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FWIW -- You're not wrong that you could probably get a diagnosis if you wanted to, but everything you describe about your experience is relatable to almost ever

FWIW -- You're not wrong that you could probably get a diagnosis if you wanted to, but everything you describe about your experience is relatable to almost everyone. That's exactly how farm workers spend 8 hours picking strawberries, how carpenters spend 8 hours hammering joists, and what everybody is doing when they miss that turn. In a lot of mental health diagnoses, its the persistent inability to "cope" that warrants treatment rather than the little laundry list of symptoms (which are often very common and relatable). Lots of people don't learn that and needlessly feel alien or pathological when actually experiencing a very everyday and relatable sort of life.

whalesalad 3y ago
I haven’t heard it expressed this eloquently and succinct before. Bravo.
cdogl 3y ago
Superbly well put; I wish I’d learned this earlier in life.
mrsilencedogood 3y ago
Ah just to be clear, I don't think I really detailed any of the things I experience that make me suspect I have ADHD. I do struggle a lot sometimes. For instance: The kids need socks so we can leave. I go upstairs. Hmm I want to check how that download is going that definitely doesn't matter at all right now. I check it anyway. Maybe click around a bit. Now I need to pee. What was I up here for? Go downstairs. Wife (rightfully) asks me where tf I've been and why don't I have socks. Etc. Another example: hyperfocusing on something (again, usually programming-related... thinking about a project). Need to do a simple task. Autopilot doing a different task because I'm too busy stuck in my head thinking about the thing. It pays off during interviews, oddly enough - the anxiety and novelty have me super sharp. Same thing during incident response when things are broken. It's the classic executive dysfunction and novelty-seeking stuff. I don't have the hyperactivity symptoms though.
bt4u 3y ago
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whalesalad 3y ago

I haven’t heard it expressed this eloquently and succinct before. Bravo.

cdogl 3y ago

Superbly well put; I wish I’d learned this earlier in life.

mrsilencedogood 3y ago

Ah just to be clear, I don't think I really detailed any of the things I experience that make me suspect I have ADHD. I do struggle a lot sometimes. For instance: The kids need socks so we can leave. I go upstairs. Hmm I want to check how that download is going that definitely doesn't matter at all right now. I check it anyway. Maybe click around a bit. Now I need to pee. What was I up here for? Go downstairs. Wife (rightfully) asks me where tf I've been and why don't I have socks. Etc. Another example: hyperfocusing on something (again, usually programming-related... thinking about a project). Need to do a simple task. Autopilot doing a different task because I'm too busy stuck in my head thinking about the thing. It pays off during interviews, oddly enough - the anxiety and novelty have me super sharp. Same thing during incident response when things are broken. It's the classic executive dysfunction and novelty-seeking stuff. I don't have the hyperactivity symptoms though.

bt4u 3y ago

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