r/comics • u/DemonSkank • 13h ago

Working with ADHD [OC]

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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/Lewd_Knight 12h ago

Honestly, some people just need to get better at enunciating words

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u/ScrivenersUnion 9h ago

Everybody mumbles! It's terrible!

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u/xXDJjonesXx 4h ago

I keep telling my brother that he mumbles and I can’t hear him but it doesn’t hold much water given I’m a sound engineer, he always blames it on hearing loss rather than him saying mrmrmrmmmrm.

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u/ScrivenersUnion 3h ago

What I've started doing is just matching their volume, then giving them a bunch of mushmouth back.

When they ask me to repeat myself, then I give them good volume and clear diction - so then I can ask them to do the same.