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

Wow!! This really is my brain. This will totally help me to explain this more effectively to those who roll their eves at me when I tell them to turn the music down, sit in a corner of the restaurant,…. Would love to see you do another in a restaurant with loud laughter from other tables, children being ignored while insisting for “attention” from their clueless parents , silverware clanging, louder music, and more background conversations. I don’t mean “chaos”. Just a night out to dinner with best friends who never hear what you hear, and don’t understand why you leave the experience so overstimulated, on edge, exhausted, and just want to go home!
I don’t understand how “regular brains” do not even blink an eye, while I’m ordering more alcohol to keep me from having to be peeled off the ceiling! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This audio is practically my diagnostic tool😉 I so identify with the mind content, and have played it for family and friends to give them an idea of the constant babble in my head. Thank you 🙏🏼

Perfect simulation of my AuDHD brain, just add in my Autistic self arguing with my ADHD self into the mix too though! 😬

Thank you. That was the first time someone properly explained what is happening inside the ADHD brain, the ringing, the one song on endless loop, endless, “Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back anymore”, the tinnitus, the chatter of people nearby, the questioning critical narrator inside my head. Has anyone mentioned the brightly colored orange and purple watercolor kaleidoscope lights projected onto the inside of my eyelids when I close my eyes to try to rest? Or is that just me?

Luckily, my husband is very patient and this wasn't quite as eye-opening as it would be for others. When I, adhd adult, heard this, I had to cover my ears about halfway through because of stress reflex! I intensely appreciate the insightful recording!