Seriously, I don't know how Autistic/ADHD parents are alive. I come back from work and I am dead.
The idea of tending to a child while being exhausted and overwhelmed is beyond me. Are you okay out there?!
ADHD is having two speeds: "can't start" and "cannot be stopped."
There is often no comfortable middle ground.
A simple task can feel impossible for hours.
Then something clicks.
Now you're reorganizing files, answering emails, fixing things around the house, and planning your entire future before lunch.
Someone watching from the outside thinks you've become disciplined overnight.
What they didn't see was the six hours spent trying to convince your brain to begin.
The productivity wasn't magic.
It was all the momentum arriving at once. 😅
Shoutout to anyone who has ever spent time between "Do I have autism?" and "Do I have ADHD?" while carrying the burden of "Is it even a big enough deal for me to seek a diagnosis and/or treatment if I've already made it this far?" May you find peace.
actually your community IS coming to save you, people are going to show up for you, love is going to find you, strangers are going to be like angels, the world conspires for your highest good
Years ago I took a guy out on a date and he ordered a steak well done. I finished the date and knew I wasn't seeing him again.
Fast forward a week of radio silence and he messages me asking when is the next date? I said "Oh, you finally finished chewing?"
...I was out of line, but I was right.
People who do GRWM to work have TIME, Real time. Every time I wake up for work, I have less than 30 mins to be ready, and every second is accounted for. The day I add "good morning guys" to my morning routine is the day I'm officially unemployed.
Kids will get you locked up.
A lil girl in my son’s class told her teacher that she takes baths with her uncle.
So of course, they did their investigation.
Tell me why the uncle is 2 years old.