That doesn't really sound like ADHD to me, but rather low self-esteem. I am sure the ADHD could be contributing to the low self-esteem but it doesn't sound like the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

While you're right that it's not an explicit ADHD thing, it is very much a symptom of it. How To ADHD made a video about motivation and points out some of the emotional aspects of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0Xv0eVGtY which can cause the problematic low self-esteem and people-pleasing behaviour. But there has been a lot of connections with ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria which can further connect to the behaviours in the OP.

Another good Additude article was written from a question sent in, "How can I stop people-pleasing at work?".

In short: Everyones ADHD affects everyone differently but this definitely has strong connections to ADHD.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Thank you for the rundown and links. It's news to me but that does indeed sound like there's a connection there.

I'll have to look into that more at some point. I appreciate your effort to help educate a lot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

To corroborate this, I have ADHD, just stumbled into this meme and thought "Hey I'm in that picture, cool.".

I've had almost 40 years being undiagnosed and thus unmanaged hyperfocusing on random but sometimes-useful knowledge. Deeply insecure about personal competence, perfect example for chronic imposter syndrome. I feel called out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

It is very interesting to read about everyone's experience with ADHD, and how different it really expresses itself.

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