Life In ADHD
- Online sketch show
- 2021 - 2022
- 19 episodes (1 series)
A comedy from the neurodiverse universe... about the horror & hilarity of living with ADHD... Stars Lorelei Mathias, Lauren Laroth, Joseph Adelakun, Emmy McMorrow, Margaret Mathias and more.
Series 1
1. The World Is Not Your Oyster
Thursday 21st October 2021
We go live from the Grand final of the 2021 'World Championship Finding Your Oyster card under a whole host of sh*t'. (A standard commute when you have ADHD).
2. Meet Professor Penny, PhADhD
Monday 25th October 2021
What even is ADHD? / ADHD? That's not a thing, is it? Yes. Yes it is. And here's Professor Penny, PhDADhD, Master of the Neurodiverse, to explain it all..
3. The Science Bit (ish) #1
Tuesday 26th October 2021
Neurotypical people have a Pre-frontal Cortex. ADHD-ers have a Pre-Frontal Vortex. Here's Professor Penny, PhDADhD, Master of the Neurodiverse, to explain why we do a million things at once...
4. The Science Bit (ish) #2
Wednesday 27th October 2021
Neurotypicals have a nightclub bouncer to stop every single idea taking over their brain. ADHD-ers have what feels like 4 million ideas a second. No wonder we aren't always listening to you. Here's Professor Penny, PhDADhD, Master of the Neurodiverse, to explain it all.
5. The Ultimate Formula for ADHD Time-Keeping - with Professor Penny, PhDADhD
Thursday 21st October 2021
Making an arrangement with a friend/colleague/lover with ADHD? Here's Prof Penny PhDADhD, to show how to calculate what time you can expect them to arrive.
6. If Your Brain was an Editing Timeline
Wednesday 27th October 2021
The ADHD brain... as seen through the metaphor of an Adobe Premiere editing timeline. (TW) Editors, some scenes may be distressing. Here's Professor Penny, PhDADhD, Master of the Neurodiverse, to explain it all.
7. The ADHDictionary #1: Hyperfocus
Sunday 31st October 2021
Life In ADHD presents: 'The ADHDictionary' - Your essential ABC to ADHD, With Professor Penny, PhADhD, Master of the Neurodiverse. First up - 'HYPERFOCUS'; Noun.
8. The ADHDictionary #2: Lostmin
Sunday 31st October 2021
Have you ever lost a burrito while you were eating it? Life In ADHD presents: 'The ADHDictionary' - Your essential ABC to ADHD - words that have evolved in order to help us live in the real world. With Professor Penny, PhADhD, Master of the Neurodiverse.
9. The ADHDictionary #3: Filling
Saturday 23rd October 2021
Life In ADHD presents: 'The ADHDictionary' - Your essential ABC to ADHD - words that have evolved in order to help us live in the real world. With Professor Penny, PhADhD, Master of the Neurodiverse. This ep: 'FILLING' ; VERB. 'The art of starting a new task when waiting for someone to get ready.'
10. Filling - A Comedy about Leaving the House
Saturday 23rd October 2021
Is there anything harder than leaving the house? (Yup. Leaving the house when you have ADHD)
11. ADHD Alumni
Saturday 30th October 2021
ADHD is a literal superpower. Some of history's greatest thinkers have had ADHD... from Albert Einstein to Rory Bremner to Ant McPartlin. Here's Professor Penny, Master of the Neurodiverse, to introduce them all.
12. ADD FML #1 Washed Up Cake
Sunday 31st October 2021
F*ck my life... it's the ADHD Hall of Shame. LIFE IN ADHD presents: 'ADD F*ck My Life...' - a video diary of the ludicrous hall of shame that us ADHD-ers from all over the world regularly cause due to our Pre-Frontal-Vortexes...In this wp's chronicle of the clinically scatterbrained, we bring you a true life confessional about a birthday cake, and how it was tragically drowned.
13. ADD FML #2 Oily Plan
Wednesday 10th November 2021
F*ck my life... it's the ADHD Hall of Shame. LIFE IN ADHD presents: 'ADD F*ck My Life...' - a video diary of the ludicrous hall of shame that us ADHD-ers from all over the world regularly cause due to our Pre-Frontal-Vortexes...In this wp's chronicle of the clinically scatterbrained, we bring you a true life confessional about the best oiled plans... and an unruly jar of pesto.
14. ADD FML #3 Gran & Grannier
Monday 22nd November 2021
F*ck my life... it's the ADHD Hall of Shame. LIFE IN ADHD presents: 'ADD F*ck My Life...' - a video diary of the ludicrous hall of shame that us ADHD-ers from all over the world regularly cause due to our Pre-Frontal-Vortexes...In this wp's chronicle of the clinically scatterbrained, Lola & her mum walk you through their ADHD FMLs, from a desert island. ADHD FML - Cos the struggle is genetic.
15. ADHD Systems #1 - Multi-Coloured Pens
Saturday 27th November 2021
In order to cope with our pre-frontally cortexed challenged brains we devise a number of systems to control the chaos. Here's our director Lauren Laroth to talk us through one of hers.
16. Russian Doll: The Excess Baggage All Things ADHD Cut
Saturday 12th March 2022
A woman with Adult ADHD attempts to meet an old friend for a drink. But it turns out that living with ADHD is as close as you can get to being a clown without getting a Gaulier diploma - 3% of Adults have an under-developed Pre-frontal cortex, affecting their executive functioning. What does that look like under a microscope? This is the original 2 minute short where all this mayhem began... but with 3 mins of lovely bits we couldn't cram in the first time.
17. System #2 Cable Witchcraft
Another comedy sketch about ADHD.
18. Episode Seventeen
Another comedy sketch about ADHD.