Dunno if this is true for everyone w/ #ADHD but it's been true for me. Posting to remind me & anyone similar:
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@randomgeek oh.
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@Primo right?
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NosirrahSec š“āā ļøreplied to Random Geek last edited by
@randomgeek I just put in time off from the 10th to the 18th because I felt like I was going towards a meltdown.
I think I'm in one and have been for months.
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NosirrahSec š“āā ļøreplied to NosirrahSec š“āā ļø last edited by
@randomgeek I stopped taking care of myself and that is THE indicator that shit isn't going well upstairs.
I will just stop drinking as much water as I should, eating when I should, etc.
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@randomgeek wait you can have ADHD breakdowns too?
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Random Geekreplied to NosirrahSec š“āā ļø last edited by
@NosirrahSec yep the self-care slack is definitely somewhere way past the check engine light of our brain. I'm a little too familiar with the pattern myself.
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@gadgetoid oh heck yeah. I mean Iām a little this and a little that, with some autistic traits currently under evaluation.
But I have read that ADHD meltdowns are a specific thing.
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@randomgeek
I wonder how much of that is from being conditioned to prioritize everyone else's expectations over our own mental and emotional well-being rather than just being an inherent characteristic of ADHD. I'd assume the former has a *lot* to do with it. -
@jargoggles Valid. A question I don't think we'll ever be able to answer with society's current shape: how many behaviors associated with neurodivergence are a trauma response to folks reacting to the initial variations?
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zvavybir :palestina:š :Green:replied to Random Geek last edited by
@randomgeek This sounds like alexithymia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia ) to me (which is usually more associated with autism than with ADHD (although it's also common there)).
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@randomgeek Hundy-p for sure.
If things go well in the next couple weeks I'll have a house with *gasp* actual walkable areas nearby
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Random Geekreplied to zvavybir :palestina:š :Green: last edited by
@zvavybir I'm not sure how I feel about that
(joke)
But yeah if I could just get the paperwork in, I'm getting evaluated for autism as well. I mainly tagged with what I know.
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johanna, at the cafe counterreplied to Random Geek last edited by
@randomgeek huh. wise words. Great way to express that, too - I find it completely relatable but couldn't have expressed it like that myself.
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@Johannab it doesn't happen every time, but sometimes I manage to get the phrasing just right so I and other people understand what I just said.
