You know what.....damn right I am a disaster! A natural disaster! my unwashed laundry will cause landslides! Feel the earth shake as I trip over my own feet! Watch as my wild mood swings bring cities to their knees! Feel my wrath world! I might have forgotten where my shoes are but my ability to cause mass panic and confusion is unrivaled!
You're a superhero with ADHD, some of your symptoms are your powers, but some also work against you
You can project your fidgeting so the villain has no control over their body and if they have mind control jokes on them you have so many chaotic thoughts that it over powers them.
But when asked to help fix the damage it the city, you spend hours ordering the buildings from largest to smallest or you rock up to a fight in your pajamas because you forgot to wash your super suite and you don't have any shoes on.
When I was a kid, I was told I was just looking for attention when I lashed out or cried, in high school, I was told, I just needed to concentrate, I just needed to focus, I just needed direction....when I went to the doctor's in my late teens because I was only sleeping 2 hours a night, it took me going to 3 different doctor's for them to give me something to help, in my early 20's I was finally diagnosed with depression and anxiety, it took another year to be referred to a psychologist, and another 6 months to be put on antidepressants..,..it took me another 5 years and another to 2 different psychologists and another doctor to get them to refer me to a psychiatrist because I was convinced something else was wrong.....that psychiatrist diagnosed me with BPD and just told me to "look it up on the net, it's not a good one" and sent me on my way, when I told my psychologist what I was diagnosed with, she refused to treat me because anyone with BPD is a lost cause, another 5 years, 3 psychologist and another psychiatrist, I was finally at the age of 30 got diagnosed with ADHD, BPD, mild autism and major depressive disorder, after struggling tooth and nail to stay alive and get help I finally got the help I needed......
so don't tell me that all you have to do is "ask for help"......I have been asking for help for 30 years!
Welcome to Australia!....it's not just the wildlife that wants to kill you!....it's also our mental health care system!
Can we normalise not straight up congratulating people on losing weight?.... maybe when someone says they have lost weight, instead of saying "that's awesome", maybe ask 'how do you feel about that?'