my therapist: I think you might have ADHD
me, for a couple years now: hm I wonder if I could have ADHD
me, casually looking up dermatillomania:
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Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost
The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.
The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.
The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.
The “get stuff done while you wait” method.
The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.
The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.
The “break the task into smaller steps” method.
The “treat yourself like a pet” method.
The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.
The “put on a persona” method.
The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.
The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.
The “wait for a trigger” method.
The “do it for your future self” method.
The “might as well” method.
The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.
The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.
The “make it easy” method.
The “junebugging” method.
The “just show up” method.
The “accept when you need help” method.
The “make it into a game” method.
The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.
The “trick yourself” method.
The “break it into even smaller steps” method.
The “let go of should” method.
The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.
The “fork theory” method.
The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.
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Question for adhd folks: do any of you commonly eat too fast? And like, you never noticed until you're half way through your snack and your stomach's starting to hurt because you were eating so freaking fast and you think to yourself "wtf am I doing why am I eating like like this is the first bit of food I've had in weeks I need to slow down"
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a little boy i babysit has limits on his library books because he loses them or they end up damaged, and he has to show he is responsible with shared property. there are unseen reasons. we should all judge moms in public a little less harshly.
sure, that one makes sense, but hidden reasons or not, a lot of times people just suck. I've seen moms completely ignore their crying babies and toddlers in grocery stores for ten minutes and longer, and I've seen moms literally scream at their kids to shut up, behave, "stay right by my side and be a silent little shell of a person" (including in the library), and I see this sort of thing much more often than I see moms being kind and understanding to their kids. I highly doubt there's any valid "hidden reasons" for hostile control-freak behavior like that (though book limits are admittedly on the subtler side of the scale). so I think I'll judge moms in public as much as I like.
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