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A casual community for people with ADHD
Values:
Acceptance, Openness, Understanding, Equality, Reciprocity.
Rules:
- No abusive, derogatory, or offensive post/comments.
- No porn, gore, spam, or advertisements allowed.
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- Do not link to other social media or paywalled content.
- Do not gatekeep or diagnose.
- Mark NSFW content accordingly.
- No racism, homophobia, sexism, ableism, or ageism.
- Respectful venting, including dealing with oppressive neurotypical culture, is okay.
- Discussing other neurological problems like autism, anxiety, ptsd, and brain injury are allowed.
- Discussions regarding medication are allowed as long as you are describing your own situation and not telling others what to do (only qualified medical practitioners can prescribe medication).
Encouraged:
- Funny memes.
- Welcoming and accepting attitudes.
- Questions on confusing situations.
- Seeking and sharing support.
- Engagement in our values.
Relevant Lemmy communities:
lemmy.world/c/adhd will happily promote other ND communities as long as said communities demonstrate that they share our values.
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You mean to tell me you guys dont get OBCESSED with something until you essentially become a supreme being in that area, get bored and move on to the next subject rinse repeat?
I’ve accepted my fate
I know 😔
Why can’t I be both?
It can. It’s all in how you play it.
Came here to say this
It’s not either/or, it’s because. I’m constantly craving novelty, which has led me to learn a little bit about almost everything, quite a bit about many things, and achieved mastery of nothing. Hell I’ve been playing guitar for 25-odd years, and that’s pretty much the only exception, but even there, I’m nowhere near as good as I “should” be with that much experience.
I can C+ to B just about anything that interests me, but God help me beyond that point.
Some people try to perfect, plateau, improve inch by inch and rarely move to new experiences and that‘s just as fine as craving just those experiences by dipping your feet into it until you feel fine to expand your horizons. If you don’t feel held back because of whatever way you‘re going with this, I think it might be just in your nature.
It took me my entire life to figure out I don’t have to be perfect in what I’m doing. I just try to live, do what I want and not force myself through stuff my head wants me to because someone else or some social conventions expect me to have a certain expertise in something „by now“. It’s exhausting sometimes but this revelation made live so much easier to bear.
Also trying to get back to playing guitar. It has been 3 years playing with passion until depression killed any desire but I feel like I’m getting there eventually. I was a fast learner but I couldn’t be content with what I learned to take it easy and progress more slowly, so I tried forcing myself to become better and better at it as fast as possible but that’s just not how I can learn and it wasn’t much fun after a while anymore.
I don’t remember writing this…
Hans Dampf in allen Gassen. Repeat. Hans Dampf in allen Gassen.
I was told by my son who has had a diagnoses of ADHD that I more than likely have it. I can Hyper-focus on things and flit from one thing to another my brain sometimes just never shuts up and have been like this so for the last 58 years. I figure that as an engineer and having to fix complicated systems it kind of helps as my super power!
Testing 123
You don’t have ADHD.
You are a 1.5 way LSD (Limited Slip Diferential)
Wait, is it really, like, sign of Adhd? Oh shit
I feel more like I’m the original Körper Klaus.
Based. I have accepted this haha.
Oh no, I should book an appointment, again, where is they referral letter…I stashed it somewhere after I missed my first appointment 1.5 years ago by showing up at the wrong hospital department…fuck
But the superpower of ADHD is being Jack-of-all-Trades.
Specialists are valuable, but when they specialize themselves into a corner, a generalist can usually get them out.
Today’s world is built on being super specialized. All ADHD is someone who is wired to be a generalist and constantly changing tasks, filling in where needed. Before the 20th century, it didn’t matter and wasn’t an issue; now, it does. The failure we feel is society being overly optimized and unable to find us a place.
Wait is this actually a thing? I’ve always wondered why I never stick with something long enough to master it. I can hyperfocus when I want to but holy shit this would make so much sense.
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Bro mad cus he never even passed grammar class, so now he goes around the internet telling others they are as unremarkable as he feels
Lol who hurt you?
It true though. Normal people ain’t Superman
It true though. Normal people ain’t Superman
It true though. Normal people ain’t Superman
Bro who hurt you?
The drugs man
I’m in this photo and I don’t like it.
Nice to have you here with us on Lemmy, Christian