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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics
@danidonovan.com
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🎨 ADHD comic artist + TikTok creator
https://adhddd.com

📚 Author of “The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It”
https://anti-planner.com
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🎁 A+ gift idea:
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November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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💔 Pre-emptively posting about what I’m afraid might happen (a malicious reputational smear campaign) is terrifying.

I’m worried about:
✅ fabricated storylines
✅ cherry-picked old posts
✅ AI images / videos
✅ stolen / leaked personal data

Here’s the gist:
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Sweater weather’s here… but it still hurts saying goodbye to summer ☀️
Colorful plants: - Blue hydrangea - White tulip - Dark pink rose - Protea - Scorpion grass
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The reality of wearing my heart on my digital sleeve ❤️‍🩹
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Did you know October is also Dyslexia Awareness Month?

(Artwork commissioned by The Lab School of Washington)
Comic titled “Dyslexia Storytelling.” Top panel labeled “Thought in my head”: A character in a red shirt has a thought bubble showing a clear, glowing light bulb. Bottom panel labeled “Saying it out loud”: The same character, now looking distressed, tries to speak… but the idea in their speech bubble appears as a tangled knot to another character in blue who looks confused with question marks above their head—trying hard to follow, but still struggling to fully understand what the speaker meant. © 2019, Dani Donovan. adhddd.com. @danidonovan.
October 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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me: whatever. who cares??? 🧠: you do me: ugh. right
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Anxiety brain can’t always tell the difference between “this problem is preventable, stay vigilant” and “you’re too late, chum—buckle up.”
Comic titled: “Over-Thinking.” The left panel is labeled “Things that are actually going wrong” and shows a green radar screen with no blips, just a single sweeping arm scanning an empty display. The right panel is labeled “Things that *could* go wrong” and shows a similar radar screen filled with eleven red blips scattered across all quadrants. Each blip is marked with targeting brackets, and the radar is actively sweeping. Copyright 2021 Dani Donovan. adhddd.com. @danidonovan
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Title: “ADHD conversations” Subtitle 1: Hyperactive Speech bubble to left looks frantic and says “rapid speech.” Bullets to the right read: excessive talking, speaks very quickly, gets off topic often, unintentionally loud, rambling, tangents, fidgets while being spoken to. Subtitle 2: Impulsive Speech bubble to left is cutting off someone else and reads “interrupting.” Bullets to the right read: Blurts out answers, impatient waiting for turn, lack of filter, quick emotional responses, inappropriate over-sharing, may unintentionally dominate conversations. Subtitle 3: Inattentive Speech bubble to left looks dreamy and says “zoning out.” Bullets to the right read: struggles to pay attention, becomes bored easily, forgets details, appears to ignore others, needs things to be repeated, distracted by background noise or external stimuli.
October 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Show of hands—who else needed the reminder? 🙋🏻‍♀️

#ADHDAwarenessMonth
It's okay to take a break even if you don't think you deserve one. It's okay if you don't cross off every item on your to-do list. It's okay to not be productive every second of every day. You are a human, not a machine. It's okay. You're okay. @danidonovan
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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So many thoughts... so little time!

#ADHDAwarenessMonth
Title: “Sharing Thoughts.” Top panel labeled “Non-ADHD”: One person carefully holds a single green butterfly taken from labeled jars of “Experiences,” “Ideas,” and “Opinions,” calmly sharing it with another person who listens with interest. Bottom panel labeled “ADHD”: The ADHD character joyfully releases a colorful swarm of butterflies—orange, blue, purple, pink, yellow, and green—representing many thoughts and ideas all at once, while the other person looks startled and overwhelmed. Copyright 2020 Dani Donovan (@danidonovan), adhddd.com.
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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We are more than our perceived “shortcomings.”

More than what people find inconvenient about us.

More than what annoyed our grade school teachers.

So. Much. More.

#ADHDAwarenessMonth
ADHD: Hyperactive, distractible, impulsive. Also ADHD: Passionate, outspoken, strategic, creative, fun, caring, generous, humorous, empathetic, spontaneous, authentic, inclusive, charismatic, futuristic, romantic, opinionated, kind, big hearted, adaptable, intuitive, memorable, friendly, honest, positive, entertaining, curious, adventurous, inspiring, brave, enthusiastic, eager, resilient, influential, resourceful, talkative, unique, musical, inventive, imaginative, smart, energetic, awesome.
October 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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This x 100000 = mood

#ADHDAwarenessMonth
Circular flowchart. “Too anxious to start on anything” leads into “stressed about not getting anything done,” then back to “too anxious to start on anything”—creating an endless loop.
October 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Late-diagnosed ADHD friends: What misconception(s) led to you getting overlooked? 👀

#ADHDAwarenessMonth
Common misconceptions: Who has ADHD? Words in parenthesis are crossed off and written under the sentence. Extroverted (can be introverted) young (any age) boy (any gender) who fidgets a lot (might not be hyperactive), struggles (may excel) in school, and can’t pay (has difficulty regulating) attention.
October 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"Why don't people like me?"

Growing up with undiagnosed ADHD, I struggled to keep friends. I always ended up being "too much" for people.

Too loud. Too weird. Too annoying.

But after all this time, I finally realized—I don’t have to make myself smaller to be worthy of love. ❤️‍🩹

#ADHDAwarenessMonth
Title: Fitting In Excited blue triangle character approaches 4 orange circles, who laugh saying “Pffft” and “So annoying.” The blue triangle gets an idea, and pulls out a saw. She starts shaving the corners of herself off in an effort to look more like a circle. The mean orange circles laugh again, saying “What a loser, LOL” while the blue triangle looks sadly at all her corner pieces that read “loud,” “eager,” and “hyper.” A green square shows up, with bandages all over its corners, carrying a red envelope. They help the blue triangle to her feet. Green square proceeds to open the red envelope to reveal band-aids and re-attach the blue corners (starting with “loud”) to the triangle. Triangle is all put back together. A purple hexagon and pink parallelogram enter the scene, excited to be there and also donning bandages on their corners. Last frame: shapes standing together among a long line of same orange circles. The red envelope with bandages can be seen center stage.
October 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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I wrote this in 2019 to remind myself why I was dragging my ass out of bed at 5:30AM to make ADHD comics before work.

Six years later… it still hits.

Happy ADHD Awareness Month, everybody. 🧠🫶🏼
Title: “The World Needs People with ADHD" (@danidonovan) The world needs people with ADHD willing to stand up, amplify our voices, humanize our struggles, and help others understand how ADHD affects our lives. The world needs people with ADHD who believe their insights can transform workplaces, schools, and the world through empathetic accommodation, instead of forcing people into molds not made for them. The world needs people with ADHD eager to share stories, change perceptions, destroy stigma, and impact the self-worth of millions of struggling children and adults, diagnosed and undiagnosed. The world needs people with ADHD to lead and champion the movement of neurodiversity, so all types of brains feel accepted and loved for who they are, not chastised for what they are not. The world needs people with ADHD to know they’re not alone.
October 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Hey y’all, I’m stepping away from social media for a little while. My team will be managing my accounts and scheduling content prepped in advance for ADHD Awareness Month, new products, Anti-Planner insights, and more. Social media feels like part of my identity, not just my brand. Delegating it is scary since my sense of self is rooted in authenticity. I worry about losing trust if it’s my comic/video but I didn’t write the caption. Still, I’ve got to rip the band-aid off—even if it smarts like hell. Anyways. I hope you’re doing as okay as possible during this Very-Much-Not-Okay time in history. My brain needs a break (I’m sure yours does too). And truly—thank you. For understanding. For supporting my work and changing my life. For… everything. It’s been real. Stay awesome, 💖 Dani
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Just realized I forgot to post any #PAXWest2025 photos 😅
ADHD + TTRPGs panel at PAX West 2025. Quinn Scalise, Elizabeth Kilmer, Justin Salazar, Dani Donovan (me!), and Lindsey Odom. (Right before the panel started, I may or may not have told the audience a niche ADHD joke that made the room laugh that gave me the extra confidence boost I needed!) Me and Lindsey in the Red Bull Creator Club lounge (We met all kinds of cool people up there, including the marketing creator director for Wizards of the Coast! I gave her an Anti-Planner and showed her all the places Magic cards are mentioned in the book… then she gave us a bunch of free MTG booster packs 😂) Me with the coolest 8th grader ever (who filled out their entire Anti-Planner)!!! My signature inside an Anti-Planner cover that says “Dani sign here” (In 2023, I was supposed to do a PAX West panel / autograph signing, but got COVID and couldn’t go. Jessica McCabe was there, signed in my stead, and drew a box for me to fill out at some point in the future if our paths crossed again. This person was first in line for my meet-and-greet in 2025… THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED!)
September 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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The 4-year wait is over…

✨🚀 A NEW ANTI-PLANNER PRODUCT IS FINALLY HERE! 🚀✨

(Collin was very proud of his promo idea + acting debut. All nice comments will be passed along!)
September 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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acrylic pour painting is essentially exposure therapy for my perfectionism
Pink drip painting Green drip painting Blue drip painting Purple drip painting
September 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Introducing ✨Burnout Barbie✨

Now with 5 exciting new phrases you’ve definitely never heard before:

☑️ “Thanks for your patience!”
☑️ “Just seeing this!”
☑️ ”Ahhhh, my bad!”
☑️ “Totally thought I responded!”
☑️ “I’ve been crazy busy lately!”
“sorry for the late response” pullstring doll Dani
August 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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i think my 23 pairs of missing scissors and 67 pairs of missing socks are probably off throwing a party somewhere
Cycle flowchart: Lose the thing Look everywhere Give up hope Buy a new one Find the old one Lose the thing
August 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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So… yeah. This got longer and more rambly than I meant it to be, but whatever, lol

My values in 2021 vs 2024 vs WIP 2025 look different because *I* am different.

I adapt to new environments.
I evolve to solve problems.
And so do they.
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Now—evolving values doesn’t mean the old ones evaporate. They’re still there, just not the headliners anymore.

2021 me thought Humor was her top value. (LOL so cute.)

By 2024?

Humor’s still on the list, but it’s not running the show. It CAN’T. It’s wasn’t necessary for survival.
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Now it’s 2025.

Priorities are shifting again. Identity growth, settling into Atlanta, business curveballs, and plenty of unexpected surprises to keep me on my toes.

My value board’s still a work in progress, but the connections are starting to stand together in a way I really like:
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I vowed to not lose sight of myself like that again.

So I plastered my updated 2024 values everywhere: mirror, notebooks, Notion dashboards…

They functioned as gut check reminders of who I was (and what kind of life I wanted)

Scanning them on my mirror every morning made them easy to internalize.
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM