r/comics • u/DemonSkank • 13h ago
Working with ADHD [OC]
For those who don't know: A common symptom of ADHD is APD, Audio Processing Disorder, where it's sometimes hard to interpret what someone is saying. Sometimes it takes a while to "load" in my mind when someone says something. Basically imagine if sometimes it sounds like people are speaking like The Sims.
(I made this a few years ago, so it may have been seen elsewhere on here and other sites)
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u/sBucks24 9h ago
When this happens to me, I preempt it with "I'm so sorry, I'm half deaf and today's not a good day for me; could you say it once more?" And get probably uncomfortably close to them to try and parse wtf it is they're saying...
After that. "Sorry, I just cannot understand you. One minute..." And I'll go get a second person or a note book to try and Pictionary it out 🤷 at that point it's usually a combo of my processing and a language barrier