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adhdxxsdiary · 2 years

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I think about this at least once a day and I have been formally diagnosed.

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#adult adhd #adhd #actually adhd #adhd problems #living with adhd #struggles with adhd #adhd stuff #adhd thoughts #adults with adhd #high functioning adhd #adhd brain #adhd memes #adhd things #adhd culture

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hotteacocoa · 11 months

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I made a to-do list today just to do nothing on the to-do list, so then I wrote on there “make a to-do list” just so I could mark something off of my to-do list

#I literally forgot to do everything on my to do list #but at least I remembered to make a to do list #adhd strikes again #txt #txt post #adhd post #high functioning adhd #living with adhd #adhd struggles #adhd inattentive #funny #relateable #enfp things #enfp life #undiagnosed adhd

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ireonic · 3 months

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Me: how do I study as a neurodivergent person?

Google: how to help your autistic child study

Me: how to study as an autistic adult/teen

Google: teachers guide to how to deal with autistic children

Me: how do I study as an autistic teen/adult

Google: study tips for autistic people(-written by this allistic man that will talk about autistic people like they're zoo animals)

Me: how to study as a neurodivergent adult, tips from neurodivergent person to neurodivergent students, on how to study independently as an autistic person, no reliant support needed

Google: high functioning autism and school

Me: fuck just. How do I focus during this test that I'm in rn as an AuDHD person

Google: ok, so, to focus on this thing that you currently are doing and need to get done TODAY; weeks before the test you'll need to eat healthy and exercise, meditate, study, set timers, take breaks, drink water, sleep, find the secrets to a happy life, adopt five children, sacrifice a goat, take short showers, brush your teeth

Executive dysfunction:

My fucking deadline:

#adhd #actually autistic #im so fucking sick #of the tips for people taking care of people with autism when im sesrching SPECIFICALLY on how to manage my own autism #im so sick of getting infantalized #im so sick of getting alienated from the fact that im human #im so fucking sick of autistic adults getting forgotten #im tired of searching for how to help myself and getting tips for people who dont struggle with what i do #im sick of getting callef high functioning #im sick of getting told when i look for study tips to rely on other people to help me #rant post

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feralboo-the-weirdo · 9 months

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You know what is just mind boggling? Neurotypical people exist. Like there are people who can just DO things and not have depression, anxiety (in every form ever), RSD, sensory overloads, and not get overwhelmed. Like there are people who can work for eight hours every day and still do things after. People who can make phone calls with no struggle. Who aren't constantly bombarded by a cacophony of thoughts both good and bad when they do things. Who have anxiety but it isn't crippling. who can spend hours, WEEKS with people and not get tired or fear that everyone there hates you. People who have no idea what Depression or intense trauma feel like. People who hear instructions and do it right first go. People who can follow a conversation without zoning out, or having to mask.

Like. Do neurotypical people actually exist?

Because I can't even imagine what it would be like to be neurotypical. Or mentally healthy. Both sound alien and foren. But like. Obviously they exist because neurodivergent people wouldn't struggle so much if not for how the world was structured for Neurotypical people but I don't know if I've ever met a neurotypical.

idk. food for thought I guess.

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agit-goblin · 9 months

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High functioning doesn't mean your disability is easy or doesn't impact you. It just means your disability doesn't make you useless to Capitalism. I have ADHD and Autism and am considered "High Functioning" because I can speak and hold down a full time job, but it's so exhausting to just barely do this that I basically can't do anything else. 100% of my free time is spent recovering from work, I have no hobbies, almost no friends, and I'm not close to my family because I don't have the time or energy for the actual life that my job is supposed to enable me to live. I am not "High Functioning", I am barely holding myself together.

I am invisibly disabled. The impact of my disability is not seen or respected by able society and so I am given a label that sends the message, "I am diagnosed with a disability, but it does not disable me." This message is a lie that forces me to overexert myself in the name of Capital.

My disability is not easy to live with. I can work, or I can be happy, but I cannot do both, and I am so, so tired.

#adult adhd #disability #actually adhd #actually autistic #autism #high functioning autism #disabled #disability pride month #disabilties #anti capitalism #anti capitalist #ableism

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kitten-forward · 6 months

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#mental health #mental illness #mental wellbeing #positive mental attitude #adhd #mental wellness #positivity #self healing #therapy #body positive #functional #high functioning autism #aurora #autism #neurodiverse stuff #neurodivergent #neurodiversity

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foggyroseblood · 1 year

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I don't remember who said it but whoever suggested to use "high masking" and "low masking" instead of low and high functioning i love you so much. Its the only words I feel really work for me. I was diagnosed with "high functioning autism/aspergers" which the 1st one just didnt fit me i felt bc it just isnt true and the 2nd word has nazi history so um no thanks. Lots of people use low and high support needs now but those don't work for me either. Like i would be considered low support needs i guess but I do need lots of support with daily things i definitely do not have low support needs if i take the definition litterally. I am high masking.

High masking suggets that i look like i am high functioning and okay although i am not and that's very validating

#autism #autistic #function labels #neurodivergent #adhd #asd #autism spectrum disorder #high functioning autism #neurodiversity #mental health #autismawareness #masking #mentalheathawareness #low support needs #high support needs #actullyautistic #disabled

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floorsauce · 18 days

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Happy Autism Acceptance MONTH!

Whether you have high or low functioning autism,

Whether your officially diagnosed or not,

When you're tired of people saying that "there's no way you can be autistic,"

And you're tired of hearing people say "there's a little autism in everyone,"

For those that know there's something up with yourself but can't get an official diagnosis and doesn't want to self diagnose,

To those who label their autism under a different name,

And those who confuse their autism for something else (and vise versa)

To those that need assistance with daily living tasks,

And those whose obsessions consume your mind,

To those who have been called "weird," "rude," and an "old soul,"

To those who've had sucessful friendships and relationships,

And those who have had trouble making friends and being in social settings,

To those who are highly empathetic,

And those who feel nothing towards people at all,

To those who are pros at masking,

And those who struggle to talk and look at people in their eyes,

To those that don't tick off or relate to every autistic experience,

And those who may experience other things I can't put into a post without it getting super long,

And a special shout out to those who are always known as being "so quiet"

Whether you take pride in it or not, I know you're out there, and I love you (no romo)

And another special shout out for those who've been into dragons since literally forever :)

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chronicsymptomsyndrome · 13 days

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Idk if this is controversial but “high/low support needs” doesn’t feel any better to me than “high/low functioning” my brain processes them as the same sentiment. Idk if I’m the only one? Obviously I don’t personally know every autistic ever, but in my experience both firsthand and through six years of community research, it seems to me that support needs/function levels tend to fluctuate throughout a persons life. And it’s all relative. And I think that applies to humans regardless of neurotype, not just autistics. Maybe I’m wrong, I’m not all-knowing, that’s just what makes sense to me.

EDIT: If you see things differently that is valid. If you personally identify with support needs labels that is valid. If they help you navigate the world and your place in it, that is valid. Just like its valid for me to feel extremely uncomfortable and often triggered by them. Don’t try to tell me its not. Again, this is just what makes sense to me. Thanks.

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bookwyirm · 6 months

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Please Stop.

I wish I didn’t have to make this post, but it’s happened to me too many times for me not to say anything. Please stop telling people to kill themselves because you disagree with them.

Please stop telling people to self harm because you don’t believe what they believe.

Please stop telling people they are not valid or needed in the world because they are standing up for their beliefs.

Please stop telling people to disregard themselves to make you feel comfortable.

Please stop spreading hate and promoting bullying because you don’t have a good argument.

Please stop degrading people because you feel like they are wrong.

Please stop ganging up on people because you dislike a ship.

Please stop demonizing people on posts that aren’t even related to the problem your talking about.

Please stop going into spaces that are not meant for you and harassing the users.

Please stop invalidating medical and/or mental health issues because of something they cannot control.

Please stop sending hate to authors because you don’t like what they write.

If you do these things, YOU are the problem, YOU are the hateful one. YOU are the issue. YOU are the outlier, YOU are in the wrong. It should be common sense. If you don’t like something, you scroll away, you block the tag, you politely explain your position, you block the person. You DO NOT create a hostile environment. Shame on you. Shame on all of you.

And if you agree with this, remember it goes both ways. Whatever you believe there is someone on the other side you need to respect enough not to do these things. We’re all just human.

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alphashley14 · 8 months

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I attempted to ask my parents if I could go to therapy last night because I suspect that I may have undiagnosed ADHD.

My Dad scoffed, as if annoyed, and said “If anyone has difficulty doing anything nowadays it’s because of some mental something or other.”

- Says the man who I’ve suspected for years to be an undiagnosed autistic or other sort of neurodivergent. (Not that I’d ever say that aloud because God forbid.)

And I was so stunned and hurt that I all of my points/arguments left my brain.

Just- imagine being so close yet so far away from the POINT.

And my Mom was hardly any better. She shut me down by saying how “everyone struggles to focus on things they’re not interested in,” and “Well that’s part of your Asperger’s!”

… This is exactly why I’ve grown to HATE being a so-called “high functioning” autistic person. Any time I bring up wanting to go to therapy for unrelated issues it gets either brushed off or forgotten about because I’m “high functioning” and I don’t externalize my mental health symptoms like my sibling does (and therefore it isn’t an embarrassment or inconvenience) so it isn’t an issue and I must be fine.

Maybe I should just explode. Drink. Smoke something. Scream. Break some shit. Let my grades drop. THEN could I get some therapy? (Not that I would ever actually do any of that but sometimes I feel like that’s what it would take for my parents to take me seriously when I say I’m not ok.)

-Anyway. Just figured if anywhere would have people who understand this experience, it would be on Tumblr.

#neurodivergent #high functioning autism #autism #aspergers #autistic #autistic adult #actually autistic #autistic artist #undiagnosed adhd #?#istg I hate the ‘high functioning’ label so much.#it isn’t real and all it does is block people from getting help #Also just a disclaimer: I’m 20 soon to be 21 but only work part time #and am living with my parents while in college #and I’m on my family’s healthcare plan insurance wise #so I’m still super reliant on my parents financially and that’s why I asked THEM about therapy instead of arranging it myself.

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adhdxxsdiary · 2 years

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The ADHD urge to buy a new notebook everytime you come up with a new idea or hobby, fill up the first few pages and then lose interest because you can't keep up with the pressure of maintaining it.

#adult adhd #adhd #actually adhd #adhd problems #living with adhd #struggles with adhd #adhd stuff #adhd thoughts #adults with adhd #neurodivergent #high functioning adhd #adhd brain #adhd things #adhd culture

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hotteacocoa · 2 years

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#funny story: I still haven’t found what I’m looking for :)#when you’re cleaning out your closet:#when you’re searching for that thing you haven’t seen in two years that you thought you’d never need:#when you find everything except for the thing that you’re looking for:#‘wow there’s my baby tooth from when I was five. wait…I thought the tooth fairy was supposed to take that…’#‘why do we have so many glasses? am I the only one in my family that isn’t practically blind?’#wow I literally found everything EXCEPT for what I was actually looking for #pic of me #in case you somehow didn’t guess that #out of context texts #text memes #text meme #textpost #funny texts #my text #text post #relatable memes #relatable content #adhd brain #high functioning adhd #easily distracted #happens a lot #adhd things #my memes

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angelshizuka · 2 months

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I'm not a parent at all, but besides that I relate to Lucifer in basically every way.

He's the most perfect example of depressed while neurodivergent (personally headcanon him as AuDHD) and trying so hard to be "high functioning" while in reality you're falling apart inside character I've ever seen in any medium.

Depressed neurodivergent characters my beloved!

#(i hate the high and low functioning labels that's why I put it in quotation marks)#actuallyautistic #actuallyadhd #actuallyaudhd #actually autistic #actually adhd #actually audhd #autism #adhd #audhd #neurodivergent #depression #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin lucifer #lucifer morningstar #lucifer magne #personal

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feralboo-the-weirdo · 5 months

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okay, weird thought, but does anyone else have like a "safe scene" for when you have really violent intrusive thoughts or repetitive triggers or ptsd flashbacks that just keep cycling in your brain over and and over so you try to force your brain into that scene because it's safe? like mine for example is someone rolling up a scroll (one with the visual memory) and putting it into a barrel and then walking away to a far away gazebo. like.... anyone else? just like a scene your brain reverts to when you just don't want to see a memory?

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accidentalslayer · 5 months

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#mecore #but like high functioning #actually mentally ill #actually adhd #actually bpd #actually borderline #burnt out gifted kid

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