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You can actually do things to control impulses. I feel like this is just giving license to unhealthy coping mechanisms. 🤷♂️
I control my impulses. I have all my life. I recently got diagnosed (no medication yet) and I got told I'm tired from dusk till dawn and sleep 10+ hours a day while Im capable of working for just a few because I spend all my energy controlling those impulses.
Think of it this way. ADHD is not entitled cunts being lazy and making up a disease. ADHD is the same impulse that tells you not to turn your car into oncoming traffic being used to prevent you from doing some things.
I know what ADHD is, I have spent 30 years working on controlling impulsive behaviors in my own treatment. I'm not always successful, but there are absolutely techniques that can help.
Good for you kiddo. Everyone is different tho. Just cause some people can literally bend their joints backwards does not mean everyone can do that.
Yes, people with ADHD all experience things differently. My experiences don't invalidate the experiences of others.
Oh can you aye thanks for letting us know.
Fanny.
I can't get the accent that goes with this phrase out of my head. This response is so perfect 🤣
Yep! There is no perfect solution, it takes time and effort. Things can get better.
Fuck up eejit I probably do more in a day than you do in a week.
I avoid assuming things about people I don't know
Do you, aye? Apart from the comment I replied to that is? Away fling shite at the moon.
I'm not going to react in the way you appear to be seeking. I'm speaking from my own experiences, you are welcome to share yours and how they differ.
YOU cAN aCtuallY dO ThINgs to cONTroL iMpulses.
Save your patronising nonsense - stop trivialising and dismissing a real neurological condition because you lack the awareness to understand the condition doesn’t impact everyone the same.
I'm sorry you feel I'm being patronizing. I have been struggling with ADHD & Dyslexia my whole life. I do understand that the condition doesn't effect everyone the same.
I’m sorry you feel the need to be a patronising twat.
Why do you feel that my experiences as a neurodiverse individual are patronizing?
Literally just told you
Not really, you just made assumptions about my intent. I would love to understand why my experiences are patronizing to you?
I made no assumptions. My characterisation, which I have already explained, was based directly on what you said.
"stop trivializing and dismissing a real neurological condition because you lack the awareness to understand the condition doesn’t impact everyone the same."
These are assumptions, you are assuming my intent behind my words. Without knowledge of me or my experiences.
We simply have different views, and that's okay
Read the room hen. Plenty of people explaining why you’re a twat, deny it if you like.
There’s no assumptions there. That is what you’re doing it. If it’s not because you lack awareness then why?
I can't read the room I'm neurodiverse, and ADHD is my special interest
Oh my god! I’m cured! Thank you, oh god thank you! I’m going to go tell my wife to try bring happy when she’s depressed! You’re a miracle worker!
Even if you do everything you can to avoid these things, statistically adhd folks will do them more than neurotipical people
This is exactly how I feel looking at this "meme". It's all money related and feels like it's encouraging people to say things like "oops I forgot to cancel my Amazon prime subscription, I must have ADHD haha". We live in overwhelming times, too much information everywhere, too many subscriptions, too much stuff with instant access, but nobody ever mentions that.
People used to get their news from a newspaper once a week. There weren't 10-20 "subscriptions" to keep track of. You couldn't pull a thing out of your pocket to relieve boredom or sadness or loneliness, and people couldn't contact you expecting a response within an hour. We're not used to this biologically...
To me, this meme seems to be making fun of ADHD more than anything.
Most of these replies seem to assume I have no understanding or empathy for these problems. I just don't like the image, and the implication that we have absolutely zero control over impulsive decision making.
To control impulses does not mean to cure them. My experiences as a person with ADHD are just as valid as everyone else's.
Sadly there are a ton of these kinds of things here on Lemmy. Also seems like some people want to drown in their sadness and spread it.
Seems like people don’t want to drown in sadness, they’re trying to express pain, connect, and maybe find relief instead of bottling it up alone. If anything you’re the one with the weird dismissive vibes.
People with ADHD struggle with tasks like cancelling subscriptions because ADHD affects executive function, which makes it harder to remember deadlines, manage time, and follow through on boring or repetitive admin tasks that don’t have immediate rewards. It’s not abstract eejit.
It's tragic, medication and therapy work. I used to think the problem wasn't my ADHD, but trying to function within societies expectations. Now I would maintain treatment, even if I didn't need to "perform" for survival.
It can get better!