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[–] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I'm basically an orchestra with no conductor. The different sections are just doing whatever the hell they want. I need a conductor.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And they all stopped playing music at like 19 or 20 so like…they’re fine at their instruments, can read music, even have moments where they sound pretty good. But they ain’t winning a competition lol

[–] wise_pancake 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why does this comment hurt in my soul?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Because we mostly understand the issue but not well enough to fix it! Weeeeeeeeeee!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind if societies also made some compromises for me too. Currently it feels like I'm making all the compromises to fit in but made to feel like it's never enough.

Feels like I'm trying to fix an awful relationship by doing all the hard work myself. I'm tired.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Definitely fair. I was more just continuing the bit above

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm seriously considering starting a financial management business for people with adhd like me who are in debt simply because they forget to pay the damn bill.

I wouldn't be managing anyone's finances, though, I'd hire people who aren't like me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

If you have enough money to afford a personal assistant, you probably don’t have these problems because you have a personal assistant.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I call that jazz. 😎

[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago (17 children)

I feel like this tells a lot about the state of the society we have where most people can't be what they want to be if they want to also make a living

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

ADHD is not a personal problem, it's a socioeconomic problem.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I mean it's both. Not being able to do your chores is bad no matter the society.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

No. You don't get to deny the very real PERSONAL harm done by this condition. No amount of socioeconomic changes could ever stop the personal problems.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think it's a personal problem too, because the human condition itself demands certain tasks that we might struggle with, but I absolutely understand what you're saying.

Despite my positives with ADHD, like being able to flip between constant emergencies all day, and getting constant praise for my work, my last job was threatening to fire me because they noticed I was 1 minute (literally 60 seconds) late a few times.

Good riddance to 'em, they had no idea how much effort it took to get within that margin with traffic patterns that change literally every day. They were also okay with getting there ridiculously early and jusy idling their SUVs in the heat until they could go in. Clown world.

I find that's somewhat of a norm systematically. Society will think it's "fair" to hold everyone to a standard of constant ridiculous feats of executive function that have no tangible effect on outcomes, measured by raw numbers at face value, and use this "data" to determine your worth as a person.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Despite my positives with ADHD, like being able to flip between constant emergencies all day, and getting constant praise for my work, my last job was threatening to fire me because they noticed I was 1 minute (literally 60 seconds) late a few times.

yes, but this a very clear example of what exactly I'm saying, no? This is not a requirement of human nature or something. It's just an idiot boss.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

But only "pretty good"! Which sounds neat but that is just one step above "foundational" and good luck getting to mastery after skipping that, and finding the whole proposition a bunch of bullshit and really pretty good is enough, let's do the next thing and the next until we lose a few more forgotten "pretty goods" for lack of practice!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Why you gotta attack me like that?

;-)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Oh well, at least I can rotate between behavioral addictions for constant distraction

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Joke's on me I guess; I'm also dogshit at things I want to do!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Try “we enjoy things we dont suck at”

Regardless of how few things i believe this is true for most people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I feel personally attacked.

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