this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
638 points (97.2% liked)
ADHD memes
8374 readers
568 users here now
ADHD Memes
The lighter side of ADHD
Rules
Other ND communities
- ADHD - Generic discussion
- Ausome Memes
- Autism
- AuDHD
- Neurodivergence
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don't think that's the working memory. At least in my diagnosis I have extremely well functioning working memory and I excel at a lot of tasks that require to juggle with a lot of information.
However I still struggle with remembering that I need to do something after the current task if I don't put some reminder in place.
So I think it's some other part of the memory that's ... erm ... weird.
That's working memory
Or is it maybe that we simply rotate far too much stuff through the working memory? Where a "normal" person puts in two/three things and keeps a fourth on the stack, we switch our focus so often to different things, that we have to put a lot more in and out of our working memory, thereby also pushing out everything we meant to think of "later".