#if you read this as hateful towards neurodivergent ppl

[crippled-peeper]

things that I’ve seen ppl say makes you neurodivergent online:

- having songs stuck in your head

- having split ends in your hair

- hating ugly people

- hating children

- reading and writing fanfic

things that I’ve seen people argue are icky yucky “neurotypical” things that are below them:

- having a physical disability (those can’t happen at the same time!!!! that’s too complicated!!!)

- be in special ed

- be a “criminal” or go to jail or get in trouble with authority

- be anything but white and say it out loud (also can’t happen at the same time, you must be lying!!!)

- having low empathy (lol)

- having a flat affect / being catatonic (lmao)

this list could get long but you see what I mean right . “online neurodivergent hegemony” isn’t just casual “lateral” ableism it’s a whole special type of violence towards other disabled people

[6ad6ro]

i think it's especially easy for neurodivergent ppl to blindly follow a community's "rules", especially when they're created by communities that overall have seemingly "good intentions". there isn't that necessary process of criticism, and context is rarely used alongside these "rules".

i randomly joined tumblr way back when, and IMMEDIATELY was like "wow, this is amazing. these ppl care about human rights and want to make the world a better place!" lol. and i began to blindly follow a lot of "rules" and cast a lot of judgements without thinking. it was pretty easy to do, considering i'd left places like youtube where (hatespeech and prejudice ideas are really common). tumblr seemed like paradise.

sure enough, i found myself saying things like "i hate men" (im he/they), "i hate white ppl" (im white), "i hate cis ppl". etc etc etc. it's really easy to like... passionately want change. and think the groups you're supporting are always right.

it's easy to make blanket statements... to follow "rules" without thinking? when your intentions are "good". i just wanted actual equality. the culture i was involved in said "these ppl are at fault, we need to change them to fix things". so i went along with it. i didn't think. i wanted to be "good".

but what about male allies. what about trans men. what about WHITE allies... do some of u gays REALLY not have a single cis person you're friends with? sorry, but theres a lotta ppl that fall into these groups who are ABSOLUTELY lovely. and also on your side.

and yet here you are, blogging about how much you hate them. throwing them under the bus based on the color of their skin, their gender, or their prefs.

just bc racist/sexist/transphobes commonly call out tumblr as a "place of hate" to try and justify their OWN hate (u know the tactic)? doesn't justify what we're doing. many of tumblr's "rules" and widespread beliefs? are inherently prejudist.

and neurodivergent ppl can just... eat this stuff up. me personally? i'm ALWAYS having to ask others "is this okay" or "am i doing this right"? it's really hard to make confident decisions on my own. so i would see "rules" as a godsend. something to trust in.

not realising that the same type of authoritarian, control-freak mentalities that exist in like... government? are also in these marginalised communities.

not to call anyone out, but i ran into yet another person with an absolutely silly dni today (ftr they seemed like a rly sweet, at most confused, younger person doin their best). but they literally were like "if someone i follow is bad, please lmk"... like? while on the surface that might seem like "oh i wanna know if someone i rb from is a secret terf" etc? i can't help but see it as "i dont know the rules! plz tell me the rules!!! i wanna do the right thing". bc i'm sorry. i see this stuff too much from atypical peeps.

there was a lot of confusing stuff in this dni. another being "if you believe there can be racism against white ppl, please dni" (the user claimed to be white btw). like... honestly? this one makes me wanna scream. bc what ppl call "racism" is usually just "prejudice". and YES prejudice actually DOES happen against white folk. your statement is an example. seriously tired of marginalised communities excusing their prejudices simply bc they're poc or gay or just whatever. like if you CHOOSE to make excuses for why hating someone based on their race or gender or sexuality is okay? you're excusing prejudice.

it even gets extra silly w the less serious "rules". like i'll see things like "no self-shipping" (its fictional), "no problematic character love" (its fictional), "you must set up/format your blog in this way" (its not your say, so if u dont like someones blog just unfollow/block omg). just a lotta weird "rules" where i KNOW these ppl got em from other cutthroat, authoritarian, self-proclaimed "good people". "no racists" is a rule that makes sense. but "no vtuber shipping"??? are... are u kidding? u know that anime youtubers are designed to be horny, right? lol... i just see a lotta stuff. too much demonizing and over WHAT? it's ridiculous.

PLEASE! for the love of GOD just TRY and use context and individual judgement. and i say this ESPECIALLY to other neurodivergent ppl. bc i get that it's really hard for ppl like us. but...

i guess i'm just tired of seeing so much hate being disguised as justice and love. and i'm tired of atypical ppl's trust being taken advantage of. i'm tired of blind rulefollowing. if tumblr communities should teach you anything, it's to be critical and analytical of morality. i know it can be difficult, but please just THINK.

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

it's honestly kinda upsetting to me that that mutual's reddit post made you out to be some kind of monster when the minute i read it i just KNEW, like... "this is going to be a neurodivergent person telling people not to take headcanons as fact to harass people they don't agree with, but in a more long-winded form, isn't it?" i knew this, because i am you in another corner of tumblr lmfao. but that they've got ppl on reddit saying you're a "grown ass adult" and implying you're weird... just :\

okay but the funny thing is that... they're all debating random people's lives on reddit... in a fanfiction forum... venting about how i don't have a life... but... but they wanna dedicate a whole convo about me...? 😳👉👈

LIKE THERE'S A REASON THIS IS ON MY BUCKET LIST, IT'S BECAUSE ANYONE WHO'S GONNA READ EXTREMELY INCORRECT AND BIASED POSTS ABOUT A STRANGER AND OFFER PARAGRAPHS OF ADVICE... for. for me??? 😌 like babes that's kinda... that's kindof an ego stroke. like unironically. no i'm not enjoying someone's misery and everyone is entitled to their feelings, but to slander me on a public forum? most people would talk things out with a friend or with me directly so i'm not sure who the immature one is here.

look. i have crippling ego issues, there isn't an arrogant bone in my body and that's the joke whenever i'm dramatically full of myself and mean!!! it's something that mutual would have seen and watched me explain. "bittersweetcoffee" yeah the bitter still exists guys 🥴

even though i talk about my job a lot in research & academia i don't unironically list off my qualifications with malicious intent or for praise or status because it's TUMBLR and i don't want to come across as pretentious nor do i want to be taken fully seriously like i am with my real work, that's why i exaggerated the harshness so we could all learn something while making it fun because clearly i'm not actually that cunty i've even broken character to remind others.

anyways this is a long way of saying that even if i've dealt with actual defamation cases, this one doesn't bother me because anyone who matters will pick up on the fact i'm acting and also... was never saying the things they claimed in the post. we're actually on the same page, but the comprehension hasn't made its way over yet.

ALSO, FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS THIS MUTUAL WHO MADE THE POST: don't hold this against them or send hate or malice. i have no ill feelings towards them (normally i'd be incredibly sick from something like this but i've been managing with some lighthearted fun and fantastic irl news about my academic relations but more on that another time). i understand how having other things in your life can build up and suddenly one foggy tumblr interaction sparks a whole disastrous spiral and hopefully they're okay and they work things out with their health and wellbeing before returning to tumblr.

[fantastic-rambles]

Ahhh yaknow what you’re right. I just went back and looked over some of the rod, and I didn’t see Langa explicitly agree to not to skate with Adam. He promised that he wouldn’t quit skating with Reki, but he only acknowledged Reki’s warning to not be reckless. It actually makes a bunch of sense why Langa would be confused by the distancing and argument. I see now why you were upset with Reki’s behavior. It feels kind of like a ‘secret contract’ sorta thing where Reki got upset over a broken rule Langa never realized he was supposed to abide by. And not only is that unfair like you said, but it flipped the situation as if Langa was being untrustworthy to his word when really Reki didn’t trust Langa not to quit skating with him just because of danger/injury. And especially since I’ve seen people make solid arguments for Langa being neurodivergent or neurodivergent-coded, it’s really not a stretch at all for him to see the situation like you did. Langa most likely saw the issue as solely reckless behavior leading to quitting. But clearly Reki’s own jealousy/insecurities added Langa preferring better skaters as potentially leading to them not skating together without ever discussing it until Langa was blindsided during the argument. I would’ve looked a better apology from Reki where he fully explained why he was upset when they were making up. It’s human for his feelings on the issue to change, but that should’ve been better expressed to Langa. Although Langa did a great job of accurately smoothing over what was bothering Reki without that. Maybe that’ll be rectified if he apologizes to Miya. I think Miya deserves one especially since Reki physically shoved him after he opened up about why his actions were such a sore spot for him. I actually thought Miya’s words would help Reki see the other side of things so seeing Miya get pushed was like a “Bro wtf??” moment for me. Again it’s understandable that people act out when they’re angry and Reki was obviously already struggling with his emotions, but it should be acknowledged again how wrong that was. Boy are you opening my eyes to a lot of problematic stuff lol.

Also, I’m very curious as to why you hate Shadow. For me, it’s because I can’t move past that comment in ep 1. I know ppl brush it off as just an (unnecessarily misogynistic) act for his persona, but that woman literally didn’t say anything to him and he insulted her for no reason by using her body as trophy to be defaced if he won. Ew. And just because he’s super nice to the flower shop lady, he does not get a pass. If he’s only respectful to women he’s attracted to and jumps at any other the opportunity to degrade women, he’s still a misogynist. And I’m pretty sure that he already new flower shop lady when the series started, so I don’t think you can argue that his character developed to be better towards women as a whole because of her or that he wouldn’t do something like that again at this point in the story. Especially since the goal of proving yourself as a “strong man” has not historically worked out to men being compassionate with women. (Tho within a vacuum devoid of his other actions, I can appreciate his commitment to a makeup routine)

Oh! And I would totally wanna read that fanfic if you write it!! I’m not even as gung-ho about Adam going to jail as most fans and Adam-haters tbh. Mainly because it’d probably be for political corruption via money bribes which is already kinda common and I don’t think the show has stated him to be doing anything particularly bad with it I don’t think so?? Like it seems to be mainly for the purpose of keeping S secret which is indeed a waste of money and effort when he could just buy it, but on the other hand, there doesn’t seem to be any ill consequences on the citizens the politician represents. So yea, it’s illegal so the jail time is technically deserved. But also like... no harm no foul🤷‍♀️ If he would be getting charged for assaulting other skaters than I definitely think that’s fair, but I doubt that’ll happen in the show just because I feel like no one will actually say anything when the time comes partially due to the shock of his arrest if they’re even involved. And I mean, Cherry was pissed at Adam for getting skaters hurt but still rolled out the hospital and joked like he was fine, so I just don’t particularly see anyone calling him out on it to the point of it being apart of his sentencing. The end of ep 11 with Cherry and Joe arguing about one of them going against Adam just doesn’t sound like condemning him to battery charges to me XD

But yaknow I’ve been loving hurt/comfort type fics lately, so I’d be really interested in seeing Adam truly work and change himself for some type of redemption in that setting. I can see hitting rock bottom as being really good for him given it may provide a reprieve from having to manage his image. Adam is underrated in complexity so it’s always cool when people try to flesh him out more and dive into his inner world. And of course Tadashi is kind of my fave (if you couldn’t tell) so I love anything healing for him as well :)

Yep, I was majorly pissed at Reki for how he treated Langa and Miya. His behavior is absolutely problematic. Not as bad as Adam, obviously, but with everything I’ve said and you’ve realized... yeah. I’m glad he made up with Langa and will probably make up with Miya, but it doesn’t invalidate everything he’s done before. Yes, he’s still an immature teenager, but I don’t think he realizes how messed up his behavior was, even after making up with Langa (the resolution seems to be based on him accepting that he’s not an ace skater, rather than recognizing how toxic his behavior was), so I’m still not satisfied. But hey, it’s probably just me being hyperfixated on trivial details that nobody else even cares about. /shrug

(I’m glad to know that I wasn’t misinterpreting the “promise,” or lack thereof, though!)

And I have two major problems with Shadow. My first--and biggest--problem is, as you’ve pointed out, that he’s an enormous misogynist. At “S,” people have the freedom to be exactly who they are beneath the facades that they show to the world. For example, Adam is someone desperately searching for someone who can understand him, not the perfectly put-together politician Shindo Ainosuke. Cherry and Joe are more true to their “real life” selves, but there are differences in their behavior on the track and off. And then there’s Shadow, the overcompensating “strong man” who threatens to make a guy tattoo “Dumpster Slut” over his girl’s name. So I 100% agree with everything you said about Shadow. He’s a chauvinistic pig.

The second problem is that I honestly think his actions when he’s racing are worse than Adam’s, and the only reason it’s not made out as such is because he’s the buttmonkey rather than the villain. I believe that, as problematic as Adam’s antics are, he does not intend to cause severe physical harm to his opponents. I’ve discussed this idea in more detail in other posts, but in short, even in the most extreme case--Cherry’s--his injuries were far lighter than they would have been if Adam had seriously wanted to hurt him. Death, coma, etc. were all highly probable outcomes of that situation, so the only reason they didn’t happen was because Adam was holding back. Or anime logic. But even anime logic can only stretch so far. And against lesser opponents like Reki, he generally holds onto them to ensure that they don’t accidentally hurt themselves when they’re panicking.

Of course, Shadow doesn’t intend to cause severe physical harm to his opponents either, but he does not exert any control over the situation after he throws fireworks at his opponent or shines a laser in their eyes. We’ve twice seen his opponents fall off the course as a direct result of his actions: Reki in the first race, Harry in the quarterfinals. They could have just as easily fallen off the cliff or slammed into a wall (at full speed) and been badly injured. If Shadow were an actual villain, I fully believe that he would have an actual body count of people who died racing against him (as opposed to Adam’s trail of injured opponents). So it bothers me that people shrug off what Shadow does while screaming for Adam’s death.

As for the scandal subplot... I’m *pretty* sure it’s a lot more serious than Adam bribing the police to leave “S” alone. I think he’s actually involved in some majorly shady/illegal activities politically. Like, in Episode 7, when the other Diet member gets pulled over, arrested, and has his house searched... there’s no way that has anything to do with “S.” At the very least, the two of them were collaborating on something really bad, something serious that Adam lied about under oath, and that’s enough for Adam’s staff to worry about what’s going to happen, especially Tadashi. We don’t know what it is specifically, but it’s definitely a lot more than just passing out bribes to hide “S.”

Lol, I’ll have to see how it goes. Probably won’t start it until after the anime finishes at the very least so I can see how it turns out for Adam and Tadashi, plus I have another half dozen WIPs at the moment and nowhere near enough time to work on them all. xD

[yearning-enby-hours]

Introduce Myself:

Hi yes I am:

23

Nonbinary (they/them)

Transmasc pre-t, pre-op

Demiromantic

Nblm (nonbinary love men)

Bottom

Single so hmu if ur a top lol :P

From the US of A

I’m also fat/overweight

Black/African American

Introvert

I’m also neurodivergent

Things I like:

Nostalgic Disney/Cartoon Network

Lots of music incl. metalcore, alternative, indie, pop

Books (mostly nostalgic like PJO, Harry Potter etc)

I also watch youtube a lot like Hell’s Kitchen/Gordon Ramsay vids also ASMR vids

I love Catfish the TV Show on MTV

Baking/Cooking

History

I LOVE:

Men :)

Men of all kinds, shapes, sizes, race/ethnicity, ability/disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation etc :))

Respecting pronouns (incl. neopronouns)

Enbies of all kinds (see the Men section above) :))

Respecting people’s genders and sexualities even if I don’t understand it/haven’t heard of it

Also garlic bread,,, lots and lots of garlic bread

I DO NOT LIKE:

Misgenderin’

Disrespect

Horror/Thriller/Scary anything

Violence or mentions of it

Transmeds/Truscum

TERFS or any of the ERFs

JK Rowling

Exclusionists

Biphobes AND Panphobes (you can pry bi/pan solidarity out of my cold, dead hands)

Ace/Aro phobes

MAPs

White supremacists/Republicans/Anti-BLM/Racism

Fatphobia

Transphobia/Homophobia

Ableism

Ppl who don’t respect pronouns, other ppl’s sexual identity/gender identity bc they think it “harms” the lgbt community or their specific identity

(Theres prob more but i cant think of any more rn)

DO NOT INTERACT:

If you are any of the above that I listed under the I DO NOT LIKE section

If you are a minor

Are not intersted in seeing NSFW content on ur blog

18+ ONLY please

I am not afraid to BLOCK anyone who has something hateful to say towards me or anyone else (feel free to block me if you don’t like what you read)

My blog is mostly yearning with SFW and NSFW content and mostly reblogs

Asks and DMs open

NBLM, MLNB, MLM, NBLNB welcome :)

Polyam/sexual-friendly

If u are interested in a relationship feel free to hmu :);) please no minors

Like seriously,,, im touch-starved

End.

[dumbthingsthat]

Re-read a great deal of my vents on here and boy oh boy that rds for alot of those definite con posts is just verrrry poignant. Like it was every con in the last 3 yrs pre-pandemic I had this shitty feeling about how my friends were treating me (and not to really excuse them bc they do exclude ppl from stuff or don't make an effort to connect to others outside of their close knit group?) But never really noticed just how that shook my already shitty mental health 😬 (sidenote it's not better I'm just more aware of it and why I feel very hostile towards them or come across as passive whenever there's anything new happening in the friend group...so it's good to be aware so I can figure out my actual issue with the situation)

Anyways with another year of limited job opportunities, and interactions, it has me nostalgic for things that made me feel less lonely or awkward. It's totally hard to ignore how stunted you feel when you see others around you figuring stuff out. I'm on okc to like look but not have any interest in talking with anybody bc my mind is so very much convinced it won't be anything like my 1st relationship where I could be myself around them and my interests and their interests were literally the same to an extent so connecting wasn't difficult. I never really got my closure and I don't think contacting them now will get me that. 1 bc I'm afraid if that they've made progress in the m.h stuff me texting them will ruin that? 2 if they don't respond that'll mean they've totally moved on and have no reason to say anything and it'll paint me as a desperate person who can't let go of something 3yrs ago that lasted for like 9months?

It's defs bc I'm lonely, and I miss having a good friend who constantly put in the effort to just say hi? Someone who you could just be around quietly and it just was nice. It's real easy to make it out to be perfect bc there's nothing to compare it to and to watch others around you literally have that...it fucking sucks. I also hate feeling like bc I'm thinking this way that they're thinking this way too and we're creating reasons to not say anything to eachother. We were both scared to say anything that might've ruined our friendship before we dated (that's why it took a year to ask them out bc we were good friends before) so yeaaah my brain feels like that's why we don't talk anymore

Not the obvious one that, like a healthy person-->they moved on bc that was what was best for them and I should do the same! Unfortunately my brain is still wonky and 3yrs is long but trauma, an untreated neurodivergency, and still living at home can only give me so much to expect as for growth

I'm intuitive as hell, and it's freaky to the point where I'd say like if I have a gut feeling about something, I'm usually 90% right....which is why I can't let go of the thought of contacting them

(And mmmboy the fact I know that their pronouns are different is a dead giveaway that I haven't completely stayed away...well I creeped once on their blog about 2ish months ago??? BUT STILL)

Idk mannnnn being very aware that something is a bad idea but you still wanna do it is weird. I hate self awareness and hyperfixation working against eachother like this

[irkenheretic]

youre not stepping on any toes IN FACT you are saying what i was too pussy to say in the original post

while im not a practicing muslim im still ethnically middle-eastern and while i didnt grow up during that time (i was alive but i was baby) i completely get what youre saying with the unfortunate implications

to me it reads as super colonizer-y to act like the only way a character can be redeemed is to strip him of his culture

and im gonna say it, im gonna out myself to make a point on my fucking Invader Zim Meta Post but.

i have ASPD.

literally i am a diagnosed sociopath. yay for me! anyway. aspd w/ npd (and bpd) traits i am LIVING im THRIVING im FINE its FINE

ANYWAY i mention this because.

this trend. of erasing zim's zim-ness. reminds me of shit that happened to me, or shit ive seen in passing.

there's always this attitude of being proud of who you are and even the more stigmatized mental illnesses are shown love somewhere on tumblr with positivity blogs and positivity posts and such.... but if you have npd or aspd theres always this underlying asterisk of not you, though.

like, we're expected to only be good and valuable if we change EVERYTHING about ourselves and be One Of The Good Ones and basically never never show symptoms never ever

are there some aspects of aspd and the personality disorder Traits Hodgepodge i have that are absolutely rancid? yes. there are, obviously. having that shit is not fun at all and ive hurt myself and others because of it.

but the same is true for every single mental illness ever and they're allowed to have positivity, they're allowed to identify with their neurodivergence and be proud to be themselves!

but i can't??

i'm treated as someone beyond help and someone who would only want help to avoid jail (actual thing a psychology! professor!! said about ppl with aspd) and if i dare say that i actually am proud of who i am, not despite of The Disorder but because of that then boy do i have a fucking storm coming my way

people just cant really reconcile that you can be a good person while still having traits of those disorders. they really, really can't. and it seeps into fandom. i wonder what'll happen to me now that i straight up said i have aspd. will i get hate? will people unfollow me? will nothing happen at all? fuck if i know!

anyway.

i went on and on about my own experiences because ive had people try to "fix" me like it was some great service and beat me into this perfect little mold of What A Good Person Should Be and i uh, really dont like seeing this in fandom at all. a lot of popular creators do it. they don't think they do it but they do it. (not you patch ily). if they sit there patting themselves on the back and thinking they totally dont do it, they do it 100% guaranteed

zim is only valid if hes soft and pitiable and uwu all the time and only then is he allowed to be sympathized with. barring that, he's evil for evil's sake and has absolutely no internal motivations or complexities around it

i didnt mean to turn this to "you people are ableist towards cluster Bs" but-

haha no fuck you thats exactly what im saying.

anyway zim can be a good person and be egotistical and he can be caring and nurturing while not having empathy and he can be defective and not be the Only Good One In All Of Irken Society because shit is more nuanced than that and the idea that there is only ONE dissenter in a society with billions in it is honestly fucking laughable

CAN I JUST SAY THAT i fucking hate how like. while it was planned that invader zim was gonna have two protagonists- zim and dib- its always dib that gets more… development?

like. i love the show dont get me wrong. but it really irks me (no pun intended) that the crew stresses that zin and dib are equals, and yet dib is the one that actually has character development and nuance put into his actions. hes changed from the show and his relationship with his family have gotten better

with zim? its the OPPOSITE

hes always written off by crew members as “oh, zim? yeah he wont ever change.” the Main Character is stagnant. while the comics make dib’s life better, they make zim’s worse. 777, zim’s only friend, is now only helping him because he has his kids hostage. you used to be able to make the case that red was a little sympathetic towards zim, now him and purple are interchangeable assholes to the point where they SWITCH COLORS in issue 4. zim himself is more 2d and has more of a Cartoon Badguy role to dib’s Plucky Young Hero and it really doesnt feel like theyre on equal ground anymore. it just feels like dib is the new protagonist, and the traditional Cartoon Good Guy, and zim is just a joke without the CORE TENANT OF HIS CHARACTER, that being that hes not stupid, just misguided.

and it really feels like the comics treat him like hes stupid and doesnt have a friend in the world or anyone that likes him even a LITTLE because who would ever like ZIM amirite?

[bi-dazai]

@tragicallyphosphorescent

I'm going to respond to this one by one.

1. I never said pm me, i said don't respond as confrontationally. if i was in front of you in real life you would not engage with this discussion this way. im perfectly open to discussing and learning, with online spaces giving the benefit of allowing us to link sources. i also don't mind disussing these matters without someone being airy fairy friendly - id be happy for you to respond and discuss with me with the tone ive been using to respond to you. but you came in blazing and just immediately assumed the worst of me. you didn't ask clarification, you didn't provide sources nor any evaluation on why I was wrong with the coffee thing, nor why posting and saying what i did WAS ableist. if you don't feel like teaching me or discussing this, that's fine. but block me instead of replying, because by doing so you've said you want me to respond.

EDIT: i actually think you should have pmed me because we were quite literally mutuals.

2. Again you say you don't need to respond to everything that's hurtful to you. Then why did you respond? Also, it wasn't directed at you specifically, it was directed at a certain subsection of the online adhd community, specifically on twitter.

3. This is a screenshot of a tweet, not a Tumblr post. Make of that what you will.

4. I already clarified why i added my point abt the term add being not a diagnosis in the tags - it was semi-related to the post, and it was me saying a lot of these ppl on twitter who are adhd advocates/give out information abt adhd online still use outdated material and generalise every widely normal thing as an ADHD thing. this is misinformation. It can lead to people thinking they have adhd when they have something different, and getting incorrectly medicated, etc. The tone with many adhd communities ive found is that if a person says they relate to a single symptom, the community immediately tells them they must have ADHD. Any diagnosis of mental disorders and neurodivergency requires multiple symptoms occurring with enough frequency wherein it impacts the subject's capability to function. Circling back around to my point about misinformation and exaggerations being shared by accounts, id like to add that this tweet was from a verified account with almost 400k followers

5. There are in fact issues with people continuing to stick to an outdated diagnosis online, the least of which is perpetuating misinformation in online adhd communities and the worst of it is the person themself getting incorrect treatment. Imagine if I was diagnosed with manic depression, and then when that diagnosis was changed in the dsm-5 to bipolar i continued to just say i had manic depression. there are a ton of negative outcomes for both me and other people, ESPECIALLY if i am using that term when participating in bipolar communities.

6. Caffeine is a stimulant. when processed in the body it manifests in short bursts of energy (as compared to, say, fibre, which gives a much steadier and sustainable output of energy). this means that after this burst of energy is over, you get tired, especially when you aren't getting enough sleep. This is not "very much an adhd thing". This is literally just how the human body processes caffeine. I get tired after drinking coffee lol. I understand that the effect of caffeine is slightly different in ADHD - i know what coffee therapy is. but this tweet didn't say that.

6. If you actually read what I've been saying, you would have realised i am not being hateful towards ppl with adhd. i am, again, criticising a specific SUBSECTION of the online adhd COMMUNITY, namely on twitter. and as a fellow grown adult i hope you understand that i use the concept of generalisation with the understanding that i am referring to a rather unfortunately prominent trend in this group, and not every individual member. By using generalisation i criticise a strain of thought, an attitude, and a behaviour common throughout various (often micro-influencer) figures in this subsection of the community with which i have noticed a common trend. That trend of behaviours and attitudes can, in my opinion, be harmful, as i specified previous.

7. I can post what I want.

adhd 🤝 breathing oxygen