#audhd

[autiebiographical]

The latest research shows that there's a large overlap between autism and ADHD. When someone has both but has only been diagnosed with one it can make this very confusing.

[tiredfreaks]

idk what queer needs to hear this but you can do whatever you want forever. be a lesbian man. be a gay woman. be a transfemmasc nonbinary catgender lesboy. these terms are for YOU...not OTHERS' comfort.

"but it makes a mockery of REAL queers" tell me why you need external validation from allocishets? cause i know that's why you're so ashamed of us other queers...the weird(er) queers. the noun/emoji/xenopronoun xenogender queers.

everyone say "thank you" to Mutant (xe/rot/it) that's plural, audhd, disabled, transfemmasc, furry, zombiekin, cat therian, sans undertale fictkin, for being alive and in the queer community 'cause being yourself is the only way we're gonna thrive.

if you keep pressuring yourself to being stuck in a box you're gonna eventually run outta air. breathe a lil.

[is-your-blorbo-neurodivergent]

does he have audhd?

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[sailing-ever-west]

graph of what being hungry is like with adhd

[thund3randrain]

when the autism is being an actual mental health problem instead of making me obsess over fictional characters again:

[anexperimentallife]

[sleeplessv0id]

what doesn't kill you makes you weird at intimacy

[etherealspacejelly]

sometimes you just have to let yourself be a bit neurodivergent.

i hate going out, it gives me a lot of anxiety and sensory input that i dont like, and i am often forced to talk to people.

so i do this thing on more difficult days, or sometimes just for fun, where i "bring a fictional character with me". i walk and imagine Fictional Character walking next to me. they talk to me, reassure me, hype me up, whatever i need them to do.

today dean winchester came christmas shopping with me. he went over the list with me of stuff i needed to get, told me i was doing a good job every time i finished in a certain shop, reminded me to take a deep breath when i got a little overwhelmed.

and yea. its kinda silly. and i know its just me talking to myself in a different voice, but it Works! especially since all of my special interests/hyperfixations tend to be tv/movie related.

so do what you gotta do to Get Shit Done. stop holding yourself to neurotypical standards. if you need Fictional Character to tell you you're doing a good job, do it! if you need Favourite Singer to walk you to school, do it! yea it might feel silly but you're literally fighting against your own brain to get stuff done every single day. you can have a little self indulgent daydream, as a treat.

[dailydivergent]

There’s no such thing as work-life balance for neurodivergent & chronically ill people.

This is because everything in my life requires work:

maintaining friendships

keeping up with my hygiene

managing bills

making money

remembering my basic needs

sleeping regularly

outputting creatively

All requires some aspect of work for me.

And when everything in your life requires work, your balance goes out the window.

If you're neurodivergent and overwhelmed — I see you.

If you're chronically ill and overwhelmed — I see you.

You're not dysfunctional.

You're not incapable.

You're doing your best.

[bynux]

hey I'm sorry I stopped in the middle of that sentence my brain decided to flush its cache and I totally forgot what this conversation was

[angelsonthesideline]

[existennialmemes]

Hey. Hey you. The person aimlessly scrolling, stuck in an immobilized standoff with your brain

It's not your fault. You won't be stuck forever. I know you're trying. I know you hate it. It's ok.

And tell the Mean Voice in your head that it's not helping. It knows as well as you do that you would get up and Just Start the task if you could. You're not doing this on purpose.

Take a deep breath. Relax your jaw. I see you trying so hard to break out of it, but you can't force it. You'll get Unstuck eventually. All you can do in the interim is be kind to yourself.

[the-toybox-sys]

reading the symptoms of autism as a now grown adult after being bullied for no explainable reason all your life

[yellow-dress-basil]

Since the Paralympics are happening and I’m seeing all sorts of people saying “See? This person doesn’t let their disability stop them!”

I would like you to remember that Paralympions are OLYMPIC LEVEL ATHLETES.

How would it feel if I compared your output to that of a literal olympic athlete and used that to justify not helping you or giving you what you need?

Oh, well Michael Phelps and Simone Biles can do it - why can’t you?

Thats how you sound.

[allie-leth]

Friend of mine was dealing with a therapist's office and got frustrated with their actions, wrote out a letter to them, and this was part of their reply. I'm fucking livid.

The last line shows a fundamental misunderstanding of who the people who have those things are, who we actually are as a community. The idea that someone with ADHD or ASD cannot be eloquent is fucking absurd. The absolute condescension and blatant display of medical ignore is just infuriating.

[anexperimentallife]