Truth is ADHDers just have a shot working memory. AFAIK Everyone remembers high emotional intensity memories, AKA "core memories". We all remember those fucking cringe moments 5 seconds before sleeping. Its just ADHDers just can't remember anything else :D

[–] Acamon@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

I basically agree with you. But I will say that there's increasing research on the role of emotions in adhd that suggests that we are prone to having more extreme reactions. Everyone remembers the cringe moments but maybe we get more embarrassed about smaller things, and they stick in our mind. Similarly, everyone has difficulty moving on from something that enraged them but people have different thresholds for what throws them into that heightened state.