Proud of myself for writing two more chapters of my book last night after wanting to throw it in the trash and give up for good after interviewing book editors this week. I know that’s a brain gremlin reaction, but if I’m going to get this book done I’m going to need either an editor who understands and can work with RSD or a book coach who understands RSD to help me navigate the process of working with an editor who doesn’t.

Referrals welcome.

#amwriting #nonfiction #rsd #adhd #AuDHD

#ADHD is some kind of behaviorism resistance

"Do this. Or else!!"
"No can do, lol rip"

Not to say we're not vulnerable to reward-and-punishment systems, but the overwhelming internal drive to fixate on something interesting can defy external offers and threats to a surprising extent, for good or ill.

not new to fedi but new to instance so lets get #introduction out of the way

Aotearoa-born, grew up in different countries, don't live in any of those now tho :blobcatuwu:

#ADHD & #ActuallyAutistic both late diagnosed so i am still figuring out how to brain good

i am trying to get less rusty at writing, i also like to draw sometimes on paper or on tablet (as hobby, i am no artist)

posting abt: #horror (and other) #movies, #tv, and whatever else i happen to get temporarily fixated on hiiii

I don't know how people live with overflowing notification bars...

Mine needs to have nothing more than clock, network status, and battery, or my brain starts to itch! #ADHD

How #ADHD is this, I started reading through an article on the site for "the mini ADHD coach" that @puniko has been recommending, but closed the tab at some point and then forgot about it until Puni mentioned it again

Following through on my promise of true #ADHD variety gaming, I've grabbed another unplayed title from my accumulated pile to try on stream! Tonight it's "Mable and the Wood", a girly pixely Metroidvania! Let's see what it's about!

https://twitch.tv/kaliranya

#Twitch #LiveStream #KaLiveRa #vtuber #furry

When I do or say something a friend disagrees with, however trivial, I always think, "oh, I've lost points with them, they'll be less likely to engage with me now"

Is that...
...an #introvert thing? (I consider myself an #ambivert but that does mean I'm introverted sometimes)
...an #anxiety thing?
...an #ADHD thing? (rejection sensitive dysphoria)
...or just a human thing?

What if I went maximum variety #streamer and played a different game literally every stream (collabs excepted)

Lean into my #ADHD for the show of it 😸

Fun stuff I've learned about #ADHD and #Burnout - in my case, anyway.

My #ADHD meds are MUCH less effective right now (they do have an impact, especially when I'm having a good day and my mind is a little clearer, so I don't think this is about the meds).

But also, I am a complete fucking DISASTER in ways I normally am not if I don't take them :(

I didn't get diagnosed with #PCOS until I was 36 despite having all the symptoms. I didn't get diagnosed as #Autistic & having #ADHD until 46 despite having all the symptoms. Doctors kept ignoring my complaints simply because I'm a cis woman & refused to give me proper exams. How different would my adult life have been had doctors not continuously failed me simply based on my gender?

one of my main #ADHD problems is that Unlocking Achievements means nothing to me

ticking things off a list, "leveling up," etc - these are all useless incentives for me

as soon as i accomplish anything my attention shifts to the NEXT thing to be done, instantly, and i don't even get the dopamine hit for the thing i did

i can't appreciate incremental progress

it's... non optimal, y'all

i have likely said this before, but Blessed #ADHD means i have no idea

anyway

i don't believe in "smart" and "stupid"

i believe in "has intellectual aptitudes valued by society" and "not that"

sorry gamers, there's just no such thing as an across-the-board aptitude w all intellectual pursuits

(nor even is it possible to disentangle the "intellectual" pursuits from others - football is supposedly physical not intellectual but have you ever tried to memorize a football playbook?)

I don't know if it's an #ADHD thing or an #Autism thing or both, but I slept so poorly last night because my brain refused to STFU even though my poor body was exhausted.

#ADHD is not just hyperactivity - it has a host of symptoms that on the surface make me just seem flakey or incompetent and I'm really, really not. I couldn't understand why I can't follow through on simple things or why I can't do anything I want to. I really need to exercise. I haven't even done my basic physio. I just feel like today is a total write off. Going to see what I can do tomorrow instead.

For folks with #ADHD I've got to know. Is it normal for us to consume something with caffeine and it actually make us sleepy instead of keeping us awake? I'm not on any meds for my ADHD yet, BTW. Long story involving 1 of my older brothers who's a meth addict & the panic of my Silent Generation mother. I'm trying the caffeine route 1st to keep her calm & keep the peace.

#Unions like The Orange County Employees Association AKA #OCEA need to have a way to ANONYMOUSLY ask for advice via email & put the answers out Dear Abby style on their website. There's things I want to talk to them about now that I know I'm #Autistic without my diagnosis going into an official file. Not until I can be 100% sure I'll be protected from discrimination over my #Autism & #ADHD

Does anyone know if there's ever been a study on how medications effect the dreams of people who are #Autistic and/or have #ADHD - for as long as I can remember ANY type of med I take before going to sleep causes me to have extremely vivid dreams/nightmares. I'm wondering if there's a connection. #actuallyautistic

舒尔特方格，真的有人能在8秒左右点完吗 :blobcatmeltcry:

#ADHD

On the #ADHD front my mom is freaking out so much about the thought of me taking Adderall (TBF one of my brothers was put on it & he ended up going back to abusing meth so I can understand her panic) that I decided despite the evidence being anecdotical to try caffeine first. If only to keep her calm. I don't need her stressing me out with her constant worrying.

Had my 1-2-1 with my manager which was like an employee review, and she took me to a coffee shop and wanted to know how my #ADHD impacted me, and listened to me talk at her for a WHOLE HOUR and then was like right let's give you flexibility in your work schedule to get around some of these things and I am 😭