So ADHD bored is very different from neurotypical bored. These commenters explain the difference between boredom with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and just your average boredom:
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ADHD Bored vs Neurotypical Bored
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I have a similar situation.
My ADHD certainly makes my bones squiggly and I get antsy and bored…
But I learned how to combat that. I am a novelist, and I LOVE my work. I can always let my mind drift to one of the novels I’m working on and that will take away the boredom, or I can start working on a novel (don’t feel like writing? edit! don’t want to edit? proof-read! record the audiobook! edit the audio! plot! work on social media exposure! there are just so many aspects to the work that I can always find something to scratch that itch).
BUT if I find I have just half an hour, it’s not enough time to get into any of it. I’ll have just gotten started and then I have to stop. What’s the point? Or if the kids are staying home, they will become a distraction and I am constantly pulled out of the work and having to start over.
That’s when I get antsy. I don’t know what to do with small chunks of time. I don’t want to get into a video game for the same reason. Board games take too long to even get started. I’ll have just gotten warmed up on guitar or piano and then I have to stop.
I usually end up playing some little game on my phone or walking around aimlessly.
I always express this kind of boredom as being “violently bored” and the neurotypical people in my life have never understood what that terms mean and I feel like this actually explained the sensation