ADHD

As always, I share stuff about ADHD that I want to, usually that I find amusing or relatable, this doesn't make it part of the diagnostic criteria for ADHD, mean it's exclusive to ADHD, or that it should be taken overly seriously.

Even an infographic with informative stuff, is still not an official source of medical info, you shouldn't take it as such. I get 2 types of responses to my posts very often

- I relate to this so I think I may have adhd.

- This is wrong/simplified/exaggerated/doesn't apply to me

For the first one, I'm not gatekeeping adhd or memes from you (please enjoy them at your leisure) - but, if you're concerned you need to seek out a professional opinion. Yes, I'm aware not everyone is in a position to, but at the very least you need to be looking at proper medical sources to understand the condition, and not a meme which could apply to neurotypicals and/or people with a multitude of other conditions too.

For the second one, I think I've covered that. This blog has the word dump in its name largely because I started it to dump all the adhd stuff I keep coming across and saving and to put it somewhere. I did not think it would reach 1k and tens of thousands more notes on some posts. It's lovely that it has, it still doesn't make it an official source of anything.

I'm gonna take a little break from posting here, I'll be available on my main @theblurrxdface

Credit adhdissues on instagram

Dear followers, happy holidays to those who celebrate one around this time, let us not forget the most universal one tomorrow - my own birthday. Sorry I've been MIA, this account is very much still running, i just got a new job and I'm drowning in uni work at the same time. However, I will never permanently leave any of my accounts (unless it's due to a terrible unforseen circumstance) without saying something first. So you can otherwise always assume I'm coming back eventually.

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Reminder: I'm happy to chat but I miss so many replies, what can I say, there's many notes coming in and I have adhd... Just send me a message instead or head over to my main @theblurrxdface which is much quieter and I'll see you.

I use this app called Do It Now (which regardless of what I'm gonna say I still recommend cos it had many functions which work for me) that allows you to set yourself tasks like an RPG that reward XP and coins for yourself and level up. It's a good way to get you to do list of chores and work and feel rewarded.

The xp and coins are mostly meaningless they just help your brain feel rewarded and that's good enough, but your avatar will level up with xp and the coins... Well the coins let you buy rewards. You can set your rewards. This is where my brain hits a wall in many ways. Remember when your parents maybe gave you a reward chart and you got a prize at the end for doing everything? That was great, but what if you had to buy the prize or make the prize yourself? That defeats the purpose, especially when you can do it any time. So sure, I can set up in the app that it costs me 500 DIN coins to get a new videogame but then it'll also cost me the 20€ the game costs so I haven't earned it I've just put off buying it. Doesn't work for me. Do any of you use DIN? How do you make use of the coin/reward set up?

This hits so incredibly hard, thanks OP for the perspective