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Pina Varnel✨Making Comics about ADHD✨Graphic Novel soon 📖Deutsche comics @adhs_alien 🇩🇪 pina @adhd -alien.com | Represented by @jenazantian She/They
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I thought
@ADHD_Alien
should see this comment someone posted on Reddit about your untreated ADHD comic.
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"That's not ADHD, I do that too"
"That's not ADHD, everyone does that"
Famous last words spoken by someone soon to be diagnosed with ADHD
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The incorrect and negative beliefs we can get from years of negative feedback not knowing we have ADHD or how it affects our lives. While not everything is solely caused by ADHD, it can affect us and our comorbidities in many, many ways. Good news is, treating ADHD can do wonders
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Sometimes, having to start a task can be the hardest and most frustrating thing in the world to me. I often force myself to sit down and start working but I only get irritated until I cry. This is so hard to explain.
Part 1 of 4 explaining why this happens + coping tools
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The “ADHD is only a disorder because of capitalism” crowd forgets that we have ADHD on weekends too. It undermines how much we can struggle with daily life and just… folding laundry. Making food. Showering.
Just because you have ADHD and have no problem with this doesn’t mean-
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How ADHD can influence relationships (romantically or not)
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The incorrect and negative beliefs we can get from years of negative feedback not knowing we have ADHD or how it affects our lives. While not everything is solely caused by ADHD, it can affect us and our comorbidities in many, many ways. Good news is, treating ADHD can do wonders
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ADHD affects how we experience time. Not only can it be hard to plan ahead or tell how long ago exactly something has happened, it also makes it hard to envision a future for ourselves and work towards long-term goals.
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I used to think I can't have ADHD because I wasn't hyperactive.
Not everyone can allow themselves to act on their hyperactivity, so we find ways to redirect or hide the understimulation.
(Sneak introduction to the new inattentive Alien! A hommage to a collab I did with René❤️)
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I wish more people knew how affected our emotions and emotional responses are by ADHD.
Everyone will experience their ADHD differently, so feel free to cross out what applies to you!
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I could never figure out why I’m so lazy - but always so exhausted. I always try to make things right, just to get them wrong all over again. This is one of the things that really make me question myself.
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Shout out to everyone who has trouble voicing themselves and forming coherent sentences. To everyone who has to rewrite e-mails for an hour. You go ahead and draw, make sounds or gestures instead. You say long purple tomato instead of eggplant? Your voice is just as valuable
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I’m that annoying friend that answers in anecdotes about my own life to connect to what you just said🥺
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Legit cute ADHD character in a show?? Even mentions memory issues and the crab🦀 you get for it?? What is this I need more
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A simplified overview over the 3 diagnosable types of ADHD (including "ADD"). It’s likely that you have symptoms from across all types and not exclusively “hyperactive” or “inattentive”. Look up the DSM-V for the official symptom list!
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With ADHD, a lot of what we do or go through can be misinterpreted - by others but also by ourselves if we get told something often enough.
This is the first part of my series hoping to clear up wrong assumptions and to help you find the words to communicate.
Hope they help! ✨
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A very simplified overview over the 3 diagnosable types of ADHD. It’s highly likely that you have symptoms from across the spectrum and not exclusively “hyperactive” or “inattentive” - that’s why I see ADHD(and ADD) as one big family. Look up the DSM-V for the symptom list!
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Anyone else ever think „I’ll put this somewhere so I won’t forget it“ and then never see that thing ever again?
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I get a lot of DMs asking me "How do I know if I have ADHD?" and the short and boring answer is "you can't unless you talk to a doctor".
But I want to share what I think should have been obvious clues to me🌸
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My totally unscientific explanation of why I quit everything I start and how everything gets too overwhelming. Bigger Version on my homepage!
(Close-ups in comments)
#adhd
#adhs
#mentalhealth
#comic
#tdah
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Me every morning: Why am I so tired
Me every night: I haven't accomplished enough so I refuse to sleep, eventhough I'm not gonna do anything productive anyway
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I have so many interests but can never start on any of them. Or, I keep starting projects just to abandon them half way through. More contradicting ADHD things (that drive me nuts)
#webcomic
#procreate
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You want the real ADHD experience?
Most ADHD resources:
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With ADHD, our behavior often gets misinterpreted. What looks like me sitting motionless on the couch is often a deep frustration with myself because I just can't get up and do things. This is part 3 of the ADHD & hurtful assumptions series!
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Yeah having a hyperfixation is exciting, but no it's not necessarily enjoyable. I don't enjoy being awake at 3am because I can't stop thinking about my project. I don't enjoy neglecting work and chores because I can't mentally let go. I'm kinda exhausted and just wanna relax
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If you don’t know Monzusu yet, they make many Mangas about ADHD!
マイナビさんで紹介して頂きました！
ありがとうございます！
【大人の発達障害】苦しさの原因はADHDだった!? 家族の呪いから自由になるまでの実体験が漫画に | マイナビニュース
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Ok, I know I often have issues just getting up and starting a task that will only take me 5 minutes in the end. But WHY is that? What happens in my brain?
This topic is intricate and hard to explain in simple terms - I gave it my best shot, so please excuse the masses of text!
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Part 3 of the Rejection sensitivity series!
There is a lot to consider when exploring why I react the way I do to criticism (or, why I always see criticism everywhere). But here are a few behaviours I've noticed in myself and how it affects me daily.
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When ADHD isn't a lack of focus, but an unhealthy surplus of it
(1/2 - pages 4+5 in comments)
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ADHD can feel like it gets 'worse' when we get older and have to organize ourselves more - the same thing can happen when we start working from home. For me, wfh is a double edged sword. It has it's upsides, but was also the reason I almost got fired and had to seek a diagnosis.
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Some people: "Don't exaggerate, ADHD isn't that bad. Everyone struggles with things like this!"
Scientists: People with ADHD massively underreport and underestimate the degree of their struggles.
Me: I can't have ADHD, I don't have it that bad.
My doc: Oh wow, are you ok?
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When you wake up at 9 but need until 11 to kind of start being alive
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ADHD behavior can be full of contradictions. I often see people give reasons as to why someone else can't have it and almost every time that reason either doesn't contradict ADHD, or can be even more of a sign for it.
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ADHD makes it really hard for me to form an identity. Things I thought I love are hard for me to start, and I keep doing things I wish I wouldn't.
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"Why criticism hurts so much"
I've been working on a series aiming to explain why we can get so afraid and deeply hurt by disapproval that it will interfere with our life decisions.
Coming soon:
2/4 "Where does it come from?"
3/4 "How can I spot it?"
4/4 "What can I do?"
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Watching “body language analysis”. Videos and “looking away is a sign of lying”
Meanwhile I can’t form entire sentences if I don’t look into the air
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My life goals VS Executive Dysfunction. Or not knowing what you want from life because if you’d want it you’d do it...right??
I wish I had the answer to this - but at least I don’t have this issue with medication ✌️
#comics
#adhs
#tdah
#mentalhealth
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"Everyone has to do tasks they don't like, thats not ADHD!!"
There is an important difference.
#adhdalien
#actuallyadhd
#adhs
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"You are so random!!" ahaha, right....
Part 2 of my series about things people frequently misinterprete about our actions and behaviors!
I hope this will help someone communicate better with their loved ones 🌸
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My life goals VS ADHD & Executive Dysfunction. Or: not knowing what you want from life because if you’d want it you’d do it...right?
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"Why can you do it now and not earlier? Why can you draw all day but not even eat?"
This happened the other day, so I tried to draw down my attempt at explaining Executive Dysfunction and why it sometimes just suddenly.. disappears..
#ADHD
#ADHDalien
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"My whole day was taken over by one small message - by the thought that someone might think less of me. By this point, my apologies feel like empty promises."
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I’ve been realizing that a lot of what I thought was ‘just’ my personality was actually ADHD and all the precautions I took to hide it.
I even do most of it without realizing! Hiding my ADHD is extremely exhausting and muddying my sense of self.
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How I try to deal with the huge emotional response I have when being criticized (or letting people down and doing mistakes...)
(Other parts of this series in comments)
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This is what happens to kids with ADHD who, instead of getting help and treatment, get told to try harder.
#adhdalien
#actuallyadhd
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Petition to make ADHD awareness month for everyone who has ADHD into coping tool sharing month
Me first:
When it’s time to start work, I always drink the same tea and do the same language exercises on my phone to help my brain transition into “work mode”
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“And if everything is a joke, nothing can hurt me”
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Don’t mind me, I just got out of bed and need another 2 hours to *really get out of bed*
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Buttons, my ADHD currency or, “why didn’t you do anything all day?”
This is something I made early on, after an argument I had.
Finally made a 4th page for it, yay!
#adhs
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Sometimes, you really want to concentrate and get work done, but....
Me today at the start of work...
#hourlycomicday
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I've been realizing that a lot of what I thought was my personality was not only ADHD, but all the precautions I took to hide it. I even do most of it without realizing! Masking ADHD is extremely exhausting and muddying my sense of self.
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My life goals VS Executive Dysfunction. It feels like I don’t even know what I want to do in life. I never know if I don’t do something because of executive dysfunction or simply because I don’t like it.
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Biggest joke is I thought I wasn't hyperactive because I wasn't running around, screaming and getting into trouble.
That's one way hyperactivity can be visible, but for me, it was the constant head scratching, tugging on my clothes, shaking my leg and switching seating position
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ADHD:
Starting something is hard
But finishing something is also hard
ADHD: only the middle part!! only!! the fun part!!
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Am I exhausted and need a break or am I procrastinating?
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I was in a workshop the other day where someone was detailing how they, compared to others, show respect by not fidgeting and keeping eye-contact with people.
So yeah, I felt the need to make this comic.
Keep in mind: This isn't an ADHD specific problem and depending on-
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There is a difference between being lazy and not being able to do something and everyone needs to know it.
(Procrastination can also be unproductive things - Executive Dysfunction can be part of the other struggles)
#adhs
#tdah
#neurodiversity
#comic
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you are living proof of all that encapsulates ADHD. ADHD is different for all of us, and it would be nice if you believed us when we say that your neat little coping strategies don’t work for all of us.
I’ve heard a lot of ADHDers say “I just started working hard-
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Is it burnout or understimulation?
Do I need a break or do I need something different and more interesting to do...
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My intense emotions make it hard to be myself around others. Emotional Dysregulation is a MASSIVE and underrated topic in ADHD.
#adhs
#tdah
#comics
#actuallyadhd
#adhd
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Continuing from the last Comic, here is something showing how the huge amount of criticism and rejection we face for our ADHD symptoms can not only prevent us from getting better, but also teach us bad coping mechanisms - and how it might affect us even now in our daily life.
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Most people are still surprised when I say I have ADHD. It's not that I hide it on purpose - a lot of it is ingrained into me in order to avoid ridicule and trouble. Here are more ways I (consciously or not) hide my ADHD!
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Me: wakes up early to get work done
Also me: needs 3 hours until brain is completely awake and ready to get up
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Why do I keep losing things? Aka Nothing good has ever come from trying to "just not forget"
(I wipped up a quick comic cause I had a joke on my mind, but I'll be doing a whole graphic on coping with memory issues!)
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Funny how I got diagnosed with ADHD and started this whole journey because I kept googling
"why can't I get myself to do work"
"Can't get started working"
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How to help an ADHD Student - or - things you can use yourself to study. I’m only a girl with ADHD myself and not an Expert, but I hope it helps!
#adhs
#comics
#tdah
#neurodiversity
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Hello world, ADHD is SO much more than just about attention.
(As always, not having all signs doesn’t mean you don’t have ADHD. Self talk doesn’t mean that constant stream of thoughts! Dr. Barkley explains it well)
#comics
#art
#mentalhealth
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Anyone else ever annoyed by how your mind is too fast for your writing hand to catch up?
Signed, me leaving out entire words or merging letters
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and now I can manage my ADHD without medication.”
I’m happy that works for you. That will never work for me, no matter how much I work and how many coping strategies I use.
I can’t function without medication and I struggle every day. Thats just how it is for many of us
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Tonights mood: When you get asked why you "just didn't do something" and you legit can't open your mouth because you have no idea why and whatever you'll say will not sound like a legit enough reason to satisfy the person
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People often assume I talk about ADHD lightly and use my symptoms as an excuse as soon as I feel slight discomfort or consequence.
But the shame & guilt I feel for struggling and being aware of how it affects the people I love is one of the hardest things for me to deal with.
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I just realized that, for me, “I forgot” doesn’t always mean I literally forgot - similar to how “I don’t know” doesn’t mean I don’t know why I didn’t do something.
I don’t forget something once and then only remember it when it’s too late, I keep forgetting over and over.
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I’m a pretty good observer... but sometimes I wish I could get a break from experiencing so much at once
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Please don’t contribute to the narrative that ADHD isn’t real just because you can’t empathize with people who struggle more with their symptoms than you do.
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When parents say “that’s normal, I do that too!” when you list them reasons you think you have ADHD and then they get diagnosed right after you 👌🐶
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How ADHD can influence relationships and friendships. Not everyone with ADHD is the same so cross out what applies to you and your relationships ❤️ (mine is just a full bingo of course)
#adhd
#adhs
#tdah
#comic
#mentalhealth
#neurodiversity
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People with ADHD have endless energy, right? H..ha...
Finished the first batch of these and posted them to my patreon! I have 30 (so 5 seperate comics) altogether. Can't wait for you to see them!
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We’re so used to defaulting to calling ourselves lazy and seeing ourselves as “just not good enough” because that’s what we’re used to hearing that we can’t even see ourselves anymore
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"When I tell a kid, 'Sit down, don't move, stop tapping, stop bouncing,' the kids are spending all their mental energy concentrating on that rule.”
Kids with ADHD perform better when they're allowed to fidget. Stimming works!
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So who else has shampoo’d their hair twice because they can’t remember if they did, come out of the shower and realize they haven’t shampoo’d their hair at all, or, shampoo’d their hair with body soap or face wash because they weren’t paying attention?
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I still have days where I think I don’t really have ADHD and should just try harder. My entire life it has been easier and more logical to believe that I am lazy than to come to the conclusion that there might be something different in brain 🧠✨it takes a while to fully accept
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The problem with ADHD is 🟧intrinsic🟧 motivation, another person being there creates 🟩external🟩 motivation AND accountability, and sometimes that's what makes it click and work for you
(intrinsic motivation= I can motivate myself by my own means)
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Some people are getting mad like „lol they think forgetting a thing once isn’t ADHD“ like, duh, exactly. When we joke about abandoning hobbies it never carries the actual, debilitating burden that can come with it. We like to do light hearted posts for ourselves, yknow
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You voted for Uncommon Signs of ADHD! But I realized aliens are too diverse and unique for me to claim this, so rather fill out WHAT AFFECTS YOU and show me in the comments! If you post your bingo separately, please @ me!
#actuallyadhd
#adhs
#tdah
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