Hi, I’m Rook. I’m a 30-something nerdy #trans vixen.

I’ve been doing #WebDevelopment, #programming, and #database stuff since I was a kit, and I'm still loving it.

Currently, I am recovering from #AutisticBurnout and dealing with multiple #ChronicIllnesses.

Previously, I worked with complex #automation and #robotics systems in #HealthCare, doing a mix of #UserSupport, #SystemAdmin, and #DataAnalysis.

At home, I’m constantly tinkering with #SmartHome projects using #HomeAssistant, building my own #electronics, and battling my #3DPrinting hardware.

I also enjoy running around as a big, silly #fox in the #Furry fandom. #Fursuiter

I’m #ActuallyAutistic, #AuDHD, and #ADHD. I’m a proud #transgender member of the #LGBTQIA #queer community,

#introduction #reintroduction

My workflow in one diagram 📊
#adhd

I recently discovered that I might have ADHD.

Among other disruptions of my "reward system", I struggle to find activities and people I like.
The consequence is loneliness and isolation.

I used to think that this was anhedonia that coming along with my chronic depression, but I wonder if ADHD wouldn't be a better explanation?

Are there any other people with ADHD that have had similar experiences?
How did you overcome it?

Boosts welcome. <3

#ADHD
#ActuallyAutistic
#AuDHD

*opens microwave*

…
…

I… do not remember popping that bag of popcorn. 🍿🫠😆

#ADHD Life.

And how was yout weekend? 🧠

#adhd

Overnight Android software update has subtly changed all the Fonts on my phone.

:: silent screaming ::

#Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD

Actually it's not my Palm Vx (I just found it in another box) it's my Palm m505 I initially found.

And although my Vx and Ipaq seem quite dead.. a quick charge and it's still working XD

So, rather than tidying, im messing around with old tech. Talk about #ADHD self distraction!!

Alt...

A Palm m505 (colour) pda in my left hand. Partially cleared chaos on the desk in background

My brain has been brimming with writing ideas but I don't have any time to do any actual writing. (=_=) This feels like torture.

Must...finish...the comic book stuff.
And work on a commission.
*AGRESSIVELY IGNORES THE NEED TO WRITE*

Sidenote: This doesn't mean that I hate the other things I must and want to do. This just means I need to fight hyperfocus, and it sucks.

#ADHD

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 8 hours from now.

Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource #Minecraft clone. More details here:
https://docs.autis.toque.im/

Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited.

I was tidying up my office today. #AuDHD style.

I take everything off the shelves, sort into piles all over every surface, cover the floor, trip over things going in and out, get overwhelmed at the mess, wait for my impulsive #ADHD side to give way to my #Autistic side. Take piles of like items, all DVD's, all CD's etc, store them in boxes, move boxes to logical locations (Tools in workshop, dvd/blu rays down by media player, craft stuff to craft room etc) put books back on shelf in order.. or at least attempt to as ADHD side gains dominance again and books end up on shelf "Where they'll fit!" Meaning math books next to Pratchett next to History next to bike maintenance next to cookbooks next to Lovecraft next to... ... you get the image XD

Desk is still covered, books everywhere, given up for today.

SO IT'S #Autism Awareness Month?

since am one of those #ActuallyAutistic people Dx at the tender age of 50 (yes, 50. and yes am older now, shut up), am not acquainted with the american rituals of national days or awareness months involving autism.

welp, let me do this as a gentle reminder:

1. BLACK
2. INDIGENOUS
3. PUERTO RICAN
4. CARIBBEAN
5. LATINOAMERICANES
6. WOMEN

can be #autistic too.

and in my case: #dyslexic with a sprinkling of good ol' extra spicy #ADHD.

but ironically, 🧵

Me: "I am so tired; I'll go to bed early."
Me, 2 a.m.: "Damn."

#adhd

Alt...

A screenshot of a tweet from Dadak Bihi states "Neurodivergents will be like "I'm so tired" and then refuse to sleep because they haven't had enough me time after surviving the day."

Will Medikinet help me getting all the chores done before my gf is coming?
Bonus: Will I be able to buy Seelen and pretzels she asked for just now?

Find out in the next episode of: everything is fine

#ADHD

#adhd #meme #memes

Alt...

post by user "sio" (@bestinsio) so let me get this straight......i have to do tasks...every day.....dozens of them..and then I have to wash my skin off (did not ask for skin).....and then lie unconscious for a while.. and then do tasks again

#shitIFind #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent #autistic #Autism

Alt...

I love people with ADHD bc they never actually forget anything. You just have to say the right words to activate them like a sleeper cell and then they awaken with all of the knowledge on a very niche subject they studied for 3 months straight 6 years ago.

It really shouldn't be that hard to prepare the second half of the bed and clean the kitchen in preparation for my girlfriend coming over. But here I am, procrastinating. The blooming migraine doesn't help either.

#ADHD

What’s it like to live with #adhd ? Well I just opened the air fryer to make lunch, only to find yesterday’s lunch sitting there in the tray.

People with #adhd have three types of workday:

* Get absolutely nothing done
* Get 4 hours of work done at a random point in time
* Get 40 hours of work done in 4 hours

All types are sprinkled with work unrelated sidequests

Most self-employed AuDHDers don't realize they're headed
for burnout until it's too late.

Find out where you stand.

Take the 12-question AuDHD business health check. Free quiz.

https://buff.ly/qKZhXW5

#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #SelfEmployed #Burnout

Alt...

Most self-employed AuDHDers don't realize they're headed for burnout until it's too late. Find out where you stand.

Alt...

Find out if you're headed for burnout - or sustainable success. Take the 12-question AuDHD business health check. Free quiz. https://www.autismchrysalis.com/business-burnout-quiz/

@jeffowski I´m in this toot and I .... had to be able to have explanations for nearly everything I did or did not at moments notice for to many times during a to long period of time in my life.

Nearly 7 years since I found out I´m autistic and ADHD-er and I still can´t stop my inner monologue from doing this all the time.

And now tell me something about internalised ableism and/or cPTSD.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Ableism #cPTSD #Autismus #ADHD #kPTBS

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Autism #AuDHD #ADHD #Neurodivergent

Alt...

Alex Zelasi @AZelasi One of the things I really struggle with as an autistic person is needing to know Why something is the way it is, and struggling to "just accept it" or "move on" if I don't have a proper answer as to that. 08:17 - 15/01/2020 - Twitter Web App

Hot take: PARA is a great concept with a hierarchy problem. And for autistic and ADHD brains, that problem is not minor. It is the reason most people abandon their Notion setup entirely.

Episode 2 of the SuperBrain series covers why I replaced PARA and what I built instead: a system designed specifically for the way neurodivergent brains actually work.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1fyRMo1RYeg

#Notion #ADHD #Neurodivergent #PKM #SecondBrain #Productivity

sometimes people ask me how i seem to be able to 'do so many things'. i say i have the type of #adhd that feels like this:

- instead of feeling like i can go 200 miles per hour randomly distributed in a single place or project
- with time, coaching, training, and better sleep (undiagnosed sleep apnea made it even worse), i now have the kind where i feel i can go up to 200 miles per hour across 3-4 things at a time
- things i'm not interested in are still very very hard to do
- so at some point i decided i will only do the things i'm very very interested in (took a while to get to a place where i could do that)
- now that i'm there, as long as i am able to shift my 200 mph focus consistently across the 3-4 buckets of projects
- eventually i'll do a few pretty fun things!

this is a difficult topic to talk about because everyone experiences this differently, and no one should ever say 'see, this adhd person can still do things' as a way of weaponizing it against another person with a different experience. that's also ableist

for me it also helped when i stopped thinking about the 'all the things i can't do because i suck stupid adhd' and more of 'ok my brain works differently how can i trick my silly brain'. even with that, veering too much into 'my adhd is my superpower' is also super ableist

at the end of the day, i like doing all of these things not out of a 'i have to do this or i suck', but because i feel truly compelled to expend my energy on the many many things i care about!

but if i had to do things i didn't like and people told me i sucked all the time for not being able to do the things i didn't like, it would probably be a very different experience.

From Adult ADHD ADD Tips and Support: ADHD Project Completion – How to Finish What You Start, Mar 23, 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adult-adhd-add-tips-and-support/id988935339?i=1000756928928&r=63

I suffer from all of the following:
What to do when you have too many ideas
How to get back on track when don’t know what to do next
How to maintain consistency for longer-term projects
What to do when the initial inspiration wears off
What to do when you get distracted by other projects

#adhd #timemanagement #gtd #goals

#makeShitMonday, crochet edition, in which I have a socially acceptable fidget toy...

@mbroome and I are taking a weeklong vertical cave rescue class, and it has been a looooong time since I tried to cram this much information into my head this fast. Fortunately one of the course leaders is a teacher as her day job and understands ADHD, so she's totally okay with me crocheting my way through the classroom instruction.

We're three days in, and I've already finished the hat for my BIL and gotten a good start on the [crochet lace shrug](https://www.ilikecrochet.com/magazine/crochet-shawl-patterns/jade-vines-crochet-shrug/) I'm making with the nice cashmere yarn I got on super sale!

This shrug pattern is *perfect* for classroom #ADHD management - simple stitch, no finicky counting, just cluster into the chain-2 space over and over until I run out of yarn... 🥰 It's so much easier to concentrate on the lecture material when my hands are occupied! I even managed a halfway-decent Russian splice, from memory, when I ran into a break in the yarn.

@cannibal @crafters

Alt...

completed crochet lace hat in a blue & black gradient yarn, sitting on a task book for NCRC Level 1 cave rescue

Alt...

an ugly but serviceable Russian splice in red yarn, next to a paperback Manual of U.S. Cave Rescue Techniques

Alt...

completed crochet lace hat in a blue & black gradient yarn, sitting on a task book for NCRC Level 1 cave rescue