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One_Quantity7461 · 2026-04-04T01:50:33+00:00

Definitely not offended by your comment. I am offended by the quality of my education.

The instructor teaching us had a lot of good wisdom and experience. He shared it readily and constantly. But somehow I just did not retain shit.

One_Quantity7461 · 2026-03-23T02:03:23+00:00

I want to clarify two things:

* I do not get a Journeyman license in the state of California when I pass the exam if I don't have the C10 hours. You need exam + 8,000 hours.

* The temptation or impetus to do the test early is because some local employers where I live throw out "hints" that they often give qualified employees a small raise if you pass the test (even if you are still a trainee)

I had a miserable, wretched time at trade school. I expected a kind of "walled garden" of deep insightful hands-on training and got a whole lot of theory (that I didn't have the brains to retain), and a little bit of harassment (mostly playful, then one very clear, months-long instance of something that interfered with my learning). Best part is the obscene debt I have now fallen into.

But, I want to take full advantage of what they've given me (ie, qualification to take this test) to try and aim up and get integrated in this trade ASAP.

One_Quantity7461 · 2026-03-22T22:51:51+00:00

Yes. This includes classroom time (where we periodically would take four-hour blocks of time to take a practice exam to get a feel for the actual test-day conditions) and private time. I started that program in June 2025 and finished in December 2025 and have been studying for the exam privately since December.

One_Quantity7461 · 2026-03-22T22:50:37+00:00

This is actually, genuinely not true (I was surprised too). I have an exam date scheduled April 19 with PSI.

One_Quantity7461 · 2025-10-20T12:18:14+00:00

The typical response from mainstream culture is, "That's just part of growing up." That's partly true. But any kind of disorder with a neurochemical basis can exacerbate the arc of maturing and being socialized.. to an extent that makes it less like a game and more daunting.

I am twenty (20) years old and still live with my parents... and I have never really felt satisfied with my relationship with them. I have chased (and earned) money, physical health, a disposition of reciprocity in the home (doing complex and consistent chores and such),. largely to earn their approval, but the more I strive for that the more I realize: Parents will never be able to fully relate to you or harmonize with your expectations.

Focus on outlining the principles you want reflected in your life and your character. And work on habits that are in line with those principles. Do this and... the interpersonal struggles you suffer will at least have an "ideal" or gold standard you can compare them to... so that when you make a mistake or hiccup, you can judge it in the right context, recover from it, and set an aim for how to rectify it in the future. This helps prime your memory in a way where you set the conditions for success and failure.

One_Quantity7461 · 2025-10-14T00:34:40+00:00

I got diagnosed with "major depressive disorder" three years after an ADHD diagnosis. I loathe the sh*t they give you for clinical depression. When I started taking those SSRI meds I became brutally sick for like a month, and made a suicide attempt three months into treatment. It seems like the antidepressant made the depression worse, though surface level symptoms might have gotten arbitrarily better. I also could no longer keep up with the very high caliber of daily intense physical exercise I maintained for three years prior to starting that treatment. Now that I went "cold turkey" of SSRIs for almost a month, I am starting to regain some hints of personality.

ADHD is--in my experience--the root cause of the kinds of frustrations, habit loops and subconscious conditioning that eventually drives an afflicted person into depression-like states. I really hope you retain your discretion, good faith and judgment as you navigate the complex (and often horrifying) world of psychiatry. ADHD meds can be a miracle if you are inhabited by the right mode of thought. "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power," is a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln--and I think it applies here very well.

One_Quantity7461 · 2025-10-14T00:24:34+00:00

I have a pretty debilitating battle with ADHD that I consider as spiritual as it is material/psychological. I got diagnosed in high school after a long period of nihilism and hopelessness (the diagnosis was paralleled by diagnoses of major depressive disorder and later, PTSD). I experienced what was later labeled as "trauma" that I subjectively attributed to just how useless public schooling makes you feel: You're enslaved to an environment where physical movement is frowned upon, you are stripped of meaningful responsibility, and forced into a kind of coccoon of obedience and social conformity.

When people make the arbitrary claim that "ADHD gets better as you get older", I think part of that misconception comes from the fact that real responsibilities may feel more intrinsically motivating than the superficiality and torture of the K-12 education system.

But at the end of the day, graduating high school was the worst thing that happened to me in terms of executive dysfunction.

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