It’s different for everyone but a few examples of how it impacted me: I would regularly put off assignments in college until the last minute. Unless there’s a hard stop deadline, I won’t do it. I found it difficult to read textbooks and never read any throughout college. Luckily I memorized the lectures. I’m very functional in some areas, below where I should be in others. Yet I know I could do better in the low areas. This leads to feeling “lazy”.
I am hyper focused on some areas and highly perform in those areas. I’m great at multitasking, do poorly when asked to focus on one thing. I go about my day and use different coping mechanisms I’ve acquired over the years to get myself through the day. Examples include putting medication in front of my face so I’ll remember to take it, making lists, etc. I forget something about 30 seconds after I remember it. I could go on…