he's changed!" It's neat.
He actually started years before the incident that caused his stutter. I am glad and grateful it didn't kill his career! 😅 If anything, it seems to have enhanced it lol . 😊 His spirit is truly incredible.
He has a speech therapist We’re all human guys
He's not especially happy when people bring that up. Just enjoy the jokes.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow.No!!
The leaving a room and losing all memory of that room is so tragically real 😭
Yeah, even you remind yourself.... ok I won't forget.... it only takes 2 seconds
Me everyday 😂
Lack of object permanence.
Not if you put blinders on and chant what you're doing. And also lucky.
Medication helps
I was trying to explain to my wife, who is new to standup comedy, that it's okay to make fun of yourself. So, I have ADHD. Thats how I found Drew Lynch. She laughed so hard she apologized. Thank you, dude. You have 2 new fans!
As an ADHD wife all I can say is...this is scary accurate. I showed this to my husband and he accused me of being married to Drew. Hahaha!
He shouldctry comedy himself. lol. this tore me up
You aren’t wrong…
Just sent this to my sister, the only one of two family witnesses left of the ADHD. Sister has memories of critter salvation home building attempt memories. Started with my top drawer nest for bugs. This is so spot on.
ADHD doesn't exist though.... even more scary!!!
@@leavemyrightsalone Well we need to call dis-regulation of the RAS leading to dual-activation of the DMN and TPN something, so ADHD or some other name for the rose that is to your liking.
BTW I am ADHD and have the full set of symptoms with caffeine paradoxical reaction and was diagnosed when it was still HADD in the DSM, so not one of the trendy over-diagnosed.
This is so exact. Walk into another room and "Ahh...the world is my oyster!" 😂❤😂
😂
I'm deeply ADHD, and I have no idea how non-ADHD people live with us. I am deeply grateful to know that ADHD people and non-ADHD can peacefully co-exist.
Yea i think yall are alright ❤ (Well mostly theres assholes on every spectrum)
Yes, my fiance does. And you def have to readjust how to live in accordance. But I love him deeply no matter what, just gotta readjust
Agree. And I have no idea how I would live without my neurotypical husband. The house is clean. There’s groceries AND toilet paper before we run out. He has an INTERNAL sense of time. It’s all some dark magic, I’m sure of it!
Yeah I feel bad for anyone I live with. Sometimes I feel like an alien trying to explain why I do what I do.
Non ADHD people-oriented exist with us. They just tell themselves that they don't have the energy to deal with us so they just leave us to our Tornado thoughts.
Omg
Hyper focused and distracted at the same time.
… yes. 🤣
As a woman who has had adhd all of my life- I felt so seen, validated and personally attacked all at once.😂
Right??? Also, I got so excited when his wife said, "It worked!" about her squirrel ladder, I, a 45 yr old woman, squealed "YES!" and did a victory fist pump for what I believe is definitely the first time in my life, although I admit I am often wrong about that kind of thing when I'm So Totally Present In The Moment that all other moments have apparently ceased to exist🤔
Saaaaaaame
I am the same way. I praise my husband every day for putting up with me.
Same here
It came in waves...and now the waves cause hot flashes!!!
I kept wanting to see what his wife was going to do next. I felt a connection to her. It made me feel empathy because she cares so deeply. I know some may not get this. She cares about everything all at once, so its hard to get anything done. I love the part about how she rescued the squirrel!
My adhd makes me the same way. She’s most likely ring of fire type adhd.
I'm so much like that too
I think I've found my tribe!
I found them!! I found my people!
"Everything Everywhere All At Once" (2022)
My mom and my best friend both have ADHD, and "I was going to do a load of laundry" made perfect, immediate sense to me.
my mom, my dad, me and my best friend have ADHD XD
@@GBfanatic15I have adhd badly my mom while she was out asked me to take out the garbage and I got to the door before I noticed “hmmmm the entrance looks dirty I better sweep” witch led me on a four hour adventure that led me to me sweeping the whole house then wiping all the counters and mowing the lawn before I realized I never took the bag out
❤
@@hanspotterman4875sounds good though! Can you come here and help train my children to keep Cleaning 😅
I have it and 3 of my long term exes did… I have never resonated so hard with a joke as the laundry thing.
I have not laughed so hard in years. Such genuine honest recounts of an ADHD mind fashioned so well into utter hilarity!
I so needed this today!!! Thank you thank you!
Picturing his wife feelin the beat of his stutter and dancing is wild af and so hilarious at the same time.
rockycersosimo8784,
As I understand it (from friends that are ADHD) her dancing to his stuttering is actually a good thing; a compliment in a round about way. She's not mocking him. Rather, he makes her feel like dancing.
But he may not have seen it as a compliment at the time.
Gotta admit that would be me, spot on
My favorite part of the living with the ADHD-er puzzle is when they start telling you something or asking a question, but they haven't included you in the conversation they had in their head leading up to it.
I have to work out, based on what we've talked about in the last few days what the pronouns in their sentences might be. They've mentally gone through points A-F without me, brought me in at G, now I have to work backwards to figure out what B is.
It’s surprising how many conversations need to start with “did I tell you X?” between beloved and I. We are both guilty of this, and the reverse of having the conversation and not remembering anything from it.
It just hit me why folks think I'm weird?
Just learn to play Candyland and you'll unlock all the mysteries to the ADHD-er's mind. 🍬🗺
😂😂😂
@@vanb8797 I hate that that makes sense. XD
I think you can only truly appreciate how hilarious this is if you have ADHD or experience with ADHD because even though I’m super picky with standup, I legit cried tears of laughter throughout his ADHD set
Same here!! My husband has been telling me for years he thinks I have this. Hearing this makes me think I do, but ....
I laughed so hard I cried lol I’m ADHD too and he’s exactly right!
I have mascara tears from this set LOL! I have ADHD and I related so hard to his wife! I legit did collect rocks as kid and I love collecting crystals (though I don't believe they have special powers, I just think they're very pretty). And I do talk to animals in my yard, squirrels included.. 🤣
lmfao i laughed SO HARD it was SO RELATEABLE on how he just called us out XD
So true. Saw myself the entire time.
I have ADHD, and I could relate to so much of this, even the rock collecting, but when he said that his wife started dancing when he stuttered on the word stressed, I busted out laughing until tears were pouring out of my eyes.
And that whole story is TRUE 😮
@@TheDrewLynchI have ADHD. I wholeheartedly believe you.
Bro I will dance to ANY rhythm
ADHDer here. I danced the exact same way he depicted. It was a pretty sick beat, babe.
@@Midgetmunky13 it was SUCH a sick beat, I started dancing too then fell about laughing when he said his wife did 😂
As a woman with ADHD married to a “normal” guy, I can say this is 💯 true. My husband felt soooo validated. 😂
Yes🤣
Thanks for the heads up. I was going to share this with my boyfriend, but it may empower him to call me out on my daily behavior even more. He claims my whole day is thrown off course if I hear a bird tweet. It was never on course anyway.
My daughter is like this. She has absolutely no concept of time. Nothing is ever all the way finished and her emotions are all over the place. It's exhausting. She makes plans but they never happen. She went to the store for toilet paper and ended up buying a kayak, finding a river, tipping the kayak, losing her shoes, getting lost and calling for help. She forgot to get what she went for because the kayaks were displayed right inside the door. She needs a minder to keep her on track.
Woman with adhd the 'cleaning' bit is 100% accurate. From the table to the coffee mug, vaccume to shirtless coffee sopping... completely accurate. 😅
I had 1000 flashbacks of different times my ex-husband walked into find me in similar states of 'cleaning' 😂
😂😂
As he got to that part I was carrying my phone and an armload of clean laundry. I noticed an open container of juice on the coffee table and had to pick it up and close it so it didn't get spilled accidentally. I laughed so hard I thought I was going to go to the store for paper towels 😂
@lajoyous1568 it's nice to have have representation 🤣😂🙃
“Entering the new room.” 100% accurate.
I'm crying and laughing at the same time! My fiance has ADHD and I'm a bit of a neat freak. He's incredibly creative and talented, so he comes up with fantastic ideas to update the house. He gets these projects to the point where I can visualize how great it's going to look when he's finished, but by that time, he's become bored with it and starts a new project. He juggles all these projects simultaneously, so they're all in various stages of completion. As a result, every room in the house is crammed with tools and supplies needed for each project. I can't even dust or straighten up because I'm not allowed to move anything since he says he won't be able to find anything, which is ironic, since he can't find anything anyway. We rarely entertain because there's nowhere for anyone to sit, but when we're expecting company, he becomes like a whirlwind, boxing up everything so he can temporarily store the tools and all the supplies out on the back patio so I can clean inside. When the visitors leave, he doesn't haul it back in right away, so there's a small window where I can enjoy walking from one room to the next without walking sideways or tripping. No, he waits until he decides to work on project #6 again. Then, despite knowing his supplies are in a box on the patio ... somewhere ... he doesn't have the patience to dig them out. He makes an effort to locate what he needs, but gives up in frustration after a couple of minutes, leaves the house and comes back an hour later with new supplies for that project PLUS a new project he thought of on the way to the hardware store. Rinse and repeat. LOL. He's a mess, but he's my mess.
Oh man! I got that one at my house. I just moved a bag of tools by the front door after days of hearing he was going to do something with them. I just sort of work around everything as if we’re both normal and we know we’re not.
This is ME. Some years ago my husband threw his hands up & forbade me to start a new household project. I thought it was about spending money & accused him of being miserly. Then he pointed out he couldn’t turn a corner in our house without bumping into a pile of tools & a half-done project. I hadn’t even realized it, but I sat down and counted SEVENTEEN PROJECTS I had started & left undone. And that’s not including the sewing, cooking, & other arts & crafts projects (& writing projects) which I have a whole room for…😂 I’m 50 & only now am I finally getting diagnosed. I finally understand why I’ve struggled so much my entire life in so many ways. I wish I’d known earlier. Thank heavens for loving & patient spouses.
"the glue gun on... So I'm too late" 🤣🤣🤣 dead
I howled with laughter throughout. As a woman with ADHD, all the jokes made me feel seen, but the last one hit home so hard. My husband occasionally stutters, and once when he was stuck on a word, I turned it into a rap song and started dancing. He was not happy, and I had to explain that I wasn’t making fun of him, that the sound just triggered that thought, and that’s where my brain went. I felt so bad for doing it, and yet I still laughed until I cried at Drew’s experience.
I relate... i am the mom (non-adhd).. my son is adult son is adhd and growing up he would hyperfix on accents or how i said a certain word and he'd mimic it over and over.. took me a while to realize that he wasn't making fun of how i said things... Now that he is 30, he does accents really well and can quote some hilarious movie lines.
Thank you for this- our 17 year old hyperfixates on accents and words and perseverates until we are all losing our minds. I had no idea this was part of ADHD.
@@rachelsanders4913 ❤❤It very much is. I'm from the U.S. and my husband is from the UK, and I have had to really work hard to not imitate his accent all the time because it makes him feel like he's being made fun of, which is not the case at all.
I also have moments where just a word hits, and my brain latches on to how odd the word sounds, regardless of whether I or someone else says it. I once used the word "toward" in the middle of a conversation and my brain noticed it was a weird sounding word, so I started saying it in various ways rather than completing the sentence. I knew what was going on in my head, but to others I looked like I had broken and was just standing there going "tword, tord, toowaard, twaaard, twooord."
Oh my goodness I'm sorry for laughing so hard at this I may go to hell but this scenario vividly played in my head
My boyfriend also has ADHD so we just start singing together 🤣
As an artist who is a retired hygienist, has a masters and an almost doctorate, who rescues disabled animals, makes intricate crochet thread items, is a reiki master, has multiple crystals, has a house full of art supplies in 50 different genres, is a certified life coach..... (takes a breath)...... I have forgotten my point. 😂
That's me bro.. just a life gathering of certificates and degrees and experiences 😅😂 that's an ADHD life 😅
❤❤❤❤❤ love it!
We are all the same. 🤣🤣✌️ it's amazing how the spiritual path leads and the artistic chaos at the same time 🤣🤣
❤❤
@marzenakubitza6119 you ain't kiddin' 😆 It's an amazing superpower!!
😂😂😂😂 I wasn’t diagnosed until late in life. Retired from the Army not knowing that I should’ve had a medical waiver to join. I believe they still require that from folks with ADHD, but not from folks who have gender dysphoria? And the ‘normal’ folks think we’re weird because we have a spiritual connection to squirrels? By the way, International Squirrel Appreciation Day is the 21st of January. Eat some nuts and pass them out.
This is hilarious😂 I laughed so hard about the beat part at the end. My boyfriend and I both have ADHD. We live together and that beat part is just so accurate. There is always music in the house cause we hear a beat in everything. We struggle together with a lot of things but we also laugh about a lot of things when it comes to ADHD. He really is my soulmate🤭🙏🏼🥰
I had a baby squirrel run up behind me, hop on my boot, and run up to my shoulder. We stared at each other and blinked, then he ran off. Came to visit for the next couple days though. Held him in my hand and fed him corn.
So what happened to the chicken?
As much as i feel attacked on a personal level.... I was SCREAMING laughing through the cleaning the living room to the kitchen bit. 🤣
The detective/murderer combo…
I said the same, like oh no its over, once you move in any direction away from the focus at the time lol.
@@TheDrewLynch on fucking point lmao. Late diagnosis here 🙋♂️
When he started talking about distractions, squirrel rescues and rocks. I was like wait a minute....am I your wife?! 😂lol she sounds awesome by the way I would totally love to hang out with her. We could continue to make popsicles stick ladders to save the squirrels even if it means sacrificing every single shoe in his house. I'm in!
Totally me, i can’t ever finish cleaning, or finishing any project, so i don’t like to have company over for that reason
As a fellow ADHD person your wife sounds amazing I want to be her friend.
Me too even I also adhd
@@harvanshpalsinghbali I need someone with your sense of humor to keep me laughing at myself. Usually people think 'What's wrong with you?". Thanks for stories that are close to my crazy thought processes. I am not alone.
Me too. I've watched this like seven times and laughed every single time the first time I might have have cried I think it's completely normal. And there's a reason for everything I do and how I will arrive there 3 hours late but I will arrive and most likely with an interesting anecdote that happened along the way.
me too she sounds really sweet ❤
We all needa ADHD gc 😭😭😭😭
As someone with ADHD, this is so freaking true. If I do not have music going on while I'm working, I cannot stay on task. Every part of this is so accurate. LMAO!
U noticied improvement with music to, i was finally able 2 read a book when i put mysic in the background. B4 that i would get distracted n reread the same paragraph over n over
@@mattw6399 music and background noise are a necessity. Just to be able to quiet my mind enough to sleep, I have to have rain and thunder sounds going. UA-cam has some great ambiance videos for sleep and study focus. It definitely helps.
Omgggg is this why I can’t get house chores done without some kind of sound static;such as music or podcast?!?
@mattw6399 omg I become so angry and grit my teeth when I do this but I fear I'm worse as ill do it with 1 or 2 sentences over and over.
I'm that way with videos/audio books. I need some sort of mentally stimulating thing going on or I can't get anything done. But then it's such a minefield to get through to said video/audiobook without getting distracted by all of the other things. (case and point, me right now 🤣)
My son has ADHD, his growing up years were....well....interesting. Now he has made it his super power and has a very successful career. He is a very good man and I am so very proud of him.
What did he choose as his career? 🥺 ADHDer here would be very thankful if you could share. ❤ 🙏
How'd he make it his super power?
You make your academics the subject of your hyperfocus, enabling you to study for days on end. The trade-off of this seems to be the fact that my grades have become my entire personality 🤣
@@ninimry3025 exactly what my childhood best friend did. He had a thing for math, he took BS Math
Yeah Meth is big with ADHD 😅
This is one of the best routines you’ve done! I’ve watched it many times over the years. Thanks for all the laughter you’ve added to my life. I hope to make it to one of your shows.
Doorways are actually brain erasing structures....
The other room never even existed and it is therefore cleaned
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's why that happens, dang!!
Yep exactly I pick up a cup to take to the kitchen while cleaning the living room see a spot on the counter start wiping down counters head to laundry room to put in laundry bin start doing laundry then dog comes in and leave to get her a treat after hours of this end up in the garage have no idea why my bf comes home and is like wtf babe everything’s half done then he immediately finishes what I previously began lol
Stairs too!
@@carriecree1789 😂😂😂
I was Dx with ADHD late in life, explained a lot of what I lived through. What helped me survive was over organizing things, habit learned in part as a kid, perfected in the Army. People disturbing me while I’m trying to stay on task with little add-ons drives me nuts. Wife does it all the time. She is the one that puts or has someone put things into a place with a door, room, closet, cabinet, etc. and because it can’t be seen, the room has been cleaned up. Never-mind that you can’t access anything that is behind the door. Things that drive ADHD folks nuts.
Oh dear. Doorways.
That’s where the thoughts go.
All true - with ADHD, getting "lucky" means going to the kitchen & remembering why.
Hard to believe Drew (merely witnessing, never having ADHD) so accurately described exactly how life feels with ADHD.
...A detective discovering their own crimes - hysterical and precise!
Must've talked to her a lot about it.
I bet he has it too.
As a woman with ADHD, I loved this!!. This clip had me dead on. Unfortunately, I was married to someone who was not as understanding of my issue. I spent 19 years with someone who was often frustrated and disappointed with me and my actions, which decimated my self-esteem and self- worth. Now, I’m happier than ever.
I worry that experiences like yours are going to cause the public to think "boys don't like girls who are neurodivergent"
If you could go back in time, how would you help your younger self? How could your teachers helped you?
I imagine what you're saying--without actually saying it--is that you dumped that insensitive person and found a situation that was so much better.
Aww, well good on you! I'm glad you're living your best ADHD life!
You're not ADHD, you're a woman. Get a grip.
🏆COMEDY GOLD🏆 I died laughing as I saw so many same behaviors in myself!! 😂😂😂😂
Why is the dancing thing absolutely true though 💀 If I hear anything remotely adjacent to a beat, I'm dancing to it
That and hearing any phrase recognizable from a song prompts a loud and unstoppable continuation of said lyric. Every single time it is said.
I regularily almost throw out my back throwing it down at the rhythm of our printer printing.
yes.............
Omg yes 😂 Whenever I hear the car blinker ticking sound I immedeaitly start humming a song using the blinker as a metronome.
@@NikkiBudders or when you're in a situation in which your train of thought is close enough to a song lyric, so you say it out loud and everyone just stares at you like they don't get it or something
As someone also married to a wife with ADHD this hits SO close to home I couldn't stop laughing the whole time
I’m going to start a support group for us
As an ADHD wife I have never felt so heard and understood 😂
A little too close to home. 😅
I am the ADHD wife and as soon as you said projects unfinished I immediately sent it to my husband because I knew I would forget if I didn't do it right then. I've already started my living room cleaning, but was watching videos. Time to clean the kitchen. 😂😂😂 And I have rocks too, and art projects everywhere. **For all the men that love us- we are sorry, and thank you. But at least you will never get bored!❤**
@@tiffanycoulthurst4821 Right? My 30 hobbies (crochet, cold process soap making, baking, etc) with just stuff stored away 😭. I love my husband so much. Thank you to all of the supportive husbands!
My boyfriend and I both have ADHD. You’d think we would cancel each other out, but no, we just put each other through it at twice the amount.
Yes
Ha! Same! And we have a kid with it and a dog, she's a border collie! It's a mess around here. Figuratively and literally!
Why would I think that you would cancel each other out? That's what absolutely No one would think.
Omg, THE STRUGGLE IS REAALLL!
How do y'all manage it? 😅
Our silver lining is we're both combined types-- I'm hyper dominant, whereas he's my inattentive space-case-- and the yin and yang dynamic at least makes it ftmp manageable. lol
Wish they had more books on couples who BOTH have it!
If both people have it, it would be hard to finish the book. But the first 29 chapters would be worth the price of admission! 📚
I was diagnosed with ADD - not ADHD - by a psychiatrist (not by myself) before smart phones were invented (and before the majority of us had any kind of non-land line phone at all). I’ve been taking Adderall for it for almost 30 years. They used to be diagnosed as 2 separate things…ADD and ADHD. Now it’s just ADHD with hyperactivity or ADHD without hyperactivity. I don’t really have the hyperactivity part (I’m verbally hyperactive but not really physically hyperactive…I can sit still if I really have to, etc), but every other thing in this video is 100% my life. What my parents and husband have gone through…and it hasn’t been easy for me, either. Please know that ADD (or ADHD w/o hyperactivity) is very real and very debilitating. It is not about phone addiction and people w ADD don’t suck. We’re actually lovely, empathic, funny, smart, and creative. Anyway…other than that, this guy nailed it!!! Very funny!!! 😂😂😂
As a female with ADHD and a successful project manager it’s hilarious. My personal and professional life is not the same. Literally everything you said it was like you are my husband dealing with me. I have my own “area” for crafts or project it’s hard but I’m proud of my self for keeping it clean,organized and “out of sight”
HOW do you keep stuff organized, PLEASE tell me lol 🤣
@@gabrieleomaggio1461 first acknowledge your system will have to be changed and updated once in a while, acknowledge & accept you will mess up, allow yourself to forgive your mistakes. Then start. Professionally: I write everything down in one note, have a visual tracking I created (very manual) for my dashboards that need to be created with the checklist inside of it. Then if I have questions I just do it because honestly I need to understand or else my stakeholders won’t get the right products.
For personal: I have the “bucket” system. I bought a big enough bucket for all my nail supplies (can place smaller boxes in it) that can be put away. My bathroom has buckets for daily need vs emergency need. Clothes (the whole process) takes a week for me as I try to organize my clothes once a quarter. If it’s something “important” keep it in sight to keep it in mind. I have a trip soon so my calendar is open to it and my bag I’m using for packing is under my table to remind me.
These are examples that work for me. Others may have different ways. Also factor in what “mess” you allow yourself to be in and what will cause you to melt down. That’s a big one so I ask my husband for help when I am getting to that point. It’s all about understanding and trying to find what works for you. :)
@@sw33t3t3nitythat is pure genius. I'm not the one who asked the question. But I'm incredibly grateful you answered it.
I’m also an project manager with ADHD, I can relate to your comment
OMG there are MORE PMs with ADHD?!
It's even better listening to this while in the middle of 5 different pending cleaning tasks.
While also baking a loaf of bread and setting up grocery pickup. 😅😂😂
LOLOLOL
As someone with ADHD - I felt called out while simultaneously laughing so hard tears were streaming down my face. Well executed!
Same! 🎉
Same
Yah me to 😂
As a HUMAN we can all relate. You are not special because you have trouble focusing.. we all do. Most of us just dont need a doctor to tell us we are "sick" in some way. Bullshit.
1000%, When he was talking about the collection of projects I looked around my room and thought about the 50 odd and end collection I have all in various degrees of completion and laughed, crazy thing is I didn't realize I had ADHD till last year, it makes soooo much sense.
Was funny at first, then it felt like shots were being fired at us poor ADHD people. hahahaha Love it! Good stuff.
I’m diagnosed ADHD and my wife was just staring me the whole time while watching this. She gets SO frustrated with me almost on a daily basis. For you spouses/partners out there who deal with us……thank you. We appreciate you 😂
Can attest.
Honestly man her frustration is the type of thing that will destroy a marriage over time. There are partners who love you enough to not get frustrated daily, maybe occasionally, but not that often. Those are the ones to find.
🤣🤣
Having a sense of humor about it all is so vital.
My husband just smirked at me, shook his head and went to complete 1 task, and 1 task only. Then playfully flaunted his ability to be a proper adult in my face. Hahaha cheers to the spouses and peers with patience and playfulness with us 🍻
as someone that has autism and was the 'wierd quiet/emo kid' in school, and had a adhd bestfriend that was the 'other wierd kid' that bit especially made me laugh. we both did horsebackriding so we would pretend out hands were horses and play pretend that way. i think our teacher either hated or adored us
As someone with both ADHD and autism (and dyspraxia) neurodivergent friendships are the best thing
As a teacher with Adhd, i can tell you that you and your friend were both adored and annoying at the same time. Those weird friend couples are incredibly funny to see but they tend to disrupt the class a bit.
Was the weird ADHD kid when i was young. ❤
I'm ADHD and my bff all thru school was a goth kid on the Autism spectrum. Both of us were diagnosed as adults, and I can confirm this is exactly how we interacted the first couple times. I was 100% cracked out asking all kinds of questions because she had a Good Charlotte Tshirt and I thought it looked cool.
We made a weird pair, but a good weird pair. Idk what it is but ADHD and the Autism spectrum go together like PB&J.
Omg, I could have been your friend, and your friends friend too.
@@clueless_cutieI am guessing it's the novelty. Neurotypical is just too normal. And ADHD finds normal boring. The weird kid, well, that's different, something new, let's figure it out!
I am a grown woman and I have ADHD. The last bit had me laughing so hard I cried. Cause that's totally me. 'Sick beat babe'
I love these videos. This is so accurate. I've had pocketfuls of rocks more times then I can count. I also have a pet racoon lol
I’ve now paused this hoping to show my partner, but as I have ADHD, I probably won’t 😂
"I was gonna do a load of laundry" sent me over
Me listening to that as I change & wash my bedsheets at 6AM (I did not sleep):
"she was gone for 4 days and 3 nights - I don't know my wife" 😂😂
SAME 😂😂😂 I have a load of scrubs from work that I’ve been trying to hang up for 3 days now 💀
As a teen with ADHD, with two siblings diagnosed with it as well as being on the autism spectrum, and a mom we inherited all this stuff from, this was amazing and we all loved it. The funniest thing is that my dad, who is neurotypical, laughed the loudest and most often. (That is how we talk when we get really hyper...)
me * has started writing over 20 books during my spare time cuz I was bored *
also me * nas finished a grand total of one of them *
Also, they're not just any rocks. They are shiny or sparkly or colorful or simply nicely shaped rocks.
I mean, I love crystals - and anything sparkly, to be honest. But I also take home interesting regular ol' rocks too.
they're minerals
@@exostatics Jesus christ, Marie!
@@levityoflonging22 lmaoo
I have it, my daughter and son have it. I can say with honesty that we talk like this, collect rocks, start or plan out hundreds of projects between the three of us, and are erratic cleaners. 💯💯💯
(The squirrel ladder was a new one, though we do tend to feed every stray that comes our way no matter what species🤷🏻♀️.)
This is so spot on! Been married to an unmedicated adhd woman for over 10 years and you need to laugh to keep from going insane with her.
Wish you could talk to my wife.. she sometimes don't laugh, she just gets mad at me.
Depends on how someone laughs "about me" I don't do good with people laughing at me or making fun of me.
But it can bother me, and upset me, that my wife is mad at me and it's like.. I can't help it. We've had some big arguments over the years.. it's a wonder to me sometimes why we are together or why she's put up with me this long.. then I think to myself.. it's probably because no other man would put up with her or do as much as I already do for her.
Same if unmedicated ADHD husband!
All I got from this, (being an INTP ADHD man nerd with an ENTP power wife), was that his wife must be hot as hell!
you sound like my fiancé who got tired of my shit and now just laughs it off
Okay, so what advice should i give my husband? 😂
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
The whole bit was funny but the wife dancing at his stutter had me hollering. 😂😂😂 that part got me crying laughing
I was looking through the comments and spoiled myself for what was to come but I still went through the whole thing... spoiling myself did absolutely nothing as I had that exact reaction, except my laugh was just air, no sound, and I was crying.
I would 100% do that 😂
The ADHD in me knew she was going to dance 😂
🤣🤣 I screamed, dying over here 🤣🤣
As someone with ADHD and autism, with a girlfriend (who if we wanted marriage would be my wife) who is also autistic, and this is sooooo spot on. Life is sweet beautiful chaotic love. Great standup Drew. The best 45 mins spent watching a 15 minute video while crying in laughter.
Why don't you want to get married?
@@tarabithia4509 Great question. We just agreed we love each other and do not need the financial and legal ties to live our lives together, or to feel closer as a couple, or to know we love one another. We are just happy together, forever.
This guy has overcame so much adversity (Stage freight, stuttering, etc...) love to see you still pursuing your dream. It's hard to tell you ever had a stutter. You have overcame so much and I'm happy to be here supporting you!
I remember from America's Got Talent, he's rocking it and good for him.
Bless you. What a nice person you are. Thanks. Peace.
Stage 'freight' says it all. ;-) The 'Farcide' does it with cartoons. (The Far Side, by Gary Larson).
Ikr? Still doing comedy and his stuttering is all but gone. Good for him!
I forgot this was playing and came back into the room to hear “TALL FOR SQUIRRELS??” It had fallen off the coffee table and got turned up
To us (ADHD-ers) it’s a completely normal thought process lol but to hear it from someone else’s point of view then I am dying laughing 🤣
I am constantly reminded my brain does not work in a manner that makes sense. It is frustrating for me, even when I know to make allowances for myself. It was, however, such a relief to get diagnosed.
Oh man, then having to explain the context of everything, lol
@@lbyerly I was saying something to my aunt about needing to sleep because I had to go to Mississauga (city where my college is) to watch Psycho and she looked at me like I'd lost my mind. I'm taking a class on horror movies for context, I wouldn't watch it under my own choosing
As someone who has adhd, this is not exaggerated. Our attention span does not exist and our memory just decides to leave every now and then.
We see everything but remember little.
Yes! I am not sure if my memory is worse, or I just notice and worry about it more now that I am older.
Correction: our attention span does not exist unless it's for something like learning about random possum fun facts at three AM or surfing through the net for new hyperfocus supplies
@@magdam1508 i agree. I know a-lot of shit that know one else cares to know. But it makes me happy.
My daughter has ADHD. However, she was not the weird kid. She was quiet in class and would destress once she got home, which was such a joy.😳 Some girls with ADHD do not want to get in trouble so they are hyper vigilant to be good in class.
That’s my brand of ADHD. now I am in my mid-thirties and a feral shut in 😂
This was me. Now I’m like this dude’s wife. No more masking.
Yep! Definitely manifests differently between boys and girls. I'm diagnosed with it. I'm convinced a handful of my 6 kids have it and definitely different from boys to girls.
That was me! The inattentive, quiet, over achiever who would do weird stuff at home 😅
@@TheCannyMagpie Yep! 😂😅
13:15 so, you're neurotic and she's a genius 🤷♀🤣
I laughed WAY too hard at all of this. 😂😂😂😂😂
My husband is ADHD, as are 3 of our 4 children. They used to drive me insane and I'd get mad that I couldn't "fix" them. But somewhere along the years I started appreciating their ADHD differences and now, 35 years later, I absolutely LOVE the way they are and wouldn't change a thing about any of them. ❤❤❤❤
As a mom with adhd who has a son with adhd.. thank you :)
I hope my husband will come around to your point of view, he has accepted it and deals with it as best as he can, but fails to recognise the positive things it does for us (not refusing, just not..grasping).
As a person with ADHD, i thoroughly enjoyed this.
Almost had me in tears it was so relatable. Great work
I actually was in tears. Started from the laughter. Switched to relating to the struggle and how it negatively impacts those around us. Did that flip flop a couple of times.
Every single thing he said about ADHD was correct... except I really have to advocate for us inattentive types, and especially the girls who don't get diagnosed until later in life. I was also one of the "weird" kids in school, but never hyper. I could sit still for hours, in silence, daydreaming about a million different things, and have no idea what the teacher taught that day. It's still ADHD, but the "hyperactive" part is all inside my head.
THANK YOU
i took so long to get diagnosed because I was the quiet kid, the bookworm, once even the emo. just cuz I don't externally behave like a pinball game doesn't mean inside isn't the same
Yes this. I felt a little insulted, but it was gone after a few seconds;) hehe. Drew is great so I forgive him :p
Im not the H in ADHD. I can get annoyed easily but Im not loud and I am not brutally honest. I mostly keep things to myself if someone annoys me. So ADD, but internal H.
Me too 😊
Same here, so calm ,shy, but my brain has an other world full of action😅
Yeeesssss!!!!
I would just like to point out how far Drew has come. I remember watching him on Conan and he stuttered over every other word.
Now I'm watching this, and I'm almost half way through, and he's only stuttered twice, both over "H" sounding words.
Good for you Drew. Keep being hilarious, please
When I was a kid I was diagnosed by my doctor with ADD. ADD and ADHD used to be two sperate diagnoses but after further study, it became more acurate to refer to them as Inatentive ADHD, Hyperactive ADHD, or combined ADHD. Its all the same thing, the differentiation is just based on your symptoms. Just to avoid the spread of misinformation.
Yes! Often, as in my case, the hyperactivity is not visible... It is not physical activity, but rather it is my brain that is hyperactive. It is never not busy, no matter how hard I try, it is impossible for me to "clear my mind". This guy hysterically described a day in the life of me!
Right?! Like that first joke didn't hit AT ALL because it's just not true.
😮😮ohhh wowie wow wow wow
Oh no not misinformation!!!
Okay but isn’t it funny when only people say you have ADD and I’m like no babe that’s it’s creepy uncle I got AD4K
This is community service
Drew has come up with a bit that both precisely conveys the reality of living with ADHD AND does it so incredibly funny that it will be watched willingly if someone who cares about you can't grasp this aspect of your life
Better than Dr Andrew Huberman
He made 2+ hour UA-cam, "ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus"
2+ HOURS !! Did he forget what ADHD is?
@@5Kool-Kidd The sheer spite to finish the video I'm guessing is what improves focus😂
@@5Kool-Kiddtook me a good week to listen to it all the way through. It was very informative though and made me truly understand what it is and what it’s doing to me. Big recommendation!
Drew has become so polished. This is one well-written, well-executed set. Super terrific!
😇🙌🙏
I was thinking the exact thought..
I really appreciate he didn't rush and let us enjoy every delicious detail! 😂
super polished set.
As someone with ADHD, I can relate to your wife.
The getting distracted and forgetting what youre doing is almost not even an exaggeration 😂😂
Yea, none of this is exaaggerated.
As an ADHD wife, married to… wait for it… an ADHD guy, I was so blown away by the accuracy of this! This is MY LIFE… doing hundreds things at the same time… and my change of focus collides with his totally opposite change of focus, oh my!!!
Thats interesting. Please tell me what the difference between your and his focus is. I have ADHD too 😊
The cure is the carnivore diet. Try it and you'll be normal.
You guys are super annoying!!!!!!
Wow. 😮
Not sure if I'm going to show this to my girlfriend. Very very close to the mark.
What's more amazing than his comedy is seeing how far along he has come with his stutter. You wouldn't even know he had one!
Ikkkk I thought I was the only one who noticed
I thought the very same thing!
I thought maybe but then wasn't sure if it was the act
I thought it was part of the act too 😅
Thanks!
This is so painfully on point. It is both hilarious and traumatic at the same time.
The progress he's made on his stutter since being on AGT is incredible! I almost didn't remember he had one until going back to his first AGT.
Notice he doesn’t poke fun at stutteriers
@@laurieoberg5506 Very true; I have yet to hear him do that. He probably never will, he knows firsthand what it's like. I used to have a pretty significant stutter as well, when I was young, just to a lesser extent, and I also got over it later in life.
Oooh, that's where I know his name from! Wow, he's completely stutter-free now!
Probably made the stutter up for sympathy points
@@EriBarr nope. Baseball head/ throat injury. He has a video where he explains it.
I'm 62, ADHD wasn't something we heard of in those days... All my life I've struggled to be "normal'. I've recently meet a 39 year old social worker. After spending much time together, she suggested that I had ADHD, OCD etc. What a relief, I always come home with rocks, dance to the washing machine and start new projects often. I loved this, made me laugh so much. I feel so happy to be me ❤
My husband and I are both turning 60 this year. He was diagnosed as hyperactive when he was in kindergarten. He was put on Ritalin. His mother asked how long he had to be on it. The doctor said, all his life. My mother-in-law said, "Over my dead body!!" She weaned him off of it and worked with him. She kept him busy to burn off all his energy. Scouts, swimming, baseball etc. As an adult he worked full time, ran a business on the side and was a Youth Pastor and Associate Pastor all at the same time. He also was an avid SCUBA diver and even taught it to others. He never had the attention issues, just the energy.
@@tessmoore3762 Good on her for being accepting of him and teaching him to use it as a gift! If only I could accomplish that many different things all at once.
ME TOO!
I can relate. 65. Different all my life. Never diagnoses. Never heard of it growing up. Now as adult people ask me if I have it. Even my grief counselor. At this point I’ve lived with me my whole life, I learned to adjust and accept. And try to control. Some OCD stuff. The meds might cause more issues. I took an online test, bingo! ADD
I have ADHD and this is exactly what I do! I have clutter in 1/2 of my house where I start a project and get distracted! Then I start changing rooms moving furniture from one room to another. Now I have boxes and odd furniture in 3 rooms, etc! I move so much stuff around, I can never remember where I moved it...I hate it!
I laughed so hard!! I really needed this after my dog passed. I have ADHD and this whole show is so relatable and don’t think I ever BREATHED!
We have a connection to squirrels because we ARE squirrels!!! THEY CAN NEVER FIND THE NUTS THEY HIDE!!!
This show was so relatable, I felt like I was living it as he said it! I’m sending this too all my ADHD crew!!! 😂😂😂😍😂
Lots of love to you healing from your loss.
This guy is hilarious! He is describing how I clean. I did get diagnosed by a doctor. I was stunned. I was 62 years old at the time of diagnosis but it explained so much.
May I ask how you found a doctor willing to evaluate you for ADHD? My mom is 67 and no one wants to do it, as if old age makes the symptoms go away. She’s specifically does not want to get medicated, she just wants to KNOW.
I was late bloomer diagnosis as well Life changing isn't it!
Yes
Lol yes!,undiagnosed here, but this is exactly how I clean. It's exhausting 😂
@@paloma3248 It's tough to diagnose, because there's no test to definitively prove you do or don't have it. They ask you questions, and if give the same answers and display characteristics that match other people who have been characterized with the disorder, then they will declare that you have the disorder as well.
So since there's no medical test, like it's not going to show on an XRAY or brain scan, etc, it's a matter of having very specialized knowledge to be able to correctly identify if the patient has the disorder, so it doesn't surprise me that a lot of doctors would shy away from diagnosing it.
The part where she danced to his stutter is also very ADHD. We are compulsive when we are reminded of something. Often breaking out into song or quotes while someone is talking to us etc.
I have been labeled a walking juke box. Word to music lyric association is sooooo strong for me. My son once asked me, Mom, how many songs do you think you have in there? (my brain) For once I stood speechless for a few seconds as it dawned on me there must be thousands.
And my sister and I have had whole conversations using quotes from favorite movies/tv shows, it's a blast!
Oh myyyy goshhhhh soooo accurate
SPOT ON!
Oh, I do that. Maybe I should get an adhd test..
Oh my goodness. I do have this…
The reason people with ADHD will start a bunch of tasks is because when we see something we know were gonna forget about it if we don't take care of it now, and it kinda just keeps snowballing 😅
Omg, yes!
"She's in a completely different room now!" I died
Like she is in a whole different planet 😂😂😂😂
best description ever for adhd. they are hard to handle but they never lose the joy of life. Sometimes I am so jealous of them.
Don't be man
This is spot-on explaining the true struggle of life with ADHD.. so many people think, “oh yeah, me too, I totally have that…” No, they probably don’t. But you have managed to identify the things she does that make her special and unique and different. I know people get frustrated with me, but when someone is patient and understanding instead of angry and annoyed, it helps me identify where I need to get a grip on my own.
@@kachi9293 yes, those don’t have ADHD may feel that way when someone close to them has AFHD, but those with ADHD absolutely are aware of the predicaments they cause themselves and absolutely feel the struggle as they try to navigate themselves through the day to day. They may seem to be living in ignorant bliss to some at times, but if you think they don’t experience struggle, you are the ignorant one.
@@kachi9293 Some point to ADHD having a positive natural selection pressure in the past as it would make us better sentries, etc. as we immediately snap to whatever is new or different in the environment. So having a certain percentage of your population with ADHD was an advantage to overall group survival.
ADHD is no where near Alzheimers / Dimentia (aka Type 3 diabetes), I have been drug free for over 20 years and having a parent that had Alzheimers I can definitively say even though I can be easily pulled off task it is nowhere near Alzheimers as far as a burden on others. Your comparing Alzheimers to ADHD, is like comparing Rabies to being Drunk.
@@kachi9293imagine just announcing to everyone online that you’re a giant shitpile in a 5 paragraph essay on UA-cam 😬 yikes
@@kachi9293ummmm…no. They are 2 completely separate things! You can’t compare them. And no 2 cases are alike
@@deltatango6793exactly! We know we can be a complete wreck. But we do try! It’s just not up to some others standards. And I swear we over-try to make up to people something that we can’t control & didn’t ask for.
The cleaning part is 100% relatable with me. I have explained this whole process to my husband many times. Just so I can explain why the house is still messy even though I spent the entire day cleaning
This is weirdly such a wonderful way to help women with adhd be recognized and validated. I love it so much thank you
this woman is living her BEST FRIKEN LIFE!!!!!!! As a woman with ADHD I wish I could live this life with a husband who can laugh with her rather than at her.
O my god yes. I realized that hiring cleaners is cheaper than marriage counseling.
As someone with ADHD who has to deal with people self diagnosing themselves via TikTok who have no idea how difficult is actually is to have an executive function disorder like ADHD, Tourettes, or Autism.. This is the most accurate depiction of what it's actually like I have seen. This is amazing.
Try...ADHD, Autism and ptsd all wrapped into one. The tiktok vids on you tube make me cry. I can't get help. Then outsiders say...but you look fine! 😢 you're just eccentric! Etc.
Seeeee, I can’t complain too much because the reason I even went to get diagnosed is cause of tik tok compilations that UA-cam randomly recommended to me. And then y’a know, I went “oh shit”, did outside research and went “OH SHIT” and then got diagnosed with adhd. After waiting almost a year 😂
@@gergyta9211 somehow i ended up reading "after walking for almost a year" .....thanks brain
Woooaaaahhhhh
I need to stop reading the comments someone help me I need to do work but nooooo I need to read every individual comment
Every bit of this is accurate, and hilarious. To anyone dealing with one of us, please try to be compassionate and patient. If you think it’s a wild ride being around (diagnosed, and real)inattentive add or adhd, imagine living this way, every day, on a “crash cycle” where the next mistake could be the last - whether that’s job, school, family, etc. Being called lazy, scattered, “blonde,” careless, irresponsible. All to a point where your inner voice never lets you forget. We know what’s expected, we see everyone else doing it seemingly easily. We know we’re not normal, and most of us can easily sense the frustration in our relationships. I need to stop commenting on UA-cam and get back to work, but will probably spend another 20 minutes checking for typos, which I’ll inevitably miss at least one.