• denaggels@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Sometimes it helps to think of yourself as a friend you are helping out.

      • rtxn@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Try doing it out of spite.

        “That lump of shit in my cranium thinks I can’t do this task, well, I’ll show you, you glob of expired tapioca pudding!”

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    With this site I feel it’s like… aren’t these problems everyone suffers from? Or am I just projecting my potential fear of having a condition 😅

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      As has been said previously to this question: most people likely have issues like this from time to time, what makes it problematic is having them almost constantly and to such a degree that it’s crippling.

      Everyone coughs from time to time, but if you have a chronic cough that’s so bad that you cough up blood every time, that’s not normal and you need to see a doctor.

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      If everyone had this particular issue the world would be very different I think.

    • Phen@lemmy.eco.br
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      Kinda. One post I like to quote is the one that says that everybody pees too, but if you do it 30 times in an hour you need a doctor. ADHD is relatable to everyone because everybody deals with our problems to some extent, just in much more manageable doses.

    • Funbreaker [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      The thing that separates a disorder from a normal issue is the magnitude and/or frequency of occurrence. E.G. most people that currently have a uterus will get cramps on their period, but if they’re actively in pain instead of just uncomfortable something is probably wrong

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        That is a bad example because many women are actively in pain with cramps and have seen a doctor about it but have been told they’re just unlucky.

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        Just pondering on my own misery, cause I can relate is all. Wasn’t trying to put OP down for feeling it. I’ll try to be more careful with the wording next time thx

        • Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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          Oh, I didn’t share this to say that I’m going to ban you. I just thought that this post would answer your question. I made a lot of comments today and I was too tired to bother with explaining things.

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          I figure I have ADHD or some flavour. Mentioned it to my family, my sister went “huh” and got diagnosed.
          Im still waiting

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    Honestly it’s more like

    Oh boy, a well-defined task with a beginning, progress, an end, and an obvious benefit to someone! I get to be valuable!

    versus

    I have several days’ worth of clean clothes, there is no need to rush

    • dependencyInjection@sh.itjust.works
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      Exactly this, for me at least.

      I was a failure relative to my peers in my late thirties, got diagnosed with ADHD and it’s insane.

      So before I always wanted to be a software developer but I couldn’t finish shit, and just procrastinated and kept learning but never progressing.

      Afterwards, I am now a software developer and working from a massive spec sheet has kept me engaged the whole time. I still suck at planning but give me a plan and I’ll knock it put the park.

      What remains to be seen is if I still have the same vigour, 1 year, 2 years in etc.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Yeah, tbh, I tend to not do a lot of my chores because… I don’t feel the need to. Why clean when I’m ok with the current level of dirtyness? Why wash when I still got clean stuff that I want to wear? Etc.

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        Just realize that your level of comfort with dirt and debris can change gradually. And all of a sudden, you are hip deep in trash

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    I am still fighting with back pain from last weekend, when I helped friends to carry 9 cubic meters of firewood. Would help again any time.

    I am also, in this very moment, fighting to get up from my couch and start, at the very least fucking start my washing machine or dishwasher. I am loosing.