#tagged with autism/adhd tags

[violetstarr24]

Don't know if there's anyone else like me, but... shoutout to folks with neurodivergence that isn't autism or ADHD. Shoutout to those who have found a diagnosis that fits them and shoutout to those who haven't. Shoutout to those who spent years, who maybe even still wonder that hey, maybe they do really have autism or ADHD, who long for it because that would make things so much simpler. Who long for the community, the resources that those conditions bring with them, the understanding that there are people out there just like them. Who feel alone because sure, there are some autistic/ADHD things they relate to, but not nearly enough to know they have it. Who feel isolated, because neurodivergence is often presented as a Venn diagram between autism and ADHD with nothing else.

Who wonder, sometimes, that maybe there's no diagnosis, and maybe they are just broken.

[etherealspacejelly]

sometimes you just have to let yourself be a bit neurodivergent.

i hate going out, it gives me a lot of anxiety and sensory input that i dont like, and i am often forced to talk to people.

so i do this thing on more difficult days, or sometimes just for fun, where i "bring a fictional character with me". i walk and imagine Fictional Character walking next to me. they talk to me, reassure me, hype me up, whatever i need them to do.

today dean winchester came christmas shopping with me. he went over the list with me of stuff i needed to get, told me i was doing a good job every time i finished in a certain shop, reminded me to take a deep breath when i got a little overwhelmed.

and yea. its kinda silly. and i know its just me talking to myself in a different voice, but it Works! especially since all of my special interests/hyperfixations tend to be tv/movie related.

so do what you gotta do to Get Shit Done. stop holding yourself to neurotypical standards. if you need Fictional Character to tell you you're doing a good job, do it! if you need Favourite Singer to walk you to school, do it! yea it might feel silly but you're literally fighting against your own brain to get stuff done every single day. you can have a little self indulgent daydream, as a treat.

[bibliocharlie]

the most helpful thing i have ever seen from neurodivergent internet spaces is “THERE ARE OTHER TIMES OF DAY TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH”. this has genuinely saved me from executive dysfunction spirals so many times.

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[captain-lovelace]

weird that we treat autism and ADHD as intrinsically linked due to high rates of comorbidity but no one talks that way about autism and schizophrenia or autism and OCD or autism and bipolar disorder etc etc even though those are also often comorbid. gee I wonder why

[skulandcrossbones]

wikipedia article on human senses for definitions and clarification

[seraphimdove]

having a hyperfixation and talking to people is like "Y'KNOW WHAT ELSE HAS DIVORCE IN IT" "Y'KNOW WHO ELSE IS A BROTHER" "Y'KNOW WHAT ELSE FOUNDED INCREDIBLE CONTROVERSY" and you just don't say it unless it's really really really funny.

[cxsmicvega]

Shoutout to AuDHD kids who were told to just "be who you are" but then when you were, you got told "no not like that".

[evilesbiautism]

"ok but are you diagnosed" what are you a cop.

[vroomvroomwee]

Does anyone else feel lonesome?

Not lonely. Not alone. Just... lonesome. Like you don't feel connected to anyone. Like you never feel that you will find anyone that understands you, that will see you truly, let alone someone who will even like you. You see friends everywhere, but you don't see yourself in their place, like that is not for you, like you're not made for that and that's not made for you. You see people having fun and laughing and dancing and getting drunk and falling in love and you just... don't feel that for yourself. Like you're not supposed to have that, like you can't because it's not for you and you're not for it.

Like you're supposed to be seeing all these beautiful things in the world but not experience them yourself. Like you want to experience so much, experience everything, but be overwhelmed by it so you don't do any of it.

Like you want to be everywhere and do everything, but you don't belong anywhere and can't do anything. Like you're not supposed to be here. Not in a self-deprecating way but in an incongruous way. You want to live you want to be alive, but you feel you're not supposed to be. Not here at least, not like this. Just a presence in the world, not an active member of it. Even your body doesn't feel like home, your face isn't a face you recognise, like you're not supposed to have either. Like you're just supposed to be.

Like you're supposed to observe, but not experience.

[enashun]

silly stuff I did cause kept thinking too hard and then being sad about cloud

[candygriff]

hyperfixating on old media sucks because in order to engage with the community you must risk spoilers. I NEED to see memes. I NEED to see peoples' takes. or my hyperfixation will die a sad and lonely death and I don't want that!!!

[elliott-the-creature]

shoutout to all the neurodivergent people/critters whose verbal language alternates between:

eloquent and fully articulate speech, filled with emotion and detail. where every word is thoughtful and is strung together perfectly to prevent misunderstanding. at times, even using words that are almost unknown or wildly underused by normal people. where grammar and proper conjugation is ideal, and everything is in there for a reason. communication is fluent and flows smoothly between thoughts, and is not unlike a medieval herald recounting a message to their townsfolk

and:

short sentence. not much word used. broken grammar; no want to be proper. don’t want speak, but must speak, so little speak. sometime not even speak real word, sometimes garbled mismash of words. lots of umm and uhh and stutters. no tone, sound like computer even.

(I am that neurodivergent critter lol)

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[nightmaretour]

Happy disability pride month to people who are always shocked and excited to see themselves in a positivity post specifically