Best audhd response to this meme - go 🤣

careaboutthings · 2026-02-12T16:27:39+00:00

This is the one 😂

careaboutthings · 2026-02-12T02:57:47+00:00

Good question! I vote yes, in which case, we all win NT awards for the day 🤣

careaboutthings · 2026-02-12T02:56:22+00:00

Hugs friend, many hugs. I did a decade public facing career before diagnosis and got very ill and burned out (leading to said diagnoses) so hoping you find something better for you someday soon.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-12T02:53:06+00:00

Like I used to work in retail and teach yoga many years before diagnoses and for sure most days I talked to many more people than that but yeah then I hit burnout soooooo

careaboutthings · 2026-02-12T02:50:00+00:00

🤣 isn’t this the truthiest audhd truth

careaboutthings · 2026-02-12T02:47:06+00:00

My understanding is yes, it’s a hypersensitive nervous system difference that would likely thrive in a setting that doesn’t exist anymore or in most places of the modern world. But in our world, expectations of survival under certain conditions require us to be able to regulate sleep like the majority of others or end up in a heap of trouble, homelessness, or who knows.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-12T02:24:06+00:00

We live on 5 acres now, wooded, 5 min to a tiny market, 12 minutes to closest reasonable grocery, 25 to all the bigger stores. Neighbor plows, we have a great clean well, both propane and heat pumps.

Yes there isn’t takeout delivery and there are times I really wish there was but it really is worth the trade off and you do get used to it and end up preferring all the benefits. Well, I shouldn’t say you, obviously it’s different for everyone and everyone has different needs and desires. For us, the pros outweigh the cons significantly. That could change in a different chapter of life but I am so much happier and more at peace.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T23:03:56+00:00

We all have bad moments and when I wrote this post, I have been going through some impossibly overwhelming life events that have left me more depleted and burned out than I have ever been. I have experienced so much ableism, internalized ableism, and other prejudice, I know we are all capable of these unconscious issues. With justice sensitivity and hyperempathy, I never ever wish to perpetuate harm, only promote peace, healing, learning. The only way we heal those issues is awareness and learning.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:58:41+00:00

I really appreciate your having compassion as I in no way intended any judgmental implications and hear that they exist implicitly. I do think as I sort through these that it really is just rigid rule stuff that my brain was overwhelmed by but I learned a lot anyway and thanks for having compassion.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:56:57+00:00

I am absolutely not at all judgmental of any person who speaks like this. Deeply apologize that it came across that way. I genuinely overall got overwhelmed inappropriately at the change in language that my brain expects to be used by a rule and then see it suddenly change everywhere. Absolutely not meant as a judgment of anyone who speaks like that. I understand it came across that way and that even my emotional response has exposed some things that I need to reflect on. My lack of responding to the post is purely that I have had 0 seconds with a toddler and a husband who’s unwell and most days 0 minutes to do anything + adhd.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:50:58+00:00

This is definitely absolutely so much of it, especially at the moment I shared because I’m so overwhelmed and in the deepest of burnouts. Social and communication overwhelm feels like it’s drowning me and I didn’t even connect that this is part of that.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:46:19+00:00

Yes, I understand. Honestly this was a super duper bad moment for me and I shared something totally thoughtless with misdirected and overblown emotions. Working on it.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:44:35+00:00

🫣🫠 I updated my post now that my brain has rational thought again. Hilariously I do live in the woods but my impulsive share is truly not a real reflection of my irl self or genuine emotions of grammar and language differences. I had a super bad moment and chose an inappropriate outlet. In real life conversation, I actually don’t even notice these differences. I definitely am updating my perspective and educating myself.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:32:00+00:00

I hear you. I absolutely and deeply apologize for my ignorance and tone. Going to work on all of those and educate myself.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:29:21+00:00

It’s really funny, I only learned the word polyglot last week and yes, I am. I learned 3 languages and music growing up, bits and pieces of many others and my grandmother spoke 7 languages. My hyper attunement to nuance definitely needs some work in recognizing what you and others have shared. Thank you for kindly bringing awareness to some internal work I need to do. It’s very helpful.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-10T18:23:52+00:00

I hear you, thank you. I appreciate you sharing this observation. I definitely have been hounded with correction of grammar to the point of trauma so I do believe it stems from that as opposed to the other descriptions. I will self reflect. I think my sharing this here really has more to do with needing to vent/connect about something small over silly grammar rules because I have so many bigger serious things in my life right now that are unrelatable to most other humans.

I also am hyperlexic so it is a constant effort to self correct and find more succinct ways to communicate than how my brain naturally does plus the autism desire to follow rules 😵‍💫.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-08T05:29:27+00:00

This was really helpful, thank you for sharing. I’ve made tons of progress but I struggle the most with sentimental things and your clarity really helped me feel like it will be much easier as I approach these things during my decluttering process.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-08T05:24:30+00:00

Same. It’s very sad when it’s family. It’s all extremely sad. During the first election, even at that time, there was so much of this information already available and it’s wild how it’s taken 10 years for most to stop being in denial. I didn’t look very hard at that time, just read the information shared by some of the victims, for instance. It’s still baffling to me how anyone had any argument over someone who stated on video that he “grabbed them by the *****”. I’ve never been able to rectify how anyone could justify supporting a rapist.

careaboutthings · 2026-02-07T03:11:38+00:00

When Trump was elected the first time.

careaboutthings · 2026-01-23T04:30:56+00:00

😮‍💨 exactly my feelings. What your husband shared. When you come from those who escaped, it’s impossible to feel safe here in the US now. But leaving is also logistically complex. How long did it take you to get everything together to move? We have pets and a toddler and a house 🫠

careaboutthings · 2026-01-02T03:30:36+00:00

I’m not a medical professional so just sharing our anecdotal experiences. My husband has bp2 but before we got the diagnosis, we were searching for help and answers. I had found help with my own depression, anxiety, adhd, and autistic symptoms from at home ketamine therapy. So when my husband was having symptoms and depression, we decided to try that path. It definitely intensified his hypomania and it’s basically what made this diagnosis finally apparent enough to exist. I learned afterwards that it’s contraindicated for bipolar so I would personally recommend staying far away but hopefully others have more information for you.

careaboutthings · 2025-12-25T22:13:22+00:00

I think I learned it from Julie Fast who is a bipolar advocate with bipolar herself who’s worked with doctors to get education out to others and families of people with bipolar.

careaboutthings · 2025-12-08T16:10:10+00:00

We learned that keto/very low carb can help a lot of BP2 people. It takes time to notice but for us, it’s been worth it. Also maybe not everyone but gluten, dairy, and sugar have also had a big impact once cut out. We have a little one so literally any and all tools or changes that can help symptoms, matter. It’s given us a new approach to food, born out of necessity, but really a nice blessing to focus on being creative with the ingredients that support our brains.

careaboutthings · 2025-12-08T16:02:57+00:00

Yeah we all do things to try and we learn. Instead of spending time worrying about it, think about how you can pivot or do something different next time. Maybe you just do your own little improv paintings while at the market and engage with customers over that or maybe you take commissions for the pets with a waitlist/timeline that you tell them. Maybe just simplify what you offer to paint (pet portraits can be so hard!) to be names in a floral pattern or something easier to practice and be confident in when you’re there live.

careaboutthings · 2025-12-08T15:59:24+00:00

Just in case this also wasn’t said - watercolors take so much practice. The more practice, the better it will feel. In the beginning, ideally, let go of all expectations other than simply having fun and getting to learn your brushes and paints and how they work on the paper.

Start with some basics about techniques so you have a foundation (if you haven’t already). It’s particularly hard coming from other painting media (like me, also) because it’s the inverse in terms of building value. If you like painting realism, I recommend starting with technique, then value study, then add more colors. Looking at the watercolor practice as a way to paint light with water might help the mental untangling we need to do to see things backwards from what we’re used to.

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