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Relevant Lemmy communities:

Neurodivergent Life Hacks

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Rant about "having ADHD is not an excuse for everything" (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by souperk@reddthat.com to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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If you haven't heard this cliche while discussing your neurodivergency with someone, then I envy your luck. Yesterday I fucked up, I feel shitty, but also I am pissed.

Our brains are impulsive af and tend to forget the most important information. We mess up, our RSD (and empathy) kicks in, we feel terrible, we vow to be more careful, but guess what? Thats fucking exhausting.

As a result, we start overthinking our every waking moment, stressing over every little thing. Because, we are trying to be aware of the things we cannot perceive.

At some point, hopefully we realize that we cannot live like that, and we start to arbitrarily ignore our compulsion to overthink. Most often that works out great because most often the threat is not real, but sometimes we make the wrong call.

The times we overthink are still more than the times we do not, and we still mess up. Let us have our fucking peace.

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[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah.... their other comments don't really do anything else to dissuade someone from that conclusion either. Their other comments are all me me me. Calling everyone else selfish because they dare do something that systemglitch doesn't do. The narcissistic self attention here is on full display. They are taking everything about themselves, painting it on everyone else and then judging them for it because they can't bear to look inwards.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i am feeling attacked

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you're an alt of theirs then you're fine <3

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unrelated question: why is my Star Trek lemmy feed no longer constantly filled with your hilarious memes?

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

A combination of working stupid early hours and depression