ADHD Alien comics
Text transcripts and page images of the weekly webcomic by Pina “ADHD Alien” Varnel — autobiographical comics about living with ADHD: shame, rejection sensitivity, executive dysfunction, and self-compassion. The artwork is hers (support her at the link); these notes are a personal reading archive. Titles, numbering and wording follow the artist’s published pages, including her deliberate stylizations.
X thread with all comics:
All Comics in one thread 🧵
— Pina✨ADHD Alien Comics (@ADHD_Alien) October 11, 2019
- 1. ADHD & Shame
- 2. ADHD & Hormones
- 3. ADHD & Structure
- 4. The original Plan
- 5. When I’m Drawing
- 6. Feeling like a Ghost
- 7. Never understood
- 8. Conscious Effort
- 9. Rejection Sensitivity (1)
- 10. Hyperfocus
- 11. Buttons
- 12. Blink
- 13. The ADHD-Gap
- 14. Caveman Brain
- 15. My 2 ADHD Moods
- 16. Unmotivated Brain
- 17. Deleted Messages
- 18. Shampoo Aisle
- 19. Crime Pills
- 20. The “Gift” of ADHD
- 21. Clean Desk
- 22. New Year
- 23. The Duality of ADHD
- 24. Friendly Fire
- 25. Relaxing into Relationships
- 26. Internalized Shame and Guilt
- 27. Growing Through Love, Not Hate
- 28. Valentine’s Day
- 29. Silly Rejection
- 30. Week of Depression
- 31. Insurance Payments
- 32. Tired Every Day
- 33. Can’t Keep My Place Clean
- 34. Rejection Sensitivity (2)
- 35. Dekoboko To Iro Magazine (Japanese)
- 36. ADHD in Nature
- 37. Rejection Sensitivity (3)
- 38. ADHD Fluffybunny
- 39. Emotional Exhaustion
- 40. How ADHD Made Me Depressed
- 41. High Pitched Noise
- 42. Trying to Escape Boredom
- ADHD Burnout Cycle (infographic)
- Time Distortion in ADHD (2-page infographic)