• Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    You sound like my cousin’s kid. Some years back we had to explain to her why knowing how to read a map is important.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    11 hours ago

    I used to be just as bad but something that helped me out a lot was making the map always oriented with north as “up” on the gps. It takes some getting used to and I don’t recommend it for complicated drives off the bat but it’s been a game changer. Now I actually know which streets go east/west vs north/south and have a general “map” of the city in my head since it always looks the same on gps now.

  • rooroo@feddit.orgEnglish
    9·
    11 hours ago

    This is not adhd related as far as I can tell? My entire family is afflicted but none of us rely much on navigation anywhere.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      It is. Try as I might, getting distracted by things happening around me or just random thoughts makes me not remember where I need to go/have gone.

      Please try and remember that symptoms and severity of same vary wildly within ADHD.

    • FiveMacs@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      I have ADHD, I don’t use GPS 99% of the time. No reason, I just know where to go, where’s north/south etc…

      Someone can drive me somewhere and back home, and there’s a damn good chance I can do that drive again without any assistance.

  • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    11 hours ago

    I have no sense of direction in cities but when I’m in the forest I have no problem with navigation