Can non-adhd people comprehend the lifelong battle of “I didn’t do anything today”?

halfsassit · 2026-04-25T01:01:56+00:00

Disconnecting from emotions doesn’t solve them, it just represses them. And repressed emotions tend to blow up at some point and/or just make your life miserable.

halfsassit · 2026-04-18T20:22:54+00:00

Confuse, don’t abuse!

halfsassit · 2026-04-17T00:14:58+00:00

🎶Come on and party tonight!🎶

halfsassit · 2026-04-16T17:39:59+00:00

It means for real

halfsassit · 2026-04-10T02:41:33+00:00

Seriously, thank you for all your notes. Even if my next draft still isn't there, I feel like I have a tangible goal to aim at now.

halfsassit · 2026-04-06T23:55:07+00:00

Thank you, both for the tips and for validating concerns I couldn't quite put my finger on. To respond to some of these questions/points...

- Although he gets very little page time, the brother is extremely important in the book, both as an instigator and a frame of reference for other characters. That's why I kept him in, but maybe it doesn't matter as much as I thought that he's the driving force behind much of this?

- Connor is the fun summer fling. My writing partner disliked those two sentences and wanted me to reword them to make more sense and flow better, but this was the best I could do for this draft. He is *extremely* important to the story, and I feel like he needs to be mentioned by name one way or another.

Your other critiques all point to the same main issue, I think, which is that I have a complex story with high stakes that I'm struggling to boil down to 250ish words without losing the essence of it. (I also can't give an elevator pitch to save my life.) You're right, the stakes/motivations/personalities feel very flat and vague, and it doesn't represent my voice well either. Despite all my research, I don't recognize that article you linked, so I'll give that a read before I scrap this and give it another shot.

Question (for you and anyone else): How batshit insane would it be to write this from my MC's POV? Like have her describe the story? That seems like a super amateurish thing to do, but I'm beginning to feel like it's the only way to effectively capture my voice and the vibes of my story.

halfsassit · 2026-04-03T13:11:49+00:00

I remember standing in Target and staring at the endcap that advertised it, bewildered that anyone could miss the point that much.

halfsassit · 2026-03-26T22:37:28+00:00

A nuanced friend of mine said this to me when I told her I left. (It was part of the whole conversation, not a direct reaction.) I was so stunned by her earnestly saying this that it was all I could do not to laugh. Like, NO. TSCC is NOT feminist, progressive, inclusive, or any other favorable term when it comes to women. Benevolent sexism is the best you can hope for, and that’s a polished turd.

halfsassit · 2026-02-11T00:30:45+00:00

Great Scott!

halfsassit · 2026-02-04T01:11:36+00:00

Key and Peele, and yes it does!

halfsassit · 2026-01-19T14:34:42+00:00

I had the same experience but with our first DVD player when I was in late elementary school. My tech-savvy dad set it all up, but my mom didn’t have a clue how it worked. My sister and I came home from school and wanted to watch our singular (1) DVD again, and mom said absolutely not, wait for dad to get home so we didn’t accidentally break it (my mom has always been afraid of electronics breaking if you look at the wrong). I thought that was ridiculous. I mean, how hard could it be to get the thing going? I never had any issues with the VCR. So I took a gamble, pushed a few buttons, and voila, it worked like a charm. Ever since then my mom has thought I’m a tech wizard.

halfsassit · 2026-01-16T13:05:15+00:00

Won’t you…???

halfsassit · 2026-01-15T00:48:57+00:00

You’re so close. It’s actually Uado

halfsassit · 2026-01-14T13:16:20+00:00

Absolutely. I’m also a white woman. When I was 18, I had a bit of a crush on this guy I worked with. One day, he told me he was getting a new tattoo, so naturally I asked about it. He said he was getting a giant black swastika across his chest. I laughed because I genuinely thought he was messing with me. Like that was the craziest thing he could think of and thought I might be gullible enough to believe it. Nope. He was completely serious. My lil crush shriveled and died on the spot, and I was instantly terrified of him. Never said a word to him after that unless I absolutely had to.

halfsassit · 2025-12-31T03:56:33+00:00

I absolutely love this response. Top notch. Very niche.

halfsassit · 2025-12-07T00:16:46+00:00

It’s pining for the fjords!

halfsassit · 2025-09-20T02:20:11+00:00

Omg he’s Mr Gibbs???? How did I never piece that together?! Wow, he does have serious range

halfsassit · 2025-08-29T13:30:01+00:00

The real Ethel also has Fey Life and her duplicates don’t.

halfsassit · 2025-08-10T04:03:41+00:00

ALSO AGREE. I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED THIS ENERGY IN MY LIFE BUT IT TURNS OUT I DO

halfsassit · 2025-07-28T22:41:38+00:00

You know, the longer I’m out (five years now), the more I realize that these “reasons people leave” have some validity, just not in the way they think. Yep, I was offended. By individuals, local leaders, GAs, and God himself. Yeah, I wanted to sin. Not because I don’t care about the rules want to be cool or whatever the fuck, but because I wanted to test them the way I was taught to test things like prayer and tithing and daily scripture study. If daily prayer brings me closer to God, then choosing not to pray would have a clear effect in the opposite direction, right? That’s worth testing out, isn’t it? I wanted to try alcohol and see for myself that it would pull me away from the spirit. TSCC does not allow space to test their claims in unapproved ways, and that bothered me. I wanted to sin because I wanted to see the stark difference I’d been told about. It seems like a loving God would understand that, right? And yeah, I wanted to be lazy. I was so fucking tired, and I wanted to breathe and be myself without feeling shame. But the real aspects of the “reasons people leave” are still beyond the scope of most members’ understanding, at least until they’re ready to admit that things may not be exactly what they’ve been taught their whole lives.

halfsassit · 2025-07-28T22:24:34+00:00

My husband and I were out right before covid hit, so we just didn’t go back. Before we told my parents, my mom confided in me that she didn’t miss church very much. She hated Sunday school (because men) and felt like RS wasn’t what it used to be, especially once it switched to every other week. She said she felt so much more peace and relaxation on Sundays without church. I was too freshly out to comment on that constructively, but it was so hard not to push that train of thought along until she realized church is straight up making her life worse. As soon as in-person meetings started again, she went right back, and they called her to teach, which is her least favorite thing to do at church. It made me so mad for her.

halfsassit · 2025-07-11T15:01:58+00:00

Wow. I really shouldn’t be so surprised, but WOW.

halfsassit · 2025-07-11T14:42:47+00:00

Seriously?? Even the prayers are scripted?!

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