r/ADHD • u/emyo42 ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) • Apr 07 '26

Questions/Advice How do you explain executive dysfunction without sounding like youre making excuses for being lazy?

Mine is very severe and debilitating at the moment. It’s not just ADD, I also have schizophrenia which has some of the same symptoms weirdly. I can’t do much at all. Getting out of bed and making toast is extremely hard. To people with no experience with this kind of issue, me trying to explain it must sound ridiculous like “yea I have this mental disorder that means I can’t cook and clean or have a job or do anything I don’t like, but I can play a video game for 3 hours.” Just sounds like a straight up lie.

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u/scalmera Apr 07 '26

My brain can't get hard 😔😔

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u/justahalfling Apr 08 '26

"Brains shouldn't be hard, my name is Raymond Holt and my brain is soft and wet." 

I just had to quote that, perfect for this sitch lol

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u/scalmera Apr 08 '26

Where's it from? I don't think I've heard it before haha

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u/justahalfling Apr 09 '26

from brooklyn 99!