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Structure is a double-edged sword (lemmy.world)
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[–] 55 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Structured chaos is key

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Like you build the jenga tower so that it falls down in the direction of doing the dishes.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You look at the dishes, comprehend how you would do them if you did, build a plan, then put it in the back of your mind and go about your day.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This describes my pea brain to the letter.

    Like once I figure out how to do a thing, I no longer have anything interest in doing the thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or you start out with folding clothes, then start putting them away, get distracted by the dishes or cleaning up the bathroom, and start on that other chore. The key is to eventually get back to the original (easier said than done), but even if you didn't really get it done quickly, you often put yourself in the mindset of cleaning, which helps on its own.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oof, thinking about all the chores I could do right now is exhausting. I think I'm going to lie down and read tvtropes for the next 6 hours.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Nah, try forcing yourself to start one, and decide you're going to take a break from it for "*just a minute" *™ by doing another chore, and be amazed by how many chores you get done avoiding the first one. Bonus points if the first chore isn't even that bad.

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    • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I told my partner we had to stop scheduling our entire vacation bcz it was stressing me out.

    Now we schedule one or two things in certain days and then do whatever we want, and I deal much better with that.

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    • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    Why do you have to personally attack me like that?

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Just comes down to whether you want the prison to be external or internal

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    [+] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ADHD affects people of all ages.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And was often left undiagnosed in the past. I know I probably have it hard and somewhere on the autism spectrum. (My estranged father, sister and nephew all have been diagnosed at varying degrees/combinations). But I can't even get a appointment at my doctors office, there is never availability and I tend to stop trying after a few times until it bugs me again. It's like the system here is made to weed out people like me.

    It's kind of nice to know why I felt/feel so inadequate. But it also hurt to know I will never feel normal. At 46 I feel so at a lost at a chance of a better future. I fucked it up so often, have no savings, have to work two jobs to barely get by (keep on doing bad financial decisions) etc... I always hope to win the lottery (I almost never play it) just to not have the stress of life catching up to me and going back on the streets.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    There is no such thing as "normal", just "rejected". Society needs to adjust because autism ain't going away.

    To get a diagnosis, you need to see a psychologist through a therapist, afaik doctors don't usually hand out autism diagnoses. Seek psych clinics that specialize in neurodivergence.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Doctors can't, it takes a several appointments with a psychologist (or psyc through therapist) to be sure before making a diagnosis. You don't need to go to a specialist either

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Medicated ADHD can be close to normal. It definitely makes everything easier to do. For many like me it's night and day, it becomes easy to focus and get tasks done. Seriously life changing.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You need to find the right medication though. When I was younger, I had Concerta, and it made me hyper focus but made me emotionless.

    I've been without meds for about 5 years now, but life is catching up to me, so I'm looking into trying some different ADHD meds.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I had/did the same. Switched to adderall and found out Concerta is trash(Ritalin). I found out that they went with Concerta because time release is easier to give to children and most of all, the manufacturer gave them kickbacks when it was still legal.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Plus with primarily hyperactive and combined, often parents take their kids in because they can't handle them acting up. With Ritalin, when the personality is gone, there's no more acting up.. they choose that and go "wow, they're so normal now", not knowing the damage they're doing to their childhood.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    That makes sense, it's exactly what happened to me but I got the generic version of Concerta instead.

    It kept me shut up, and it kept my conservative parents happy that they no longer had to deal with an autistic child, then wondered why I never developed as a person until I was out of the house.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I got diagnosed in my late thirties and went from an abject failure at life to making some pretty astounding changes.

    I can’t take all the credit, I had quite a good support system to help me make the changes and I don’t think I’ll ever get over what I perceive as lost time or be fully happy, but it’s never too late.

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    • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    When you really think about it, chaos is the natural order tendency of the universe, entropy and all that. Ergo, order is against nature.

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    • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Yep. This is me

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    [x] I'm in this picture and I don't like it

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I was having a similar conversation to this many years ago with a friend. I summed it up as "I must have inconsistency, else I get stuck in monotony."

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    o man this hurts.

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    So how do you fix this?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I've had good results managing it by planning my week very loosely: I write down 1-3 things I plan to do each day (including work, exercise, cleaning, leisure, seeing friends, appointments) and it's just enough structure to keep me moving without being stifling.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Jokes on you, I have structure and still do nothing for days.

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