As someone who struggles on an every-waking-minute basis with #ADHD, I think I have an especially white-hot rage for the trend of replacing passwords with single-use email messages

This requires a context switch away from what I'm doing, over to my distraction-filled email, find the special message, then context switch back. Any context switch is an opportunity for me to get derailed and not return to the task

For my brain, compared to Command+\ to fill email & password, this is like Homer's Odyssey

Meshcore deployed, I repeat, meshcore deployed.

Honestly, just getting the basic hardware is really cheap, at least for fixed nodes that still depend on the power grid.

Now, the next challenge is mobile nodes, so I will have to deal with batteries. Then I will think about solar-powered nodes and be completely off-grid.

Well, this has become my hyperfocus, thanks ADHD.

#meshcore #lora #adhd

I'm struggling with advocating for accessibility on Fedi. (Question at the bottom)

It is difficult because I know what it's like to forget important things. I have #T1d and #ADHD and a few nights ago I FORGOT my dinner insulin. I'm human. My husband has ADHD and we almost lost our health insurance because he kept forgetting about open enrollment.

I get it.

There is no reminder here for me to promote. Is there a bot that taps you on the shoulder if you forget? How can I help people remember to care about those of us who need it? Obvs I'm a small account that no one notices so an option would be to grow my account but I've never been good at that because I don't want that. That is added stress.

I'm still new. What are some good accessibility tools on here? Please help me help others.

@dansup I have LOADS of Pixelfed posts iny feed that are stills taken from a YouTube video and a link to it (quite prevalent when I search for the tag #ADHD or #Audhd. If I wanted a link to a video I'd go somewhere else and I understand it's someone quite well meaning, but Pixelfed is primarily for image sharing, not link sharing.

My current #ADHD hyper focus obsession is - trying to promote my AarDHD music project; creating melodically interesting, calming focus music with particular regard to #neurodivergent people.

I'm not going to flood here with posts about the process, but I'm very pleased with and quite interested in the reception of my teaser for the #LiquidDnB Vivid Flow Remix of my first track Flow State.
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I don't need my meds, it's fine.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lQjD-KhUzus

#adhd

I hate task paralysis, like I thought my issue was primarily my doom scrolling habit, but now that I've all but broke that I still find myself locked in place for ungodly amounts of time. But now I end up literally just staring at the wall holding my phone..

#adhd

Been de-cluttering my choices of video games as well as trying out more chill genres for my autistic brain.

#actuallyautistic #adhd #gaming

@adhdjesse Curious. Last year I’ve been diagnosed with mild version of #ADHD and this description is as far from me as possible. I do overfocus on [new thing], buuuut then it takes immense amounts to jump on actually spending money and hoarding things. So usually I rather not start at all.

Can anyone recommended a good method for dealing with executive disfunction? I think I tried everything. There are a few things I should have dealt with months ago, instead I have completed hundreds of unnecessary projects.

#ADHD #AuDHD #AskFedi

Neurodivergent friends, how do you find compromises with people you love who have wildly different needs than you?

I have a friend with ADHD who lives in another country, and we try to talk on the phone regularly. However, the time of our scheduled call regularly changes, or something comes up on her end, or she schedules things too close together and she can't make it at the agreed-upon time. She recognizes this is something she struggles with and we have talked about it.

I, on the other hand, have my day planned from the morning, and I get everything done that I need to do prior to a call, then I take some moments to settle in by making tea and finding a comfortable spot so that I can be really present, both for her and for me. I can't rush around and suddenly be in the headspace to be there meaningfully for a friend.

For years I made adjustments for others -- waiting around when they were late, arriving at someone's building and being left in the weather until they had themselves put together, being stood up, or adapting to endless rescheduling.

My nervous system just can't handle it anymore. When I don't know when this friend will actually be available on the day of our call, I'm on edge the entire day.

She and I tried having a regular check-in so that she could schedule it into her calendar, and that worked for a couple of weeks but then no longer did.

I care about this friend and our years-long friendship, and we are both better people for knowing the other. Our conversations are always mutually fulfilling, and I love catching up with her.

But I'm struggling to make space for my own need for consistency and reliability while trying to respect her need for flexibility.

Has anyone found a good solution to this problem?

#Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Gifted #HSP

@hmm_cook I can't imagine my like in 20 years. The 19 year old me would not have predicted 39 year old me. The 29 year old me, would not have predicted 49 year old me.

Inverting this, I would tell 29 year old me, to stop chasing dopamine through work addiction. It's too stressful, which will lead to burnout and/or depression. A bit late by then, and I wasn't listening to others telling me. Go back to sports and start the gym. Help find alternative outlets to get that high.

Take #ADHD and #autism seriously.

RE: https://mas.to/@PatternChaser/116029227979501465

It makes me laugh, but it's laughter through tears.

#ADHD

Certain impulses must be nurtured, because if I kill them, they also kills the whole week, sometimes more. #adhd #musings

Hey lovelies 🩷

Is anybody aware of an existing word in English or any other language for the intense pain of being misunderstood?

We're thinking specifically about the kinda of pain that neurospicy folks often feel from being constantly misunderstood by others, but particularly by non-neurospicy folks.

It's usually a cumulative pain that builds up over years or even decades, and factors into neurodivergent experiences like Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)

Thanks in advance 🫶

#neurodivergent #neurodivergence #PainOfBeingMisunderstood #linguistics #language #AuDHD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic

Olen tässä kuunnellut Laura Wathénin kirjaa "Ai se olikin adhd". Wathénin tietokirja tuo mieleen paljon muistoja. Tosin ei kovinkaan suloisia. 🙄

Neuroepätyypillisyys teettää kaikenlaista, tiedän sen varsin pitkästä kokemuksesta, olenhan jo vanhuuseläkkeellä.

Koska Wathénin tarina on kovin henkilölohtaista sitä ajoittain kuvittelee että tarinaa äänikirjassa kertoo itse kirjoittaja, mutta näin ei ole. Äänikirjaa lukee Mirjami Heikkinen.

(Kirjan lukijalla on kummallinen tapa ääntää sanat joissa on g-kirjain, kuten diagnoosi 😂ee)

Kuuntelen, en lue, ihan vaan neuroepätyypillistä laiskuuttani! 😂

#adhd #neuroepatyypillinen #laurawathen

Too bad the dungeon master is unreliable
#adhd #adhdmeme #adhs #tdah

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