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Da_Gut

Yes, this is truth.

Also what it isn't: A DAMN SUPERPOWER.

An outline two dimensional image of an iceberg, with the following text THE ADHD ICEBERG WHAT PEOPLE THINK ADHD IS: trouble focusing fidgeting (The following is below the waterline, and thus hidden) WHAT ADHD ACTUALLY IS: difficulty maintaining relationships depression difficulty following and maintaining conversations sensory processing disorder financial problems anxiety uncontrollable fidgeting hyperfixations poor sense of time 'all or nothing' trouble recalling commonly used words sleeping problems auditory processing disorder mood swings inability to focus even if there are no distractions executive dysfunction poor impulse control rejective sensitive dysphoria forgetting to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom losing items relentlessly difficulty switching tasks or inability to stick to one problems focusing on things even if they are of interest choice paralysis trouble regulating emotions chronic unemployment forgetting thoughts 0.2 seconds after having them
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Nia Valentine

@Da_Gut /me does not have enough focus to read it all 🙃

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Hothrin🌸

@Da_Gut@dice.camp Huh, I attributed the 'all or nothing' thing to autism before

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Ozzelot :anarchy: :linux:

@Da_Gut
My sense of time is precise... In that I sense it is made up and unimportant and hence I disregard it completely.

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ity

@Da_Gut reminds me of that time friends got mega mad at me for daring asserting I have sensory processing issues so I refuse to go outside into "just a little rain"

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Tom Bortels

@Da_Gut

I've had a few real-world situations where the hyperfocus has been a blessing.

What it isn't is predictable. If I could reliably harness it, I could rule the world - figuratively speaking.

And yeah, not worth the associated baggage.

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Da_Gut

@tbortels Yeah, its pretty routinely useful to me (and pretty routinely detrimental too).
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And agreed, its NOT worth the associated baggage.

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dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:

@Da_Gut I have never forgotten to eat, sleep or use the bathroom.

I have however eaten dinner at 4pm, gone to bed at 730pm and put off peeing until I had to angrily run, bc I didn't want to interrupt (= forget entirely for #adhd) what I was doing.

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Toran Shaw

@Da_Gut not everyone has hyperfixations though...

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chase

@Da_Gut big agree on "not a superpower". I understand the impulse some people have to turn something stigmatized into something positive, but I don't think ADHD is misclassified when it's called a disorder. I have probably 70-80% of the issues in the image, and no, sometimes getting things done while hyperfocused and allegedly being creative do not make up for them.

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Da_Gut

@mllsc I got my formal diagnosis at 50. I was untreated before then and the amount of decimation that it has caused to my life is massive so my case is very simple. Fuck ADHD.

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