The ADHD glossary
Plain definitions of the words ADHD brains use for what actually happens: time blindness, executive dysfunction, object permanence, waiting mode, the ADHD tax.
- Time blindness
- Time blindness is difficulty feeling time pass. Where the term comes from, what the research behind it actually shows, and what helps in daily life.
- Executive dysfunction
- Executive dysfunction explains why you know exactly what to do and still don't start. Which functions are involved, and what makes getting started easier.
- Object permanence
- Out of sight, out of mind: what the ADHD community means by object permanence, why the borrowed developmental term doesn't fit, and what is actually going on instead.
- Waiting mode
- An appointment at 4pm, and the entire day is unusable. What waiting mode is, why it happens so reliably with ADHD, and how to get the hours before it back.
- ADHD tax
- Late fees, the third charging cable, subscriptions you never cancelled. The ADHD tax is the surcharge forgetting adds. What it consists of, and how to lower it.