as a neurodivergent person, i often fail to realise that i tend to come across as rude or angry when I'm not paying attention to how i speak. and when i don't speak a language too well or when I'm out of practice, I'm especially prone to make mistakes with my tone.
for example i just asked the guy at the tea shop (in Tamil) "is this strong tea?" when he gave it to me. technically, it shouldn't sound like I'm angry or anything (and I'm not) but in the way Tamil is spoken, this basically translates to "is this even strong tea, you idiot?" and that was really not what i intended to say!
wow. after a few days of figuring out how to use that new serif font (i.e. Bitter) on the website/blog, i found a sans-serif font built into my android phone that looks stupid cool and I'm now getting that itch to switch again
Me: Okay, brain, come on, I know you've got a block but you have to do this.
Brain:
Me: Look, what do you need?
Brain: you know what works.
Me: No I don'—wait, you don't mean.
Brain:
Me: I'm getting too old for this
Brain:
Me: I'm trying so hard to keep weight off.
Brain:
Me:
Brain: Look do you want this done or not?
Me: OKAY FINE I'LL GO FIND SOMETHING WITH FROSTING, HAPPY?!?!?
Brain: Alright, let's get to this . . .
for words my ADHD brain suddenly remembers completely out of context:
Mohorovicic discontinuity
Whenever I concern myself with #PersonalKnowledgeManagement (#PKM) it depresses me. There are so many great methods and ideas out there, but they all create too much overhead and in the end I do nothing.
ADHD Symbol image No. 24528.
(by Dani Donovan)
#adhd #adhs #adhdbrain #selfcare #meme #adhdawareness
"Oh, thank you, mysterious past-me"
#adhd #adhdbrain #meme
Spending consecutive Saturdays walking is a positive sign, as I know that I'm prone to getting carried away with an idea only to abandon it while it is still in its infancy (AKA #AdhdBrain).
I know that this is good for the body and mind Let's keep this momentum going!
Also a life hack: You can synchronize your screenshots with IFTTT to your Google Drive and create a folder with all the screenshots you take in the cloud so that you can also ignore them there.
And in the end I know every fun fact about Charlemagne, eg that his father was called "Peppin The Short" while he is called "The Great" (in german).
"How are you?"
"Fine!"
What "fine" actually means:
#ADHS-Hirn heute wieder auf Höchstleistung:
Drei #Podcasts angefangen, keinen zu Ende gehört.
Seit zehn Minuten hier sitzen, obwohl die #Spülmaschine auf mich wartet.
#Handy anstarren, als würde es mir irgendwann sagen, was ich eigentlich tun wollte.
#Internet verlassen? Haha, guter Witz.
Vielleicht bin ich ja in fünf Stunden soweit. Oder morgen. Oder nie. #ADHS #Prokrastination #InternetGefangen
#adhdbrain #adhsfrauen #hyperfocus
#bodydouble #adhd
My predicted sleep from the moment I have to set an alarm clock:
"Switching jobs is like playing musical chairs. Except the music is in your head and the chairs keep moving. At least your resume gets a workout!"
And then my mouth spews out words without any structure.