Lol I'm here because reddit banned me because I mentioned a murder-suicide case that was another commenter was trying to recall. Apparently I "threatened violence" 🤷♀️ is lemmy as as easily triggered? 🤔
lifeinlarkhall
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Yeah as a non American it's kinda like okay is this fake or are you guys actually just not that great at shooting your targets 😅 c'mon, if these are real you gotta start questioning your nations eyesight or something 😂
The thing is people aren't looking for reasons to believe it was faked, that's the default with trump now. The question is what makes anyone think it's real? He's the one who coined fake news so can't really blame anyone for not believing the "news" 😅
When you repeatedly lie and act like an AH about some pretty major stuff, why would you expect people to believe ANYTHING you claim? 🤷♀️ Be more of a surprise if the guy ever spoke for 3 minutes without a single lie at this point lol
Yes and if you go into pile mode then try to have some kind of storage boxes so once you hit the wall, you can put the piles into boxes to get back to. That's what I try to do now because having the piles laying around just attracted more piles, mixes up in piles and just visual overload!
I hated cleaning my room as a kid and my folks would get so so mad at me that I would start cleaning and just get so overwhelmed that I threw everything out. I hate thinking about all the stories, poetry I had as a kid/teenager I just didn't know how to organize so I threw it all out ☹️ so much creativity I threw away in those clean ups.
Yeah I don't know about IKEA specifically (I don't have much Ikea stuff) but I think flat pack furniture is either people who are intuitive and get it and those who struggle with it lol. Not necessarily dependent on neurotype however I think the frustration and dysregulation some of us can feel from it could be the thing more related to neurotype.
I can get "stuck" in a project and need to stop and take a break but my brain is hyperfixated I think even though I'm getting frustrated and that's when I'll end up approaching meltdown. That's the neurotype part of the experience!
I struggle - rarely get from IKEA but with any kind of picture instructions I can really struggle! I think I need picture and written instructions - or video!
I always have to get my dad to help me, I always try because I want to be able to do it myself and right now! But 95% of the time I end up just getting dysregulated after trying for hours and call my dad and having to wait until he can have time to come over 😭
Some instructions are a bit better than others - some are awful and even dad ends up putting something in backwards and having to take it apart to put it back together lol.
But success - a few weeks ago I put my little 1 drawer bedside table together table independently! It took me a few hours over 3 days whereas I'm sure it would take most people like an hour or so but I was proud to get it done. Of course I put the railings in wrong the first time so had to disassemble and reassemble 🤦♀️
It's frustrating because I actually enjoy some Lego and model kits (like the DIY book books) when the instructions make sense. I enjoy formulaic instructions but I don't have the... like foresight? Like some people can know why they're attaching the piece a certain way for later in the assembly but I can't see that so I am often building without understanding the bigger picture - if that makes sense!
❤️ autistic, ADHD adult. I cried watching the movie "I swear" last night about a boy through to man with Tourettes syndrome. It's too relatable just how hard life can be why you're different. I liked the message of the movie though which was that the disability isn't the problem, it's the lack of education for society that puts up the barriers. A lot of truth in that.
I hope your son finds people who he connects with without having to change who he is.