WHY THE ADHD BRAIN CANNOT JUST LET THINGS GO
1. THE BRAIN FILED IT AS UNRESOLVED.
Something happened. It did not end cleanly. Your brain cannot close an unresolved file. It will keep that tab open, running in the background, returning to it without permisson until something resolves it or replaces it.
2. REJECTION STAYS LONGER THAN IT SHOULD.
One comment. One cold reply. One moment of dismissal. Your brain did not file it as minor. It filed it as a threat and keeps returning to it the way a tongue returns to a broken tooth. Automatically. Compulsively. Without your permission.
3. THE CONVERSATION THAT ENDED WRONG.
You said something slightly off. Or they did. Either way your brain has been rewriting that conversation for three days trying to find the version where it ended correctly. It will not stop until it does.
4. PERCEIVED INJUSTICE RUNS DEEP.*
Something unfair happened. Maybe small. Maybe years ago. Your brain has an extremely sensitive justice system and it does not have a statute of limitations. Unfair things stay filed under active cases indefinitely.
5. THE LOOP IS NEUROLOGICAL NOT EMOTIONAL.
You are not dwelling because you are weak. You are looping because your brain’s ability to shift attention away from unresolved emotional is genuinely impaired. This is a dopamine and norepinephrine issue. Not a character issue.
6. CLOSURE IS NOT OPTIONAL FOR YOUR BRAIN.
Other people can leave things unresolved and move on. Your brain physically cannot file something as closed until it finds an ending it can accept. This is why you need the conversation. The explanation. The resolution. Not because you are difficult. Because your brain requires it to function.
Hope this finds you well.
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In the last moments before the sun sets, it takes on a green hue. 💚
This occurs when layers of air of different temperatures refract rays of different colors in slightly different directions, acting like a prism.
No it’s not. It’s the inability to start or finish anything, including making a simple decision- because u can see all ten thousand paths forward. Too many options, too many things to do, to fix, to say, to worry about, to prevent - it’s the outline to The Odyssey in your head all the time in all things and in every interaction. It’s recognizing patterns and connecting dots other people didn’t even recognize as dots. It’s knowing your brain is a super power but hating it the most because it gives you an awareness that most will never be burdened by.
Today marks 9 years since a DnB legend passed. Here he is, 25 tears ago in a rarer set:
This is Marcus Intalex (RIP) @ The Tuesday Club, The Foundry, Sheffield University 12.03.01
One of the finest DJs and producers to ever grace the scene, this is Marcus tearing it up. Skibadee and local MC Power on the mic.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
👇👇👇
Today marks 9 years since a DnB legend passed. Here he is, 25 tears ago in a rarer set:
This is Marcus Intalex (RIP) @ The Tuesday Club, The Foundry, Sheffield University 12.03.01
One of the finest DJs and producers to ever grace the scene, this is Marcus tearing it up. Skibadee and local MC Power on the mic.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
👇👇👇
Time for a rare, incredible set by a jungle pioneer playing House, 32 years ago:
This is @fabiodnb @ Tonic, Bognor Regis 16.04.94
No tracklist with this but both Fabio and Groove played the odd House set back in the day. This is 90 minutes of pure movers. Belter.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
👇🔥👇
Next up a pure old skool set from a superb DJ:
This is @djmarkxtc @ Flashback Allnighter, Maximes 2000
Lovely little hour this of outstanding early house and dance. Sadly no tracklist, but proper summer vibes groover.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
👇🔥👇
Next up we send for The R in a very early radio set, 36 years ago@
This is @Randallmac2 (RIP) - Rave FM 1990
One of the absolute greatest artists to come out of the scene, forever missed, rinsing out on radio back then. A snapshot of history.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
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Next up, another rare tape, from an absolute OG, 34 years ago:
This is Ratty @ Nitrous, Manchester 1992
One of the very best the UK has ever produced tearing it up in my home city. Legend. No tracklist, sadly.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
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ADHD is remembering a birthday a week in advance, forgetting on the actual day, feeling too much shame to text, buying a late gift, never mailing it, and letting the guilt haunt you for a decade
Next up, a new artist to the page with a stunning mixtape, 34 years ago:
This is Cloud 9 (DJ Nookie) - Studio Mix August 1992
A proper OG of the scene who left his mark on early rave and jungle, this is 90 minutes of proper tunes. The mix was labelled as Cloud 9, hence keeping the title as is. Tracklist in comments.
Reminder that all mixes uploaded here today go on my Kofi for download tonight.
👇🔥👇
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