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I hate that no one talks about just how distressing memory loss from adhd actually is. I always see memes that are like “haha I forgot my phone, I don’t remember where my laptop is, etc”, but no one seems to talk about how it can really fuck you up long term to just, not remember things that are completely mundane to non-adhd’ers. The memory loss is, however, so frustrating to us. I cannot physically count how many meltdowns I have had over the sheer mental frustration and torture of not being able to remember seemingly simple things

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so, possibly controversial opinion ahead, going off that post a few reblogs ago.

if someone feels it’s appropriate and fitting to call their ADHD – or honestly, any condition – a disability, people have no business denying them that right.

and i mean that without any exception.

gatekeeping someone’s experience by hemming and hawing about how they shouldn’t use the term, because of some specific line you’ve drawn between disabled and abled, is absolutely fucking ridiculous.

adhd, for all ignoring people downplay it, can be extremely fucking destructive to one’s life if not treated properly. impulsivity, executive dysfunction, inability to focus, etcetera: these things can literally crumble someone’s ability to live the way they desire. hence, in my opinion, it can be disabling.

it is one of the most classic forms of ableism: downplaying and doubting. and it’s ridiculous that it’s accepted on such a mass scale, even on this website.

what benefit does one reap from guarding the term so obsessively? what benefit does it have to our community? what fucking benefit does it have to the individual you’re bombarding with your shit?

enough of the bullshit. focus on building community instead of destroying it.

XOXO, someone with chronic pain.

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“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared. It means you go on even though you’re scared.”

— Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

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this is for the people who went through trauma and didn’t come out of it with thicker skin. but, instead, came back with sensitivity to the world and a deep sadness that won’t go away. some of us went through something and lost a piece of ourselves; our broken hearts never healed quite right afterwards. i see you and i feel you and i am you. it’s going to be okay.