The bees were much calmer after afternoon naps

#adhd #bees #dragonbees

Hi!

Since there have been a lot of new followers on here, I thought I would reintroduce myself.

My name is Joseph, but you probably know me better as either Johnathan Gaspar or MisWired KE. I'm a full time blogger, author, content creator and aspiring musician and game dev from Nairobi, Kenya. I already have three books published, as well as a blog talking about my journey with ADHD (especially in school) as well as some creative topics.

#WritingCommunity #Indiegamedev #ADHD

I prefer low light or no light.

Is this an autist thing,
Or a night-owl thing,
Or a human thing,
Or is it just me? 🤔

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence
#nightowl #nyx

I did a poll here for a week. 141 people responded. I was interested in #mastodon users' preferred categorization of the term "neurodiverse." The results generally confirmed my a priori predictions but had some surprises. Some takeaways for me, right now:

• Autism was in a tie for top position, unsurprising as, in my experience, autism was the first condition to be labeled "neurodiverse" or "neuroatypical", and is, I suspect, something of a prototype for the category.
• ADHD was tied (given the sample) with autism. I was mildly surprised. I think a few years ago this would not have been the case; ADHD awareness, activism, and acceptance have increased dramatically over the past few years.
• Schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and #bipolar disorders were the next group. The inclusion of anxiety disorders surprised me; I suspected it would be tied with depression disorders.
• Personality disorders being endorsed at the same rate as depression and intellectual disability was a mild surprise.
• Psychopathy being tied with depression and intellectual disability was a pretty big surprise for me. This poll was largely about opinions and preferences, so stigma is (IMO) a big part of it. "Being a psychohpath" seems to be less stigmatized (in a specific way) than I thought... it's also possible the results would change if I'd used the word "psychopath" instead of "psychopathy."
• Intellectual disabiity (until pretty recently labeled "mental retardation" but, you know, the euphemism treadmill) was a wild card for me; I didn't know where it would end up. I would like to do a different survey sometime, with a different response format, so I could see the variability in responses. I suspect this condition (and a few others) would result in a lot of variability.
• Pedophilia was of particular interest to me. The results confirmed my strong a priori hypothesis, and this (plus psychopathy) was a major reason for wording the poll as I did, prompoting for preferences instead of a more objective assessment of the research-based fitness of each condition for the "neurodiverse" category.

More about #pedophilia: a nice, big mountain of research strongly suggests that it is a condition of altered brain development; in fact, it is probably a sexual orientation. A better survey than this simple poll might assess participants' understanding of pedophilia in addition to the question I did ask. I suspect many people confuse pedophilia with child molestation/abuse (nb: pedophilia is a pattern of attraction, not a set of behaviors, though many pedophiles have also abused children).

Both the left and right political meta-groups in the USA have latched onto "pedophile" as a label for child molestation--usually of post-pubescent children, where pedophilia is very specifically a pattern of attraction to prepubescent children. There was flirtation during Trump's first term with the more correct(ish) labels "hebephilia" and "ephebephilia", but I think the need for a stronger, more dehumanizing label won in the end, and "pedophile" packs a bigger cultural/emotional punch than "child molester."

Anyway, thanks to everyone who participated. This is fascinating enough for me that I might even do a real survey sometime. If I can get my dean to stop giving me extra classes for calling him out on his anti-labor nonsense.

Notes:

1. I phrased the question as *Which of the following conditions do you personally think should be included under the #neurodiversity umbrella? * instead of asking which conditions would be classified as neurodiverse, etc. for reasons noted above.
2. I chose "neurodiverse" instead of "neuroatypical", believing that the latter would produce more restricted categorization.
3. This is not (I hope) research according to federal definitions. It's a demonstration of a concept and I won't be trying to disseminate these results in scientific journals or at science conferences.

#neurodiverse #neuroatypical #poll #adhd #autism #schizophrenia #anxiety #bipolar #PersonalityDisorder #psychopathy #depression #IntellectualDisability

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This is a graph, so it is difficult to summarize. The main findings are noted in the post, and here are the data as (I hope) a readable table. The first numerical column is the percentage of respondents who endorsed the condition in that row. The next two numerical columns are the lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval for that value. condition Percent I_lower CI_upper --------------------------------------------------- Pedophilia 3.7 0.6 6.8 Intellectual_Disability 40.7 32.6 48.8 Depression 40.7 32.6 48.8 Psychopath 40.7 32.6 48.8 Personality_Disorders 44.4 36.2 52.6 Bipolar_Disorders 51.9 43.7 60.1 Anxiety 55.6 47.4 63.8 Schizophrenia_Psychosis 55.6 47.4 63.8 Autism 92.6 88.3 96.9 ADHD 96.3 93.2 99.4

1. Take out the tea from the cupboard
2. Put on the kettle
3. Choose a mug
4. Put away the tea
5. Pour the hot water in the mug
6. Wait
7. Drink

*Look confused*

Happy #80hd morning for all who celebrate

#adhd

hey y'all

i'm Pinky!! i'm 26 y/o, and a hopeless fangirl of quite a few things, haha. i'm also an abstract artist w a shop on ko-fi!!

here's my linktree: https://linktr.ee/tiredpinklover

if ya happen to like...

♡ #Pokemon 🐀
♡ #SailorMoon ✨
♡ #Minecraft ⛏️
♡ video games 🎮
♡ anything pink and girly/cute 🎀
♡ #Cats and #Dogs 🐾
♡ #Books (especially fiction & #TrueCrime) 📖

(possibly more to be added)

...u should consider following me 💞😊

it's great to be here!!

#Queer #Asexual #Bi #Nonbinary #Demigirl #Genderqueer #Disabled #ChronicallyIll #Neurodivergent #AuDHD #Depression #Anxiety #MECFS #OCD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Fangirl #Gamer #Artist #Reader #Reading

Probably a new weekly record: 6,187 minutes on #Endel.

I can't speak for people with #ADHD, but for a neurodivergent mind, this app is an absolute must-have. It has become my ultimate tool for staying in the flow and managing focus throughout the day. Total game changer.

#Neurodivergent #Focus #DeepWork #Productivity #MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #Thoughts #Blog

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Endel achievement

Light flickers.
Me: "Damn, I forgot the utility bill."

#adhd #adhs #tdah

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Text: the nice thing about my ADHD is that if my apartment is haunted I will literally never notice it "silly me, always leaving these cupboards and drawers open and the sink running at full blast," I say, as a frustrated ghost screams into a pillow in the corner I named him Fred 🙂 @adhdmikecoaching

Which music makes your #ADHD brain happy? I am experimenting with different songs and playlists. Shoutout to all my #neurodivergent siblings.

#AuDHD #ADHS #neurodiversity #ADD #ADS #brain #music #vienna #playlist

ED just does not care
#adhd

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A tweet from Sasha Alex, visible on a stark black background, expresses the paradoxical nature of ADHD by stating, "It's crazy that ADHD can have u avoiding things that u *want* to do. I don't only avoid things I don't care about or dislike, I also avoid things that I get joy from or even need. Executive dysfunction doesn't discriminate". The text is rendered in clean white lettering, with the username @blaquemariquita and a profile picture of a cartoon character in the upper left corner. The tone is one of relatable frustration and an acknowledgment of the wide-reaching impact of executive dysfunction.

I'm curious, are there many other autistic and/or ADHD people who rely on avatars rather than usernames to recognize an account?

A few people I follow have changed their avatars and now I don’t know anymore who is who. 😔

#ActuallyAutistic #autism #ADHD

Have to share the excitement before I forget the excitement.

#adhd #adhdmeme #adhs #tdah

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Text: I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things & get really excited.

@heidilindborg
Sorry, but you are mentioning *diagnoses* of the past here. This is explicitly not what I'm looking for.

I am looking for a history of *phenomena* . Of people who were seen not as insane or disabled, but as lazy, scatterbrained, distracted, passive, indecisive, undependable, nonchalant, useless, not to be reckoned with after many letdowns.

#add #adhd

Can anyone with access to #psych journals help me get this paper?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22323122/

@Xavier

#add #adhd

Hey everybody who knows about the history of mental illness. Someone I care about has ADD and is really badly disabled. I have a big ask of you.

Where can I read a history of societal attitudes to people with poor focus and weak executive functions ***BEFORE 1920***? That is, not a history of the diagnosis. A social history of the empirical phenomenon.

There's lots of books about #depression. Help me out now!

#history #mentalillness #add #adhd #neurodiversity

Keeping track today.
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#workinginpublic #adhd #accountability #gtd

"Oh hey .. there"
#adhd #adhdmeme #adhs #tdah