When I lived in LA, our rent policy had a strict “no feeding the outdoor cat colony” rule.
Several weeks after moving in I caught the landlord filling up several metal bowls. He didn’t want people feeding them because HE was feeding them and he didn’t want them to get fat😭
No one is more unhinged than the parentified daughter who had to figure it all out on her own with absolutely no safety net and learned that she’s truly the creator of her own reality, because she’s got nothing to lose and nothing to prove.
The hate that cats get in the black community is really confusing and heartbreaking, I’m about to get a cat this weekend and everytime I mention it people give me a disgusted look. Yall are weird af..
The cashier at Costco scanned my dog toys and immediately said “show me a picture of your dog” and that’s how I will be starting every conversation from now on.
Dog tax in comments.
Nobody talks about this part of AuDHD: You isolate because you’re overstimulated. Then you feel lonely because you’ve isolated. And the cycle keeps repeating.
I told my therapist I was worried I might have undiagnosed ADHD.
She stared at me for a long silence and said, “We have been discussing your diagnosis since 2019.”
So, yeah. Case closed.
Having ADHD is owning abandoned journals, half-read books, unopened planners, and about 27 hobbies that you’re waiting for "the right mood" so you can get back into it.
Autism: I go to bed at the same time every night. Consistency matters.
ADHD: My brain does not care what time it is.
AuDHD: I set the same bedtime and negotiate with myself for “just ten more minutes” until 1am.
THE FUCKING HEAVINESS OF HOW LONELY IT IS TO REALIZE YOUR PARENTS KNOW YOU THE LEAST BECAUSE THEY’VE SPENT YOUR WHOLE LIFE TELLING YOU WHO YOU ARE - INSTEAD OF GETTING CURIOUS ABOUT WHO YOU ACTUALLY FUCKING ARE.
CPTSD srvivors often love animals with a ferocity that surprises people. It's not quirky. It is not a personality trait. It's that animals don't have ulterior motives. They don't withdraw affection as punishment. They don't say one thing and mean another. A Cat is the same Cat on Tuesday that it was on Sat.. It doesn't keep score. For someone who grew up reading evry microexpression, unconditional is the thing they were never sure existed. And here it is. In fur. Asking for nothing but proximity
ADHDer’s of Twitter: talk to me about your iPhone shortcuts. Not the ones that auto populate your coffee order, but the absolutely feral, unhinged ones. I am not using my free will to my full potential.
I’ll never forget the time I was in a bind and asked my friend who had never been around cats to catsit for me.
She’s at my house for maybe ten minutes before I get a text:
“Hey, all of your cats are growling at me. Is this normal? I don’t know what to do.”
Now, I know my cats. Growling would be wildly out of character for them, so I text back, “What do you mean? Can you send me a video?”
A few minutes later, an audio message comes in.
Reader, they were purring. 😭