Except THC makes me have quiet paralytic anxiety for hours
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2026
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ughughughugh meme about me
Ahh, self-directed anger my old friend XD
I'll start by saying I'm not sure I have a point. But memes like this make me uncomfortable. It makes me wonder what the line is. Most people lean on at least one of these things as a crutch. It's full-on not an ADHD thing. I think it strikes at a deeper thing centering around the fact that the way we've constructed society means that most people don't fit into the system we're in, and I guess it's a style of Foucault to say we've expanded "adhd/autism" to encompass many people who's diagnosis is that they don't fit into the way we've constructed our society.
I think what I'm saying is: when I see these types of memes my question is instantly: who do we assume is ADHD/autistic? Is it most people? What does that say for the diagnosis vs what is the norm? Especially when people are diagnosing themselves based on these memes.
How’d you know my plans for Friday evening?
you know what else I picked up on here and maybe it's the pattern recognition but everyone here seems to talk about autism as a collective. as if it's a generalization or as if it's something that's a second entity people live with.
in a way it is. I am in a new job and my manager/trainer noted that i need to write things down more. Immediately I had 2 reactions at once, and neither of them I could really vocalize in the moment because it would sound like I was making an excuse, so I had to sit there and scream internally.
first, this is a computer heavy job so if i'm busy navigating menus, I don't really have time to stop and take notes and second, because of the free form nature of the training, how the ever loving hell am I going to keep all of this disparate information parsed and organized if I did?? Additionally, I'm sure that the costumers I will need to deal with wouldn't be too forgiving about a guy spending minutes at a time flipping though notes to do "simple data entry." It's stupendously disheartening and terrifying.
No i don't think it would cause i'm not sick, i think questioning obvious things and refusing to buy into social norms or standards isn't a sickness but a choice, also i have no credentials to talk about this so take it as uneducated opinion but i don't think pills are right way to handle autism or adhd rather lifestyle change, surrounding yourself with right people and right environment
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May the one without sin throw the first stone
i wake up at 3am and fall asleep around 9pm and waste my life every day. yes, it would be nice to be medicated with adhd medication again.
s/self-//
medicated I can control my cravings much better.
I would just like to be diagnosed and be able to make a rational decision about it all but the neuro guy does not take my insurance. If I had the right insurnace hes like booked out for a year or more.
I think things are a little better but not significantly so.