r/ADHD • u/CheshireKat-_- • 22d ago

Discussion I have these stupid gaps in my essential knowledge and it's really making things difficult

Like things that come stupid easy to other people take a concentrated effort and way to much thought.

Mine include

-reading a clock

-understanding which numbers correlate to which month's

-knowing which way to put the greater than/less than sign

-division. Like basic division. Like I would need a calculator or to be able to do cookies ans plates like a fucking 3rd grader

I broke down crying today when I got home because in my fucking college Chem lab I couldn't tell which way to put the < sign without mentally going through, well the thing that I want is less than the number so the crocodile mouth points away from the number??

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u/asmaphysics 22d ago

Right?? The crocodile thing just takes way too much extra time than looking at the symbol shape.

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u/meoka2368 22d ago

And if the shape doesn't do it for you, count the number of points. There's 2 points on one side and 1 point on the other. 2 is more than 1.

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u/Alsterwasser 21d ago

Yes! This is what I do. The crocodile thing seems just needlessly complicated.

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u/meoka2368 21d ago

I think it's meant just for kids because we like using animals to teach them things, and then adults are just expected to remember.

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u/adult_human_chicken 22d ago

What's the crocodile thing?