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I’m Bored

I'm bored

I really look forward to things but once they are done I get so bored. Sometimes I get bored right in the middle of doing things.

Being this bored is an ADHD thing.

Being bored at school isn’t as bad as being bored at home. Once I have exhausted all my resources at home and I have absolutely nothing to do, I feel empty.

It sucks. Then I think of something. Then I get in trouble because usually it’s not what I am supposed to be doing.

On school nights I get so bored I either eat food, which is still boring, or I fall asleep.

I think I’m the only teenager that goes to bed at 9 pm.

Being bored sucks especially in situations when you can’t do anything about it. The only thing that can keep you entertained is something distracting and it’s usually what I’m not supposed to be doing.

Mostly I’ll play video games or watch a movie so I’m not bored or have to have that feeling of being bored. A new game or a new app is always good for short term boredom.

Sometimes being bored is good because my brain gets really creative and I think of all kinds of cool things.

(Did you see this Facebook video? I got bored doing my homework, so I got creative. It was actually pretty cool.)

So I’m looking for strategies from other kids with ADHD, cause you know, I’m bored. And if you’re playing any new apps or games — tell me about them!

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~ jeff

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Jeff Rasmussen

[content-block title="Meet Jeff Rasmussen" color="orange"] Age: 18 City: Langley, BC Diagnosed with ADHD in Grade 7 Biggest Dream: I want to change the world for younger kids like me who are punished daily for having ADHD. Fave Class: Mechanics "I've got the plans in my head for a motorized scooter with a gas-powered engine that I'm actually capable of building." ADHD Superpower: "If I'm determined to do something, literally nothing can stop me. Nothing. Not bribes, not bullets... nothing." Fave Food: Hashbrowns (the kind you buy frozen, in a bag) Career Goals: Telecommunications Guru Life-Changing Event: Winning the WDS Scholarship for Real Life School Achievement: Completing Math & Socials 10 in just 8 weeks this summer. "School's like 99% fluff. Summer school is that, minus the fluff." Biggest Struggle: Even though I take medication I still have trouble staying on task, doing boring homework, remembering not to swear when I am angry or staying still through assemblies. (That's where some of my strategies come in.) [/content-block] [content-block title="An Average Kid with ADHD" color="purple"] My ADHD has been really bad and given me every bad experience you can imagine for a kid. Before medication teachers took away my recess, my gym classes, they put me in the hall, I have been suspended from school, and I never did my work because even though my tests say I’m “gifted” I couldn’t do it. When I first learned I had ADHD I was so happy that I wasn’t bad or broken, it had a name and an explanation for what was going on. [/content-block]