FILL OUT YOUR DIARY CARD TODAY

Life is shitty. This is how I'm gonna deal with it anyway.

[helloelicia]

The way “distraction” is understood by people who don’t have ADHD is so backward. I think they think we need fewer distractions? Remove everything and you’ll be able to focus better, etc.

But that’s really not how it works at all.

I think of my ADHD as a powerful beam of light in a dark room.

If I want to focus on something in the room, I can’t fix this big beam on it with any hope of seeing it because it’ll be too blinding. I have to break the light up. So I have all these prisms and mirrors lying around, and those are what everyone else calls distractions. The TV turned on, the book I’m reading, the website I’m visiting, the music playing, the food I’m eating. All these little prisms that break up the force of this crazy huge light.

The room is no longer dark. The light is no longer blinding. I can find what I need.

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

My protip is to precisely select which parts of your brain need activation. The simplest division is

Hands

Eyes

Ears

Language/complex information processing

If I need to listen to a lecture my ears and language are occupied so I need something to occupy my eyes and hands. The Rubik's cube is a good pick, along with select phone games that mostly rely on color and pattern like 2048, tangram puzzles, matching games. Crocheting can work too.

If I need to read a book or write a paper my eyes and language processing are occupied, as well as mostly my hands. I need to occupy my ears, and maybe add some kinesthetic stimulation. For this I need instrumental music (no lyrics) and if I need more kinesthetic stimulation I usually just wiggle, spin a pen, or chew gum.

If I'm working on a project my hands and eyes are occupied, so I need something to occupy my ears and language. Audiobooks, podcasts, and radio plays are best, as well as tv that doesn't need a whole lot of visual attention.

Hope this helps somebody!

[theradioghost]

when the times get rough and I lose sight of the goal i just. reread “the orange” by wendy cope again & remember. that’s where I’m going folks. sooner or later, whatever it takes.

[theradioghost]

At lunchtime I bought a huge orange— The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half.

And that orange, it made me so happy, As ordinary things often do Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park. This is peace and contentment. It’s new.

The rest of the day was quite easy. I did all the jobs on my list And enjoyed them and had some time over. I love you. I’m glad I exist.

– “The Orange,” Wendy Cope

[smolalpacacutie-deactivated2021]

So, apparently, people with autism have really really bad emotion regulators... Like that mechanism is a wee bit broken.

An NTs emotion line will look like this :

1--2--3--4--5--6--7--8--9--10

Whilst those of us on the spectrum are more:

1--2--3--8--9--10

We have next to no middle ground for our emotions. So we're prone to outbursts or sudden euphoria.

So if you're like me and always wondered why you seem to experience emotions on such an huge scale... This may be why.

Add our difficulty in understanding our own emotions... You end up with someone who can't comprehend their own feelings at all.

[the-marked-man]

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

Also: which one do you actually have? Your psychiatrist/psychologist doesn't actually know.

[the-memedaddy]

meirl

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

I hate it when people are talk about how they'd rather support veterans than addicts because like

there is a huge overlap in those demographics

They're literally talking about the same people.

[blindbee]

[avodaco]

me when i get my student loan

[g8dtier]

this is the money cat. reblog in 30 seconds and you will find yourself with more wealth

[strikercorbie]

#this is the only money cat i will reblog because it’s actually doing the manekineko pose151,646 notes (via lolwhutninja)

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT

[nonespark-blog]

and it has its right paw up! the correct paw for this. and from the markings on its ears, it looks like it might be a calico cat. which is the luckiest kind!

[carrionbeast]

extremely lucky cat

[ladynorbert]

I don’t even care if it actually works, I’m mostly reblogging because it’s freaking adorable.

[sweet-cherry-fairy-deactivated2]

cute cat and need money, good post, 10/10

[allthenamesilikearetaken]

in case anyones interested in the other versions

http://www.namaii.com/manekineko/maneki-neko-types.html

[mmusclechan]

Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.

[winjennster]

Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.

[cricketcat9]

Can’t skip the Money Cat

[flockofdoves]

a post about mastodon!

what is mastodon? to quote their own description:

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network. A decentralized alternative to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Pick a server that you trust — whichever you choose, you can interact with everyone else. Anyone can run their own Mastodon instance and participate in the social network seamlessly.

mastodon has often been compared to twitter in its format, with most servers having an appearance very similar to tweetdeck. however, mastodon is much more than just twitter with a 500 character limit, and has many features that set it apart from most mainstream social media. integral to mastodon is its open-source, decentralized nature, anyone with a server can make their own mastodon instance, with its own website and own guidelines or central focus. however, instances are not alone. it is often compared to email in the sense that regardless of ones instance, one can interact with anyone from any other instance. each instance has a “local” timeline, in which any public post from others on the same instance can be seen chronologically (if you are worried about privacy, even mastodon accounts that aren’t locked can have different privacy settings for different posts). because of this people tend to be very free with their interactions, making it easy to find others who share interests or even have enjoyable conversation with others without the pressure to follow each other. in addition to the local timeline is the “federated” timeline, where public posts from all instances that your instance is connected to (through people on your instance following people on another instance) in addition to local posts can be seen.

with the recent increase in awareness about sites like twitter’s lack of effectiveness in stopping harassment, bigotry, and the prevalence people such as neo-nazis, many are looking for alternative social media. mastodon has a built in content warnings feature. in addition many mastodon instances can provide further safety, as each have their own content policies that their individual admins enforce, and many instances have clear cut policies about bigotry of any kind, many outright banning any nazis.

if after reading this you are interested but the number of instances (over 1000!) is overwhelming to you, below i put together a list of a few i know many people in my circles may be interested in! you need another email to create another account on another instance, but as long as you have that, feel free to join multiple instances! (one quick note is that you cannot change your username.)

partial instances list below

Keep reading

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

I don't know what to put here (@[email protected])

20 Toots, 5 Following, 2 Followers · Tumblr expat. Lots of Mental Health toots. Student Nurse. Hate crocheting but do it anyway to keep my h

This is me: https://mastodon.host/@cluster_b_clusterfuck

I plan to be way more active on here than on Tumblr in the future.

[meladoodle]

seeing everyones spotify wrapped: wow yawn, boring

me posting my spotify wrapped: everyone will enjoy this from me, the protagonist of life

[karantika]

I love the dynamic of all the stolen twitter tweets on here and vice versa .

[meladoodle]

look at the handle… i was the one who tweeted it… 

[aniki-price]

I mean, to be fair, why not just repost your own post on here with a screenshot?

Why even make the same joke on different platforms too like this is weird

[meladoodle]

Uhh because I can? Why not? People do it all the time?

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

More readable if you use a screen reader. I do sometimes when I've got a light sensitive migraine.

[anxietyproblem]

[sanctaseraphina]

self care is making your original content even if you think you’re the only one who likes it

[fdsfjdsfjkf93723679267-deactiva]

in case you haven’t heard it today, or don’t fully realise it yet: i promise you that most people in this world are kind, loving and understanding. the people around you want you to succeed, they do not want you to fail. your friends don’t hate you, they love you, and they want to see you grow and prosper. 

the world is not as bad as it seems. don’t forget that.

[jollyreginaldrancher]

Sounds fake but ok

[fdsfjdsfjkf93723679267-deactiva]

good news: it’s not fake. everything i said is true. being dismissive towards good things is a damaging mindset to have. you’ll feel a lot better if you have some trust and if you’re willing to consider optimistic viewpoints.

[bluelikecloudss]

Is this what non depressed people feel like ? Damn. You’re so lucky

[fdsfjdsfjkf93723679267-deactiva]

i’m extremely mentally ill and extremely depressed at that. deflecting good advice that encourages you to think positively about life by claiming that the person who said it is not depressed (when i very much am) is also a very damaging mindset to have.

[langsandlit]

OP is the opposite of the “Then Perish” meme. All of OP’s replies read as “Then Prosper”.

[explorerrowan]

Hey all y'all, it turns out that saying positive things and encouraging others with them even when you don’t quite believe them yourself is an excellent coping strategy for clinical depression. I know it’s hard to understand when you’re in the pit, and if I’m honest it’s still hard for me to grok, but the more you say positive things, the more they start being true. If that means lying to yourself, lie! Your brain chemistry is already lying to you about bad things, you may as well lie right back about good ones.

[heartisamusclethesizeofyourfist]

“Your brain chemistry is already lying to you about bad things, you may as well lie right back about good ones.“ 

Wow. That is a really fucking good point. 

[kittyknowsthings]

THEN PROSPER

[blackwoolncrown]

Casual reminder that depression and PTSD *literally actually* warp your perception of reality.

[pluckyredhead]

If it’s too hard to think good thoughts about yourself or the future right now, practice by thinking good thoughts about others. I don’t mean the kind that are actually ways to hate yourself, like “She has it so much more together than I do.” I mean simple, easy stuff like “Wow cool shoes” or “I like his haircut.”

When I’m in my worst, saddest, angriest moods, it’s always in the morning on the subway, and I make myself look around at everyone on the subway car and think of something nice about each of them. It legitimately does change my mood for the better.

[27dragons]

“Your brain chemistry is already lying to you about bad things, you may as well lie right back about good ones.“

I need to cross-stitch this and hang it in EVERY ROOM OF MY HOUSE AND ALSO MY DESK AT WORK.

[nikvella-deactivated20240808]

Honestly, I’ve started doing a thing where every time I recognise I’m feeling down, I grab a friend and tell them why I’m grateful for them and why they’re wonderful.

It doesn’t work miracles, but it does distract me from the thoughts in my head and refocuses me on the absolute love I have for my friends.

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

traxi Panniculus Retractor

traxi® - PREDICTABLE. RELIABLE. RETRACTION.™ traxi Panniculus Retractor is a retraction device used for predictable, reliable retraction of

Ok student nurse here with a bizarre question for anyone with a 30+ BMI...

If you're in the hospital to have a procedure on your lower abdomen and they have to hold your panniculus (stomach/belly) out of the way, is it more dignified for them to use plain medical tape, or a specialized adhesive device like I've linked to?

Asking because I'm inclined to say just using tape makes less of a big deal of it, but I'm the skinniest of skinny bitches, so my opinion isn't the most well informed.

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

Drink store brand soda out of a champagne flute; nothing is real and no one can stop you.

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

Things to think about when shame permeates your existence and you are constantly preoccupied with the weight of your sins and failures

I'm not special enough for my failures to mean anything more than anyone else's.

Almost everyone is so busy caring about themselves that they likely never even noticed, and will not remember what I have done wrong.

The universe is cold and uncaring. My failures are insignificant in the face of the emptiness of existence.

My relatively arbitrary consequence has already been set in motion. I will scream back into this meaningless void by warming my feet, drinking a cup of tea, and watching a similarly arbitrary movie.

Most of the world cares nothing for my existence, leaving me to assign most of the meaning my life has. I choose to assign no meaning to my failures, and deep meaning to the skillful way in which I have reshaped my eyebrows.

[cluster-b-clusterfuck]

Things to think about when you feel a crushing sense of emptiness and agitating boredom that feels like a void where your soul should be

I'm not sad, angry, or upset right now

I'm also not terrified or anxious

Nothing terrible is actively happening to me

This is the emotion that usually happens right before I find a really cool book to read

I'm not responsible for anything or any one right now

I don't have to do anything and it's awesome

My life has been crazy and terrible. It's really cool that none of that is happening at this exact moment

I could have a cup of tea right now and bask in the absolute nothing that is happening right now

Something terrible and exciting will happen eventually no matter what I do or don't do. I worked hard for this boredom and I will savor it.

The void that is my boredom is a positive feeling. It comes when I have done a good job and may relax.

The void is my friend. It loves and envelops me like a blanket fresh out of the dryer.

The void loves me and wants me to have a warm cup of tea.

This has been a PSA about the positive aspects of boredom.

[tzifron]

[whoopty3-deactivated20231204]

tell me 5 things you'd put in a pentagram to summon me and I'll tell you if it would work or not