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[–] Zardoz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Option E: Get anxiety, quietly leave without telling anyone, and get used to the occasional shame and guilt you will feel for years

[–] BackOnMyBS 1 points 1 year ago

Yes!! I was infamous for leaving without telling anyone. It was my thing. I hated saying goodbye because people seemed to get so over the top with reviewing the event. "Oh nooooo, really? You have to go? I had such a great time! I'm sad to see you leave. We should see each other more often..." and that can stretch out for 15-20 mins. I really just rather say, "Ok, I'm out. Thanks for having me. See ya."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the daily roulette where my brain decides it wants to be too slow to process and start stuttering, or be too fast and start cluttering.

[–] BackOnMyBS 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Are you like me and have tons of lists that you ignore throughout the day until bedtime, then review to convince yourself you'll start on them first thing in the morning?

edti: just found this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The most evil word of the day. "procrastination" ...
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... only to later discover that everything happened at the right time.

[–] OptimsticDolphin 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either this isn’t just an ADHD thing or I have some more to learn about myself

[–] BackOnMyBS 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it might be helpful and insightful to go get a thorough assessment by a psychologist that is an expert in autism and ADHD.

[–] OptimsticDolphin 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ll have a look at what I can get on the NHS

[–] BackOnMyBS 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oof! I heard that wait times for autism assessments and such via the NHS can be years. You might find some helpful advice in this community: https://community.autism.org.uk/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My ADHD/Asperger brain: what is a conversation?

[–] immadeofgold 2 points 1 year ago

My ADD: mm hmm, yeah, cool, nice, wow.