lowkey I kinda found it a bit fun, like I’ve been trying to debunk my suspected AuDHD by combing through a shitton of scientific research as well as the DSM-5, and haven’t found anything to the contrary.

I’ve been doing this for 3 months straight… Yeah no I definitely have it.

I feel personally attacked.

real 😭 (all Ik is that I might not be neurotypical)

For me it’s not “is it even a big enough deal”, the problem is that I can’t find the time to do shit nowadays.

This XKCD hits hard

maaaaayyyybee me

I suspect I have a light form of ADD, but I mask/work well enough . I’ve seen therapists, they don’t think I have it so… 🤷

Don’t have an “official” diagnosis, am probably (almost certainly) not ADHD. Almost certainly autistic. My therapist seems to agree (among other people) but can’t give me a diagnosis officially or say yes officially, but it’s treating me as if I am and it’s validating.

Probably won’t get an official diagnosis though, there are no real treatments for it, and if I ever want to move abroad, it’ll add a lot of additional hurdles. I still struggle to say I’m autistic (because it’s not official).

Why do people care?

Like, I think I’m in this picture, as I’m sure I’ve got at least a moderate bit of autism/ADHD, but it’s not that I worry it’s “not bad enough to seek treatment.” It’s just that I’ve built up solid coping mechanisms, and a formal diagnosis just doesn’t hold any weight with me.

Like, I don’t understand why I would even want or bother with seeing a doctor about it.

But maybe I’m just on the “less severe” end of people represented by this meme, or maybe I’ve just had more time to build up systems for dealing with it or something. Idk.