• The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So what exactly is my kid’s personality outside of ADHD? Every meme just describes everything they are and do. It’s maddening.

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      7 months ago

      Maybe your kid is the one foretold by the prophecies - the meme impersonated!

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      7 months ago

      That’s something that hit me the first year after being diagnosed a few years ago, it’s an executive function disorder so not at all surprising but it still made me realise just how much of my personality is ADHD

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      7 months ago

      Pink: “You could be a responsible person and be productive right now.”

      Green: “🥺”

      Pink: “… or we could take a nap instead.”

      Green: “Yes, I’d prefer that.”

      There is additional context that “do the thing” in ADHD speak usually means completing the task that has been stressing you out, but that you keep putting off and feeling guilty about. Taking a nap instead, in such cases, is more about de-stressing and forgiving yourself for another day of failing the task rather than being lazy. In the comic, this conversation takes place between two characters, but in reality it’s usually an individual, internal process.

      Edit: Additionally, I translated “floor time” as “nap”, but it could be any non-stressful activity, even just laying on the floor, wide awake, and staring at the ceiling.

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        7 months ago

        This is accurate. Best part of working from home is I can lay on my floor for ten minutes at a time when I get overstimulated

  • NickwithaC@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The more of these memes I see, the more I keep thinking I should probably speak to a doctor…