things that I had to internalize as somebody with adhd in order to be at peace and thrive:
-People are wrong, often. Growing up I developed this belief that I'm the one always fucking up. Whenever anything ever went wrong in my life, I always blamed myself. Even when other people were really objectively horrible to me, I blamed myself in the sense of thinking I was inviting mistreatment with my personality. The truth is I'm wrong often, but other people including neurotypicals are wrong at the same rate. I'm not inferior to anybody. Other people are just as capable of being at fault.
-Guilt tripping myself when I can't stop procastinating or need to rest a lot is so useless and pointless. It just makes my resting time not feel like rest, and it makes me more burnt out and unlikely to do what I need to do. If I won't do shit, might as well enjoy it fully.
-My ultimate goal in life is to enjoy it. As long as I am trying to get the best out of life, I am not wasting it. Hitting certain milestones at certain ages is a framework people can follow to structure their life, but it is not obligatory and it does not guarantee happiness. More people than you can imagine ignore these milestones and do whatever the hell they want and they are content. Not achieving said milestones does not mean I'm behind or doing anything wrong.
-My body fears the tasks because they *used* to be excruciating for me. I am on medication now, and tasks are often quite enjoyable for me to do while I am medicated. I understand that my body rejects the idea of getting up and work, so instead of trying to do so I just take the pill without thinking and wait until the dopamine starts accumulating between my neurons. So in summary medicine first, sitting down to do the task second.
-Socializing is necessary and enjoyable, but RSD and social norms make it exhausting to be with new people or people you are not that close with. It is unrealistic for me to spend a lot of time socializing and then expect to have any energy to do my tasks. I have to limit it.
-Being a people pleaser is one of the worst things you can ever do to yourself. You will attract thousands of takers that will leave you drained. My logic used to be that I have no worth as a person, so I must provide services for people so that they have a reason to want me around. I became every friend's therapist and some even treated me as their personal assistant. I felt like if my life was a movie, I'd be the best friend character whose sole role is to hype up the main character. If you are like this, let me tell you that these people will always see you this way and they will make it very difficult to start asserting yourself, because you'll face pushback every time you do. So if you are in a dynamic like this, distance yourself from the person. Red flags to look out for: does not ask questions to you (the biggest one), has a new problem every time you talk, asks for validation frequently, is bossy in small ways (for example, let's say you are with someone and they want to go somewhere. They will say "I wanna go, let's go" instead of saying something like "hey would you mind coming with me").
-Don't listen to any of these bullshit lists that are like "BEST JOBS FOR ADHD" "jobs you should AVOID if you have adhd" because first of all, they are often written by neurotypicals that don't understand anything. And second, these things are almost always compiled with the milestones in mind. What they mean is what jobs will make it the easiest for you to hit those milestones fast if you have adhd. For example, they never suggest you try a career in science because to be honest, yeah, my adhd made it so it is taking longer than average for me to graduate. But adhd comes with hypercuriosity, so being in biology is deeply fulfilling to me. Those lists don't take that into account. I'm not saying it's wrong to want something that will get you a lot of money fast even if you don't enjoy it, but that is not everybody's priority.
anyway i have more but thats all for now i hope this can help somebody