Funny this is one of the most distracting blog posts I've read in a bit.
Emojis everywhere, boxes, Intercom, sign up to the newsletter, animations, confusing wordings, multiple colors for the text. I doubt the author has a grasping of ADHD.
Emojis everywhere, boxes, Intercom, sign up to the newsletter, animations, confusing wordings, multiple colors for the text. I doubt the author has a grasping of ADHD.
Do you? It can be hurtful to tell someone they "aren't ADHD enough".
First line of the article:
> I was diagnosed last year & wasn’t able to find an affordable, quality ADHD coach
ADHD people might like the animations, emojis, and colors, and might not read a long boring plaintext article linearly from start to finish. Everyone has different preferences though...
Personally I didn't find anything confusing or distracting about the article, and I felt like I could jump between random sections that look interesting (where the colors, emojis, and animations draw me in to different topics).
The author can have ADHD, but not have a grasping of how to solve this. One doesn't preclude the other.
Keep in mind they are the ones trying to sell a ADHD solution. Cutting off on visual and auditory distractions is very 101. It doesn't inspire lot of trust if they don't grasp that. Even if they all have ADHD for real.
People with ADD understand why they shouldn't distract others, but theory and practice are poles apart, even by academic standards. Seeing tangents in text is a good indication they have an accurate diagnosis.
It was the wildest and easiest conversation I've ever had in my life.
And yeah, I definitely understand what you mean when you say it’s wild and easy. I don’t know if I can go back to talking with normal people lol.
Does anyone know if there is a dating app for people with adhd? I’m curious if I have this kind of connection with other people as well or if it’s just her.
Therapy helped for me until it didn't and then medication did and still does. That's just me. My nephew struggles with medications. It's so easy just to get an initial reaction with mental health issues, and then want to evangelize whatever stimulated that reaction, but this stuff is nuanced. There's all kinds of variables commonly shared and some not so common.
Anyway, be cautious of telling people what they grasp with personal health issues, they likely just don't grasp your particular flavor. But with regard to this website, I'd be cautious in general.
It reeks of excited evangelizing done by someone who's way of interacting with the world is business and computers.
Many of our members and team need the emojis for the visual relation but I definitely see your point. I will tone down the emojis and make the newsletter show up only at the end of the article. I'll also send this to a content editor for the confusing wordings, etc.! If there are any specific examples, don't hesitate to let me know.
I would also personally appreciate a more neutral professional tone to writing but it's important to get a wider understanding of your audience before over tuning your presentation.
1. (And if you really want to engage me put hyphens everywhere - I do mean everywhere... but that's just me.)
Yes, I hear your point on neutral tone as well, I'm a bit dramatic at times.
I am the same with brackets. I use brackets so often-I type them then delete them (or at least reduce them to a "normal" amount) before hitting send, usually.
We'll look into this for sure—I'd love a confetti mode.