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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 14h

We JUST launched the playing cards + Anti-Planner Tutorial Library... and over 30% of the Collectors Decks are already gone?!? ✨👀

Only 1,000 are being made (no reprints)—don't miss out on the limited-edition holographic version! 🌈

Get yours $14 off:

The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck & Tutorial Library (Collectors Edition)

Do you know what you need to do, but struggle to get yourself to do it? Yeah. Me too. And The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck is so much more than just a premium card deck. How? Each deck comes with a ...

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 14h

(Apologies for the repost, and thank you to the kind person who let us know emoji walls are a nightmare for screen readers!)

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 14h

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.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 2d

We recently added a bunch of new merch to the shop, including your favorite poster prints (and much more)!

🛒 Check it out:
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"Also ADHD" Posters • Dani Donovan: ADHD Comics

Shop ADHD comic posters and more

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 2d

Also, obviously not every trait listed applies to every person with ADHD (and not all of them are caused by ADHD itself).

This is just a reminder that we’re more than a list of symptoms!!!

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 2d

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.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 2d

If you haven't gotten your copy yet:

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The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It

Do you know what you need to do, but struggle to get yourself to do it? Get bored easily? Abandon every planner you’ve ever tried? Beat yourself up a lot? Yeah. Me too. The Anti-Planner is NOT a plann...

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 2d

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.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 4d

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.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 5d

If you'd like to support your favorite local loudmouth...

The Anti-Planner just got a new sidekick—complete with 3 never-before-seen productivity card games.

🤜💥🤛

Get yours $14 off:
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The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck & Tutorial Library (Collectors Edition)

Do you know what you need to do, but struggle to get yourself to do it? Yeah. Me too. And The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck is so much more than just a premium card deck. How? Each deck comes with a ...

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 5d

"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.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 6d

Oops. Forgot the CTA. 😅

*clears throat*

Got ADHD? Hate doing boring adult-y stuff?

We bet you'll love the new Anti-Planner card deck!

Comes with ~5 productivity games~ to help you get shit done when you don't feel like it! 🃏

Limited pre-orders are $12 off:

The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck & Tutorial Library (Standard Edition)

Do you know what you need to do, but struggle to get yourself to do it? Yeah. Me too. And The Anti-Planner Playing Card Deck is so much more than just a luxury card deck. How? Each deck comes with a p...

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 6d

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.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 7d

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 14d

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!)

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 17d

aw thanks, i’ll let him know—and team effort!

steampunk hat: collin’s (picked it out at a renaissance faire)

suit jacket: josh’s

tie: mine from 8th grade Halloween costume

sunglasses: mine

mustache sticker: mystery??? we found it in the board game room, think it might’ve been in an Etsy package

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 18d

Sorry for the repost; I just noticed the one that got scheduled was an outdated version made a couple weeks ago. 😑

It didn’t show the life domain themed suits (which is a major part of what makes The Anti-Planner deck different!)

♠️: Work
♣️: Home
♥️: Relationships
♦️: Self-care

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 18d

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!)

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 19d

the vibe over on Facebook seems to be “yeah fascism is bad, but have you ever gotten a terrible high-five???”

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 21d

hey siri, what the fuck

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 21d

hey siri, what is a comedy of errors

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 22d

also i apologize in advance for the increase in promo posts for a while

i’ve got a new team helping manage product marketing / social scheduling, and some stuff on AP-specific social channels wasn’t created by me

which feels weird and my perfectionist brain is melting, but it is what it is 🫠

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 24d

don’t get me wrong, i loved art classes—but Creative Writing was definitely the most fun ✏️📓

(found one of my assignments from back then, which is what got me thinking about this in the first place)

danidonovan.notion.site/embrace

embrace. | Notion

I didn’t expect her to come. I had called her, of course, out of politeness. Babe, you’ve got to come visit, I had said. You’ll make my night.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 24d

what was your favorite class in high school?

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 24d

thank you!! :)

this was one of many pandemic hobbies; i’m really glad it stuck around (crocheting definitely did not 🪦🧶)

work gets super busy and i often feel pressured to monetize every ounce of my creative energy—so it’s extra meaningful when time gets set aside to make art just for art’s sake

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