Autism: I need a calm partner.
ADHD: I need an exciting partner.
AuDHD: I need a calm partner who is also exciting and grounding but spontaneous and steady but unpredictable in the good way only.
ADHDers will be like “I’m coping just fine!!” but then it turns out they’re making up for their executive dysfunction by skipping Very Important Things such as meals, sleep, cleaning, organizing, hygiene, paperwork, projects, hobbies, socializing, and exercising
i don’t get people that are anti medication. i will pop a pill for everything. why would i suffer if i could just take a pill and fix it? science is for ME! and drug interactions don’t exist in my world because i’m pure of heart. i’m no big pharma shill but i am a beneficiary
AUTISTIC TRAITS THAT AREN’T TALKED ABOUT AS MUCH
OVER EXPLAINING, FINDING IT HARD TO LIE, INSOMNIA, REWATCH THE SAME SHOW/ MULTIPLE TIMES, DISLIKE BEING PERCEIVED BY OTHERS, A STRONG SENSE OF JUSTICE.
People with ADHD have what’s called Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD). It’s an extreme emotional response to perceived criticism or rejection.
Your brain can’t regulate the emotional pain, so a small comment feels like a devastating attack. A minor correction feels like total failure. Someone’s tone feels like hatred.
It’s not oversensitivity. It’s not being dramatic. Your brain literally can’t modulate the intensity of that emotional response.
It’s neurological, not a character flaw
One of the annoying things about women is that you have to convince them that you do get bitches, while also convincing them that you do not have bitches right now.
Autism: I remember everything you said.
ADHD: I forgot everything you said.
AuDHD: I remember everything you said from 2018. I forgot what you said 10 minutes ago.
Make a stupid sound when you unplug the straightener or hot tool. Then you can remember unplugging it cause the vocal stim releases dopamine.
This is a well known Japanese technique called Shisa Kanko and it totally works!!!!