Hi!

Do you who have ADHD, find it harder to learn new material through listening, than reading? I myself have a very hard time absorbing information in verbal form. As long as I remember I always needed to reread everything in school, because I retained very little from the lectures. And now in college I never go to lectures, because it pretty much useless with my head. I read books instead.

Of course it also takes me longer time than other to absorb the material by reading, but once I grasp it, I noticed I'm pretty good at using that information.

I remember when I was in school, and we had to solve different math problems. It always took me longer than anybody else to go through easy problems. But when the tasks started to get more complex, I remember quickly catching on and being able to solve the hardest ones, that nobody else could. Pretty much the only thing that hindered me from thinking that I'm just plainly an idiot.

I think that part of the problem why it's always taken me so long to absorb information is, because I always needed to understand the underlying concept of it, even if we just swam through the surface of a topic. I have been struggling with social anxiety as well, which I know causes this effect.

It seems however that difficulty with retaining information in my working memory because of a mild ADHD is a bigger factor.

Sorry for a long post. Thank you in advance for your replies!