all my 30-something coworkers joke with grad students that they could never take a redeye, go for a hike, move without movers etc and basic human stuff you should! be able to easily do as a non-senior citizen and if you are already that handicapped in your 30s- fix your life!
asked my friend what if i’m faking my ocd and i don’t actually have it and she was like “i don’t think you would consciously choose to act the way you act”
Reading James Baldwin and with every single sentence being like “oh yeah, I remember. he’s the best writer of all time. of course yes I’d forgotten yes yes”
people who started adderall as a young child: “it stole a part of my soul which will never be returned to me”
people who started adderall as an adult: “everything i have and everything i am is granted by the blessings of my daily meth”
no no no…god granted YOU the serenity to accept the things you cannot change…god granted ME the swag (OCD) to change all things if i do Enough Rituals…