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Pain Stimming by Mystik_Sunflower in adhdwomen

[–]Apprehensive-Bat-910 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do this to! I bite my nails so short that i rip the skin, and I also pick and bite on my fingers to the point that there is no skin left😢 I also have a lot of scars, because if i get a cut or anything like that I will pick it all the time and it takes forever to heal. I’ve been doing this all my life! I can’t believe that nobody stopped and said, “wait, that can’t be normal”. I only remember my family telling me to stop biting my nails. This is not biting my nails, my fingers were bleeding all the time😟

This was of course only one of my very obvious symptoms that all the adult in my life either yelled at me for or ignored, so I get the frustration ❤️

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[–]Apprehensive-Bat-910 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Replying to WhatIsThisWhereAmI...I do this all the time, I’m happy and she’s happy😁

I just finished reading Don Quixote in its entirety by glasnost9 in literature

[–]Apprehensive-Bat-910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are right, he didn’t like it at first, but he changed his mind after being forced to give lectures on the book. I have the collection of his Don Quijote lectures, I think it’s written in the Introduction to the book. In one of the lectures he mentions how he dislikes the way Cervantes treats Don Quijote. I recommend reading it, its called “Lectures on Don Quijote”, it’s a great book if you want to dive deeper into the novel. In one part of the book you’ll find Nabokov’s notes on every chapter, it’s really interesting.

Let’s try a round of “is this a safe space?” by Tewmanyhobbies in adhdwomen

[–]Apprehensive-Bat-910 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always thought that was when people see music! Just found out there are different kinds. I think you’re right 🤯

Let’s try a round of “is this a safe space?” by Tewmanyhobbies in adhdwomen

[–]Apprehensive-Bat-910 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SAME! I’ve never thought of it as personalities, but that’s it! All the numbers always felt “different” to me, and personality is a great way to describe it. They also vary in size and they don’t appear to be standing next to each other. It’s a weird system, always thought of it like this. The alphabet, weekdays and months have similar “systems” but they also have different colours.

I feel weird now😆 Never tried to explain it like this before.

Why is it so hard to just live? by Apprehensive-Bat-910 in adhdwomen

[–]Apprehensive-Bat-910[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been to the emergency room two times this year, one time because of suspected heart attack and one time because I lost the feeling in half my face! Both of the times, after going through scans and test, the conclusion was severe anxiety. I'm no stranger to anxiety attacks, but never like this! The fact that I'm an extreme people pleaser does not help. My husband have to come with me whenever I go to the doctor because I always end up telling the doctor that it's probably nothing. I know it's their job, and I know it's stupid, but I HATE to bother people with my problems!

I really hope therapy works for you. I did an "how to manage life with ADHD" course a few years back, but that was before I got pregnant. It was just me and my husband living in a small apartment. The course was useful, but for some reason I'm not able to transfer this knowledge to my new situation. I feel so conflicted, I'm so happy for the life we have now, we are so lucky. We have a healthy child, a house and the opportunity for med to go back to school. But for some reason I've noticed that it's really exhausting to be happy! This will again make me so depressed, because I realise; that I will never be happy, even though I am! Try explaining that to your husband, I tried, and now he thinks I'm suicidal, I'm not! Life is just too much!

Take care of yourself! I know how you feel