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Uniflame<p>I plan to travel to the UK this summer. Does anyone has combined autism / ADHD printouts that fit a sunflower lanyard? <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a></p>
Tarren (They/Them)<p>Been playing on <a href="https://www.erionmud.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">erionmud.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and am thoroughly enjoying the crafting system. Having the option to just work uninterrupted, in familiar patterns, appeals to my <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> need for structure and familiarity, while when my <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> side wants novelty, I can go wander the realm and see what pops up. And if I need something, I can make it myself, darn it! LOL If you try it out and need some pointers, I'm usually up there as Tamryn, so feel free to ask me anything.</p><p>***Hashtags Here:***<br><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ActuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/MUDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MUDs</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/MUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MUD</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/MultiUserDungeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MultiUserDungeon</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergent</span></a></p>
Verđandi K. Soldusty<p>I'm probably tempting fate but after 7 days of severe brain fog — so severe that for a few days I felt like a passenger trapped in a me sized, remote controlled cyborg. </p><p>Rethinking my allergic reaction as it's still going strong (gave up my 1 a day Matcha(=caffeine) habit just over a week ago). Though as I type this, it dawns that this might be the cause of my severe brain fog / disembodiment.</p><p>It's good to finally be getting back to feeling human or wherever I'm supposed to be.</p><p>It feels good to finally have enough dice / spoons / focus / energy / dilithium / micro-blackholes to interact with the fediverse again. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ImBackBaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImBackBaby</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BrainFog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainFog</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LostToBrainFog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LostToBrainFog</span></a></p>
JB 🐎 :neuro:<p>Question for other <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> people and also <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a>:</p><p>[Long post due to lots of context]</p><p>When there is a change to my routines - even if it’s an expected change that has been planned for days or even months in advance - I can feel something like “anticipation” until I’m back to familiar routines. This is also true when starting a new routine until it feels familiar.</p><p>The “anticipation” is strange as it manifests as if it’s anxiety with all the physical signs, but the word “anxiety” does NOT feel right to me at all.</p><p>I know it is definitely related to “uncertainty”. And that’s true even when I have a very good idea of how the change in routine will pan out (i.e. I have low levels of uncertainty, not always high). So this also excludes catastrophising MOST of the time because I already know nothing awful will happen. </p><p>If I can’t predict how the change of routine will unfold then I find my brain tries to calculate ALL the possible outcomes - good, bad or indifferent - and try to prepare for as many of them as possible. This response seems learned; I’ve been in situations when I’ve had an unexpected routine change in the past and been unprepared which led to awful outcomes. After those events, I have often reflected and seen that it might have been possible to predict what happened and prepare to a reasonable degree. So that’s what I do now. If this is catastrophising, then it ALSO includes the BEST possible outcomes and everything in between. So it’s not straight forward, anxiety-driven catastrophising which is focused only on the negative.</p><p>I really wanted to learn more about autistic “anticipation” as it relates to routine changes, or even “anxiety” in response to routine changes (even though anxiety doesn’t sound like the right word for me), but I couldn’t find much online.</p><p>So, do any of you have any good online resources that could help me understand myself better when it comes to this? (I may want to share a resource with a neuro-affirming therapist in future so an online resource would be great.) Could be blogs, articles, videos, etc. I’m not great with podcasts unless there is a full transcript.</p><p>Or, do you have any personal insights that you could share with me that might help me understand this better?</p><p>Key to note here: I can understand the anticipation or anxiety if something potentially bad might happen (classic anxiety / catastrophising) but I ALSO feel this way when I KNOW the routine change should bring about normal life things, just slightly differently. I.e. nothing bad and there are even benefits to the routine change! So this is the part I am most stuck on and wanting to change… if it’s even possible.</p><p>Phew! Long post. Please feel free to ask any clarifying questions. Alexithymia is common for us autistics so this question might not be easy to understand, and that’s okay 💗</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AskingAutistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskingAutistics</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span></p>
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:<p>True ADHD story…</p><p>For a good hour I was working on consolidating the tabs in my browser.</p><p>I closed lots of them. But when I finished there were actually more than when I began.</p><p>People always say ADHD is a superpower. It some ways it is. But in other ways it’s a lot of WTF moments.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergence</span></a></p>
V'ger<p>In the process of my AuDHD diagnosis in the past year, I started to take a closer look into my own sexuality. Romance and sexuality have both been a source of possible conflict in my past relationship. I came to the conclusion pretty fast that I was aromantic, but I was never really sure if I was asexual. </p><p>I've never thought that I could be asexual, because I do find people aesthetically attractive. Some research on the topic quickly showed me that this is by no means an exclusion to be asexual. Which made sense to me, because I feel there is a disconnect to this type of attration and actual sexual attraction. I pretty much never have the desire to have actual sex with a person.</p><p>For the past years, I had a total disconnect to pretty much all of my feelings. Throughout the past year, I slowly regained consciousness on some, after learning that I am AuDHD. What helped me the most discovering that I am, in fact, on the asexual spectrum as well, was noticing all the sensory issues I have. I am very sensitive for touch and temperature and I absolutely hate it to be wet and sweaty. In a phase of a lot of stress, smell can also be an issue. In addition to that, I am unable to turn off my mind and just flow with the situation during sex. I need a set of "things to do" that I can rely on. The combination of all this leads to a very limited set of sexual intercourse that I am able to enjoy. When the stars are aligned, there can be times where I can actually enjoy sexual activity. But it is nothing that I actively search for.</p><p>Sometimes I think about how a relationship with someone would have to be for me to make it work. I would not want to live in the same house with that partner. I'd probably also only want to see them on a weekend, and not even every weekend. I would like to spend my vacations to a great amount for myself. Bring in the needed effort (and thus: spoons) one has to put into a relationship and I am quickly back to the point where I just think that it would not enhance my life in any way.</p><p>I am currently positioning myself somewhere between aegosexual and demisexual. The combination of being in both, the aromantic and asexual spectrum, and finally having figured that out about myself, currently leads to the situation that I am quite happy with not having a partner.</p><p><a href="https://chaugnar.daemonlair.org/tags/Asexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asexual</span></a> <a href="https://chaugnar.daemonlair.org/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://chaugnar.daemonlair.org/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://chaugnar.daemonlair.org/tags/ActuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAuDHD</span></a></p>
Vox and the Pack :Fire_Enby:<p>Some people are so _poisonous_ that not even understanding them is an effective _antidote_.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/boundaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boundaries</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/neuroqueer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroqueer</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAuDHD</span></a></p>
Vox and the Pack :Fire_Enby:<p>How does one recognize whether or not what one experienced was narcissistic abuse?</p><p>It's not like one can ask the hypothetical abuser. They will deny it. Is learning about the patterns of narcissistic abuse and subsequently recognizing them as how they show up in one's lived experience the best one can do?</p><p>I find that a very unsatisfactory conclusion but it does seem like the best one can do. I probably lived in a relationship with at least narcissistic abuse patterns. And the unsolvable ambiguity of it all bothers me.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/psychologicalAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychologicalAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/narcissisticAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcissisticAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcissism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relationships</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/healing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAuDHD</span></a></p>
Vox and the Pack :Fire_Enby:<p>I feel this must be a deeply autistic experience: the disbelief when people actually try to convince you that they didn't mean what they said. And I'm not talking subtext, I'm talking about the grammatical meaning of their verbatim words and sentences.</p><p>And then you ask them to clarify and through a convoluted sequence of justifications they end up at "see? And this is why I couldn't possibly have meant this!".</p><p>Like wat? Why did you say/write it then in the first place? So fucking confusing. But maybe the explanation really is that autistic people choose their words much more carefully. It's certainly our lived experience.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/actuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAuDHD</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyaudhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyaudhd</span></a></span></p>
Libre :neurodiversity:<p>I think I've asked this before but I forgor so I'm asking anyways, curious on both Autistic-Non-ADHD and AuDHD takes: does borrowing energy from your future state by caffeinating, in order to temporarily remediate executive dysfunction symptoms, result in an increasing "energy debt" which would ultimately result in burnout?</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a></p>
Dr. Amy, Psy.D.<p>Heeeeeey come listen to me talk! Free webinar!<br><a href="https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/autistic-burnout-adhd-masking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">additudemag.com/webinar/autist</span><span class="invisible">ic-burnout-adhd-masking/</span></a></p><p>Oops got excited and forgot to tag <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyadhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyadhd</span></a></span></p>
Cattz :neurodiv: :demisexualflag:<p>Please, help!</p><p>My 8yo ADHD kid is incapable of switching between tasks as she (and we) needs. Sometimes we have the 5/10/15 minutes required so she is able to select the task that she needs to do but sometimes we don't (school runs and after school activities being the ones were punctuality is required).</p><p>How on Earth can I help my kid to switch and select the one that she needs to do without shouting?</p><p>It's so exhausting and totally unfair as it's not that she wants to annoy us, it's just her executive function being a complete random activity-selector mess. But shouting is the only thing that works at the moment and she feels so bad 💔 (and this is overwhelming for me and push me to meltdowns too so we end being two hot messes).</p><p>I had seen her switching from jumping up and down to grabbing a pen to start her spellings after we asked her to grab her bag and go to the door (so she can go to school) in an amazing and unhelpful executive function mental fart. She has no control whatsover about her choices. <a href="https://neopaquita.es/tags/actuallyadhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyadhd</span></a></p><p>-----</p><p>A ver si alguien puede ayudarme:<br>Mi hija de 8 años con TDAH es completamente incapaz de cambiar las tareas a voluntad porque su función ejecutiva es una caca de la vaca Paca. No lo hace a propósito pero a veces no tenemos los 5/10/15 minutos necesarios para que su cerebro haga la conexión necesaria y elija la tarea adecuada, especialmente a la hora de ir al cole o actividades extraescolares donde se necesita sí o sí puntualidad.<br>De momento y para nuestra desgracia solo funciona pegar un grito; da igual que sean rutinas, repitas 25 veces lo mismo, se lo recuerdes con antelación... Pero los gritos son una mierda porque ella se siente fatal, yo me desregulo porque termino hasta las narices y termina todo como el rosario de la aurora.<br>¿Alguien tiene algún truco o consejo?<br>Es que la he llegado a ver pasar de dar brincos a ponerse a hacer la tarea al pedirle que cogiese la mochila para ir al cole, su cerebro elige en modo aleatorio. <a href="https://neopaquita.es/tags/tdah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tdah</span></a></p>
V'ger<p>Today it has been four weeks taking MPH. And I must say, I don't think this is a placebo effect anymore. Focusing on work has become SO MUCH EASIER! There are still days when I'm low on energy that I can't get a lot of work done. But even on those days I'm able to do things when they are really urgent.</p><p>So I definitely still need to manage my spoons. MPH doesn't really increase my energy level. It just helps me managing my energy better on a daily basis.</p><p>I'm finally able to function again 🥲</p><p><a href="https://chaugnar.daemonlair.org/tags/ActuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://chaugnar.daemonlair.org/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://chaugnar.daemonlair.org/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a></p>
JB 🐎 :neuro:<p>Back to watching lectures and reading compulsory texts for my masters course.</p><p>Stimming increased massively! Just can’t keep my attention on this types of tasks unless I see them as hyper-relevant to me right now. Using a screen reader helps but my gosh the software is crap!</p><p>Trying not to scratch myself too much… Not many stims help me pay attention though. Hmmm! </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyadhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyadhd</span></a></span></p>
:neuro: Pixy's Journey :v_bi:<p>:bear_love: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos :purple_heart_sparkle:</p><p>Some moments, I love my brain, other moments, I really hate the way it treats me... :BlahajHoldingNeurodivergentSymbol: </p><p>Like, I know I want to do something. Or I know I need to do something. I make this plan of how I want to do it all. And then I agree that it's a good plan.</p><p>So, I start the plan. And it starts off well. Step one and two are a success. :bowie_stardust: So then, onwards to step three. And that's when part of my brain goes like "nah, I've had enough now, I don't wanna do that other thing, I just dismiss it and then stress over it later, as then it really needs doing".</p><p>I just wanna do it as I planned it. Keep away the stress. Have it done ahead of time, so I can relax afterwards.</p><p>Even if it's "just" something that I want to do for me, that won't impact others in any way... Even then, I beat myself up over it.</p><p>Why does my brain think of this great plan, and then it won't want to finish all the steps? Why is it OK with the first two steps, before losing interest for the next one?</p><p>:neuro: :neurodiversity: :ms_neurodiversity: </p><p>Is this the part where my ADHD part is rebelling against the autistic bits? Where the ADHD (my "focus" is apparently on the H bit, according to the diagnosis) is losing interest, as it's focused long enough and, hey, I did those two things, didn't I?!</p><p>Ah well, I pressured myself into not forgoing the third thing, and I'm doing it now. But I do hope I'll be able to focus enough on it to do a proper "job".</p><p>Yeah, my brain can be my best friend at times, but also my biggest enemy (especially when it's inviting the dark monster back into my life)...</p><p>Fankoos for your support :blahaj_heart: on my journey through life...</p><p>🧚🏼‍♀️ 🍀 💜 🐾</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/PixysJourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixysJourney</span></a><br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/NeuroSpicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeuroSpicy</span></a> 🌶️<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a><br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a><br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAuDHD</span></a></p><p>I hope <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/@altbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>altbot</span></a></span> 🤖 can help me with my image, then I'll edit the Toot to add the alt text.</p>
Libre :neurodiversity:<p>I am now the "wears hats indoors" type because need light for stimulation but can't look at the overhead light because too much</p><p>Calm down AuDHD plz</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a></p>
Loops 🍑 :audhd: :ir:<p>First day on new meds</p><p>Obviously will see how things go but already I am calm, collected, focused.</p><p>Ritalin was different - lots of focus, but like. It had to happen. Lisdexamphetamine (vyvanse / elvanse) put the focus just. There. Available. Useful. I don't have to use the focus on thinking everything through manually to make it happen like with ritalin.</p><p>I'm encouraged by the preliminary results, but skeptical of the price tag 💸</p><p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/NewMedication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMedication</span></a></p>
josh susser<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a> notes: making progress on the adulting for tax season with panic-induced focus and lots of try-try-again. but the danger of forcing my brain into do-or-die get-shit-done mode is that it can get stuck there, so last night instead of sleeping i was up researching different diamond cuts at 3:30am 🤷🏻‍♂️<br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a></p>
:neuro: Pixy's Journey :v_bi:<p>:BlahajHoldingNeurodivergentSymbol: owww I've been browsing the store by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autistics.life/@AutisticInnovator" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AutisticInnovator</span></a></span> and there's so many cool stuff there... Gives me an extra reason for wishing I had more money...</p><p>I was wondering though, should I ever get rich enough, will it be possible to order from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 (EU), as I only see UK mentioned...</p><p>I doubt I'll be rich enough any time soon, as Skoosh needs her yearly TLC next month. But I've bookmarked the site, just in case...</p><p>For those (<a href="https://beige.party/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuDHD</span></a>) being interested, the store can be found here: <a href="https://shop.autisticinnovator.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shop.autisticinnovator.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAuDHD</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> :neuro:</p>
Libre :neurodiversity:<p>Proposing "neurosupremacy" as a term where people of a certain neurotype (neurodivergent or neurotypical) hold their neurotype to be better than others as a form of bigotry. (Assuming it is not already in use for that reason.)</p><p>We have some forms of this in the "asperger's/aspie supremacy" phrase but this broadens it to be usable for any neurotype, including neurotypical or allistic.</p><p>May be useful where "ableism" may not be an accurate fit.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Neurosupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurosupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a></p>