I think the deepest form of reset for neurodivergent especially (Autistic /ADHD) people isn't sleep, food, or a hot shower.
It's a few hours where nobody needs a response, an explanation, a decision, or a piece of your energy.
The most painful part of ADHD is something called RSD – Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. It turns even the tiniest mistakes into a disaster, making you feel like you are a failure that ruined everything.
I just saw a post that said Autistic/Adhd people tend to overshare because they feel they are more tolerable with context… and I’ll just be over here processing that.
Imagine my shock as a neurodivergent teen when I first realized that using large vocabulary and eloquent speech doesn't make you less likely to be misinterpreted, rather it adds an entirely new layer of misinterpretation I had never even realized existed in the form of people thinking you're being snobbish or condescending when you're just trying to be specific
Rejection sensitivity is the dumbest most would destroying thing, 24h thinking about how I deserve everything bad that ever happened to me and have no worth as a person because of the slightest mistake. Pussy ass disorder
Autism: Has a specific order for everything. Disrupting it ruins the day.
ADHD: Has a specific order for nothing. Every day is chaos.
AuDHD: Every day is chaos, but the chaos follows a very strict routine
Is anyone else ever genuinely shocked when you find out you have an impact on someone's life? A coworker can be like "I've missed seeing you" and I'm just like "???? you?? missed me????? My presence has an effect on your daily experience???? I affect things??? Wh a t? ? ?"