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I lost my momentum, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
So, like, if you lose your momentum with ADHD it's super hard to get started again. Momentum is extremely important. Okay. BUT, and here's the kicker, if you carry that momentum too long, you burn out and can't do anything... WHERE IS THE BALANCE.
#adhd mood#adhd things#adhd problems#adhd brain#adhd#actually audhd#audhd#audhd problems#audhd things#audhd brain#heck.
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Clinical studies be like
1 billion random boys were tested. results show that 0% of girls are autistic* 👍
1 billion autistic males were tested. results show that 0% of autistics are female* 👍
1 billion minors were tested. results show ADHD stops at age 18, often to be replaced by plain laziness* 👍
*certified😎 totally credible source✨ we are pros🤓 with coats🥼
#rants & reflections#clinical studies#healthcare reform#mental health education#autism research#undiagnosed neurodivergent#neurodiversity#late diagnosed adhd#late diagnosed autistic#self diagnosis is valid#autism in girls#autism in women#autistic girl#autistic women#adhd in women#adult adhd#adhd adult#audhd struggles#audhd things#adhd autistic#audhd brain#audhd problems#autistic thoughts#autism diagnosis#adhd diagnosis#educated self diagnosis#pro self diagnosis#self diagnosed autistic#self diagnosed autism#self diagnosed adhd
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Lol 😆 cooking for me is all over the place, I need everything ready to toss into the pan within arms reach in milliseconds or else I’m gonna end up scrambling & burning something. 🫠😭
#mental health awareness#adhd paralysis#adhd burnout#adhd memes#living with adhd#adhd things#adhd problems#adhd brain#adhd life#adult adhd#adhd#audhd#actually audhd#audhd problems#audhd things#audhd brain#adult audhd#audhd life#audhd struggles#audhd community#mental health#the struggle is real#struggle#on the spectrum#autistic spectrum#adhd spectrum#AuDHD spectrum#autism spectrum disorder#autistic things#autistic adult
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Autistic burnout + untreated ADHD =
impulse control issues + inability to force yourself to do anything + drained by no ability to function
Lots of walking pass a mess unable to make yourself clean it, then blame yourself for it.
Distracted, can't focus enough to do fun things and/or take care of yourself.
Forgetting everything. So burned out you can't remember important things + made worse by ADHD.
Constant feelings of self-shame because we can't seem to make ourselves clean, remember things, focus, etc., like it's somehow our fault, even though we can't control it, and we are so burned out we just don't have the energy for anything.
Falling into bad habits that give us a little rush of dopamine because for a moment it makes us feel better.
For a moment, we might feel a little better from the dopamine rush, and get hope that maybe we will get out of autistic burnout.
Not knowing how long burnout lasts + wondering how long will it be before we can get an ADHD assessment, so the psychiatrist can prescribe us ADHD meds. Left to wait and struggle while waiting.
Untreated ADHD can make getting out of autistic burnout seem like it's something in the far out distant future, and left wondering, "When will I feel better?"
#actually autistic#autistic#autistic adult#autistic experiences#autism#being autistic#audhd things#audhd brain#audhd problems#actually audhd#audhd#adult audhd#undiagnosed audhd
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The fun thing about strategically masking rather than just going cold turkey, is that you spend a lot of your life workshopping when masking is worth it. It’s like an ongoing scientific theory. How and when to mask.
(And by fun I mean god I wish I was in a socioeconomic position where I could just unmask all the time. I’m so tired.)
So as evidence for my fellow masking scientists (I’m a humanities major), allow me to share my newly developed hypothesis:
Masking in Long-Term Jobs
Scientists know that the panic instinct to mask in a job interview and first few weeks of a job is strong, however, our hypothesis is that if you don’t need to mask to do the actual job, please consider resisting. Because the evidence shows that it really sucks to trap yourself in a persona. There are two observed phenomena that cause this:
Magneto’s theory from that scene in X-Men First Class that because Raven’s camouflaging she’s only paying half attention to everything else: Magneto is once again correct. The participant cannot fully focus on the job because they’re too busy masking for their coworkers. The outcome of this is massive frustration, exhaustion and eventual burnout.
Invitation to imposter syndrome: If you make any friendly acquaintances or get any positive reinforcement, evidence shows that you will feel like it’s not real. Participants describe being haunted by the idea that they are not an acceptable employee and/or person, only their mask is. Due to phenomena yet to be examined, this somehow leads to one believing their work actually sucks and they’re just pretending it’s good. This phenomena is objectively terrible. Participants in this experiment would not recommend.
Outliers to this hypothesis include the following:
Social service or customer service jobs: Job compliments are reportedly received fine, because masking is incredibly relevant to the ability to do the job well. Reported responses include: 🥰 oh thank you 🥰 I am trying to emotionally manipulate people 🤗 However, research also shows that the outcomes “burnout” and “exhaustion” are sooner reached by these jobs. This research is only preliminary and as of now it is unclear what phenomena cause this.
Jobs you’re just doing for money and you don’t actually care about: This is a false outlier. Autistic people never give 50% on anything. All evidence shows you will end up caring about this job.
The two current theories as to why Autistic participants can’t not care about their job performance are:
Holders of the “Autistic black and white thinking trait” are more likely to think they have a duty and responsibility to the job. (They don’t. We’re in late stage capitalism. You have no responsibility to any business.)
It is one of the behaviours that correspond to the Autistic core emotion: “desperate need to prove themselves worthy and superior because otherwise the damage they got for being different isn’t worth it.” (Other behaviours include: never giving self a break; always pushing self to do better; believing one is both the smartest and worst person in the room; fear and panic about doing something one could be bad at; and inability to sit with own thoughts.)
#autism#neurodiverse stuff#its the neurodivergency#neurodiversesquad#autism comedy#actually autistic#audhd creature#adult audhd#audhd brain#actually audhd#audhd#autism in academia#neurodivergence#neurodiverse#neurodiversity#neurodivergent#masking#autistic adult#autistic female#autistic experiences#autistic things#autistic community#imposter syndrome#late stage capitalism#mental health#social services#customer service#yes I include magneto as a main theorist in neurodiversity studies#x men is so neurodiversity coded it’s not even funny I learn a lot about myself watching it#x men first class
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straying from my usual chronic illness content:
maybe the reason why i find it extremely awkward, horrible, and stressful to be around or interact with little kids or just any kids that are younger than me is because i never knew how to interact with them
growing up undiagnosed autistic (plus adhd) made it ridiculously hard to make friends with kids my age
i didn’t fit in anywhere, i didn’t know how to interact whatsoever, kids would run away from me being very weirded out by me, they’d avoid me as much as possible, and i had to squeeze myself into spaces that i wasn’t meant to be in and that was obvious that i wasn’t meant to be there, add on top of that being a queer kid with zero clue they were queer, having a sibling who was absolutely loved by everyone, and having a chaotic home life due to an alcoholic father
i was very weird and no one liked me, and those that put up with me completely forgot my existence a week or two later after i’d leave
so i never knew how to interact with kids, never had the chance to either, and everyone saw me as odd and peculiar
so now whenever i’m left alone with one or have to interact with one, i’ve no clue how to, no clue what to do, and i honestly feel like i’m in utter complete hell
(also, i think it’s fair to mention that i don’t have any irl friends, only a few online ones that i most likely may never meet up with, and i have zero clue what to do when making friends irl my age now)
#actually autistic#autistic#autism#undiagnosed autistic#undiagnosed autism#autistic things#autistic experiences#autistic community#autistic spectrum#audhd#actually audhd#audhd things#audhd brain#audhd community#audhd life#audhd struggles#adhd#actually adhd#adhd things#adhd brain#adhd stuff#adhd life
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#actually audhd#audhd#audhd problems#asd#autistic meltdowns#autistic memes#autistic feels#autistic girl#being autistic#actually autistic#actually neurodiverse#neurodivergence#neurodiversesquad#neurosparkly#neuroaffirming#autistic things#autistic adult#autistic spectrum#neurospicy#neurodiversity#neurodiverse stuff#autistic#autistic experiences#autism feels#masking#neurodivergent#audhd brain#adult audhd#autistic creator
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Childhood/family friend: Oh really! you’re autistic/ ADHD? I would have never guessed!
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#autism#adhd#neurodivergence#neurodivergent#dragons#funny#audhd things#audhd#special interest#adhd things#adhd brain#audhd brain#autistic things
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#adhd#adhd women#adhd things#adhd problems#adhd brain#adhd life#adult adhd#actually adhd#adhd memes#audhd#audhd things#adult audhd#audhd brain#audhd struggles
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I never understood the “autistics have a hard time with transitions” thing, bc doesn’t everyone have a hard time with transitions???
Yet I was only ever thinking about HUGE, life-altering transitions, like moving far away or having a kid, which is scary for anybody (but tbf autistics probably still rank higher on the “this is fucking terrifying” scale than allistics do).
But apparently, it also applies to the most basic transitions in day to day tasks. It’s harder for us to switch from one task to the next bc our brains generally function most efficiently when we are able to work in one uninterrupted segment on a task.
I’ve alwaysss struggled with this, especially when I need to use the bathroom - I will hold it for very long periods of time to avoid interruption in my task. For a while I thought it was just bc I also have adhd which causes lack of dopamine/executive dysfunction, and makes it difficult to *initiate* tasks. Which ofc plays a big part into it too. But I never knew it was a double whammy with the classic autism trait of “change and transitions are harder.” (Also the ignoring of my interoception doesn’t help with me avoiding using the bathroom)
#change is hard#transitions are hard#neurodivergent#neurodiverse stuff#self diagnosed autism#adult autism#autistic adult#autism#adult adhd#adhd brain#adhd#audhd#adult audhd#audhd brain#audhd problems#audhd things
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Ads don’t really work on me at all (yay autism) and I think because of that YouTube is convinced I actually don’t know any English so we’re trying different languages now. We’ve had Swiss German, Polish and Italian and now we’re trying (I think ) Serbian.
#actually audhd#audhd#audhd things#adult audhd#audhd brain#autism#actually autistic#autistic things#autistic adult#autistic experiences#being autistic#adhd things#adhd problems#adhd brain#adhd#actually adhd#adult adhd#adhd stuff#actually neurodiverse#neurospicy#neurodiverse stuff#neurodivergent#neurodiversity
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ADHD: You must do different things and vary your routines to keep your brain from EXPLOSION. Novelty is KEY.
Autism: You must have routines, make sure you have patterns that you can follow because too much variation or novelty causes brain IMPLOSION.
AuDHD: BRAIN EXPLOSION FROM ROUTINES AND IMPLOSION FROM NOVELTY BUT YOU NEED BOTH. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh ah. a. .
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I sort of hate how much of a hypocrite I am for being really bad at regulating things like tone and body language and facial expression when I communicate but then also being so hypersensitive to that stuff in others
#rants & reflections#adhd autistic#audhd problems#rsd vent#rejection sensitivity dysphoria#rejection sensitive dysphoria#adhd rsd#autistic thoughts#audhd struggles#audhd things#audhd brain#audhd creature#audhd life#audhd culture#neurodiversity#comorbidities#intersectionality#comorbid conditions#late diagnosed autistic#late diagnosed adhd#autistic communication#autistic meltdown#autistic relationship#autistic borderline#socializing is hard#asocial autistic#asocial#autistic trauma#audhd#rsd things
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Too accurate lol. I was so sheltered growing up that I thought reality was what I saw on tv shows 😭🤣 mind you the stuff I use to watch was so criiiinge 😆 & then I tried to mimic it in real life.. 🤦🏽♀️ goodness, spare me the embarrassment of reminiscing. ✋🏼 I barely knew how to be a person let own be my OWN person.
#mental health awareness#mental health#self love#adhd#adhd brain#adhd memes#living with adhd#adhd things#adhd life#adult adhd#adhd problems#autism spectrum disorder#autism#autistic things#autistic adult#autistic community#audhd brain#adult audhd#audhd problems#audhd community#audhd struggles#adhd struggles#audhd#audhd things#audhd life#neurodivergent#neurodivergence#neurodiversity#neurodivergent community#misunderstood
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I'm currently writing on several different smau ideas that popped into my head while living out my jjk harem life in sims and at this point, I should probably consider doing another random chats post because I can't stick to a theme with my audhd brain and you all would probably wait for another week or two until I upload again sooooo:
#🚬poll time#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#jjk x reader#audhd brain#sims 4#random thoughts#neurodivergent brainrot
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Okay a few questions for my fellow neurodivergents.
Is it normal for your head to tilt or shake?
And also is it normal to get a persistent crawling feeling on your spine?
Should I get that looked at by a doctor?
#autistic experiences#being autistic#autistic community#autistic adult#autistic spectrum#autism#actually autistic#adult audhd#adhd stuff#living with adhd#adhd things#adhd brain#adult adhd#audhd brain#audhd problems#audhd#actually audhd#audhd things#audhd life#audhd struggles#adhd problems#adhd#actually adhd#adhd life#autistic fuck#autistic things#help#send help#please help#pls help
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