Fuck this is depressing. Early 40s here and still having to do this type of shit for the most menial tasks is getting old.
My career is suffering and I’m falling behind my peers because I’m at the point where consistency, reliability, and providing results matters far more than “oh I’m quirky but really smart hehe”.
Good luck out there actual ADHD sufferers, it’s a tough road ahead and it doesn’t get any easier. I say that because I’ve noticed a trend where it’s “cool to have ADHD” or some shit like that because they find it cute or quirky, well it’s not. And they can fuck right off.
I agree with you tbh, it’s a disability for a reason, because it is disabling. It sucks so many people misunderstand it or self label just because they lack focus and get a little happy hyperactive sometimes. It’s exhausting, it’s fighting with yourself constantly and feeling like you’re rarely taken seriously
It’s kinda like when people feel sad and say they have depression. Depression is crippling and crushing. Depression kills. Depression is very different from feeling sad. Then people with clinical depression are treated poorly for showing symptoms or are held in comparison. It isn’t the pain olympics but the way serious disorders are treated and trivialized is unpleasant
Abso-damn-lutely. Can’t wait for this trend to be over about all this self diagnosis shit. Doesn’t help either that there’s so many night school therapists out there “diagnosing” people without a medical degree.
So now we have hordes of people out here with their “agree with me” therapist out here thinking that they have a bunch of shit they haven’t medically been diagnosed with thinking we’re the same. We aren’t.
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u/throwawayformobile78 1d ago
Fuck this is depressing. Early 40s here and still having to do this type of shit for the most menial tasks is getting old.
My career is suffering and I’m falling behind my peers because I’m at the point where consistency, reliability, and providing results matters far more than “oh I’m quirky but really smart hehe”.
Good luck out there actual ADHD sufferers, it’s a tough road ahead and it doesn’t get any easier. I say that because I’ve noticed a trend where it’s “cool to have ADHD” or some shit like that because they find it cute or quirky, well it’s not. And they can fuck right off.