I had a list of stuff that needed to get done today so naturally the #AuADHD has declared all executive function verboten and gone to play on the mental Slip-n-Slide.

Focus? Motivation? Willpower? *squirt*

Need help from my fellow neurodivergents round here...

7 yr old kiddo (AuADHD) is waking at night with (scary) intrusive thoughts and then unable to go back to sleep unless I stay with them.

What are some of your methods for blocking out intrusive thoughts? My own method isn't really appropriate for a 7 yr old.

#Autism #ADHD #Neurodivergent #AuADHD

oh fuck I just found my next ADHD hyperfocus.
AI art.
This one is based on my photo, how cool

https://openart.ai/community/hjE2oXmYyiH4shgBPvfq

#AuADHD

Fellow #neurodivergent folk: are Mondays PARTICULARLY difficult for you in terms of executive function? #AuADHD #Autism #ADHD

Good morning my fellow #neurodivergent friends! I wish you a wonderful day - we can all get through it together! #AuADHD #Autism #ADHD

I think one of the hardest things for me about #AuADHD is how the sleep dysregulation from ADHD messes with my pretty strong desire for a regular wake up time in which I'm awake for the mornings. When I'm with a partner, I can kind of override the hyperfocus and get a really nice regular schedule... when on own it's endless "oops, it's 4 AM now" days. I'm still functional, but it seriously cuts into my time that can be used for running errands and such and makes me feel like things aren't in control.

New instance, new #introduction

I'm @jenigrant / jeni.grant / jenidotgrant on most social media apps.

Mid 40s, trans non-binary, neurodivergent (#AuADHD and friends), #queer all around. #NorthCarolina native, long-time #Triangle local, #DurhamNC resident

Former analytics #developer. #Disabled. Passionate about #socialjustice and #antiracism. Love all things #science. Like to #garden when I have energy. Mostly I don't. I talk about #food and #cats a lot.

also: #FuckThePolice #ACAB

Hi, I've just finally picked a server, and now it is #introduction time for me 👋
I'm a connector - of people, data, concepts. Perpetually learning, trying, at times very trying :)

Into #UX #ResearchOps #SocialSciences #SocialJustice #equity #feminism #writing
living on unceded palawa lands as a #AuADHD cishet middle class middle age white woman with 2 teens.
Strong opinions, loosely held!

“Proof”
#love_ADHD or #AuADHD

I'm capturing the pivotal stories in my life, alongside writing about remote work, believing the two threads intertwine. Non fiction, "do this get that" has been my go-to approach for decades. Memorializing the time my dad dropped me off at the mall when I was 9 to buy my own school clothes requires finding, then using, a new set of mental muscles and is scaring the crap out of me.

#GetUncomfortable
#writing #memoir
#auADHD #RemoteWork
#WritersOfMastadon

@Siren I mean.... #AuADHD is a thing for sure

AuADHD problems:
Started playing my special interest game, The Long Dark’s new DLC yesterday. It’s great!
I want to play more this tonight. Sadly I am too burnt/peopled out from work to enjoy anything.
My disorganised schedule means I am having to cancel my leave tomorrow so I can catch up on work things that need to be sorted, and I will obsess over them until I do 😑
Given all this I’m not sure when I am going to be able to play TLD next…
@actuallyautistic #auadhd #adhd #thelongdark

This year I began teaching at a small school for students with disabilities. The most remarkable thing has happened as I spend my day in rooms full of people just like me (#autistic #adhd #auadhd )… my mask is starting to erode and I can am a more authentic version of myself. As amazing as that is, though, I do have many NT colleagues (and even a few ND ones) who I’ve quickly felt the need to mask around. I sometimes wonder about their motives for being there. 🤔

This #introduction is a lot of pressure…
Hey 👋, I’m Gemma. #twitterrefugee
I am a #GeriatricMillennial so I have zero issue losing my social media identity and starting over again, but I am feeling my age as I’m adapting here during the #twittermigration. I actually #hatehashtags but brevity has never been my style, so I’m enjoying having more characters.
Things I like or are a part of my identity:
#adhd #auadhd #memes #celiac #edutooter #violinist #education #plants #cats #Dogs #musicology

Here's my #introduction, I'm not very good at this, so thank you for your patience! recent transfuge from bird site I'm a newly diagnosed #AuADHD logician, translator, tutor and I'm in the process of learning #musicproduction. Asides from all kinds of #music, I'm annoyingly obsessed with #hauntology, #books (esp. #literaryfiction), #cinema (esp. #horror), #hauntology and #occulture.

@aaronesilvers
I paused super frequent flying five years ago, yet have moved the "for every scenario" bags for three long distance relocations since then. So much for fooling myself I'm rigorous about divesting from #stuff. Had just centralized the luggage when I saw the #tism question here and had a face palm moment. #AuADHD #ActualAutistic #RoadWarrior

I am decluttering.

And getting some fairly major adulting done.

Just found the paperwork I was was supposed to fill out to do important stuff for my super when I left my last job...
in 2003.

Oops.

In fairness to me, my relationship at the time was crumbling, my mental health was in shambles, and I was moving interstate.

However, I think the fact that I’ve found the paperwork now might rather lend weight to my suspected additional diagnosis of #AuADHD.

#HeadDesk #Decluttering #MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #Adulting

@AuDHDComrade Idk if I can *spot it* but also nearly 50, recently diagnosed w/both inattentive/hyperactive ADHD…

@first I was sad, then angry: life didn’t have to be an uphill battle…but growing-up, it was considered an *excuse* which it’s not: It’s an *explanation* 🙂

So *that’s* what my teachers meant when they said I wasn’t living up to my potential 🙄

I’m now reading more about the autism cnx….fascinating!

#adhd #adultadhd #auadhd #adhdisanexplanationnotanexcuse #FeelingSeen #adhdbrain

Important safety tip: drink from your mug, not from the candle holder right next to it that bears an unfortunate resemblance

Object permanence? What? #ExecutiveDysfunction #AuADHD

@thequirkybraincoach Gonna need to stew on this! I'd come to believe we're motivated all the time, just not necessarily for what others find appropriate. For example, I'm motivated to fool myself into believing I can prevent a #ClusterHeadache by laying still rather than getting up, or watching one more episode vs reading that book, or going back inside to get that extra whatever than being on time. I'm not unmotivated. Just not motivated to do what others expect (or approve). #auADHD #unmasking