PSA About ADHD

PSA about ADHD

✦ADHD is not a personality quirk

- some things that tag along with ADHD are:

~sensory processing disorder

~executive dysfunction

~poor fine motor skills

~sensory overloads (that lead to meltdowns)

~sensory seeking (self stimming)

~hyperfixations

~moderate to severe memory problems

~Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria- is an extreme emotional sensitivity and emotional pain triggered by the perception that one is being rejected, teased, or criticized. The emotional response is complete with suicidal ideation and people suffering from RSD often get misdiagnosed with serious personality disorders. RSD is only seen in people with ADHD and the emotional sensitivity/reaction is much more severe than that of a neurotypical person.

✦Some other “fun” ADHD things!

~inability to regulate emotions

~no concept of time

~noticeable public stimming (resulting in stares from neurotypicals)

~no impulse control

~insomnia

~listen but cannot absorb what is being said

~no volume control

~increased inability to focus when emotional

~difficulty stopping a task and transitioning to the next

~social anxiety

~higher levels on generalized anxiety

~extremely forgetful

~”all or nothing” mentality

@ neurotypicals- some things to be aware of:

- you cannot hyperfixate. only people who are neurodivergent can hyperfixate. please don’t use that word when describing your latest obsession :-)

- please don’t stare at neurodivergent people who are stimming in public

- be respectful of those who actually need fidget toys so they can subtly stim in public

- if we forget something you tell us it is not because we don’t care, we just have a million other thoughts racing through our mind and no way to filter through them.

- please be gentle with us. no don’t tip toe around us and treat us like we aren’t human, but be aware that even offhand comments can trigger RSD. no we aren’t being too sensitive, our brains are wired differently than yours.

Just some ADHD moods:

i have never done anything in my life and im not starting now

everyone hates me because of this One Thing I Said/Did

WHY AM I NOT DOING ANYTHING

i am playing my favorite game in the world and im still FUcking BORED

EXXXXCCCCCIIIIIIITTTTEEEEEDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is all im talking about for the next ten hours whether you like it or not

this is all im THINKING about for the next ten hours whether i like it or not

Why Don’t I Have Anything To Chew On

I LIKE MAKING NOISE!!!!

if anyone says anything im going to kill them

time to shake

i heard or made a weird sound and now it is echoing through my head please make it stop

i have done………. nothing all day i wish for death

I WANNA DO SOMETHING STUPID

if i dont do this now im never going to do it *spends 30 hours hyperfocused on it*

if i dont do this now im never going to do it *doesnt do it*

its been 16 hours and i havent eaten and im not hungry

its been 3 minutes since i ate and i want SO MCUH MORE

all i want is CAFFEINE

*gets a drink* *doesnt drink it*

this sensation is bad and i will wash my hands until it goes away

if i didnt have adhd, i would be too powerful

if i didnt have adhd, maybe i would be able to do this

why did i SAY THAT i want to SHOVE MY FOOT IN MY MOUTH NOW

im never speaking again

DONT!! YELL!! AT!! ME!!! I’LL DIE!!!!!

i dont like this person because 6 years ago they said my hyperfixation was dumb

WHY!! DO I!! CARE!! SO!! MUCH!!

why am i crying

why am i NOT crying

sorry im really happy and excited and i know you’re sad but im very happy and i have forgotten how to be sympathetic

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l-adystardust

5 years ago

WE ARE AT WAR.

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l-adystardust

5 years ago

$l-adystardust - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯$

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l-adystardust

7 years ago

im amab and i want to be a girl. i know that for sure, but i'm worried that it's for the wrong reasons? like that i'm not actually trans. the reason i'm worried is because i find women much more aesthetically pleasing than men (not sexually though, i'm ace). basically i'm scared that i want to become a woman because i feel like i can't be attractive as a man. i haven't really heard about other people having feelings like this so i'm pretty confused. and i can't come out until i'm sure i'm valid.

Harper says:Hey there!I’ll start off by saying I can’t make up your mind for you, whether or not you’re trans will always be your decision you’ll make in your own time.That being said I’d look at your first sentence again. “I want to be a girl.” That seems first and foremost pretty clear cut to me! It took me a while to realise that wanting to be a girl was a pretty major part of actually being a girl and being trans, no matter what other qualifications or doubts come after that. Wanting to be a girl is a pretty good reason to be one! That feeling could come under the lens of social dysphoria. It’s certainly something I felt - and still feel. A large part of my frustration with being a “”“man”““ was that I had to wear awful boring clothes, and I still feel every day that I’m just way more attractive as a woman! I have way more fun and freedom in my presentation this way and it just feels good to be a girl to be honest!There’s a million reasons for wanting to be a girl, and a lot of what you’ve said has or still does resonate with me.

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