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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Oh yes. Before my partner and I got diagnosed these were the source of so much tension in our relationship too. Now we are able to laugh about it and shrug it off but you never stop paying these.

The most recent expensive one for me was a bunch of clothing returns that needed to go back in 30 days. I really thought i still had time but when the stars finally aligned some 70 days had slipped by. Then you gotta fess up to what you did so you end up paying more than just the monetary tax.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

How did you find my bingo card?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I love ADHD posts because they always contain condescending people that are incapable of understanding that they’re being condescending. They make assumptions that everyone hopping on the bandwagon isn’t doing any sort of therapy themselves, and we’re all just wallowing in the doom.

Here’s the actual reason why these things help:

  • It’s easier to understand yourself when you see others describing similar struggles
  • Sometimes this leads to discussions about how to cope and deal on a daily basis
  • Sometimes it leads to doing your own research on things (which has been the case for me multiple times, like recently learning about somatic therapy and how it helps deal with dissociation, etc)
  • Sometimes it’s also just nice to have a group to cope with together, especially when we all live in a world run by the worst fucking people imaginable

If things have worked for you, that’s amazing. But save the shrugging and dismissive language for… your internal dialogue because zero people need it, unless you’re willing to reframe it in a more constructive way.

ADHD is a broad spectrum and is never a 1:1 between people. For me, openly identifying as someone that has had ADHD since the 90s (diagnosed) can help others understand why I am the way I am. It also helps bond with others which is in itself a support mechanism. Being more open about my brain has also helped friends identify their own struggles, which also lead them to do more research. So it becomes a “pass it on” kind of thing, not just some vapid “hehe suffering” circle jerk.

If you’ve been “weird” like me since childhood and struggled hard in school and life for an eternity before finally finding ways to consistently cope and endure (things that will start and stall a million times over because of ADHD brain), finding community and talking about it is massively helpful. The reality is that at this point everyone could have ADHD brain. It’s a spectrum and we know so little about the brain as it is.

Sometimes it’s also just fun to meme about it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, we are supossed to change hobbies? I just pick up new ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Do you go back to the old ones on a frequent basis?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Not frequent, but I do go back

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I don't know if I'm ADHD or just lazy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 59 minutes ago

The over-simplified, highly condensed question to find out is this:

Am i putting this off because i don't feel like doing it right now or do i walk past this everyday and beat myself up about never doing it but no matter how much i want to i just. can't. do it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Do your symptoms significantly negatively impact your life?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

I'm definitely a little of both

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I don't throw away wasted food. I eat everything I can afford in this bloody economy!

Subscriptions cancelled? Oh that's easy, hey look here, watch, watch. *nukes Duolingo Plus* ...I don't know how you say Where Is Your God Now idiomatically in French. Après avoir vu cela, où est votre dieu ? Est-il possible que votre dieu n'existe pas, après tout ? ...best I can do. Anyway, that's what the recent shenanigans have all boiled down to.

I've got plenty of calendars 'n' stuff! So I don't really have much late fees. Ooops I need to bump this one bill forward. Ooooh shit did I just miss the library dealine, that's 1.80€ down the drain right there.
(Dunno if the tax agency here will let me deduct subscription to Todoist as a medical expense? I should get my ADHD diagnosis if that's the case.)

I used to spend much money impulsively on video games! But not in this bloody economy holy shit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 hours ago

Strongly affected by all 9

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago (8 children)

You can actually do things to control impulses. I feel like this is just giving license to unhealthy coping mechanisms. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes, people with ADHD all experience things differently. My experiences don't invalidate the experiences of others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 hours ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 hours ago (17 children)

Oh can you aye thanks for letting us know.

Fanny.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago

I can't get the accent that goes with this phrase out of my head. This response is so perfect 🤣

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago

Even if you do everything you can to avoid these things, statistically adhd folks will do them more than neurotipical people

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 59 minutes ago

No that was 5/7

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