#that's executive dysfunction baybee!!!!

[theoldaeroplane]

yapping wildly at my own body and nipping at its heels just to make it move like a stubborn cow

[mychemicalchiroptera]

How.... How make art........ How make art... Good enough to post.... More than a few times a month..........

[shu-of-the-wind]

hello! apologies if you've answered this before (I tried searching but Tumblr search is awful). I recall you mentioning all the languages you have studied, many of which are quite distinct from each other. I was wondering if you have any advice for learning a new language? specifically any tips for someone with ADHD as a lot of the common tips I see online haven't helped me keep up with my language learning goals :/ thank you in advance for any advice/resources you can point me to!

hi @kyradic!! i haven't answered this before actually and i love questions like these so i'm so happy you asked!!

so for context for me i have inattentive adhd, which means if something is not right in front of me, i WILL forget it. this means i set a lot of alarms for myself, book time in my schedule to at least try to study (i do welsh on monday, arabic on wednesday, japanese on thursday, and chinese on saturday). i don't always succeed--a lot of the time i forget or have something else i need to do--but having that time booked means it keeps it in my mind that i need to study or at least look at some vocab.

to actually study, i do a lot of vocab games (you can find these online for a lot of languages, for japanese there's shiritori or other flashcard games you can find if you google) and i listen to a lot of podcasts in the langauge i'm trying to learn even if i don't have a fucking clue what someone is saying. the biggest thing about learning a language is hearing it, getting used to the rhythm, understanding how native speakers pronounce things, and (this is a big one) i listen to a lot of music in the language i'm trying to learn and try to teach myself the lyrics. it makes it more of an activity (karaoke baybee) but also teaches you how to speak faster, more fluidly, and with more native speaker-style pronunciation than just reciting shit off of duolingo or rosetta.

i also watch a LOT of tv in the target language. telenovelas have been my best albeit dramatic friend for spanish listening comp. it does way more for me than studying out of textbooks because it means i'm listening to native speakers, their contractions, different styles of speech, and i get some entertainment out of it. legit i know someone who studied for their chinese exams in college by watching c-dramas and aced all their courses.

the biggest and most important thing for me though is finding a buddy. language is not a thing you can learn on your own. there are loads of discord channels for various languages (if you're looking for a japanese learning community, seitokai's nihongo is a good one that i am a member of, and i can get you a link to their discord). it lets you body-double or find an accountability-buddy to make sure you study instead of getting distracted. generally there's also a bunch of other learners in those communities of various levels so you can ask for advice or help, you can have conversations (or try to, part of learning a language is learning how to be okay with communicating in broken grammar until you get better, and that is 100% okay; so long as you can make your meaning understood, that is all that matters) or practice pronunciation or play games or read books or do anything you need to do that will help you, specifically.

i hope this helps! i'm not sure what language you're trying to learn but there are definitely adhd friendly resources out there that aren't just "knuckle down and memorize these words." that being said if you're learning a language with a new alphabet, you WILL have to do that sometimes, and it's best to do that with a body double so you don't get bored, annoyed, or frustrate yourself into executive dysfunction about it.

[pissfaggot-transsexual]

prepping literally anything for a ttrpg session is for cowards. i just executive dysfunction until wednesday, think of a funny situation to put my players in 2 hours prior to the session, and roll with it baybee. on an unrelated note, I'm finding myself incredibly tired after gming sessions

[nintendont2502]

has your classpect changed at all recently? i saw that you have some different choices in your bio than your pinned, i chose one for myself recently because i got those class polls, and needed something to say smh, the long textposts about classes helped choose for me

Oh god yeah I need to update my bio

It hasn't changed recently? It's just more like. Idk I kinda have two classpects that I can't really decide between (Prince of Time and Knight of Heart) which both fit me pretty well, and originally I went with Prince of Time as my main one because it sounded cooler I'll be real - but the more I think about it the more I realise Knight of Heart does suit me a hell of a lot better, so that's kinda become my main one

Also Prince of Time was my trollsona classpect and Knight of Heart was my kidsonas classpect, and I kinda focused on my trollsona more for a while which definitely influenced which one i chose as my main

I have no clue how accurate/canon this all is, but I went with Prince of Time because

1. Obviously the whole 'destroys aspect or destroys through aspect' thing just feels very accurate to me (a time blind motherfucker who wastes hours doing nothing (yay executive dysfunction) and usually breaks things by not maintaining them in time)

2. Related to above, princes can be described as lacking their aspect - aka dirk is heartless, eridan is hopeless, and I'm timeless (in both senses of the word)

3. Also the concept of time as a destructive force and something being destroyed worked really well for my trollsona's story

4. Princes usually ghost their opposite aspect, usually having the appearance/behaviours/personality of a player of their opposite aspect. Times opposite is space, and space players are creative, focused on grand ideas and life (specifically nature), which. That me baybee

And for knight of heart it's just. It's just my constant identity crisis lmao /lh

A knight is one who exploits aspect as a weapon/for others, and heart as an aspect represents the self. I have a habit of changing my personality to whatever would suit the situation best or whatever I think the other person would like/want. I'm pretty sure there was more shit here but I Cannot remember it - that was also another reason why I went with Prince of Time as my main for a while, just because I'd thought it out so much more

That does imply that if I ever played Sburb, my session would be lacking self which is. Interesting

[the-rad-menace]

Who'da thunk that being out of my ADHD and anxiety meds for over a week would make it harder to force myself to go fill said prescriptions?

My usual pharmacy (local, independent, very friendly) suddenly switched to a compounding only pharmacy and the only warning I had was an email saying they forwarded my scripts to Walgreens, so that's been part of my reluctance. And Walgreen's phone and internet customer service is frustrating. I tried to talk to a real person so many times bc they didn't list all my prescriptions and just ended up on hold for ages and giving up. Just the added steps of having to confirm my prescriptions and insurance in person held me up. Even when I'm taking my meds normally things like that can feel like a brick wall.

I'm here and I'm doing it right now tho. Been waiting forever. Hopefully after this they'll have everything correct and I can just do the drive thru from now on. 🤞

[bpdnchill]

Getting out of bed when your alarm goes off, and not spending an hour checking your phone, is great for those without anxiety or Executive Dysfunction, or chronic pain. Personally, for me, getting up is a traumatic process of waking from nightmares to find out what pain level I'm dealing with today. Shit takes time.

[dykeyuu]

doing ap bio work from two months ago with the vague goal of not getting a d in biology when i’m trying to be a biology major

[jenovacomplete]

I know nothing about cultivators (and didn't realise they were a Thing until mum was talking abt them and I went WAIT THAT'S NOT A THING MADE FOR THIS SERIES? I am smart I promise) so having wwx suddenly shame mxy for not having learned The Technique That Makes Hunger Stop is very funny to me

[bastionkeeper]

Boom personal pizza night this ones all personalized baybee no stress here's what I put on mine for a little inspiration

I got some garlic naan and painted it with melted butter cause butter makes it better always

Fried up some bacon to make into bacon bits, drained a little of the grease but not all (yall remember my thing about grease right? Bacon grease and butter are the cheat codes of cooking makes anything taste good) and warmed up the chopped onions and mushrooms in there didnt cook them all the way though cause they're going in the oven dont wanna dry them out

Some basic marinara sauce straight from Walmart and some store brand mozzarella then I slapped on my toppings with some pepperonis

Pop it in the oven at 400 for like 5 to 10 minutes et voila

Keep cooking kiddos making yourself a meal no matter how simple, easy, cheap or non-gourmet can give you that feeling of accomplishment you need after a day of executive dysfunction and depression. Plus you're less likely to order Chinese for the third time that week which is exactly what I do when I dont have the spell slots to get up and make something  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[vampirecatprince]

EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION BAYBEE

anybody else in the club feeling this one

[taksynator]

Executive dysfunction baybee

I blame depression 👍

[dzamie]

Demon: what the hell why can't I do anything

Me: that's executive dysfunction baybee

[everythingyoucouldthinkof]

Demon: *needs to get up and go to work to stay discreet and also this host needs food* Why won’t my body move? Why! Can’t! I! *grunts* Stop! Staring! At! This! Wall!

You: Ah yes. The wonderful executive dysfunction. You my friend, picked a horrible host.

Demon: the what?

You: Executive dysfunction. It’s a standard feature of this flesh prison. You tell your body—well mine—to do something, and it just fucks off instead. Because you are operating my controls, looks like you have to deal with all the fancy fuck ups and glitches, too. How fun! For me, not you.

Demon, still staring at the damn wall: *screams*

———

Demon, finally at work: This is almost not a horrible experience.

Demon: This is mildly enjoyable. Not that I’m in any way interested, but there is a possibility it could be. To someone who doesn’t have better things to do.

Demon: *can only think about X subject, consuming as much of it as possible, as fast as possible, gets 20x as much work done as you usually do* This isn’t even fun but I can’t stop!! Help me!!

You, in a horrible French accent not unlike the Spongebob narrator: Ah~ Ze hyperfixation~

———

Demon: *gets a bonus at work because of hyperfixation*

Demon: *shakes head aggressively, neck cracking, waves arms and jumps up and down* WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? I didn’t tell it to do that!! Why was it...satisfying?

You: *laughs at their anguish* You’re happy, right? Welcome to stimming!

———

Demon: *talking to another demon in a human host* It was ridiculous! I mean who does that?

Other demon: *looks a little put off* Uh yeah, that was me. I didn’t realize you’d have such a problem with it.

Demon: *feels their whole body sink like gravity just got 1000x stronger* Please kill me. You hate me now. I’m so so sorry! It must be torture having to know me. I wish you’d never met me! Then your life wouldn’t be miserable with my constant disgusting presence in it to fuck it up.

Other demon: Woah man! Calm down! *laughs nervously* I’m gonna...go...over there.... *runs away*

Demon, to you: What ISN’T wrong with this vessel?

You, gleefully: Nothing!

———

Demon: Alright. You win. You can have this miserable flesh prison. I don’t know how you did it, but you’ve complicated every. Single. Task I’ve tried to complete. You wouldn’t even let me urinate for days!

You: Oh that wasn’t me.

Demon: Then who else could it be????

You: *fingerguns* That’s the ADHD baybee!

people who get possessed by a demon and react like “oh no :( they’ve taken control of my body so i can’t fight back :(” are fools. i mean, sure, you’re trapped in your own body with a demon at the wheel, which isn’t ideal, but they’re also stuck with YOU. they may have the keys but you’re still in the car, which means you have the power to make them regret every second they spend in it with you.