A college student with ADHD explained why their essays always have so many parentheses:
"Neurotypical people think in straight lines. My brain thinks in a giant web where every single concept is physically holding hands with twelve other concepts."๏ฟผ
I stopped telling people when my mental health starts slipping again. Once I heard someone say how exhausting it is to love someone with depression and anxiety, it stayed with me. I never want to feel like Iโm draining the people I care about while Iโm barely keeping myself afloat. So I go quiet. I carry it alone. Not because I want to, but because being seen as a burden hurts more than the silence.
i grew up in a household where i could never do anything and as a now adult i have to remind myself that i literally donโt need permission to do anything ever whenever ๐ญ