#elspeff

[thebibliosphere]

Apologies if (a)you have already explained this elsewhere and (b) this takes valuable time from you. But, as someone who is coming slowly to the conclusion that she has ADHD (at the ripe old age of 52) - can mental and physical exhaustion be linked to it? Like, once every few months or so, my body scolds me in no uncertain terms to stay put in bed and not go into work; which could pass as a viral thingie except that there are no other signs except exhaustion?

According to the notes I have from my therapist fatigue can be a symptom of ADHD, especially in adults. It can either be from the regular long term sleep disturbances we experience as part of ADHD, bouts of hyperactivity (mental or physical) or just even the additional strain it takes for us to stay focused for prolonged periods of time. I found a couple of articles by googling, and this Healthline one matches up pretty well with all the things my therapist talks about with me: https://www.healthline.com/health/ADHD/adhd-fatigue#1

For me I’m never sure if it’s a result of my other chronic illnesses or not, but I know if I do something that drains my energy in terms of requiring a lot of focus and mental attention (say, a rush editing job for a client), I feel a bit like a wrung-out rag and I’ll feel very tired and a bit “off” for a few days until I recharge my batteries a bit.

I did read a thing last year that talked about how ADHD and chronic fatigue syndrome were linked in a study, let’s see if I can find it... Aha, yea, CHADD.org actually links to this on their website:

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/adhd-millennial/2016/12/adhd-and-fatigue/

The conclusion was “basically, having ADHD is exhausting sometimes” which y’know both a mood and validating lol

[wilwheaton]

My (admittedly limited) knowledge as a mainland Brit of the Troubles in Northern Ireland would tell me that enacting retribution on one particular group as a general exercise - indiscriminate imprisonment or abuse of people seen as supporters of the Republican movement, say - doesn't destroy their resolve, but hardens it. TL:DR version - it makes them martyrs. Is it really, then, a good idea to advocate that Nazis be assaulted, rather than mocked or ridiculed?

Yes. Because Nazis don’t have a difference of opinion. Nazis want to murder and genocide every human who is not exactly like them. 

There’s a reason the world united to defeat Hitler, instead of trying to have respectful dialog with him.

[starkey]

Where would you go if money wasn’t an issue?

Hmmm so the places where money is the biggest issue for me are the places that need a good chunk of time to explore. So, basically, a road trip of the States and Canada! (I super wanna do that). Orrrrr backpacking around middle and south america.

[thebibliosphere]

elspeff replied to your post: Parents: we found your blog and twitter. You are...

Hang on: your folks are in Scotland, but they don’t approve of swearing? Do they wear ear plugs when out in public?!

My mother doesn't think women should swear. She "accepts" that men swear because she can't get them to stop, but me she can try and make stop with shame so...

Hilariously she tried asking me what my in-laws thought of my swearing in public and what ETD thinks of what I am doing, and I got to inform her my mother-in-law says "fuck" at the dinner table, and also my husband a) loves and supports me b) is proud of what I do and c) thinks I'm fucking hysterical and d) doesn't appreciate being dragged into her manipulative toxic behavior.

[medinaquirin]

elspeff replied to your photo “Found a visitor on the back of the house today. #moths”

And...gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Gah.

Gonna take a shot in the dark and say you're not a fan of moths, eh?

[medinaquirin]

elspeff replied to your post “[[MOR] Today’s off to a grand start.  My anxiety and depression...”

Please, please, please see a doctor or counsellor, missus. They can't make your life better ( if only!).but they can help you be more able to face it.

Money is the issue there.  I have no insurance and the whole obamacare sign up was nothing but a botched mess of repeated phone calls that got me nowhere.  I may have to resort to trying to get on the discount program with one of the local hospitals, that is if I qualify for it.

[medinaquirin]

elspeff replied to your post “24 minutes in and all I can think is that Withnail & I seems a lot...”

It's actually a pretty sad film, for all that it is trumpeted as "Britain's Funniest. " And the late Richard Griffiths - Uncle Vern in "H.P." - is utterly joyous. But, yes, I get the "Bottom" connection.

I did like Griffiths' Uncle Monty.  In all fairness I only managed about half the film last night, right up to the scene in the local pub with the guy with the eels down his trousers (assuming he was the aforementioned poacher).  I was a little too tired to give it my full attention, so I doubt that helped.  I will probably have another crack at it today and try to finish it.  Honestly I get the sad out of it more than the comedy, though some bits did make me laugh.  The opening washing up theatrics were probably my favorite, I go through much the same here on a regular basis with my housemates.

[medinaquirin]

elspeff replied to your post “what…how…why….what…what…what?! HOW THE HELL AM I THE ONLY PERSON I...”

Tim Curry was, by far, the single best thing about "Legend." Utterly terrifying and hugely charismatic. For a long time, my favourite version of the Devil until Stormare's turn in Constantine. But Tom Cruise in floppy-haired- goatherd mode? Meh.

DEAR ITHINKHESGAYBUTWESAVEDMUFASA: DO NOT READ ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE.  INSTEAD THINK OF FLUFFY KITTENS AND MARSHMALLOWS.

Tom Cruise kind of suffered from the same issue I see a lot of in Once Upon a Time: inability to grasp any sort of non-modern dialogue.  It's also a frequent issue with certain actors that try to take on Shakespeare that have no idea what to do with that kind of language.  This is no way to enter into a movie that is effectively a fairytale and I kind of want to slap the casting department for just grabbing an actor on looks alone.

Granted the fact that his idea of showing that he is a "child of the forest" was crouching a lot didn't assist.

As for Tim Curry, well, sufficed to say I admire anyone who can act under that amount of prosthetics (kudos to you, too, Rob Bottin) and basically make you forget that it's all prosthetics.