#audhd problems

[queerasflux]

man I wish people understood how much it sucks ass to be neurodivergent and trying to find the middle ground where people like/tolerate you. like, I'm either "boring" (trying to wait my turn in conversations, holding space for other people, taking a back seat to let others get some spotlight) or "too much" (too loud/talking too much, getting excited to share, trying to participate in group conversations/activities). No one really talks about how much of being neurodivergent is just sort of trying to make yourself palatable.

I feel like so much of my life has been spent trying to find this effortless sort of middle ground everyone else seems to automatically already know, and I'm always swinging too far one way or the other. I'm lucky to have neurodivergent friends who grok me, but goddamn I wish that I could just like, exist without the constant background script in my brain that's like "you're being too loud. You're not talking enough. you're being self-centered. you're being boring. you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong." I feel like I'm back in high school trying to make friends but stuck as the eternal "weird kid"

it's just... lonely and sucks bad.

#I'm fine #just had a sort of blegh night with some people I'm playing dnd with #not a big deal but man the way I interact with neurodivergent people vs neurotypical people is like speaking two languages #except I'm only fluent in one of them and keep accidentally insulting people in the other #I'm just trying to make friends irl #flux's bullshuit #neurodivergent #autism #adhd #audhd #audhd things #audhd problems

[beenovel]

Pro tip for people looking for meds or diagnosis. DO NOT MASK in front of a psychiatrist. I went in for an evaluation with a new psychiatrist this week with the goal of getting meds and I was just fully myself during the interview like bouncing my knees, only looking at him occasionally, breaking off mid-sentence to ask about the room decor (“were you in the Air Force? That’s a really cool chess set. Is that a Star Wars tie????”). And he did not even hesitate when I told him I was there to get adderall or another med he was just like “yup makes sense, let’s talk about your options”.

In the past I’ve always really struggled (and still do!) with masking around other people especially if they’re new, and this has sometimes made it difficult to get meds because I mask so well that sometimes professionals haven’t believed me when I said I was struggling because I looked fine.

Edit: I’ve seen a lot of people saying “it’s so hard to unmask though!” and yeah, it is. For me it was physically painful and nearly impossible. So I faked it. I bounced my leg, I wouldn’t look the provider in the face, I interrupted myself, I rubbed my palms on my legs and none of it was natural. I faked it all. And I did that over and over and over until it was real. Until I was comfortable enough with being odd to actually unmask

#adhd #actually adhd #adhd problems #adhd stuff #adhd brain #adhd things #adult adhd #living with adhd #adhd struggles #audhd #actually audhd #audhd things #audhd problems #adult audhd #autistic spectrum #autistic #autism #actually autistic #autistic things #autistic adult #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodiverse stuff #neurospicy #actually neurodiverse

[xan-the-emo-trans-man]

shoutout to all the neurodivergent people who have been told by neurotypicals “but it’s not even that bright” or “it’s not even that loud in here”

#Autism #actually neurodivergent #adhd #audhd #actually audhd #audhd problems #adhd things #sensory processing sensitivity #sensory issues #sensory disorder #sensory overload #sensory processing disorder

[warmafternoon]

#because I just opened yogurt that had wet snotty fruit chunks in it and almost threw up #ok so all of these may be personal to me with the way I describe them #nerodivergent #neurodivergent #nerodiversity #neurodiversity #neurodiverse stuff #audhd #autism #actually autistic #adhd #actually audhd #audhd things #audhd problems #autistic things #actually adhd #neurodivergence #adhd problems #adhd things

[noballoonsinspace]

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Self-taught one work-in-progress at a time so that there’s some beginner stuff I don’t know and advanced stuff that I do know and I will forever be making silly beginner mistakes in complex projects that I’ll probably never complete :)

#only to add to the Bin Of Half Realized Dreams aka endless wips 😭 #crochet #needlework #textile arts #craftblr #audhd problems #knitting #crocheting #granny square #granny squares #art wip #current wip #crochet wip #creative process #hyperfixation #adhd life #adhd artist #works in progress #work in progress

[turns-out-its-adhd]

#neurodivergence #neurodiversity #neurodiversesquad #adhd things #adhd brain #neurodiverse stuff #adhd mood #adult adhd #adhd #adhd memes #audhd #audhd problems

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

*displays textbook symptomatic behavior of my own disorder that I am well educated on* what’s my deal why am I like this

#I know exactly why I’m like this but why am I like this #I know what’s wrong with me but wtf is wrong with me #adhd autistic #audhd creature #cluster a #cluster b #cluster c #personality disorders #bpd stuff #late diagnosed autistic #cptsd recovery #did osdd #bpd #audhd #adhd problems #audhd problems #borderline personality disorder #complex trauma #mood disorders #anxiety disorders #psychotic disorders #neurological disability #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #trauma disorders #traumagenic

[korescorner]

My autism and ADHD are like two angry chihuahuas fighting for dominance

And somehow they're both fucking losing

#audhd #adhd #autism #adhd problems #autistic things #autistic adult #adhd brain #audhd problems #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodiverse stuff #neurospicy

[eternalplutoniangoddess]

does anyone else stop liking a safe food after eating too much and then don't have an appetite for anything until you find something new?

that's me right now

#audhd #audhd problems #autism #autism problems #adhd #neurodivergent #ramblings

[theadhdgoblin]

#audhd problems #adhd memes #actually autistic #goblin things #being autistic #adhd #adhdlife #autistic burnout #I’m actually an #audhd goblin

[clarafyer]

Anyone else who (properly) self diagnoses, do you ever just feel like you're faking it even though your professionally diagnosed autistic friends say that "yes, as an autistic person you are definitely autistic." Like it just SUCKS man.

Especially when it's an AuDHD situation where you have special interests AND hyperfixations, AND YOUR HYPERFIXATION IS AUTISM SO YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH FUNNY RELATABLE AUTISTIC TUMBLR POSTS FOR NO REASON IS WHY YOU'RE "COPYING" IT TO FEEL SPECIAL ACCORDING TO THE BULLY IN YOUR BRAIN

I can't get professionally diagnosed because it's hella expensive (welcome to 'Murica), but I have done months and months of research and have pretty much concluded that I have AuDHD + anxiety and depression (since they often are bundled up together with the more stressed out peeps), but even with how much I've looked up all sorts of mental disorders/disabilities, I can't help but feel that I'm just faking it all for relatability and attention.

#undiagnosed adhd #undiagnosed autistic #undiagnosed neurodivergent #undiagnosed autism #autistic things #autism spectrum disorder #actually autistic #autism #autistic artist #actually audhd #audhd things #audhd #audhd problems #audhd artist #adhd stuff #adhd things #adhd problems #adhd brain #adhd #actually adhd #autism ramblings #autism rant #adhd rambling #adhd rant #kinda vent #special interest #hyperfixation #self diagnosed autism #self diagnosis #self diagnosed adhd

[richierambles]

Me when my disability disables me:

#i didn't know it knew how to do that #that was a dick move of it smh 😔 #disability #disabled #disabilties #autism #neurodivergent #neurodivergency #neurodiversity #autistic #actually autistic #autistic things #audhd #actually audhd #audhd things #audhd problems #actually disabled #pro endo #anti endo dni #fakeclaimers dni #endo safe #actually plural #fictive

[ikarwawa]

There is a not small amount of neurodivergent ppl who found out about tone tags and then decided that that meant never having to put in any work to properly communicate ever

Like unless you've already done the work to figure out someone's communication style it's still rude to go "that's fucking dumb /lh"

It doesn't matter u included the "/lh"

And honestly? Sometimes you do just have to figure stuff out. Tone tags are an assistance tool for ensuring clear communication but clear communication *starts* with you putting in that work.

#neurodiverse stuff #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurospicy #actually adhd #adhd things #adhd problems #adhd brain #adhd #actually autistic #autistic adult #autistic things #autism #actually audhd #audhd things #audhd problems #audhd #actually bpd #bpd thoughts #bpd problems #bpd vent #bpd #autism vent #adhd vent #bipolor #dollie rambles #tone tags #This is a rant because I'm sick of a specific person /nbh #im gonna block them because they stress me out too much #and I cannot get this shit through their head

[theghostintheskeletonkey]

In today's episode of ADHD:

*FLOOR TIME*

#adhd #adhd things #in today's episode of adhd #neurodivergent #audhd problems #audhd #don't ask me to elaborate #because #I will

[itsnotmyfaultsomepeoplecantread]

Gonna start focus grouping new personalities.

No one seems to agree on the old masks, and apparently being myself is "weird" and "makes people uncomfortable."

#txt post #random thoughts #lol memes #autistic women #masks #audhd problems #audhd #actually autistic #adult adhd #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergent memes #lol

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

“Treat others how you want to be treated” is a cute sentiment but such awful real life advice that has gotten me into endless predicaments. Neurotypicals do not want to be treated how I want to be treated.

Turns out that among all eight billion of us, there are a few different sets of values and preferences and neurotypes. Turns out not everyone wants to be treated the same ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#also equity>equality #adhd autistic #neurodiversity #allistics #neurotypicals be like #autistic things #untreated adhd #late diagnosed autistic #cptsd recovery #audhd #borderline personality disorder #did osdd #bpd #adhd problems #cptsd healing #trauma recovery #complex trauma #audhd problems #audhd creature #audhd things #counterculture #golden rule #treat others how you want to be treated #intersectionality #neurodivergent #traumagenic #equitability