We had a really mean python at work and I gave him back to his owner and was like “he was trying to kill me” and his owner said “well, he only has so many ways to interact with the world. All he has is a face” and it Moved Me
The dream ADHD career: Being the idea person who comes up with creative concepts, connects random dots, and sees the big picture… then happily hands everything over to someone else to actually build and finish.
Because the ideation phase is pure dopamine.
The ADHD urge to be an excellent problem solver for other people, while letting our car registration expire for 8 months while actively thinking about it every single day
randomly petting your cat while they're asleep and they do the little chirps and stretch out their paws in response is more effective than any antidepressant out there.
The kindest thing literature does is remind you that your peculiar little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.