Raging ADHD, autistic. Rants about neurodiversity. Gay af. Alt text provided. Hypermobile, POTS, aphantasia.

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Anxiety and ADHD, a thread.
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What they say: we'll call you back What autistics hear: we'll call you with no estimated time frame, for something important that will impact your life, uncertainty will skyrocket your anxiety, expecting a phone call will make you panic and freeze, you have no right to complain
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ADHD plus POTS is such a fun combination. POTS: You need to hydrate frequently! ADHD: Let's forget water exists for 10 hours straight Me, several hours later: why do I feel dizzy all of a sudden
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Adelaide retweeted
seriously, this is way under-researched—if you think you have even mild #aphantasia please take this survey 🙏🏼 edgehillpsychology.eu.qualtr…
i’m completely tripping about #aphantasia right now bc of how much more it is than just not seeing images in my “mind’s eye”. i took this ⬇️ survey that made me realise i don’t really have any “mind” senses, nor episodic memory 😬🫨 if you want… edgehillpsychology.eu.qualtr…
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To other autistic people, what common autistic traits do you NOT experience or relate to?
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How's everyone doing
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Shit memory and lack of self-awareness has me reading tweets like... Oh that's smart, makes sense! ...Wait, I wrote that 6 months ago lmfao
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This whole account feels alien to me
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Been there, done that, regretted it, did it again 5 times because I have ADHD
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When you go on vacation and people ask you to send pictures, do they mean it? Asking for me
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Being unable to socialize because your mental health is shit while simultaneously craving and needing to socialize to improve your mental health <
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The awkward introvert to neurodivergent on a constant rollercoaster of anxiety pipeline
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"You're nothing like my Autistic child." I agree. I am not an Autistic child. I am an Autistic adult.
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If I'm attracted to you and you're not neurodivergent... I have news for you lol
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*The news is you have a higher likelyhood of also being ND and not know it yet
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Life with ADHD is 1/3 sleeping, 1/3 working/studying and 1/3 recovering from the exhaustion of it all while feeling guilty for not producing/doing chores or even enjoying your hobbies during that time.
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Most days I legitimately have no executive functioning left after 7+ hours of work, my brain is mush
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*cries in autistic*
eye contact>>>>>>
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Some anxious ADHDers overcompensating so much people think you have your shit together when your brain is pure chaos and you're barely holding it together
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