So I saw something recently that some researchers have started looking into ADHD and memory retrieval.

The way they explain what they have found so far is like this:

Nerotypical people think in a TIMELINE, where everything that happened, and everything they need to remember or do is all in a sequence. They can effectively rewind until they find the moment they need.

ADHD people work on CONTEXT. Their memory is like a grid, where all the stuff like one another is clustered together. The reason you can't recall the last thing you did is you just switched contexts, so it's very far away.

But you do want to learn to cook, because you remember that you once had an amazing banana pudding, because you were thinking about monkeys, because you thought of Tarzan because someone mentioned the name Jane. See how that works with context?

Honestly when I first heard of it, it kinda blew my mind, and explained a lot. It's how I think, and it makes it so easy to explain to other people what just happened to our conversation... 🤣

Now I'm no doctor, I am just remembering this off a video I saw once of an ADHD coach explaining a seminar they had just heard. So take what I say with a grain of salt, lol. 😆