dashdashu

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by dashdashu 15d ago
different people with ADHD have different symptoms or effects. I think yes it absolutely matters because I have always secretly been hard on myself, that I am worse than others, struggled under extreme rejection sensitivity. It matters and
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by dashdashu 15d ago
I feel your thoughts about "what if I'm too good at this and it means I wont get diagnosed?" and "when will this ever end?" one, felt like forever - the time blindness struggle is real. I still thought I did too wel
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by dashdashu 15d ago
Second this too. I went through live until mid thirties thinking life just was that hard for everyone and I was just bad and shit at things, worse than others - I suffered alone thinking everyone had to be like me, because I'm normal r
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by dashdashu 15d ago
I found out through a friend who has ADHD just talking about it and finding myself saying "oh god I know EXACTLY what you mean" too often. Then I stumbled upon the reddit adhdmeme community and found myself laughind and saying oh
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by dashdashu 16d ago
well, it would be foolish to think only reddit and other social media platforms are overrun with bots wanting to manipulate, shift sentiment and manufacture dissent.
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by dashdashu 1mo ago
lethal force against a thief of your smartphone seems disproportionate to me
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by dashdashu 4mo ago
I think I remember that the original brother grimm stories were also much more violent, and dont forget german classics like the Struwwelpeter, gave me nightmares as a kid - especially the guy with the huge scissors cutting off the thumbs o
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by dashdashu 1y ago
You're right but being medicated is usually the first step. The starting line so to say from which you can then explore various other methods and see what can help mitigate symptoms
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by dashdashu 1y ago
I had to pay for diagnostics myself too since here in Germany, adulthood ADHD diagnostics are unfortunately not paid by the health insurance. Cost me around 600 €. The hardest thing really was fighting myself to actually get an appointment
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by dashdashu 1y ago
Their book also tells them to love their neighbours regardless of how different they look. The problem is, in my opinion, more that these people pick and choose from their book to justify their bigotry and hate
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by dashdashu 1y ago
ah, the almost rhytmic background sound of club mate bottles falling down
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by dashdashu 1y ago
domain name being arguably the most difficult thing here as it requires some interaction for at least payment. Certificates you can fully automate nowadays with LetsEncrypt and certbot or even managed by AWS no problem
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by dashdashu 1y ago
On an unrelated note, I just clicked the paywalled link and holy crap - do they seriously expect people to pay 70$ per month for access to their articles? Maybe I am not the right target group for that..
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by dashdashu 1y ago
I've got ADHD and that has been my whole life - an endless list of side projects and hobbies that were hyperfixated on in the beginning, drained of all dopamine and then abandoned once it actually became "work"