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>getting a sitting space in a crowded bus, even if there are old people around Why? Giving up a seat to an older individual is a show of respect as well as a r

• anoncake 6y ago
  They wrote they also have CFS (or something with similar symptoms)
• speeder 6y ago
  Not the person you are replying to but... In my case was because if I tried to give space to older people, I would go nuts, having ADHD and possibly (I never tried to get diagnosed since there is no treatment) Asperger's, I just don't notice old people there... So I go, see a spot, sit, and after a while note the stares and so on. I had to learn to ignore the stares, because whenever I was worried about being a gentleman and whatnot I ended going into crazy thinking spirals on my head, ruminating non-stop if I was offending someone or not, or not noticing someone, I would instead scare people, looking like some sort of paranoid person on the bus.
  • tener 6y ago
    The alternative coping mechanism would be not to sit at all if most of the sitting spaces are already taken. I sometimes did so as I expected to have to vacate my spot in only a few minutes.
• kolinko 6y ago
  ADHD not, but CFS yes - i take meds daily to not keep falling asleep all the time. My theory is that for the part of the ADHD population the core reason is excessive daytime sleepiness/tiredness.