10) Stub my toe badly.

1) Decide to *quickly* re-wire the fairy lights around the bed.
2) Move the bed to the middle of the room “just for a second”.
3) Realise the lights need unplugging. Unplug them.
4) Realise I need a hammer.
5) Go to the cellar for the hammer.
6) Accidentally reorganise ski boots.
7) Return upstairs. It’s 1am.
8) Decide sleep is now the best life choice.
9) Walk into the dark.

#ADHD #LifeWithADHD

ADHD is a real struggle.Today I almost made my daughter miss her karate test for yellow belt (we made it, she took it) by simply missing to recognize the message in the group chat saying test will start 1h earlier, so we land 40 minutes late, me slowly realizing what is happening. Sensei accepted her and she was let through the test.
#adhd
IDK how can I fight my brain ignoring information in plain sight...

Greetings, fellow (maybe) neurodivergent people.
#adhs #adhd #autism #autismus #neurodivergenz #neurodivergent #meme #memes #humor #raccoon

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pic of raccoon with cowboy hat, standing upright, a bit proud. Text: Undiagnosed, but everyone's pretty sure

Relatable #ADHD time translator for non-adhd folks.

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TRANSLATING ADHD TIME THE OTHER DAY Any timeframe between yesterday and a few months ago. IN A MINUTE AKA - "JUST GIVE ME A SECOND / ONE MOMENT" Any timeframe between 10 mins and an hour. LATER AKA - "NOT NOW" The black hole of time where all things that are not done in the moment, disappear to.

Edit because I forgot to mention a big issue about this text. The text sadly talked only about female or woman menopause, and I know that we are not the only ones. So, I sincerely apologize.

#perimenopause #menopause (Thanks Lena for the link)

What’s in the text below amplified by x if you have an #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD brain like me and decades of masking, plus have/are a very late official diagnosis and/or self realization.

For myself this last summer, the diagnosis hereditary cancer after my breast cancer last year, is the final liberation. 🙃

“Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore“

https://www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-of-fucks-the-neuroscience

And the conclusion applies to unmasking too. #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD

“So when someone says you’ve changed, when they say you’re not the person you used to be, when they imply something’s wrong with you now?

They’re right. You have changed.

You’ve changed into someone who’s no longer available for performance. “

you cannot foresee all the ways #dyslexia #adhd #astigmatism #blindness are expressed in people. so if you are a developer of interactive text-based apps like blogs and *ahem* microblogs (like Mastodon), give people the chance to adjust their #uiux with their own stylesheets.

mastodon looks completely different on my browser than on android exactly because of what i can do with #Firefox and their #CSS addons like Stylish.

democratization of CSS must be an #accessibility priority.

Home as a sensory oasis makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE

#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #ADHD #AuDHD #respect

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/11/neurodivergent-home-design?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Hi! I’m Moof! And as I’ve changed to this server, an #introduction is in order
I'm #British-ish, and speak (and write in) #en, #es, #fr & #cat. I live in #Barcelona, and I'm #queer (he/him)
I programme boring things for interesting businesses centring around #Logistics, mostly in #Python on #Azure these days.
I filter my life through #ADHD. I am an #introvert, and I drink oodles (and oolongs) of #tea both in mugs and #GongFu style.
You can also expect me to get excited round #Eurovision time.

@VulcanTourist
😂😂😂

I’ve been thinking about this a bit lately, & with regards to change.

Autistic people tend to dislike or cope poorly with change. But ADHDers often love & instigate change. And I’m both. (Another reason why I dispute the categorisation of neurodivergence.)

I like change! Except when I don’t and find it distracting or unnerving or discombobulating. And sometimes, lack of change bores me & I lose interest.
#AuADHD
#ADHD

I thought this was a subtle and useful insight, so I showed it to my non-ADHD spouse, and of course she didn't get it! 🤣

(#ADHD people are often struggling with planning and preparation and focus while other people are Just Doing Stuff. So sometimes it seems as if everybody else's water is miraculously already full, their meals already prepared, their work already complete, while we're still trying to figure out what the heck we're supposed to be doing, remembering what we were doing before we got distracted by something else, etc.)

I should probably make sure I have more than one meal today huh? I only had one yesterday. I meant to have two, I swear.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-dFjpYE5O2o

Starting to read "ADHD 2.0" (#Hallowell and #Ratey 2021). At first it seemed perfect, a real breath of fresh air after "Taking Charge of Adult ADHD" (2nd edition, #Barkley 2022). Both authors of "ADHD 2.0" are ADHDers themselves. There was great emphasis on the positive potential of #ADHD — especially welcome after Barkley's relentless pathologizing. They even write:

"A person with ADHD has the power of a Ferrari engine but with bicycle-strength brakes. It's the mismatch of engine power to braking capability that causes the problems."

I was immediately reminded of my own mismatch analogy for #kaleidotropic autism: trying to fly an F-16 with a control system designed for a Cessna — with #AuDHD as an almost inevitable consequence. Not quite the same thing — "control" is much more general than "braking" — but much closer than anything I've ever seen before from any source other than myself. I was thinking: this book is going to be fantastic.

Then I skimmed ahead, into a part of the book I hadn't yet read continuously — and found FAVORABLE references to Applied Behavior Analysis (#ABA). I'm assuming that for most adult autistics, THAT practice needs no introduction.

😱 🤯 🤢 🤮

And, unfortunately, advocacy of #ABA isn't the only example of drill-sergeant thinking that I found. The emphasis on discipline isn't anywhere near as extreme as in Barkley, but it's definitely there. Given the appreciable overlap between ADHD and literal juvenile delinquency, I can understand the temptation to go that route, but it's a very dangerous path to traverse — and it definitely isn't for me. Probably not for anyone with #AuDHD as opposed to standalone #ADHD.

Of course, I admit — and even emphasize — that this is just a first impression from skimming material I haven't yet read continuously. I definitely hope that my final impression is different.

@autistics

#Introduction

(Even though I've been here for 2 years. Intros make me that anxious. 😅)

Curious. Introvert. I always try to be compassionate. I live in a small town in the state of Rio; grew up in one here too.

Now, in no particular order, I'm gonna drop lots of hashtags somehow related to me, 'cause it feels less intimidating: #queer #bi #nb #transfem #autistic #ADHD #bipolar #SpeculativeFiction #animanga #pop #alt #electronica #goth #solarpunk #feminism #left #LearningFrench #LearningSpanish

Intro post:

Like my bio says, I recently discovered my status as autistic and ADHD, and as I'm not 'out' in my daily life (unsure of the impact on my job hunt, for one) I made this account so I can research and learn from the wonderful ND community here on Mastodon.

I live in the PNW with my dog, who also happens to be my favorite hiking companion.

Aside from the trees, that is.

I'm a brand writer and executive ghostwriter by day and a novelist by every other waking hour. Currently querying my first novel and drafting #2 in the series about an intuitive investigator who might or might not look suspiciously like me.

I look forward to meeting you.

#actuallyautistic #autistic #ADHD #auDHD

When Your Brain Is The Butt Of The Joke: SNLs Sunday Supper Sketch

It is not a reflection on loneliness, but it reinforces what CAUSES loneliness.

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/rn9c2
https://ideatrash.net/2025/12/when-your-brain-is-the-butt-of-the-joke-snls-sunday-supper-sketch.html#craft-of-writing #neurospicy #television #writing-the-other #adhd #audhd #autism #comedy #punching-down #representation #saturday-night-live #snl #writing

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When Your Brain Is The Butt Of The Joke: SNLs Sunday Supper Sketch

You'd think living in a giant city like #losangeles would give me a never ending supply of things to do, and while this is correct you should NEVER underestimate how #adhd I am.

My personality is the entire symptoms list, and if I have too many options of things to do or get done, I'll freeze and never do anything trying to decide what I want to do/see.

Also crowds can freak me out due to #anxiety disorders so I'll fall back on like 5 "comfort" locations.

#writing #mentalhealth #neuroscience