See, ADHD people simply love to be able to start a project, get it done, and file it away. “I have to do this thing, I’ll do this thing, this thing is done, I don’t have to think about this thing anymore.” It’s the same reason we need to feel heard in an argument: if we don’t feel like you heard us, we can’t file what we just said and move on to the next point, so we’ll raise our voices and keep talking. It’s a self-defeating process, because the more we feel like we’re not being heard, the more we’ll raise our voices, and the more you won’t want to interact with us—which of course will cause
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