ADventures Heading up and Down, My ADHD cozy fantasy novel, will debut on Kickstarter on October 13! 🤩

There's also a little surprise for the first 24 hour backers, so make sure you click on the "Notify me on launch" button! 😊

https://kessem.com/kickstarter

#adhd #book #bookstodon #kickstarter @adhd @actuallyadhd @bookstodon

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The colorful cover of ADventures Heading up and Down, showing a fantastic roller coaster and other magical elements. Quote: What's wrong with turning your world upside down every now and then?

ADventures Heading up and Down, My ADHD cozy fantasy novel, will debut on Kickstarter on October 13! 🤩

There's also a little surprise for the first 24 hour backers, so make sure you click on the "Notify me on launch" button! 😊

https://kessem.com/kickstarter

#adhd #book #bookstodon #kickstarter @adhd @actuallyadhd @bookstodon

learning that the "bringing up unrelated subjects mid-conversation because of a really convoluted train of vaguely associated concepts" thing was an ADHD trait changed my life

#neurodivergent #adhd

For years I've struggled with a pattern I call "the void spiral". I try to work on a difficult solo project that I care about. I experience setbacks and feel negatively about myself. I avoid, by reading articles or watching YouTube videos or playing puzzles or lying on the floor. I feel worse about myself. I avoid more. It becomes so bad that I'm avoiding 11 hours out of a planned 8 hour work day. This is the void.

I think this is a common problem in academia, especially in theoretically-focused positions, but we often feel like we're uniquely failing. It also seems to be exacerbated by neurodivergences and mental health difficulties such as ADHD and depression.

I wrote a series of blog posts about the void and my strategies for it. If you experience the void, I'd love to be in touch. We don't have to go through this alone.

https://isaacg1.github.io/2026/07/15/adhd-and-avoidance.html
https://isaacg1.github.io/2026/08/24/refining-the-void.html
https://isaacg1.github.io/2026/09/10/igloos-against-the-void.html

#adhd #academia #mentalhealth #depression #procrastination

My #ADHD *strongly* believes I am a far bigger gamer than I am, given the number of unplayed games & underused devices I own. 😅

And, based on the number of playmats, it believes I am playing Magic: The Gathering at a rate 1000x of reality. 😂

Time for a new #introduction post after the migration!

I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerd from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.

My hobbies include playing #worldofwarcraft, reading about World Of #warcraft and thinking about #wow.

Seriously though, my other hobbies also include:
#astronomy
#linux (Primarily #archlinux)
#gaming on #steam, #switch & #ps5 (mainly #pcgaming though, see above!)
#scifi such as #starwars, #startrek, #babylon5, #marvel & #dc etc

Also a screenshot junkie #virtualphotography

I've been officially diagnosed with #autism, and am also fairly confident I have #adhd as well, giving me the #audhd super-deluxe wombo-combo 😉

I did run a #Mastodon instance for 10 months up until Sep 2026, but decided to migrate to #GoToSocial, for easier and faster administration & maintenance reasons.

Also, how many of you internalized the "bad at math" narrative, presented to you NOT because you couldn't find the answers but because you couldn't understand the way teachers explained the steps to you?

show of hands?

#ADHD #ActuallyAutistic

Being #AuDHD is like being trapped in a car with a maniac who is running away from the cops. #autism #ADHD #neurodivergent

I wrote a blog post, perhaps my last? It's about autists living in an NT world — what it looks like from the inside.

It's called "A Life Inside", and you can read it here: https://carelesstalkblog.wordpress.com/2026/09/12/a-life-inside/

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence

Maybe a boost, too? 🙏

I just inquired about NJ Devils season tickets. $5 says I'll totally forget I asked about it before they write me back and it will be a pleasant surprise.

#hockey #nhl #njdevils #adhd

I made a new t-shirt design for the new TeePublic shop. I don’t have an ADHD shirt design for it, just autistic, AuDHD, and neurodivergent. There must be an ADHD one. What do you think?

#ADHD

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black t-shirt mockup with “Sounds ADHD AF I’m In!” the “ADHD AF” is in a purple, pink, orange color gradient blend.

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 5 hours from now.

Creating minecart tracks (and of course minecart rides) will be a focus today, better linking up developed regions of the map.

Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource crafting and mining voxel game, available in the #luanti game engine.

Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited. We also have a #Deltachat group for game-related discussion. More details here: https://
docs.autis.toque.im/
(You can join with pretty much any device which **isn't** an iPad/iPhone)

@AAKL
The medical community keeps finding links, declaring one causes the other, then eventually back tracks all while ignoring the probability that ADHD and gut symptoms aren't related directly but are both symptoms of Ehler's Danlos... But god forbid a doctor think of a zebra when they hear hoofbeats. Even there "myth" that cracking your knuckles leads to arthritis is busted without ever stopping to realize if you have EDS then your more likely to crack your knuckles (and other joints) and also have arthritis earlier than most.

Bottom line: Start researching "rare" diseases and you'll start finding a ton of interesting connections and help make countless lives better.

I'll get off my soapbox, sorry.

#ADHD #EDS #ChronicIllness #EhlersDanlos

PSA.

"People with ADHD had nearly double the odds of constipation, 58% higher odds of irritable bowel syndrome, and more than four times the odds of encopresis."

Science Daily, posted yesterday: Study of 1.9 million people finds a striking link between ADHD and gut problems https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260911003840.htm #ADHD

The way my AuDHD self chortled😂

#adhd #neurodivergent #autism #audhd #memes

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Black text on a white banner that reads "The Official ADHD houseplant." Underneath is a pic of old potatoes, sprouting.

For years, I had a great shrink who devoutly believed, AFAIK, that #ADHD didn't exist, didn't matter, or didn't apply to me.
I'm still angry.

Please satisfy my curiosity, and maybe yours too, by answering this poll, and reposting for a bigger sample size? 🙏 Thanks! 😀

Do you think in words and/or pictures, or do you think in patterns, as I do, and many other autists too?

#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD

There is actually no #evidence suggesting that #paracetamol/ #acetaminophen use during #pregnancy might cause #autism or #ADHD.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2850980

Way I'm starting to see #ADHD and #Autism isn't that they're disorders, they only appear that way because society has changed to privilege the people now called neurotypical while causing problems for the now neurodivergent. It's why a lot of people think neurodivergence is a new thing: Until society disordered itself to exclude us, it wasn't as such a big, visible problem.

Me: “Alright, I have *almost* figured out the correct stain formulation for these kitchen cabinets. Now I just need to figure out the finish procedure, how many coats, if I need to add a catalyst…”

My brain: “Oh good job, you! Mission accomplished! Time to switch gears and figure out the best way to do laundry, using science and chemistry!”

#ADHD #AuDHD #Laundry

“Catch several hares and you’ll catch none.”

#adhd

Need to rant today about neurotypicals.

The ambiguity, the information witholding is exhausting to me. How do they stand each other?

#acruallyautistic #ADHD #AuDHD