Post AXtr0eeJV4gYttt2Zc by dyani@social.coop
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(DIR) Post #AXtr0eeJV4gYttt2Zc by dyani@social.coop
2023-07-20T22:09:18Z
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What people don't understand about me is that deep stress is what stifled my #ADHD.Growing up, when I may not have seemed like I had ADHD cuz I could concentrate in school and remember things, my whole self was buried and smothered.Society, family, peer pressure, trauma, depression. I was drowning. I followed rules. My brain constricted inward, and it protected me for survival. Nowadays I feel more scattered than ever, but I am the most happiest, free, and self-assured I have ever been.
(DIR) Post #AXtr0fI17SRct2SkSW by nebula@gender.systems
2023-07-20T22:33:26Z
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@dyani I feel this a lot. A lot of our ADHD symptoms are masked by our anxiety and conversely when I'm way less stressed out and miserable, I'm way more disorganized and chaotic. But I'm way happier that way.
(DIR) Post #AXtr0goJSrs9bUa3RA by dyani@social.coop
2023-07-20T22:35:53Z
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@nebula yes! I've tried explaining to people without ADHD and they don't get it. They don't understand how I could be happier yet also feel like my thoughts are fast, loose, and I forget things in 5 seconds.
(DIR) Post #AXtr0hRJ7t43YQpCDY by nebula@gender.systems
2023-07-20T22:39:54Z
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@dyani Before, when I was able to mask all of this, it was the massive fear of consequences of ever slipping for a second that made me do it. Now, I can still kind of make myself that way, but there are consequences for my health and well-being and I'm not willing to do that much anymore.
(DIR) Post #AXtr0i2WtUq3PsEvEe by dyani@social.coop
2023-07-20T22:40:43Z
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@nebula cheers to us one day not having to do that EVER! 🥂
(DIR) Post #AXtr0icgj3lJE19nay by nebula@gender.systems
2023-07-20T22:41:06Z
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@dyani I am getting there.