May 4
Eric AuDHD icons
@sluttery-withoutshame compelled me to make these :3
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Eric AuDHD icons
@sluttery-withoutshame compelled me to make these :3
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S AUTISM AND ADHD PRIDE FLAGS AWAWAWAWAWAWAWAAAAA I LOVE THEMMMM AND THEY'RE IN TOONTOWN CORPORATE CLASH NOWWWWWW
WAIT I GOTTA GO SEE IF THERESA DID FLAG
Every identity in the community matters. You are worthy of an existence that allows you to feel safe and free to be yourself. You are all worthy of equality. You are worth celebrating!
Sending love to those:
who are just starting their journey
who feel like they don't belong
that are still finding themselves
that don't have a support system
who are concerned for their safety
who are celebrating for the first time
that came out later in life
that lost loved ones when coming out
who can't or are scared to come out
who can't safely celebrate
that are selective about who or where they are out
that don't feel the need to come out
who didn't get a say in coming out
who are out and proud
This will always be a neuro and queer affirming safe space because it costs nothing to respect people.
Dear fellow adhders:
It is okay to sleep among the pile of clothes you left on your bed because your brain was done with putting away laundry after you put away everything leading up to that.
The dirty dishes surrounding and resting in the sink are well to be there. You needn't wash any of them until you need a specific dish, at which only wash what you need to use immediately. Or, simply eat off a paper towel or wax paper or drink straight from the container in the fridge. If dishes are developing mold, let them be; they can be cleaned when you are mentally ready to clean them.
If there is an unpleasant smell and you can't clean to attend to it, use a good-smelly to ease your mind, and clean when you are ready (good-smellies i.e. lighting candles or incense to make the room smell nice, spraying fragrances on your clothing or comfort plushies so you are not traipsing or cuddling perturbed).
Caffeine is your friend, and utilize sugar for dopamine.
If autism is comorbid, engage in your special interests liberally to be infused with the joy and energy that dopamine you get from it brings regularly. Playlists of special interest songs/songs pertaining to/reminding you of your special interests are a passive boon that boosts spirits and energy. Place illustrations/pictures/etc. reminders of your special interests around your home so when your distractible mind ganders, you get a boost of dopamine.
Above all other things in life, focus on dopamine maintenance. Our brains have a natural deficiency in dopamine generation compared to neurotypical brains, so we must meet their baseline first before doing the things they do without issue. Truly, dopamine is the key. Getting that need met allows all the rest to fall into place -- not in a neurotypical way, but in an adhd (/audhd) way. Our lives won't be the same as neurotypical lives. Why should we compare our lives to theirs? Why should we feel externally-imposed shame for how we lead our lives? We shouldn't. We should never.
Point of this post is, shame has no place in adhd lives. We can carry out our existences in peace in our messy surroundings. Dishes remaining by the sink, with some washed and others not. Unswept floors, cat hair accumulating in corners. Laundry increasing in height in the basket. Stepping over a paper that is to be thrown away only when we are ready. A zen life in an abode neurotypicals would judge negatively and make demands of.
Our homes are not to be demanded of, realms of peace they are.
Sincerely, an audhd man who is making it on his own and leading a relatively peaceful and stable life, thanks to honoring his brain's natural ways and orchestrating his life within that innate framework rather than one alien constructed and placed before him. Shedding the judgments cast down by others in his past. It's a work in progress, unlearning the forced shame that causes us to feel distressed and useless (when we are not!) but I am close.
Don't try to lead a neurotypical life. Lead a YOU life.
We must all relearn peace for ourselves.
Attain peace, and freedom from neurotypical judgment, and pursue the dopamine like your life depends on it.
Because our lives do 💚✨
I’m working on more KISS Purr-ide stuff and I’m gonna do Autism/AuDHD pride moodboards for the Erics! But until then have these
(P.S. The Amarillo font by Francis Studio and Young Man font by MJType are back for more 💚🧡)
Happy Autism Pride!
KISS Purr-ide Icons And Moodboards: Double KISS Creature Feature! Autistic and AuDHD Purr-ide!! (Part 2 because of the image limit…): AuDHD Pride
Part 1: Autistic pride
Eric:
KISS Purr-ide Moodboards: Double KISS Creature Feature! Autistic and AuDHD Purr-ide!! (Part 1 because of the image limit…): Autistic Pride
Part 2: AuDHD pride
Eric
I'm an adhder. But I AM coordinated. Example:
I was pouring coffee just now and the carafe started to tip my mug. Through teetering and overcorrection, still no coffee spilled. A coordination godlike.
Autism and adhd are next-level. We do extraordinary things like Superman. We just also have Kryptonite laced in the society around us. And neurotypicals look down on us when we are affected by these Achilles's Heels.
We are not the problem. The neurotypical-designed environment is.