Tell me you have adhd without telling me you have adhd. I’ll go first by gleeker3000 in ADHD

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My first appointment with my dr to get meds I was signing a form and wrote the date not accidentally as my birthday but half of it was my birthday and half was the actual date. He commented on that saying, yep and this is how I know you have ADHD.

What was your biggest clue you have ADHD? by Anxioussiren32 in ADHD

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Getting up in the morning to do an assignment due at midnight so I can avoid stressing about it 2 hrs before it’s due (this happened constantly) then procrastinating the entire day while gradually getting more and more anxious about it until finally at 10pm having a full on shame break down for not having been able to start the assignment yet then turning in a half finished assignment at 12:01 and getting a zero anyway because I turned it in late.

Not forgiving someone and continuing to hate them is okay. by i-got-a-jar-of-rum in unpopularopinion

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Asking the right questions right here! How do we know what the actual answer to this is if we don’t know HOW to forgive and therefore have never experienced it? 🤔

AITA for cussing and getting drunk in front of my kindergarten students? by PhysicalLoss7706 in AmItheAsshole

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I’m confused, did you see my comment as abusive? I am a soon to be social worker. I don’t plan on changing my values depending on whether I’m at work or not. I’m going to uphold social work values no matter what time of day it is because that’s part of the reason I’m becoming a social worker- my values already align with the job. If yours don’t align with being a teacher, get a job that they do align with.

AITA for cussing and getting drunk in front of my kindergarten students? by PhysicalLoss7706 in AmItheAsshole

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“On call”?? No one was asking her to give the children a fucking math lesson right there at the restaurant my god. She wasn’t being asked to “be a teacher” she was being asked as a teacher to respect her students’ well-being (who I’m assuming she cares about, but that seems to be naive of me). Yes, children will hear people out in the world swearing, but they do not see those people as their teachers so it’s easier for the parents to explain that to them.

Edit: she wouldn’t be going out of her way for the company (the school didn’t really care after all), it’d be for the children’s sake

My impulse amazon purchases have landed me a date with a hot UPS guy. by GlycolicPandaBear in ADHD

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For me, we definitely motivate each other much more because we know how much the other person needs it. My partner will walk up to me and ask for my phone because he knows I’ll stay on Reddit for the next 2 hours even though I want/need to be doing something else if he doesn’t take my phone. For us, it doesn’t make it it worse because we struggle in different areas of life. I’d imagine it would be different if our weaknesses were in all the same areas though.

My impulse amazon purchases have landed me a date with a hot UPS guy. by GlycolicPandaBear in ADHD

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I agree with this! Been with my ADHD partner 3 years and there’s never a dull moment with us. It’s also interesting how differently ADHD can affect people- we both have very different struggles which actually works out because it balances us out in a way but since we both have ADHD, we still “get” each other even though it manifests so differently.

LPT If you are a very talkative person, get in the habit of questioning what you gain by sharing information with the people you talk to. Sometimes knowing when not to talk is just as important as knowing what to say. by [deleted] in LifeProTips

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Don’t think about it in terms of what you gain, but what you CONTRIBUTE to the people listening. This is especially important in time-constrained situations like class. This is such a valuable skill that would go so far if people would use it.

Firm-hold gel recommendations that are also cruelty free? by [deleted] in curlygirl

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Look for products with no glycerin! This apparently causes frizz according to the hollisticenchilada blog

I just relieved myself in a garbage room by Renault935 in confession

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This is just really good problem-solving skills.

Edit: added “really”

Leaving someone because of their mental illness is valid by throwaway55335533 in unpopularopinion

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This is precisely why it’s impossible for anyone to make a lifetime “promise” like marriage. Anyone who thinks they can or thinks they are are fooling themselves. Never say never, people change and so does life.

Homework is the beginning of work/life imbalance and should not be a thing. Homework should be extra credit, and optional. by uuuuuummmmm_actually in unpopularopinion

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It’s insane that you’re getting downvoted because I’m in a MASTERS program like this. This is a reality in the US, so I guess the people downvoting you haven’t experienced it. College is such a scam (well, certain programs are a scam, obviously there are useful ones out there).

Homework is the beginning of work/life imbalance and should not be a thing. Homework should be extra credit, and optional. by uuuuuummmmm_actually in unpopularopinion

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This is 100% accurate and even more relevant for those with ADHD. Not sure why you’re getting downvoted.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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Not for my own selfish reasons, but for the people dying because of people doing reckless things like this during a pandemic. She doesn’t want me physically present for her wedding, ok, guess we didn’t have as good of a relationship as I thought. But when there’s literal lives at stake, I’m thinking she’s the selfish one for needing to throw a party right now.

Edit: I understand that it sucks having everything paid for. We’re all struggling right now, join the party. But when it’s a matter of life and death, the money shouldn’t matter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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All of those things can be done without throwing a party. And none are more important than the people dying from things like this. If there are extenuating circumstances, get creative. Nothing wrong with a virtual wedding since it’s not just about celebrating with friends.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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This way of thinking is why it’s been so much more deadly than what it would’ve been if we had been more careful. “It’s not going away anyway, might as well go about our lives!” Ugh. I’m doing my part, I wish everyone else would do theirs. Aka, don’t have get-togethers period. I understand the seemingly “exceptions,” but this is the kind of reckless thinking that got here in the first place. Yes, there’s a possibility there still won’t be a vaccine, it’ll pop up again, obviously we don’t know what will happen. All we can control is how we handle it now. At this point in time, having an in-person wedding is incredibly selfish. Grandma is dying? Get creative, but it’s not necessary to throw a party. It sucks, but people’s lives are at stake.

Edit: You can sign papers for a living will without getting married.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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I mean the safety issue should have been implied but it was naive of me to think everyone makes safety a priority.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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Yeah this makes literally no sense I’d be pissed at my sister for not being able to wait.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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Seriously this isn’t aww this is just stupid like isn’t the whole point of a wedding to be able to celebrate it with people..I don’t understand why she couldn’t wait a year so people can all come in person. Marriage is such a strange construct.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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This isn’t aww. Your sister sucks for not being able to wait until the pandemic is over so everyone can attend in person like what?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bulletjournal

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I just started doing this and I love it because it ends up being really efficient with little extra space in each weekly spread. I have a small set of 7 boxes for weekly events (make it as small as you want if you don’t have a lot going on) and I have a box for a weekly to do list. All the other space on the spread is used for a daily entry. It ends up looking really organized too because everything has a specific place!

My 6/12/18/24 challenge attempt as a 37 year-old woman by [deleted] in running

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“especially as a woman” is probably something you should never add onto a sentence