I had a bit of an identity crisis when I attended an anxiety course, and a great deal of what I had thought was my personality was listed in a paragraph entitled "coping mechanisms" or something.
Then I started learning about ADHD and autism as well, and now I suspect I have zero actual personality.
“You make your whole personality autism”
What actually happened is I found out that 90% of my personality is autistic traits and I am not as unique and original as I thought I was
Since getting my anxiety under control I’ve figured out that a lot of my previous self control came from my severe anxiety and my adhd symptoms are slightly worse now that my anxiety is under control actually. I don’t want to go back to having severe anxiety though. And this seems like a difficult concept for people to get their heads around. Including psychiatrists I try to convince to give me ADHD meds that my insurance covers already.
Brain is primordial sludge & you are drowning in it
U are a ghost and nothing is real
Mental equivalent of attempting to stream some high-res video game when all you have is dial-up
The thing you want to articulate is *right there* but you're just scrabbling at it like a cat continually failing to catch the bird on the other side of the window
I love that there's so much pineapple on this pizza. No I did not add pineapple, although I am one of those apparently weird people who like Hawaiian pizza.