Can you relate to me too ?

Hello, I'm new here. I'm bad at descriptions. Have ADD.

[canyourelatetometoo]

Recently I found out that I actually have a gaydar. What I didn't know, was just how accurate it is. The same goes for my classmate. We gayradared eachother and guessed it with 100% accuracy. Idk, if I'm more happy to have the gaydar, or that I have a friend who is part of the LGBTQ+ community as well as me.

[canyourelatetometoo]

Right now my mind feels like a bunch of shit posts stuck together by a toddler whose parents stupidly entrusted them with glue stick...

And for some reason there is Freddie Mercury as well.

[noodle555]

SO ATLANTIS WAS REAL AND THERE WAS THIS WAR IN THE 60'S AND THEY LOST SO WE GAVE THEM NANTUCKET WHICH THEY CALL NEW ATLANTIS AND IT'S FILLED WITH MAGICAL CREATURES AND EVERYBODY IS QUEER AND THEY'RE RULED BY THE MAJOR ARCANA AND THERE'S THIS ONE PRINCE NAMED RUNE SAINT JOHN AND HE AND HIS BESTIE/BODYGUARD ARE THE LAST MEMBERS OF THE SUN COURT WHICH WAS DESTROYED DECADES AGO AND THEY'RE FLAT BROKE SO THEY DO THESE JOBS FOR LORD TOWER AND NOW THEY'VE GOTTA FIND THIS DUDE ADDAM AND ALSO EVERYBODY IS QUEER LITERALLY EVERYONE IS SO QUEER

[bimalewife]

[canyourelatetometoo]

I hate it when I'm reading a book, and a total stranger or random person tells me: "Oh, I love that book! It's my favourite, what do you think ?" And the book is probably the worst thing I ever read. Then the awkward moment, because I have no idea how to respond.

[canyourelatetometoo]

When I tell people that I read (insert name of random book) as audiobook, they tell me it's not real reading.

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And I mean. Why would someone say that ? I'm a fellow bookworm, they are a fellow bookworm. I liked the storyline and characters of this book, they also liked the storyline and characters of this book.

And do you want to know their argument ? "You didn't read it. You listened to it."

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THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL ARGUMENT.

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I can't sit still for a whole ass chapter, or even better I don't have time to sit and read. And when I do ? I start to look ahead, which in audio is almost impossible (if you don't want to lose the place you were reading).

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And even better, my first language isn't even English, so when I'm listening to English audiobook I can actually know how a word is pronounced, since when I pronounce it without knowing how it sounds people might be like: "What a strong accent" or "if you can't speak it then don't".

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That's it. That's my argument about audiobooks.

[canyourelatetometoo]

One of the most frustrating thing about being bilingual, is knowing the pronunciation of some words, but the inability to write them, or vice versa. The second one is forgetting the translation or meaning of words in your both language.

And the last one of the super frustrating trio, is how you brain just randomly switch from one language to the other, so when you don't know a word in English it naturally switch your "Set" language.

And don't get me started on how awkward it is to read and translate from English at school and there is that one word you have no idea how pronounce, or translate but you know what it means.

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Not a shitpost, enjoy the pictures I took.

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I have a quick question.

How many gay jokes, straight people do in casual conversations, out of nowhere ? I'm starting to question my classmates sexualities.

[canyourelatetometoo]

I just found out what Impostor syndrome is and dang, it explains a lot.

(I still can't believe I did good my exams even though both teachers and my graded paper say otherwise.)

Seriously, could be my reaction be: "OH MY GOD YESSSS I DID IT !!! I'M AMAZING!" instead of the usual: "that was only pure luck" "this doesn't make sense, I didn't know half of it" "weird"

[canyourelatetometoo]

Hello, I'm very new in this app, and I'd like to share something with you.

So, few days ago, I had pretty bad meltdown, I'm not sure why or how it started, all I can recall is me crying and my mom trying to calm me down.

I tried to explain to her, how I'm always feeling as if my brain was broken or as if it just wasn't working right. How there are so many things I don't see "normal" people do. Then she casually told me: "Well, it might be because of your ADD." Then I asked her what she meant. Turned out, all those times when I had to go see therapist once a year was because of my add.

No-one ever told me the reason, so I went along with it. Because of my very first homeroom teacher (which was, like my mom calls her psycho since, I was bullied because of her) send me to get tested because I was weird or something.

To be honest, for few years I though it was normal, that kids had to see specialists to help them study. Like I mentioned, I never thought much of it, never wondered what was the reason for all this. In the last two years my mental health gotten worse (I'm sure I have severe anxieties), and sometimes I do weird things I never did before, so I felt like I was starting to get crazy or insane or something.

So after my mom explained to me why I went to therapist, why stopped going here ("it didn't help anything so it was pointless") I started hiperfixating about add/adhd/autism/ocd and other mental illnesses (I'm proud of myself I know what those terms mean) and it made me feel the most happiest in a long time, when i realized I'm not the only one who have these kinds of problems ! Who does these little things that might be weird for other people !

It just is refreshing to know it is daily basis for many people ! They all might know and/or realize that many people around them absolutely doesn't do it (Like can you believe, "normal" people can't hear music 24/7 in their head or just some long monologue/conversation with myself ?).

What I wanted to say, was this: I've been diagnosed with add for almost 10 years, found out only now and I finally know why I felt different.