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adhd paralysis sucks bcuz im just sitting there and my brain is like
YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME
no work done no rest gained. literally no point of this at all
just wanted to share these executive dysfunction comics i am so sorry to whoever drew them these have been saved on my phone for like 6 years
My wife’s idea of decompressing after the busy holiday was to rearrange every piece of furniture in our home is this an ADHD thing or just a her thing
I’m not complaining the way she’s done it is much better than it was it’s just like how is this your idea of a relaxing weekend
Listen I don't get to decide when the drunk elf that is my executive actually does the functioning but when he does we have a SMALL WINDOW OF TIME before he finds the schnapps again and we're done
yes this exactly
So to me, there are spoons (general energy cost) and carnival tickets (specific energy cost).
Spoons can be used pretty much anywhere.
Carnival tickets are only good for the carnival, and it’s only in town for a limited amount of time.
So like, if I get “kitchen cleaning” carnival tickets, I can’t use that to clean my bedroom, that’s not where the carnival is.
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The funniest genre of autism discourse is when
Person A: hey, it kind of sucks that autistic people are expected to do 90% of the conversational labor in mixed social environments
Person B: actually things get so much better once you learn to do 100% of the conversational labor without resentment
Person A: That sounds worse
Person B: No you see the trick is you stop expecting reciprocity
I cannot explain to a non-autistic the absolute insanity of autistic anxiety.
Yes, I know a slight change to my routine for one day isn't going to kill me.
No, I'm not okay with it. In fact, I'm going to have debilitating stomach pains for the next 24 hours until it's back to normal.
sorry it bothers meeee you cant even breathe in the direction of autism related tags on this website because every other post is a 50k note post saying extremely common autism experiences or outright diagnostic criteria dont happen and have nothing to do with autism and i hate it so much. some of us DO struggle with jokes and social cues and tone and hierarchies and relationships and cleaning and following rules and boundaries and reading comprehension and empathy and eye contact and things you think are gross some of us are fucking disabled okay.
This is a hard thing to hear but i genuinely say it with care and best wishes:
Keep using your brain and trying that hard thing no matter how foggy. Feel stupid! It's ok! I promise you are not stupid. I promise your brain will appreciate it. And that with time it will be valuable that you tried.
It's so easy to lose a whole week to brain fog. But your brain and body don't just stop existing that week (though it can feel that way). It's so important to try to incorporate puzzles anyway. Cook a meal from a scratch, do a jigsaw, the wordle, sudoku, use your other hand, learn a new card game, watch a brand new show, do simple math equations, write words backwards, learn a new language (or even just random phrases from a few), play a podcast, read a fun article or magazine, try a new creative project. Something! To help you feel better longer and keep your brains synapses synapsing.
Find a way to push yourself into it. Ask a friend to do it with you, set a timer, build it into your routine, have a bunch of fun games on your phone, puzzles by the bed, set your google to open straight to wordle.
TO CLARIFY: neuroplasticity is magic. And CONTRARY to prior belief it does not just stop after like 25. The brain can recover in exceptional ways so if you feel behind, or feel like you lost so much of what you knew due to a deep spell of illness or depression or injury; it's never too late. Never too late to nuture your brain to a better state of health.
So have a glass of water, take a deep breath and please join me in feeling really stupid trying to finish a "simple" puzzle and know we are all doing a very good job. ❤️
i needed this 💜
we need to stop equating lack of independence with lack of maturity. people that live with their parents or have a caregiver or don't work or need more support than others aren't inherently immature. there's lots of reasons why people would be in this situation, even outside of disability (plenty of cultures out there expect people to live with their parents past what we consider the beginning of adulthood), and regardless of the reason we deserve support and community through what is already likely to be an isolating experience. don't make it worse for us
ALSO TBOY WRESTLING MADE IT TO LA TIMES WE UP 💪🏽😤
whenever I confess to people that i feel like I am just roleplaying as a normal person they're always like noooo you don't strike me as someone who's roleplaying as a normal person at all!!! :) and every time internally im like well yes that's because I am excellent at it
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"You don't seem autistic to me at all."
"Thanks, I've practiced."
i talk about medical fatphobia a lot and kinda feel like ranting again. it negatively affects every aspect of the care i seek and receive, yet no one except other fat people speak about it.
it is insidious, it affects everything, fat people die from it. but no one speaks up.
i am mostly housebound, and the time i spend at home, i spend 95% in bed. i live with severe chronic pain and moderate-severe MECFS to name the worst of my conditions. i struggle with walking both due to excruciating pain and due to PEM & crashing from MECFS. i am mostly housebound, and the time i spend at home, i spend 95% in bed.
i use a rollator, but it isn't enough, i need a powerchair. but when i scheduled an appointment with OT i got told that they can clearly see my need for a powerchair, but that they won't prescribe one because "i need all the exercise i can get".
it is torture, it is cruel.
all my health issues have been blamed on my weight, to the point where they will not even examine me. they see that i'm fat and won't bother to even do a physical exam. i get denied treatment, i get denied medications, i get denied lifesaving mobility aids, i get denied healthcare.
i am scared. my pain will remain severe and my MECFS baseline continues to worsen, because of medical fatphobia. and no one talks about it. no one.
LEARN ABOUT MEDICAL FATPHOBIA.
SPEAK UP.
THIS IS ABLUT MEDICAL FATPHOBIA AND FAT DISABLED PEOPLE — DO NOT DERAIL.
if you're ever the most disabled person in the room, i think it would be helpful for you to think about why. like why are people more disabled than you not in the room?
folks will reveal out of nowhere how poorly they think of people with cognitive disabilities
do you believe that people with cognitive disabilities and/or brain damage have the right to medically transition? to have authority over their own bedtime and what they eat? to not be forcefully restrained or locked up? to have sex? or do you think that someone not be able to type without major errors or struggle to articulate their flow of thought for any reason or who will never be able to learn how to read at a level beyond primary school (if able to read or write at all) or who need things explained to them in very slow, patient and broken down terms, who will never be able to do labour or communicate are inherently living a less human life than you and will never be worthy of having as comrades or seeing as peers, just overgrown children to be carted off for everyone's peace of mind?
Some autistic people can’t mask btw. Some of us are visibly disabled and visibly autistic, and that’s okay.
This does mean some of us are more vulnerable to ableism and violence, as we are unable to mask even temporarily for our safety.
Autistics who can’t mask/can’t mask well deserve to be included too.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL
“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”
My mom learned it because she figured she’ll go deaf when she gets old
My family went holiday SCUBA diving once, and a couple of Deaf guys were in the group. I was really little and I spent most of the briefing overcome with the realization that while the rest of us were going to have regulators in our mouths and be underwater fairly soon, they were going to be able to do all the same stuff and keep talking.
The only reason some form of sign language is not a standard skill is ableism, as far as I can tell.
For anyone interested in learning, Bill Vicars has full lessons of ASL on youtube that were used in my college level classes.
https://www.youtube.com/user/billvicars
and here’s the link to the website he puts in his videos:
https://www.lifeprint.com/
Update: you guys this is an amazing resource for learning asl. Bill Vicars is an incredible teacher. His videos are of him teaching a student in a classroom, using the learned vocabulary to have conversations.
Not only is the conversation format immersive and helpful for learning the grammar, but the students make common mistakes which he corrects, mistakes I wouldn’t have otherwise know I was making.
He also emphasizes learning ASL in the way it’s actually used by the Deaf community and not the rigid structure that some ASL teachers impose in their classrooms
His lesson plans include learning about the Deaf community, which is an important aspect of learning ASL. Knowing how to communicate in ASL without the knowledge of the culture behind it leaves out a lot of nuances and explanations for the way ASL is.
Lastly, his lessons are just a lot of fun to watch. He is patient, entertaining, and funny. This good natured enthusiasm is contagious and learning feels like a privilege and not a chore
And it’s all FREE. Seriously. If you’ve ever wanted to learn ASL
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time of year i remind every cane user to get an ice pick so you dont fall and die
almost biffed it in a fucking parking lot so time for me to repeat this. if you are a cane user in the northern hemisphere its time to get an ice spike coming in the mail BEFORE the ice forms.
@phantomwinds and @strawbebbynya asked in the tags if anyone had advice for winterizing a rollator walker, i dont use a rollator very often but I'd suggest using zip ties around the wheels as improv tire chains. disclaimer that ive never done this before personally but its advice ive seen wheelchair users share.
i appreciate that this is still in circulation and i can see the pre-autumn wave of reblogs picking up lol. ice pick is not a gimmick its genuinely useful and can be a life saver. every year winter reaches further towards the equator and new people are finding themselves at risk of ice with no experience for how to keep safe
