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I'm back on my BS 🤪
I'm back on my BS 🤪 @ BackOnMyBS @lemmy.autism.place
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  • at least a 5/10 if you want to be half way decent

  • Immediate:

    • Focus on a task because I decided to do so
    • Stay focused much longer without becoming exhausted or frustrated
    • More respectful in conversations because I was able to stay focused on what they were saying. I also remembered what they said.
    • Hope that things could improve

    Long-term:

    • More confidence in myself
    • Reduced shame that I was rude, disrespectful, or careless about others. Paradoxically, this lead to me setting better boundaries when overwhelmed because I didn't see them as rude.
    • Less reliance on notes
    • Less anxiety that I forgot something important
    • Less vulnerable to manipulation because I was able to see patterns better since I could remember interactions more, and I was more confident that what I remembered was right.
    • I was able to structure my days better. I developed a daily routine, eat healthier, and establish sleep schedule.
    • More awareness as to what were issues I was having because of ADHD
    • Felt more like a person than a problem

    What surprised me the most was that all of these are apart from work. I had no idea how much ADHD was affecting my overall life. When the psychiatrist said that treating it would be really impactful to my mood, I thought she was just trying to lift my spirits and get me hopeful. Nope. She knew exactly what she was talking about.

    Edit: Whoops. These all were things that improved. What didn't improve was things that were related to other matters, such as anxiety in crowds, lack of trust in others, general sense of doom, etc., but I'm working on it! Being able to plan and follow through is fantastic. Ohhhhh, is this what executive functioning is??

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  • This meme just made me search the news to see if Putin had died. I was about to cancel my medical appt and go to the beach if it were the case.

  • The default background is black. The colors are all muted. The cursor is slow. The computer shuts down for 12 hours a day. The sounds sound compressed and muffled. When you try to open a program/app, it prompts, "For what? What's the point?"

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  • I am not getting on a Boeing anytime in the next few years. I rather pay more to take another flight, drive, or not even go at all.

  • I'm really going to use this. And when there is a dilemma that's easily solved by WWJD, it's gonna be easy Jeezy

  • LGBT+ are the values of a nominal variable sexuality. (maybe not the T tho). Ls are almost only going to sex with other women. If they go both ways, then they're B, not L. If they go all ways, then they're P(ansexual). So it seems like less of a spectrum, and more of a single variable. I may be wrong since Im not up on the latest in sexual identities.

    While autism is a variable (levels 1-3), it's ordered, not nominal. The autism spectrum is made up of many variables that are also continuous, not discreet. And they are positively correlated. If one variable is high, it's likely others would be too. So, you can't say someone is a kind of autism anymore than levels 1-3. Beyond that, the spectrum varies way to much to typify.

  • Nah, I don't need to identify. That's too restrictive. I'm looking for a shorter way to describe it when asked.

  • Maybe not then. It's what a teacher told the class. I'll have to check once I get home later.

  • Yep! I was trying to find a short way of describing my situation in this area when asked about it.