One of the most common symptoms of ADHD is hiding yourself, making yourself small and quiet.
When we’re young, we learn that our intense ADHD feelings alienate us from others, so shutting down our feelings in order to manage becomes a very logical coping mechanism.
Being both easily distracted and time blind is really the 1-2 punch of ADHD.
“Ooh, let’s just look at this thing for a minute… aaand it’s been 8 hours.”