# Do you also struggle to be concise when you write?

- URL: https://numo.ai/community/w6spyya/anche-voi-non-riuscite-a-sintetizzare-quando-scrivete
- Language: en
- Original language: it
- Author: @maidiremai
- Posted: 2026-04-29T10:35:40.025Z
- Updated: 2026-05-13T05:38:23.255Z
- Tag: hack/tip
- Comments: 15
- Likes: 1

My messages, for example? they are poems, but even if I try to reduce them as much as possible, they continue to be kilometers long. I was wondering if this difficulty has something to do with ahdh or if it's just me regardless of the illness!

## Comments (12)

### @ChaosGremlin — 2026-05-19T20:55:41.698Z

Same here. I had to pay for MMS several times in the last months because my SMS got too long and switched to MMS without me noticing. Each month I only realized because I wondered why my flatrate was more expensive than the average amount. 😂 Doesn't matter if it's messages, sms, letters, essays, applications or similar stuff -> I can't keep it short. To be honest, this is the first time I think about this in an adhd context. Got diagnosed last year at 34yo.

### @Mr.Cley — 2026-05-18T17:32:58.906Z

I think it definitely correlates with ADHD. But how it shows or affects someone can vary a lot.  
For me it’s almost the opposite: verbally I often struggle to get to the point, but when writing I can. But I usually rewrite the text at least three times before I send it hahah

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### @maidiremai — 2026-05-17T17:26:09.054Z

😂😂 better not, though

### @Blabla — 2026-05-16T06:38:30.796Z

I write more than one sentence, but there is still high density information in it.  
So, yeah, if I keep it shorter, the other persons would safe time, but lose information.

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### @NourYS — 2026-05-15T16:37:50.424Z

Hey! Just want to say that ADHD is not a disease! ADHD is a condition..

### @tigeresslov — 2026-05-06T14:31:21.872Z

Yes

### @pizzettatime — 2026-04-29T21:17:19.460Z

Do we want to talk about the audio messages?

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### @emmB@ — 2026-04-29T20:34:07.694Z

I do everything that was written by the others…  
At work, I think I write at least five versions of every « important » e-mail, and each time I just reduce the number of words. And the worst for me : students' report cards (I’m a teacher)… They are limited to 300 characters and that’s AWFUL… I can see the number of characters remaining dropping rapidly as I type, then becoming red (that means less than 50 characters left !!…), and I still haven’t come around to saying what I needed to !… 😭 so I need to go over the text and try to rephrase more concisely, and get rid of all the nuances and subtleties that seemed so important to me… ☹️

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### @crazyraccoon — 2026-04-29T15:06:29.615Z

I always end up writing really long posts on this app and wonder if anyone would bother to read it… I think It’s definitely adhd

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### @sonnek — 2026-04-29T12:33:23.689Z

I always give extended explanations even if I have just one really simple question 😂🙈, just to put that question into context so people know why I am asking this …

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#### @Lucy 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 — 2026-05-06T14:52:31.720Z

Me too, I always try to justify myself for everything so no one thinks it’s their fault or misunderstand me in another way

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#### @crazyraccoon — 2026-04-29T15:10:23.410Z

I always wondered why I keep doing this 😂 Probably my Adhd.

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### @ember — 2026-04-29T11:58:01.698Z

I over explain

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### @Lucy 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 — 2026-04-29T10:54:25.013Z

I always write incredibly long sentences too that often lead to even longer messages (at least if I’m not pressured to answer fast). I think it’s because ADHD thoughts are faster and therefore you just have more while writing and because of less impulse control one puts relatively unimportant things in the message too.

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#### @maidiremai — 2026-04-29T11:20:05.137Z

Yes, details that could be avoided or that go beyond, but I have to write them, otherwise it feels like a piece is missing 😩 what patience for whoever reads them, I wouldn't do it 😂😂 the paradox ahdh 😉

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