i have analyzed this tweet to determine how it's so specific. each one of these acts like it's its own seperate thing, but they're actually all connected. i'm going to go through them one by one (not in order, sorry, but you'll see why) to show how. here's the breakdown:
former gifted children - this one is the big tell, which you can extrapolate pretty much the rest of the characteristics from. "gifted" is really just schools' ways of saying "this kid is clearly neurodivergent, but we don't know how to handle it so we'll just lump them all in a class together." pretty much all "gifted" kids had undiagnosed adhd and/or autism (in my case, it was both.)
depression - burnout is something that happens to a LOT of neurodivergent people, particularly around their mid-late teens as they begin to struggle with more and more responsibility, and this often leads to depression.
sleeping until noon - a pretty standard symptom of both depression and adhd; depression causes a lack of energy, while adhd often causes a delayed sleep cycle where people naturally fall asleep around 2 to 4 AM and wake up around 10 to noon.
drinking iced coffee - caffeine is a common form of self-medication for those with adhd, and iced coffee in particular is easy to obtain and often preferable for those that don't like the taste or feel of regular coffee. plus, if you're tired all the time from depression, it might help give you the energy to complete tasks you need to do.
introverted - social situations are incredibly draining for many neurodivergent people, so we have to take a lot of time to recharge.
leftist - right-wingers and centrists tend to be really ableist (eg. antivaxxers) so left-wing is the only place neurodivergent people really feel safe politically.
bisexual - i probably don't need to say that leftists tend to be more often/more openly lgbt+, and there are a LOT of people out there who identify as bi. it's an incredibly common sexuality just in general, and it's also often a stepping stone to other identities. thinking "hey, maybe i'm bi?" is the first step for a lot of people (eg. me) in realizing they're not cishet.
tl;dr if you relate to a lot of the things in the tweet you probably have adhd
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