#liberal meltdown compilation

[protected-and-loved-by-castiel]

ADHD is not: inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and mood instability. ADHD does not impair cognitive ability. These are *distress symptoms* that occur in ADHD neurotypes.

(This is parallel to the idea that Autism is not: meltdowns, self-harm, and anti-social behaviors. These are distress symptoms that occur in Autistic neurotypes.)

ADHD is: neural hyperconnectivity, monotropism, holotropic sensory gating, a neuroceptive need for novelty and variety, an interest-driven dopamine system, and varying processing styles (both bottom-up and top-down processing).

These innate traits of ADHD are still being compiled from the ADHD community, so there may be a few more traits that need to be added to the list in the future, but this list is a good start at describing what the ADHD neurotype is before or without trauma, or what the ADHD genes code for as a heritable phenotype.

ADHD involves an abundance of attention, not a deficit of attention. It is extremely hard to direct the attention of an ADHDer based on external expectations, but we easily hyperfocus on our own interests or more voluntary activities.

This is because our dopamine systems are interest-driven: our brains release dopamine only for things we are genuinely interested in, not for required school or work activities. For externally required things, we tend to run on adrenaline instead. (And if we reach burnout, our brains may stop releasing dopamine for things we are interested in.)

The ADHD neurotype is genetic and involves differences in brain structure. If the environment was absolutely perfect, with no trauma or overwhelm, an ADHD person would still be born with the ADHD neurotype.

ADHD people need supportive environments that consider the needs of their neurotype (such as more movement and more stimulation) and that provide opportunities for ADHD brains to operate from their strengths without shame and invalidation for not meeting cultural expectations. These supports can include ADHD medication and a variety of other tools that may help an ADHDer to navigate society.

ADHD is a disability, not because ADHD is inherently a deficit or inability, but because ADHD neurotypes are not supported or enabled in our culture. People with ADHD neurotypes need extensive help navigating a world constructed by neurotypical culture. In an ideal world, that help would be normalized so much that ADHD wouldn’t seem like a disability anymore.

Being ADHD in a world designed for neurotypicals is extremely challenging and sometimes causes a lot of suffering. It’s often painful to live in this world with the ADHD neurotype. Blaming our own brains amplifies this suffering. Naming the source of our suffering shows us a path to relief: we need neurodivergent communities, we need neurotype friendly environments, we need liberation from systemic ableism. Working towards these collective solutions is what the neurodiversity movement is all about.

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✨ This is part 1 of 2 in a new essay titled: Innate ADHD vs. Distress Symptoms, which is posted at my blog.

[a-queer-seminarian]

so ya wanna know about autism: masterpost

I give this google doc link out to individuals a lot, and realized it might be useful for a lot of people if i shared it more widely. It’s a masterpost of a whole bunch of Autistic Stuff -- here’s the link to the actual doc, but i’ll also post it all here on tumblr (under a readmore after the table of contents).

(edit: if the hyperlinks aren’t working for you, here’s the google doc url that you can copy and paste into an internet browser to access everything: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16BqhRv4IlZ6KcElGAEZOx8sFYwRs4W1jF-ddY_XKYnE/edit?usp=sharing )

Please spread it around (including sharing the google doc link outside of tumblr wherever you want). Feel free to comment with more resources, tumblr posts, articles, etc. that you find helpful! And if any links are broken, let me know.

It can be a major challenge for adult autistic folks to find content for us and by us, because so much “official” content is 1) ableist and harmful and 2) geared towards parents of autistic children. So I’ve compiled just about every resource I’ve got that discusses autism by and for #actuallyautistic folks.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

- ORGANIZATIONS AND SELF ADVOCATES

- DEFINING AND DESCRIBING AUTISM

misc.

Metaphors and images for autism

Disability models

Issues with Functioning Labels, ideas of “Mild” - “Severe” autism

- AUTISM AND INTERSECTIONALITY

misc.

Autism among women

Autism and race

Autism and LGBTQ

- STUFF ON SELF DIAGNOSIS

misc.

Is it ADHD or Autism??

Tests / checklists

- STUFF ON PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSIS

- AUTISTIC PRIDE / CULTURE AND HISTORY!

misc.

Autism / disability history and culture

The Neurodiversity Movement

Person first vs. identity first language

Cureism

- AUSTITIC TRAITS (BEYOND THE ONES COMMONLY DISCUSSED!)

Misc. - samefoods, lists, needing to know what to expect, etc.

Stimming

Communication stuff - misc. - Verbal/nonverbal - Infodumping - echolalia - Prosopagnosia - Aphasia - Eye contact

Special interests / hyperfixations

Auditory Processing Disorder

Sensory issues / Sensory Processing Disorder

Meltdowns and Shutdowns and Burnout

Executive function

Emotion stuff

- MASKING / PASSING / SCRIPTING

- WHY AUTISM SPEAKS AND ABA ARE SO BAD

- MISCELLANEOUS

Suicide

Allyship / for allistics - For parents of autistic persons

More non-speaking autistic self-advocates

misc.

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SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND SELF ADVOCATES

ASAN!!

The Autistic Woman and Nonbinary Network

Amethyst Schaber’s “Ask and Autistic” YouTube full of videos on various autistic stuff

Lydia X.Z. Brown / Autistic Hoya 

Dr. Nick Walker

Mrs. Kerima Çevik

“Non-Speaking Autistic Speaking” - Amy Sequnzia’s blog

“The thinking person’s guide to autism”

The How-To Wiki for autism is actually really helpful! 

Ollibean blog .

DEFINING AND DESCRIBING AUTISM

Video: “What is autism?”

“About autism”

“What being autistic means to me”

Myths about autism .

Metaphors and images for autism - “Autism is a sundae bar” - “Autism is purple” - “Understanding the spectrum” comic - Another visual on the idea of a spectrum - And another visual on the spectrum - not an on-off switch .

Disability models - Understanding disability models - Video: models of disability discourse .

Functioning Labels, “Mild” or “Severe” autism - Article on functioning labels - “What’s wrong with functioning labels? A masterpost” - Another article on problems with functioning labels - “I don’t experience my autism mildly; you experience my autism mildly” - A non-speaking autistic who is labeled non-functioning discusses labels - “Most people would consider me low-functioning, but I hate that word” - Tweets from actual autistics on functioning labels - How the same person may be labeled low or high functioning at different times - “Mental Age Theory hurts people with disabilities” .

AUTISM AND INTERSECTIONALITY

Article on autism in communities of color + in the LGBTQ community

Autism, intersectionality, and STEM college outcomes

Articles on intersectionality on The Art of Autism .

Autism among women - A reminder about talking about differences in autism in “females” - “I thought I was lazy: the invisible struggle for autistic women” - “The women who don’t know they’re autistic” - “The gas-lighting of women and girls on the autism spectrum” .

Autism and race - “Being Autistic, Black, and Femme” - “Black and Autistic: Is there room at the advocacy table?” - “Autistic, Gifted, and Black” - “I, too, am Racialized” - Autistic Hoya on being Chinese & a transracial adoptee - Video: “Growing up BLACK in a neurotypical legal system” - The Autism Wars: Mrs. Kerima Çevik’s blog .

Autism and LGBTQ - “Autism and gender variance - is there a cause for the correlation?” - “The intersection of autism and gender” - Issues being transmasc and autistic - “Gendervague: At the intersection of Autistic and trans experiences” - “I’m an autistic lesbian and no, I don’t wish I were ‘normal’” .

STUFF ON SELF DIAGNOSIS:

A self-diagnosis masterpost!

Autistic self-dx is valid

“Reasons why self-dx is good from the pov of a professional” 

Some reasons why autism may go undiagnosed 

“Five reasons I am self identified as autistic”

“Beware of gatekeeping”

A masterpost of “resources for women who believe they might be autistic”

A therapist who’s never met an incorrect self-dx-er .

Is it ADHD or Autism?? - Links to information on the intersections between autism and ADHD - A list of things that are more ADHD, things that are more autism, and things that are both - Science: decoding the overlap between ADHD and autism - The concept of neurodivergent “cousins” .

Various tests / checklists: - ASD Checklist - List of inclusive autistic traits - Book: I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults .

STUFF ON PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSIS:

Privilege in being able to get a diagnosis

Pros and cons of getting one

Someone answers the question “Was it worth it for you to get diagnosed as an adult?”

Professional diagnosis can get some people deported :/

This person’s journey from self-dx to pro-dx .

AUTISTIC PRIDE / CULTURE AND HISTORY!

The wiki how-to on accepting your autism

The wiki how-to on autistic strengths 

“7 Cool Aspects of Autistic Culture”

“I’m autistic and proud of it”

“You are not a burden” 

“What is self advocacy?” .

Autism / disability history and culture - Video: “Is autism a disability?” - A google drive “disability library” full of amazing content - A tumblr tag full of posts with autistic history - Book - Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking includes essays that explore the history of autism and of autistic self-advocacy - Book - Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity .

The Neurodiversity movement - The neurodiversity paradigm - Video: basic terms and definitions - Video: what is neurodiversity? - Liberating ourselves from the pathology paradigm .

Person first vs. identity first language (“person with autism” vs. “autistic person”) - ASAN on identity first language - Why it matters - Video: Autism ACTUALLY Speaking - Science: a study on what labels actual autistic persons prefer - An image showing the difference between person first and identity first language .

Cureism & seeking causes of autism - Video: “Autism and the disability community: the politics of neurodiversity, causation, and cure” - Video: Self advocacy in a culture of cure - An analogy against cureism - It’s okay that some autistics do want a cure - Quotes on Truth Is by Julia Bascom about not needing a cure - Cureism is eugenics - “If a cure is found, no one will force you to take it” .

AUTISTIC TRAITS (BEYOND THE ONES COMMONLY DISCUSSED!)

“Thinking about patterns of opposite extremes among autistic people” (e.g. how we tend to be sensory avoidant or sensory seeking, extremely gender conforming or extremely gender nonconforming, hyper-empathetic or hypo-empathetic)

An essay on inclusive autistic traits

This tumblr is dedicated to answering people asking about whether various things are autistic traits!

This person lists the reasons they think (know) they’re autistic; the list includes a lot of traits that often aren’t talked about 

“Some autism things” .

“What are samefoods?” - “Why do autistic people tend to samefood?”

It’s okay if you don’t like certain things / avoid certain things because of your autism

Wanting/needing to know how long something will last, what to expect .

Stimming! - Video: what is stimming? - Video on self-injurious stims - Video: autobiographical look at stimming and its role - More than a coping mechanism - A masterpost of examples of various types of stimming - Video on vocal / verbal stimming - Examples of vocal stimming as communication - A tumblr blog with a tag full of examples of body stims .

Communication stuff - Trouble with volume modulation; repetition; inconsistent talking habits - Autistic idiolects - Autistic dialect? - Autistics communicate differently amongst each other! . - Verbal/nonverbal - - Selective mutism - - Semiverbal communication - - Different amounts of access to speech - - A person on being non-verbal and using AAC - - People who are nonverbal still deserve to be listened to .

Infodumping - What is infodumping?

Echolalia - “Autism and Echolalia: what you need to know” - What is echolalia? - A tumblr blog’s tag featuring examples of echolalia

Aphasia and autism

Prosopagnosia (Face blindness) - Science: a study confirming that some 67% of autistic persons have some degree of facial recognition difficulties - Science: a study offering theories for why this is!

Video: Autistics and eye contact - Science: Researchers explore why autistic people avoid eye contact

Tendency to overexplain .

Special interests / hyperfixations - Some info on hyperfixations - Video on special interests - Emphasizing the intensity of these things - “What’s so special about a special interest?” - “Why we love what we love and why it should matter to you” - Not every autistic person knows everything there is to know about their special interest - “Interest hopping” - Dividing our life into “eras” of special interests .

Auditory Processing Disorder - Examples of APD - “You might struggle with auditory processing if…” .

Sensory Processing Disorder - Video: What is sensory processing disorder? - Video: a virtual experience of what it’s like to be at a party as someone with SPD - A post about some of the weird sensory stuff that many autistics experience (such as feeling nauseated when your real issue is a headache) - Many sensory issues aren’t just annoying, but physically painful - Difficulty in explaining autistic hypersensitivities - Auditory sensory musings - Trying to describe sensory overload - Not noticing when we’re hungry - Weird tolerance for big pain, intolerance for small pain - Science: “Unseen Agony: Dismantling Autism’s house of pain” - Tumblr blog with a tag of other posts about sensory issues .

Meltdowns and Shutdowns and burnout: - Meltdowns vs. shutdowns - Video: “What are autistic meltdowns?” - Video: “What are autistic shutdowns?” - A description of meltdowns - Signs of a shutdown in autistic people - How to support someone having a shutdown - Science: “Autistic shutdown alters brain function” - How to avoid meltdowns - “Dealing with meltdowns” - “The protective gift of meltdowns” - Video on autistic burnout - Article on burnout - Science: Autistic burnout described by a researcher - An article on autistic regression (burnout) - “Help! I seem to be getting more autistic” - talks about how things like burnout, aging, new environment, being around other autistics, and more can cause this .

Executive function - Video: “What is executive functioning?” - A chart describing the different aspects of executive function - “Executive functioning problems - a frustrating aspect of being autistic” - Autistic inertia .

Emotion stuff (including empathy) - Our emotional regulation is different - Article: (some) people with autism can read emotions, feel empathy - Video on misconceptions around autism and empathy - “Double standards: The irony of empathy and autism” - Science on the “double empathy problem” involving relationships between autistics and non-autistics - Not a bad person for not having empathy - More musings on autism and empathy - “Autistic grief is not like neurotypical grief” .

Alexithymia: - Science: Overlap between autism and alexithymia - Video: what is alexithymia? - “I don’t know how I feel”

MASKING / PASSING 

Video on passing

An infographic on autistic masking

Another video on masking / “hiding” in a neurotypical world

We are not obligated to mask or “act less autistic”

When you mask less and get told “you’ve been acting more autistic”

Getting called high-functioning because you mask/pass well

Scripting: - Video: what is scripting? 

WHY AUTISM SPEAKS AND ABA ARE SO BAD

A guide to identifying good autism organizations (and how they can improve!)

Autism Speaks:

Some facts and statistics 

An AS masterpost

Another AS masterpost

Video: What’s wrong with AS?

Video: a non-speaking autistic’s response to discussions between Autism Speaks and GRASP

“Enough with the puzzle pieces”

“I resign my roles at Autism Speaks”

“Responding to Autism Speaks” .

ABA:

Video: what’s ABA? 

“Studies find thin evidence for early autism therapies” 

Masterpost of why ABA is harmful

More on how ABA is abusive even if a kid “seems to like it”

An autistic describes ABA’s “quiet hands” method

And another post on how ABA is harmful

Trauma and autism

Alternatives to ABA

MISCELLANEOUS 

Suicide - Video: Speaking to suicidal autistics - Science linking autism and increased suicidality - Video: “diagnosis saved my life” .

Allyship / for allistics - Video: How to be an ally - Resources for supporting autistics during Autism Acceptance month and year-round! - Autistic accessibility needs - “How to be a friend to autistic people” - 15 things you never say to an autistic person - What to say / not to say to an autistic adult - Video: what shouldn’t I say to autistic people? - Video: Things not to say to an autistic person - Video: “Isn’t everyone a bit autistic?” - Don’t talk about “mental age” - “To those who tell autistic persons ‘everyone experiences that’” - Why it’s not helpful to say “well I don’t think of you as disabled / as autistic” - How to support a loved one who’s gone temporarily nonverbal - How to support someone having a shutdown - Help reduce meltdowns in a loved one - Don’t restrain an autistic person having a meltdown - Understanding why autistics seem “so picky” - Making communication easier for your autistic friend - Avoiding ableism against AAC users - How to protect your autistic employees from ‘no script found’ situations” .

For parents of autistic persons - “Don’t Mourn for Us” - “You don’t ‘lose a child to autism’” - Advice from autistic adults on treating your autistic children with respect - A masterpost of advice for “autism parents” - It’s okay if your kid doesn’t hug you or say “I love you” - “They keep publishing these violent articles” - “When you’re autistic, abuse is considered love” - You don’t have to tell everyone who comes across you and your kid in public that your kid is autistic / you don’t have to constantly apologize for your kid! - Your kid isn’t bad / uncooperative just because they have certain differences - Don’t tell autistic adults we are “nothing like your child” - A tag full of more tumblr posts about / for “autism parents”

More non-speaking autistic self-advocates - Video: “In My Language” by Mel Baggs - Mel Baggs: “Don’t ever assume autism researchers know what they’re doing” - Lysik’an: “You don’t speak for low-functioning autistics” - Film: Deej

Autistics and the idea of “getting out of your comfort zone”

Autistics accommodate allistics far more than the other way around 

It is icky when autistic persons are only valued when we’re “productive” 

Parents who are themselves autistic

Autism as genetic? - Science: “Autism Genetics, Explained”

Science: links to some studies on autism and gastro-intestinal issues, autism and caffeine, autism and sleep, autism and stimming, autism and queerness, autistic strengths, and more

[ambientbroth]

Self Diagnosed Autism Journal Entry 7:

I’ve been taking a break from typing everything out. I crashed pretty hard trying to collect as much information as I could in a couple weeks - compiling prints and quizzes about autism… I crashed hard.

Nothing about discovering you have Autism is easy. 3 1/2 weeks ago I consciously realized how often I cry and I cry a lot. I have a meltdown almost every 3 days and I thought it was because I could have bipolar or major mood swings.. that something was wrong with me. The whole time it was just Autism. These meltdowns last 4 1/2 hours, I can’t function during them.. Every minute takes a turn for the worse… when it’s bad feelings the whole world collapses, I’m falling apart.. I want to stop existing. Then I wake up the next day a different person, not knowing what it’s going to be. It’s exhausting. It’s Autism. I know that now.

2 weeks ago I cried in the bathtub because my whole life I couldn’t just be myself. I thought about my grandpa

“Why do you smile like that kaun?” [kaun: child in Cambodian/ Khmer]

So then I practiced my smile until it wasn’t mine anymore.

I thought about my step dad

“Why do you walk like that?” He laughed

So I practiced my walk, I swing my arms, try not to bounce so much when I walk, watch my feet. It wasn’t me anymore.

I thought about my mom

“Why are you being so sensitive?”

This was the age I suppose I was “supposed to grow out of” being sensitive to certain things. Certain words, certain sounds, brightness, temperature, the way something fit on my body.

“You’re too old to be doing that”

She gave away things that meant something to me. I taught myself not to have attachments now, I have so many problems when it comes to attachments

I remember being forced to sit at the table and eat. She would reheat my food 5 times in the microwave. I would sit there in the dark looking at my food. I’d stay there for 3 hours while they watched a movie. I stayed there crying. I have a weird relationship with food. I always have but it sucks.

It sucks because I couldn’t be myself and everything in my life was over looked. It sucks so much realizing life could have been easier. How much support I actually needed and never got. Discovering I have Autism has been the most painful and liberating thing to stumble upon.

It hurts so bad though.

[buzz-london]

Bihar Election 2020 | LIBERAL MELTDOWN Compilation! - 12th Nov 2020

Nitish Kumar, in coalition with the BJP, has won the 2020 Bihar Elections, proving pollsters and exit polls wrong once again. Tejaswi Yadav, who was crowned the CM by media and intellectuals before the results even came out, missed out on the CM position after NDA crossed the Midpoint mark. 

This has obviously caused a meltdown among liberal media, intellectuals, and commentators who were already celebrating a Mahagathbandhan win. We present the best liberal meltdown compilation in this video.

https://youtu.be/ZKwOMjdYZOA

[iron-rabbit-feet]

Re: Chapter 241

OUR KIDS ARE BACK!! Todoroki and Bakugo bantering is a great way to return to their shenanigans. I love Izuku's somewhat snarky comment about Bakugo getting "further away from All Might", omg.... my boy.

Re Mt. Lady's point about people's sense of urgency and wanting a "true hero" to emerge- I wonder if more people are just going to become disillusioned with hero society and rally for quirk reform in the country. I keep wanting to see a societal meltdown in this story... utter chaos. And if anyone can bring it forth, it will be Shigaraki and the Paranormal Liberation Front. For now, the waters are calm and people at least appear optimistic. I could be totally wrong with some of these points.

(OH OH, one more thing- since the PLF has people in the media and some heroes on their side too, I wonder if they're going to use that to leak their ideologies into the public sphere and possibly gain more sympathy for their cause??? So instead of chaos it’s a slow trickling into the public mindset. That would be wicked.)

...Can I say how much I love Shoto? Taking everything literally and being socially inept... what a relatable character. And Izuku smiling proudly at him!

I knew Izuku was going to malfunction when it was his turn to be interviewed. I love how he immediately opened up and started rambling when his special interest was brought up. (All Might) And I'm glad that he's optimistic and serious about his new power.

I wasn't at all prepared for this panel.

GO TO BED, JESUS CHRIST. What a way for Toshi to make an appearance again.

Anyhow, I really really love that he's been researching the past users and their quirks and compiling notes about them for Izuku. (and he's using one of those Campos notebooks... I'm going to cry) So Izuku won't be left in the dark and not knowing what to expect. A++ shit right there. (hoping for some potential bonding that will occur from them talking about the past holders too??)

I want to speculate about what the past holders quirks are while we still can, but I have no idea. Hoping for something that will compliment the skills Izuku already has. They don't necessarily have to be ones based on brute force either... Black Whip is already precision based in a way. A mental or transformative quirk would be neat... we'll see.

Finally- Internships are coming back! I wonder who Izuku will go with. I forgot what became of Nighteye's agency after his death, but... internships are different from Hero Work Studies, right? I’m confusing myself. It'll be interesting. I'm expecting All Might to give that notebook to Izuku before all of that occurs.

I think that's it. Bloop.

[ganjaboyrantaro]

LIBERAL MELTDOWN Compilation! | Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

[rozegolden]

YouTube’s algorithm is wild. I watch one (1) right wing video and suddenly every other recommendation is “SJW LIBERAL FEMINAZI MELTDOWN PWNED COMPILATION #47”.

[buddylistsocial]

Epic Video Showcases All Six Liberal Females Who’ve Had a Viral Tump Meltdown in Their Car

Epic Video Showcases All Six Liberal Females Who’ve Had a Viral Tump Meltdown in Their Car

Man, if you thought the breakdowns in 2016 were good, then 2020 just raised the bar that much higher.

This glorious video shows a compilation of all the insane mental breakdowns we’ve seen recently from liberal woman, where they’re screaming at the top of their lungs in their cars over their hatred for Trump and conservatives.

It really is a sight to see…

Watch the video:

I’ve never seen the…

[protected-and-loved-by-castiel]

I've been talking about the ADHD neurotype a lot this week, so I think it's important to explain this neuro-affirming definition of ADHD.

ADHD is not: innatention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and mood instability. ADHD does not impair ability to think. These are *distress symptoms* that occur in ADHD neurotypes.

This is parallel to the idea that Autism is not: meltdowns, self-harm, and anti-social behaviors. These are distress symptoms that occur in Autistic neurotypes. For both Autism and ADHD, the DSM criteria include more distress symptoms than innate traits, leading to confusion about what the Autistic and ADHD neurotypes are.

The ADHD neurotype is: neural hyperconnectivity, monotropism, holotropic sensory gating, a neuroceptive need for novelty and variety, an interest-driven dopamine system, and varying processing styles (both bottom-up and top-down processing).

(These innate traits of ADHD are still being compiled from the ADHD community, so there may be a few more traits that need to be added to the list in the future, but this list is a good start at describing what the ADHD neurotype is before or without trauma, or what the ADHD genes code for as a heritable phenotype.)

ADHD involves an abundance of attention, not a deficit of attention. It is extremely hard to direct the attention of an ADHDer based on external expectations, but we easily hyperfocus on our own interests or more voluntary activities. This is because our dopamine systems are interest-driven: our brains release dopamine only for things we are genuinely interested in, not for required school or work activities. For externally required things, we tend to run on adrenaline instead. (Remind me to write about why "low dopamine" is caused by trauma and/or social environment, not an innate trait of ADHD.)

The ADHD neurotype is genetic and involves differences in brain structure. If the environment was absolutely perfect, with no trauma or overwhelm, an ADHD person would still be born with the ADHD neurotype. People with this neurotype have existed throughout history, and can usually be traced through family lines, though it can sometimes/rarely skip a generation.

ADHD people need supportive environments that consider the needs of their neurotype (such as more movement and more stimulation) and that provide opportunities for ADHD brains to operate from their strengths without shame and invalidation for not meeting cultural expectations. These supports can include ADHD medication and a variety of other tools that may help an ADHDer to navigate society.

ADHD is a disability, not because ADHD is an impairment, but because ADHD neurotypes are not supported in our culture. People with ADHD neurotypes need extensive help navigating a world constructed by neurotypical culture.

Being ADHD in a world designed for neurotypicals is extremely challenging and sometimes causes a lot of suffering. Blaming our own brains amplifies this suffering. Naming the source of our suffering shows us a path to relief: we need neurodivergent communities, we need neurotype friendly environments, we need liberation from systemic ableism. Working towards these collective solutions is what the neurodiversity movement is all about.

[life-with-disordered-eating-blog]

Towards Recovery and Intuitive Eating

Week #1 This Sunday it’s been a full week since my “epiphany” regarding the need and desire to fully recover from my disordered eating and overexercising habits, so I thought I’d share some struggles and some things I’m proud of. I’m proud of

Not looking at any step-tracking app to check how much exercise I did every day: It’s liberating. I get to walk around without carrying my phone everywhere at all times (that’s where I keep my apps, as I don’t have a Fitbit), yay! It’s very uncomfortable when you go to the toilet and you only have back pockets. I almost dropped it into the toilet a couple of times.

Not going out or pacing indoors for disordered reasons: I got to spend more quality time with my girlfriend and also had more time for myself. I went to the park and wrote, wrote at home, read, watched TV, and took care of house chores and the daily shopping without time constraints or (excessive) stress.

Eating when I felt hungry: I didn’t always do this, but it happened a couple of times. This morning, for example, I was hungry a couple of hours after breakfast, so I had some banana and peanut butter, when I would have waited for about two hours and a half to three hours and then only had either veggies or fruit. Instead, I tried to think of what I felt in the mood for, and my body said, “Peanut butter and banana.” So peanut butter and banana it was.

Paying more attention to my post-meal physical reactions: I already have a number of foods I know I have to eat in moderation, because they give me some discomfort. For example, I feel weird and uncomfortable after having a lot of sugary foods at once, or I feel bloated when I eat too many parsnips. On the other hand, I am compiling a list of foods I want to eat in great quantity for whatever reason. This includes avocado, chickpeas, peanut butter, eggs, and Heck chicken chipolatas (a brand of sausages only available in the UK), and it keeps getting longer.

Doing workouts I truly enjoy as opposed to obsessive-compulsive exercise: I started weightlifting following some short workout videos on YouTube, made by professional fitness trainers and designed for beginners. I love weight lifting, so I’m going to do it alongside running, but I will reduce running workouts in terms of time per session and number of sessions per week. I’m having so much fun with my weights! Which are ridiculously light, but we all have to start somewhere. Plus it’s just sheer fun; I don’t plan to become a professional bodybuilder or anything.

Struggles

Guilt: Some days, like today, are easier than others. These easier days usually occur when I do some type of moderate/high intensity exercise. I’d like to change that, but I have to remind myself this is only Week 1. Sometimes I have been really tempted to walk more or eat less to curb my fear. Sometimes I have done both, although I think they were only exceptions in an otherwise not-too-disordered week.

Excuses: I still make so many excuses – or rather my flatmate does. If I feel a little discomfort, she perks up and whispers, “How about you skip your snack or eat less at your next meal? What if you walk around a little and see if it gets any better? Shouldn’t you exercise today, too?” I’ve tried to shut her up. Her voice can be truly annoying.

Meltdowns: I had one severe breakdown yesterday. First my girlfriend and I went out for the daily shopping, then we went back home and at first I decided to go out again. However, I stopped myself five minutes after leaving the flat and asked her to go back, because it wasn’t what I wanted or needed to do at the time. Then I spent some time worrying about my decision not to walk more and I felt stressed and unable to focus. BUT (there’s a happy ending!) I took my laptop and went to the park, where I wrote without looking at my phone. I needed time away from the internet, which could have tempted me into researching food, recipes, and whatnot, as well as the flat, where I could have decided to start pacing obsessively. It was overall a triumph, but I’d rather not have similar breakdowns to begin with.

I thought I’d share some honesty and positivity on this fine Sunday (well, it’s fine in the UK, at the very least!). Have a nice day, folks!

[watchmaga]

Trump Supporter Watches Meltdown at Xhale City Vape Shop:  In this week's meme compilation; Gay People can still be ***holes, especially when they fight for gender equality; a ma'an boycotts a gamestop; Liberals explain how the stock market works while hoping for a crash; Trump visits the troops in iraq at Christmas time; Obama visits Hawaii at vacation time; Saudi Arabia acts responsibly in Syria; Trump leaves the middle-east freeing up funding for the wall; NPCs are reprogrammed by CNN; Bill and Ted explain the Alt-Right; We meet the Virgin Vaper as XHale City loses an employee at the Vape Shop; the killer of Ronil Singh is arrested.

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LIBERAL MELTDOWN Compilation | Gyanvapi Masjid Shivling! May 2022

Yet another big liberal meltdown has been caused after a Shivling was discovered in the wuzukhana well of the Gyanvyapi masjid complex. Hindus have demanded that there is overwhelming proof of their temple's existence and that their sacred site must be returned to them.

We present a liberal meltdown compilation over the Gyanvyapi Shivling discovery and the Hinduphobic attacks over Hindus' demand for their rights.

We also explain the Places Of Worship Act, 1991, and how Hindus can regain the Gyanvyapi Masjid area in a constitutional manner.

https://youtu.be/GzLsXF6HAf0

[kanetroubles]

Ben Shapiro: *Does anything*

Like the same 5 YouTube channels:

Ben Shapiro ATOMIZES LIBERALS INTO A FINE DUST, THEN INHALES THEIR TEARS, ASCENDING INTO A HIGHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE WHERE GOD HIMSELF BOWS TO HIS INTELLIGENCE: TRIGGERED COMPILATION SJW MELTDOWNS #382

[tomperanteau]

New article has been published on The Daily Digest

New article has been published on http://www.thedailydigest.org/2018/10/12/video-compilation-media-mob-suffers-collective-meltdown-over-kanye-wests-white-house-visit/

VIDEO COMPILATION: Media Mob Suffers Collective Meltdown Over Kanye West’s White House Visit

Rapper and music legend Kanye West visited President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.

The liberal media (95% of mainstream media today) had a collective meltdown over his visit with Trump. CNN’s Don Lemon led the charge accusing Kanye West of putting on a “minstrel show” for the man.

This is the pure hatred you see from the Democrat Party today.

MSM Kanye West White House Visit Meltdown Compilation #Kanye #kanyetrump pic.twitter.com/JYGsulA3Fz

— zyntrax (@zyntrax) October 12, 2018

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The post VIDEO COMPILATION: Media Mob Suffers Collective Meltdown Over Kanye West’s White House Visit appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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Trump supporters think their ‘election night meltdown’ videos are being deleted

Trump supporters think their ‘election night meltdown’ videos are being deleted

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Is YouTube deleting those popular pro-Trump video compilations mocking Democrats and liberals “melting down” over Donald Trump’s 2016 election night win?

No, but a conspiracy theory is gaining traction on Reddit alleging just that.

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