BRYGE AI

ADHD Communication Assistant for Neurotypicals

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We're in @FastCompany🎉

Why the ADHD brain is a perfect pairing for AI by Jared Lindzon

@RebeccaSwetha shared the story behind BRYGE AI: using AI to shift the way we communicate so neurotypicals can meet ADHDers halfway.

https://t.co/fGQEoDf2En

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Four asks buried in one Slack message means none of them get done.

@BRYGEAI separates them so there is actually a place to start.

Try it today for free at https://t.co/wi5RtTYJhk

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"ASAP" means something different to every brain in the room.

To the NT who sent it: by end of day, probably.

To the ADHD brain who received it: drop everything, this is now the only thing that exists, there is no other task.

One word.
Completely different calendars.

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The Chrome extension is live.

Open Gmail.
Write your message as usual.
Click the
BRYGE AI icon.
Hit Replace.

Your message is restructured for an ADHDer before you send it. Works in Slack, LinkedIn, Outlook, and Teams too.

Free. Takes 10 seconds to install.

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Sending a wall of text with the actual question in the last sentence is not communication.

It is a reading comprehension test with professional consequences attached.

An ADHDer has to hold everything in working memory just to find the ask. By sentence 4, working memory is full.

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Something landed wrong.

Before it compounds into a full breakdown.

@BRYGEAI rewrites it. Supportive. Clear. No defensiveness.

Inside Slack. One click.

https://t.co/wi5RtTYbrM

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"It should only take a minute."

Said by someone who has never done the task.

To an ADHDer, task initiation does not scale with task length. Starting a one-minute task and starting a one-hour task require the same activation energy.

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Getting corrected in a meeting.

In front of the team. On something small.

An NT forgets it by the next agenda item.

An ADHDer is still processing it 3meetings later, replaying the moment, auditing everything else they said, wondering what else they got wrong.

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ADHD people: what does your brain actually do when you receive a message with no clear deadline?

Be as specific as possible. NTs need to hear this.

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Here is a before and after using @BRYGEAI 👇

Try ir today at https://t.co/wi5RtTYbrM before you send something you cannot unsend.

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"Loop me in" is not an instruction.

Loop you in how?
On what specifically?
By when?
With what level of detail?

An ADHDer will spend the next 20 mins trying to decide what "loop me in" means before doing nothing because the task has no definition.

Be specific.

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"Can we talk?" sent to someone with ADHD is not a message.

It is a four-hour anxiety spiral.

@BRYGEAI rewrites it into something that actually tells them what you need.

One click. Inside Gmail.

https://t.co/wi5RtTYJhk

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The relief of getting a message that is actually clear.

One ask.
One deadline.
No buried context.
No "circle back" anywhere.

It happens rarely enough that it is noticeable when it does.

That should not be a surprise.
It should be the baseline.

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What's the one thing neurotypical managers do that makes ADHD employees shut down completely, without even realizing it?

One behavior. Be specific.

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Feedback that opens with

"So I've been noticing some things" is not feedback.

It is a threat with a delay attached.

An ADHD brain will spend the next sixty seconds in fight-or-flight before the actual content arrives.

Lead with the observation. Skip the setup.

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This is what a follow-up that actually gets a response looks like.

Try it today at https://t.co/wi5RtTYJhk

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There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from receiving a message that buries the actual ask in sentence four.

A clear message is not a nicety.

It is the difference between something getting done and something disappearing.

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Every message you send to someone with ADHD is either working with their brain or against it.

Most NTs are doing it wrong and have no idea.

@BRYGEAI rewrites your message before you hit send, inside Gmail, Slack, LinkedIn, and Outlook. Free to start.

https://t.co/KaJHbJPToE

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"When you get a chance" is not a deadline.

To you it means: low priority, no rush, whenever.

To an ADHD brain it means: I have no idea when this is due, I cannot schedule it, I will think about it every day until I either do it or miss it entirely.

Give a date. It takes 4 secs

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Four asks in one Slack message.

An ADHD brain does not filter which one is the priority. You have to do that before you hit send.

@BRYGEAI does it in one click inside Slack.

Try the BRYGE AI Chrome Extension 👇

https://t.co/KaJHbJQrec

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“Please advise.”

Two words that a neurotypical manager types when they are frustrated but trying to stay professional.

Two words that land on an ADHD brain as: you have failed, I am disappointed, there are consequences, respond immediately.