AuADHD Problems

Nonbinary bisexual (they/them), officially dx AuADHD. B.A. in Philosophy and always confused.

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served my duty as an autistic artist and made a bunch of autism creature reaction images

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Those are adorable!

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Tell me this is not the truth tho….

[ultimatebottom69]

Is that … Is that all my school years told ..

For fuck sake I came in the tags to reassure myself that I didn’t have that-

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It is not just school years, I am currently 34 years old and I still do this

[saraisautistic]

Well if this isn’t me…

[autie-j]

Oh I just had an idea! A horror movie where the "final girl" is autistic and she survives because she has a special interest in horror movies and knows all the tropes

[chaotic-queer-disaster]

me: *has symptoms going back since before I can remember, has had to actively repress symptoms in order to appear "normal", is literally diagnosed as autistic*

me: but what if... here me out... what if I'm faking it

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The therapist who diagnosed me actually warned me about that. She said that she‘s as sure as she can be, otherwise she would not diagnose someone but ALSO that

„You most definitely WILL experience phases of intense doubt and of questioning your diagnosis. You’ll think ‚what if I had just a really weird day when I had one if the appointments’ or ‚what if she was wrong?‘ It‘s normal and usually such doubts ebb and flow. Don‘t be discouraged by them. Your diagnosis is sound.“

Best thing anyone ever said for my mental health.

[madeinmadness]

To all the people who constantly zoned out and daydreamed as a kid and probably told off for it, who learnt how to cry silently before the age of ten and maybe stopped crying entirely, who used books as an escape method and would constantly daydream about running off to a fantasy world, who is most likely now a burnt-out neurodivergent who didn't get diagnosed early so they self-diagnosed instead, and who now wants to groan at the thought of having to wake up another day,

how's the childhood trauma, deep-rooted love hate relationship with your parents, lack of self-esteem and sense of self, and raging queerness doing? you good?

[add-things]

No, but thanks for asking? It will get better now, with being able to be my own advocate after my autism diagnosis as an adult.

[geekinator]

Reasons I like subtitles:

1. I can see how people’s names and the cities and the countries are spelled.

2. I don’t miss any words, so everything they say makes sense.

3. I get to know what background noises and conversations are.

4. The descriptions of the noises people make are freaking awesome. Ex: splutter, grunt, chuckles.

5. I can see who says what.

6. I don’t have to have the volume super loud so I can hear the dialogue, and I don’t blow my eardrums out because the ambient noises and music is SO FREAKING LOUD.

I freaking love subtitles.

[itberice]

[gallifreyancryptid]

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It’s official now! Omgomgomg Dr. Who just became gayer 🎉❤️🏳️‍🌈😱

YAZ LOVES HER!! Yas and the Doctor might become a thing 😱🥰🏳️‍🌈

YAS IS IN LOVE WITH WITH HER GALIFREYAN WEIRDO!!!!!

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Ever had the problem that certain sounds are driving you out of your skin? I have, those sounds typically make me want to flee or cover my ears and I just found out IT HAS A NAME!

It might be mysophonia, a condotion first described 20 years ago which seems connected to ADHD.

(From Wikipedia) Misophonia, meaning "hatred of sound", is a proposed neurological condition in which certain sounds trigger emotional or physiological responses others may deem unreasonable. Reactions to trigger sounds range from anger and annoyance to activating a fight-or-flight response.

[you-deserve-to-love-yourself]

It’s okay if your mind doesn’t work how society wants it to.

It’s okay if you absolutely cannot pay attention in lectures and have to study solely from a textbook instead. It’s okay if you get stressed over things you’re not “supposed” to worry about. It’s okay if you hate loud noises, or bright lights. It’s okay if multitasking is the only way you can get things done.

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[adhd-sorcha]

Is it an adhd thing to need subtitles when watching films/shows? I can’t focus on what the characters are saying otherwise :/

Hello anon!

Yes! That’s an ADHD thing. It’s fairly common for ADHDers to need subtitles to help keep up with what’s being said. It’s not unusual for people with ADHD to have difficulties with auditory processing. Auditory processing is our brains ability to interpret what we’re hearing. 

Auditory processing issues can include:

Mixing up the words we hear (yesterday I thought my mother said that my dad had bought ‘partridges’ online, he had actually bought ‘ink  cartridges’!) 

Having difficulty separating out what’s being said to us from background noise (as in, you might have difficulty hearing someone speaking while a kitchen appliance is on or something.)

Having difficulty understanding what someone is saying if you can’t see their face (you’d be surprised the amount of lip reading you might be doing! If I take off my glasses I start hearing all sorts of garbled nonsense!)

Experiencing delayed comprehension of what’s been said to you (you know when you suddenly understand what someone said while they’re halfway through repeating themselves? That)

It can vary from person to person. Personally, I find I only need subtitles for certain shows/films, mainly fantasy and sci-fi. They contain so many unusual words I can’t hear any of them! And those genres are very fond of, what I like to call, The Dramatic WhisperTM. No matter how high I turn up the volume, I can’t understand a word of what’s being said in The Dramatic WhisperTM T_T

Here’s some links to Additude on auditory processing disorder: What Is Auditory Processing Disorder? Sounds Like Auditory Processing Disorder 

[mindingmyownbrain]

ADHD can make some people overly emotional and sensitive to criticism. Find out how doctors treat this condition, called rejection sensitive dysphoria.

Excerpt:

Up to 99% of teens and adults with ADHD are more sensitive than usual to rejection. And nearly 1 in 3 say it’s the hardest part of living with ADHD.

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People with RSD may:

Be easily embarrassed

Get very angry or have an emotional outburst when they feel like someone has hurt or rejected them

Set high standards for themselves they often can’t meet

Have low self-esteem

Feel anxious, especially in social settings

Have problems with relationships

Stay away from social situations and withdraw from other people

Feel like a failure because they haven’t lived up to other people’s expectations

Sometimes think about hurting themselves

[adhd-alien]

ADHD can feel like it gets 'worse' when we get older and have to organize ourselves more - the same thing can happen when we start working from home. For me, wfh is a double edged sword. It has it's upsides, but was also the reason I almost got fired and had to seek a diagnosis.

While I learned that I can generally concentrate better at home where I'm able to be inunterrupted or walk around when I need to, I was also unable to get myself to work for WEEKS without medication (and sometimes even now). I want to make a comic about how to deal wih this, but as I'm still trying to figure this out for myself (I feel like hardly any coping strategies work for me), I'll need a some more time to make it right. Also, this isn't trying to make a case for or against wfh!

Pomodoro technique = set a timer to 25minutes, then take 5 minutes break, repeat and adapt to your own time preferences

Body doubling = sit with someone in voice chat (without chatting) as you work, so you're less likely to wander off and start procrastinating

[abcsofadhd]

sorry this might be a dumb question but whenever I'm like super frustrated or annoyed I do like a really quick shake of my arms- is that stimming? It sort of feels like my arms are full of ants and its relieving to shake them real quick and fast but it doesn't last that long so I'm a little bit confused. thank you

Yep! 

Shaking your arms is quite a common form of stimming.

Stimming is anything thats self soothing and helps deal with frustration.

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I tend to clap my hands loudly once or twice, especially when stressed out.