ADHD Simulator

This isn't a meditation, it is a simulator to help those without ADHD understand what it can feel like for someone with ADHD. You could ask family or friends to listen to help them understand how it feels to try and focus on something when all of this background noise is occurring constantly. If you know someone with ADHD this can help you to understand what it feels like.

Transcript

Should I tidy that room? I should. Don't close the door. I created this as an ADHD simulator. When you have ADHD it's really challenging to explain to others what it's like and also what it's like to try and focus on one thing when you have so much additional background chatter. ADHD isn't an ability to focus, It's that the focus is on everything. Everything is at the same level and it's really difficult to just focus on one person at a time. Sometimes it's impossible. It takes so much effort to drown out the background noise, To be able to focus, That by the end of the day you're exhausted. Often this is when the outbursts occur. The overstimulation has just been all too much. So I wonder how well you're doing ignoring all of the other sounds on this recording and just focusing on my voice. How does the constant ringing sound? The tinnitus that never goes away? The songs that are playing on repeat over and over and over until you can no longer bear to listen to that song. What about the background noise when you're out and about? It's the same level as someone trying to speak to you isn't it? What about all the changes that are going around in the back of your mind? All the things that want to be altered, The places you want to go, The careers you want to try. It's hard work isn't it? But at the end of this you can turn it off and hear the peace that is within your mind. Somebody with ADHD lives with this every second of every day. It never stops, Never relaxes, It's there constantly. I like to bear that in mind when perhaps you get irritated by somebody you know that has ADHD. And although you're listening to me speaking, I wonder if you can imagine working or studying with this amount of background noise happening. What would it be like if you were trying to work, Trying to focus on something and yet all you had was all of this background noise? What if you were studying for a qualification and all you could hear was this? So, Enjoy the silence. It's nice isn't it? Thank you for listening.

Reviews

That was a very interesting experience, thank you 💜

Thank you for making this, I really appreciate that you created something that might help others to explain to people what it feels like for them.

I'd just like to add a note for others with ADHD if their experience is not quite like this. That does not mean that you do not have ADHD. For myself in fact, the lack of any sound is more difficult to bear than some kind of white noise in the background.

I will be sharing this with others with hope that they can begin to understand. Thank you!

Wow. Very powerful and helpful, thank you for this track!

That was awesome! Thank you for that! I've been looking for something like this. I appreciate it as a clinician and as an individual who lives with ADHD. what a pleasant surprise for this morning!