I have, for some time, been coming to the conclusion that I probably have ADHD.
And my god, the “resources” online are just so very very terrible.
They’re all basically, “have you tried not being that way?”
Er, yeah?
@nonlinear@mastodon.nz@goatsarah Heh. You're not alone, and it's not just online. For the past month and a half, until today, I've been working with a counselor that is not experienced in ADHD, and some of her advice was to think less because our "skull is only large enough to keep so much in our heads" and "you know, ADHD wasn't even a thing until 35 years ago". And a lot of the online stuff I've seen is focused on crises-level things. Having conversations with diagnosed people has helped me the most.
@nonlinear [mastodon.nz] I don’t feel in a crisis to be honest. I’d quite appreciate the ability to manage to actually be useful during the actual day, and not lie awake at 2am having bilingual arguments with myself in my head and reading weird shit on the internet while I should be sleeping.
And not getting weirdly defensive when my partner suggests minor changes to plans and stuff.
But apart from that, and the sudden need to clean the oven and install a fresh raspberry Pi (did you know they’ve broken the Docker install packages?), at weird times, it’s all good.
Oh, and not picking fights on the internet, but I’m getting better at that.
@goatsarah @nonlinear I read this as installing a fresh raspberry pi in the oven. The mind reels from the possibilities.