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“After thirty years of intensive research, we can now answer many of the questions posed earlier. The recycle rate of a human being is around sixteen hours. After sixteen hours of being awake, the brain begins to fail. Humans need more than seven hours of sleep each night to maintain cognitive performance. After ten days of just seven hours of sleep, the brain is as dysfunctional as it would be after going without sleep for twenty-four hours. Three full nights of recovery sleep (i.e., more nights than a weekend) are insufficient to restore performance back to normal levels after a week of short sleeping. Finally, the human mind cannot accurately sense how sleep-deprived it is when sleep-deprived.”
— Matthew Walker PhD, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
(via themedicalstate)
I think my favorite moment ever was when my 40+ year old autistic dad went on a rant about how being anti self-diagnosis is "immature," "a really bad take," and "classist." He listed like eight different reasons someone wouldn't be able to get a formal diagnosis, and then proceeded to comment on how anti self-diagnosers are trying to turn neurodiversity into an exclusive club that lots of neurodivergent people can't access. And his whole rant was prompted by me mentioning that one reason I want to get a formal diagnosis someday is so I can stop feeling like I've been secretly faking my autism for attention my whole life.
He figured out he's autistic after one of my siblings got diagnosed. He hasn't pursued a formal diagnosis for a lot of reasons and he's taking nobody's shit over it. Basically like the exact opposite of those clowns who think neurodivergent people are faking everything for attention.
So, uh. If you're reasonably sure you're neurodivergent but can't or won't get a formal diagnosis for whatever reason, know that some random Tumblr stranger's dad basically says you're valid.