that 4-hour gap between "I'm gonna be so productive today" and "who am i even"

#adhd #neurodiversity

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A digital image featuring black text at the top over a painting. The text reads, "I woke up this morning determined to do the laundry, clean the house and exercise. But that was 4 hours ago when I was young and full of dreams". The painting depicts a person with light-colored hair lying in a bed propped up by blue pillows, wearing a yellow long-sleeved shirt. The person holds a dark, rectangular object and is covered by white bedding and a red and brown striped blanket. In the lower-left corner, a small table holds a vase of flowers and small bottles.

The gap between "I'll remember" and "I forgot" is about 4 seconds.

#adhd

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A two-panel meme featuring a person with white hair and a beard sitting at a desk. In the top panel, the person holds a white mug and looks toward a laptop, with the text "Alright, let's see when my appointment is." overlaid. The bottom panel shows the same person and setting, but with the text "Yesterday." overlaid. The person is wearing a grey long-sleeved shirt in a brightly lit room.

Procrastination isn't wasted time. It's *diversion*.

#adhd

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A meme featuring text overlaid on a still image. The top text reads, "ADHDers figuring out that they're more productive when they're actively avoiding something else:". Below that, the text "AVOIDING ONE TASK" is positioned above a person with dark hair and glasses who has a wide-eyed expression. The bottom text reads, "COMPLETES FIVE OTHERS," set against a blurry, dimly lit indoor background

Feeling some unfulfilled creative energy today. Should I...

#askfedi #adhd

I cannot keep up.
I can take my meds, or I can eat.
I can eat, or I can shower.
I can wash my face, or I can brush my teeth.
I can shave my head, or I can wash my face.
I can do my laundry, or I can take the trash out of my room.
I can go for a walk, or do either laundry or tidying.
I can STOP to take my PRN Adderall, or I can push through and force myself to focus on work. Even if the Adderall would help, even if I'm staring at the computer spinning my mental wheels with nothing but static, I somehow can't allow myself to just STOP AND TAKE THE PILL.
I can't take my birth control pill (which I need to manage PMDD) at the same time every day because it triggers my PDA.
I can either shower or make & eat breakfast.

It just… I can never tick off ALL the boxes in one day so I'm ALWAYS behind.

I don’t have all the answers yet. Diagnosis is still preliminary (Asperger's mentioned, AuDHD suspected).

But I’m starting to accept that my brain will probably always do this dance.

What’s helping a bit:

- Fewer tools (I'm trying to kill half of them)
- Accepting that "good enough" is better than “perfect but abandoned”
- Writing things down immediately instead of trusting my memory

If you're also stuck in the endless app-switching hell… you're not broken. Your brain just needs different rules.

Would love to hear how other people handle this.

#AuDHD #ADHD #ExecutiveDysfunction #Neurodivergent #Blog #Thoughts #Productivity #MentalHealth #Fediverse

@Drude Thanks for sharing your thoughts, that's a really interesting approach.

I can relate to that, it's pretty similar to how I operate. I can compare it to how I handle some of my projects.

I've noticed that if I say, for example, that I worked on a website for 10 months, it usually means I worked on it for the first 3 days while in hyperfocus, and then 9 months later, another 3 evenings of hyperfocus, with a nearly 9-month break in between.

I can't do things consistently and gradually, bit by bit, day after day.
I either dive in completely and don't see the light of day for a couple of days or weeks, or I don't touch it at all.

It's pretty exhausting, but I just don't know how to keep that interest going on a daily basis.

#ADHD #AUDHD

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 6 hours from now. There's talk this week of building a "Welcome Center" at the default "spawn point". Please help is build it.

Myself, I'd like one about the size of two Burger Kings, one stacked on top of the other, adorned with fancily crafted things. A deck could circumscribe the transition between the first and second floor, then an open rooftop with railings, ensconcements, etc. Having said this, I'm open to ideas. If you have any architectural ideas that don't involve male genitalia, I'd like to hear about them.

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.

So no, there is no "#ADHD epidemic" or some bs, but content is made to fry peoples' brains...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wor_gxgDOyY&t=1272s

Like even the most #ADHD person I know wants to sit down and just enjoy good content and not just have background noise...
- Cuz that can be stimulating enough.

But then again #Netflix and others just want to have brainfried paypigs that never cancel their subscription so they can just pocket the subscription money...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUGmKQ-S4ow&t=496s

Folks with #ADHD... what's your retry/failure rate when it comes to making tea? On average, how many times do you have reheat the water? Or number of mugs that went cold with the tea bag still in them.

I love tea, but it's so hard to make for me!!

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@tinker/116494136372314588

...any wonder I'm completely disenchanted with technology?

Absolutely uninterested in GenAI.
Can't stand what's happened to search.

Feeling unmoored.

#AI #LLM #Claude #Mythos #infosec #Autism #ADHD

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We went from precise web search with boolean operators to "natural language models" of AI search.

You can tell nuerodivergent, Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, etc folks created the early internet...

...and you can tell that neurotypical folks are now leading the current overlays of the internet.

We used to have very precise search mechanisms. Specific words found in web pages with boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, etc) to filter out the web pages that contained specific words and did not contain other words.

Now, we search for web sites (or don't even search for web sites, yay abstraction layers that separate us from actual raw information) using "natural language" to try and coax out info.

Have you ever been frustrated when you use very precise and direct language to communicate a specific idea with someone who then takes those specific words and adds obscure meaning and connotations and personal fears and bias to what you said... thus completely misunderstanding you... only to then try and clarify what you said with more precise language only to have that further degrade the conversation?!

Yeah. That's the internet with AI "search" now.

They took something that worked precisely and directly and muddied it.

We've introduced the "double-empathy problem" to web search.

I'm noticing that everyone in my circles, family, and especially work that are nuerotypical LOVE LOVE LOVE the new AI search mechanisms. They'll tell me exactly what the answer they received was - regardless of whether it's right or has multiple possible and conflicting answers. They just repeat what the AI said like it was the Gospel Truth.

And they love talking to it like it was a "real person."

It certainly takes my search parameters and adds its own interpretation to which I have to clarify and correct which is then misinterpreted further...

I haven't tried vibe coding, but I can only imagine the horror.

Can you imagine vibe pentesting with Claude / Mythos?!?!?!

You know how neurodivergent folks gravitated towards IT because it was precise?

Yeah, that's gone now.

#AI #LLM #Claude #Mythos #infosec #Autism #ADHD

I offer 20% off at my Etsy shop for all folks who find me through Mastodon. Code: MASTO20

https://brittbuilds3d.etsy.com

When you use the code, I'll also add a small extra fidget to your order as a thank you for your support.

You don't have to disclose who you are if you don't want to! When I see the code on the order, I'll know how you found me.

Here are a few examples of the custom fidget toys I craft for my store:

#ADHD #Autistic #AUDHD #SmallBusiness #Etsy #BrittBuilds3D #3DPrinting #Queer #Disabled
My business is Canadian , neurodiversity-friendly , and owned by a queer, disabled human.

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Kickflip Skateboard magnetic fidget toy, available in a variety of designs. Pictured is a hand holding a sugar skull skateboard design in front of a grey shelf on a white background. The shelf is holding the kickflip case, a ‘RIP’ and ‘FLIP’ skull fidget with coffin case, Hibiscus skateboard and a circuits skateboard.

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Rainbow colours keyboard clicker fidget with 4 different textured tops for sensory input. You can choose your own clicker and colours. These designs were inspired by the translucent Apple computers of the 2000’s. Pictured: Rainbow coloured fidget with white case on a blue background with other colours displayed behind (purple, pink, yellow, orange, blue)

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3 in 1 Spiky stim roller. These have clicker tops (choose your clicker type), and a real ball bearing installed so the top spins. The texture is spiky and can be used as a ‘pain stim’ or for general sensory input. It’s printed to be weighted so it feels heavy in your hand for additional grounding support. pictured on a white background: various shades of rainbow with black and white custom printed emoji keycaps.

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Pictured: trim-colour (RGB) rainbow ‘Ace’ playing card magnetic fidget. Background is white with red, gold and silver in the background. Also available: King and Joker cards in the same colours.

Context switching galore, your hypercurious mind is drawn to even the smallest details, your attention is all over the place, with too many mental tabs open.
Everything, everywhere, and all at once.

What's your go-to method for recalibrating yourself and getting out of this loop?

#neurodivergence #adhd #adhs #autism #mentaltools #mentalhealth

The worst part isn't even the burnout.
It’s the hope.

Every single time I genuinely believe "this one will stick". I buy the paid plan, I migrate all my data, I make it look nice. I feel like a new person.

Then the novelty dies. The dopamine disappears. And I'm left with another half-finished system I now feel guilty about abandoning.

I don’t even know how many tools I’m currently “using”. Probably 8–10.
Tasks in 3 places, notes in other 5 systems, files somewhere else.

I spend more time looking for things than actually doing them.

#AuDHD #ADHD #ToolHopping #Tools #Software #Neurodivergent #Blog

'Caffeine and Coping.' I need that mug.

(Credit: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122118547377233324&set=a.122116830909233324 )

#audhd #autism #autistic #adhd #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent

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Infographic titled AuDHD illustrating the mental struggle of living with both. Shows a person in a hoodie at a desk, caught between the autistic need for routine and the ADHD drive for novelty. Lists traits for each and makes the point that trying to handle these opposite needs at once just leads to total burnout.

We went from precise web search with boolean operators to "natural language models" of AI search.

You can tell nuerodivergent, Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, etc folks created the early internet...

...and you can tell that neurotypical folks are now leading the current overlays of the internet.

We used to have very precise search mechanisms. Specific words found in web pages with boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, etc) to filter out the web pages that contained specific words and did not contain other words.

Now, we search for web sites (or don't even search for web sites, yay abstraction layers that separate us from actual raw information) using "natural language" to try and coax out info.

Have you ever been frustrated when you use very precise and direct language to communicate a specific idea with someone who then takes those specific words and adds obscure meaning and connotations and personal fears and bias to what you said... thus completely misunderstanding you... only to then try and clarify what you said with more precise language only to have that further degrade the conversation?!

Yeah. That's the internet with AI "search" now.

They took something that worked precisely and directly and muddied it.

We've introduced the "double-empathy problem" to web search.

I'm noticing that everyone in my circles, family, and especially work that are nuerotypical LOVE LOVE LOVE the new AI search mechanisms. They'll tell me exactly what the answer they received was - regardless of whether it's right or has multiple possible and conflicting answers. They just repeat what the AI said like it was the Gospel Truth.

And they love talking to it like it was a "real person."

It certainly takes my search parameters and adds its own interpretation to which I have to clarify and correct which is then misinterpreted further...

I haven't tried vibe coding, but I can only imagine the horror.

Can you imagine vibe pentesting with Claude / Mythos?!?!?!

You know how neurodivergent folks gravitated towards IT because it was precise?

Yeah, that's gone now.

#AI #LLM #Claude #Mythos #infosec #Autism #ADHD

Seriously, I don't understand highlighting
#adhd #adhdmeme

hey y'all

i'm Pinky!! i'm 27 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 🐀
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♡ 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

#Embroidery is a great hobby for #ADHD if you enjoy solving little mysteries, like "Where did I lose the needle THIS time?"

Found a life hack: Adjusting expectations #adhd

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 here: https://bit.ly/48YjcY8

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

That moment when your screenshot folder becomes the Ark of the Covenant warehouse 🗄️ #adhd #adhdmeme

“We called ourself a Do-a racy: if somebody has an idea about what should happen, that's great. Are you willing to do it?

“Because anybody can have an idea. I have a thousand ideas a day.
But if you actually connect with your community, you're willing to set up the meeting, reserve the room, get the pizza, do the recruitment, run the agenda, do the follow-up, that’s what it looks like to actually build power”

From What's The Plan? with Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin: How to Stop American Concentration Camps, Apr 24, 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-the-plan-with-leah-greenberg-and-ezra-levin/id1869456664?i=1000763446194&r=2600

#adhd #gtd #resist #organizing #fascism #nokings #mayday

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.