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rockpapertheodore · 5 months

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Fun tip for my friends who have issues keeping their cars clean:

If you have an issue with just fuckin... not taking trash out of your car, start stuffing it into your old takeout/fast food/shopping bags. That's Step 1.

Step 2 just becomes practicing taking one of them out of your car every time you go to the gas station or the store. There are trash cans specifically there for you to put your car trash in, between the pumps at the station or the doors to the store.

They are there for you to use.

They are not top secret special trashcans for use by qualified personnel, and the clerks and other customers are not judging you for using them.

Nobody thinks you're a slob for carrying a knotted plastic bag or two full of trash and stuffing it into the trashcan by the door. In fact, a majority of people are grateful that you put your trash in a can instead of throwing it onto the ground!

Companies put these trashcans out specifically because they realized it was a lot easier and cheaper to clean up a bunch of trash cans instead of having a dedicated trash pickerupper guy cleaning the lots constantly. You are allowed to use them.

#adhd tips and tricks

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crowbraincoin · 7 months

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lachiennearoo · 8 months

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How to Make Friends

A more-or-less clear guide on social interactions

Growing up with heavy ADHD and generalized anxiety, it was always a bit hard for me to make friends and socialize. Despite my yearning for friendship, I was always "the quiet one" and "a loner", simply because I didn't know how to approach certain social situations, and it made any friendship I had extremely unstable (except for my sister @vive-le-quebec-flouffi, who was so extroverted and friendly it was literally impossible to escape her clutches of socialization)

As I grew older, I learned through a lot of trial and error what makes a good friendship.

Or, rather... what's the best way for someone to WANT to be your friend (without being superficial or hypocritical.)

Now, obviously, this doesn't work for everyone. But this is what I found helped me the most in social circles (especially online) and I hope it can help others too

LET'S BEGIN!

1 - Be yourself

Now that sounds very cliche and cringe, I know, but hear me out, because my opinion on this is not the same as all those feelgood inspirational movies and ads.

"Being yourself" isn't as simple as it seems. Because after all, what does "self" imply? If someone is, say, a criminal, would "be yourself" mean that they should embrace their sinful side?

No, obviously not.

"Be yourself" is a bit more nuanced, but I'll try to boil it down for you.

It just means "be unashamed of your qualities which you think are flaws". For example, "be yourself" would apply to someone who sees themselves as ugly, or maybe someone with an odd yet unharmful hobby, or a weird sense of fashion, or someone with say a handicap, a speech impediment. "Be yourself" is a sentence for the specific people who have genuine good in them, but are afraid to show it to others because they have been persecuted in the past, or are scared to be. It does NOT mean to accept genuine flaws. "Be yourself" does not include say violent anger issues, an addiction, a recent crime committed, or a generally unpleasant personality. Those are obviously not things to encourage. You can understand they may be a thing that happen to you, and accept it in your life, but that's different from being proud of it or encouraging it.

Speaking of personalities... let's talk about that

2 - Be kind

Now when some people hear that, they think it means "always smile no matter what, always look happy and positive, always agree with everyone just so you don't hurt their feelings, and never cause any drama", like you're Deku in My Hero Academia or Steven Universe in his titular show.

But that's... not quite that.

Obviously, kindness is something you use to help people feel better, to cheer up, and feel happy, and obviously to be kind, you need to have compassion, heart, empathy, and always put yourself in other people's shoes regardless of who they are. But it is not necessarily all-encompassing.

There's a rule that I think anyone learning kindness must learn. It's that sometimes, kindness means to be firm.

Not mean, of course. Not judgmental, not insensitive. Don't insult anyone, don't belittle or patronize anyone or make them feel inferior to you. That's still very rude and that's not what you want.

But what I mean is that sometimes, if you know that a person's actions towards something are wrong, especially if it's towards someone else, you must be able to point it out, and act accordingly. Don't just stand there and agree with them just because you don't want to hurt their feelings. You must still be able to know right from wrong. Kindness just means you won't be an ass about it, it doesn't mean to stay silent.

Hey, that brings me to point three!

3 - Show your own opinions

If there's one thing people hate just as much as meanness, it's those who stand by and do nothing about it.

Regardless of if you agree with them or not, if you say absolutely nothing when genuinely bad behaviour is happening, out of fear of "starting a fight", you are actively making the person who is being attacked feel alone.

I remember myself, when I was bullied in the first two grades of secondary school (11-13 years old for those who don't know) for "being ugly", I was told by my mother (who was friends with other kid's parents) that some of the kids "didn't hate me" and "didn't agree with the bullying". And I asked her "if they don't hate me, why won't they talk to me?" She never managed to answer that one. And it broke my heart, because outside of my sister, I had no one else.

Don't be like that. You may be scared of acting, but you know who would be grateful if you did act? The victims. And isn't their opinion of you much more important than the opinion of someone who acts with hatred and bigotry?

If you see someone suffering injustice, or even just hear someone who has a rather harmful opinion, don't be scared to tell them that you disagree. Obviously don't be an asshole about it, stay civil, but if you voice out your opinion, you will be seen as someone who stays true to their beliefs and is brave enough to stand up for them if the opportunity comes.

There's obviously much more that comes with social life (nonverbal cues, sense of humor, timing and mood), and I don't know everything (I'm just some random québécois girl on the internet). But I hope this was a bit more helpful. I did have fun writing this, at least. So I guess that's better than nothing!

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istudythestars · 9 months

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tips for stem majors in math and science courses (spoonie + neurodivergent friendly)

hi y’all! my nameis lila and i’m a 28 year old physics and anthropology major who’s about 2 years through college (in the US)! as we’re coming up on the start of the fall ‘23 college semester, i thought i might share some really solid hacks for fellow STEM students taking science and/or math courses that i’ve basically built my college academic career on. and! these study tips are spoonie and adhd friendly! as a matter of fact, a lot of these are tips/methods that specifically work for me as a neurodivergent spoonie (i have pretty severe adhd, as well as POTS and ME/CFS), but that i think non-disabled/non-spoonie and/or neurotypical students could also benefit from using! so with out any further ado, here are my 7 tried and true study hacks for college math and science classes…

1) discover your learning style and tailor your studying towards leveraging it.

you’ve probably heard of visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles, but did you now there’s actually way more learning styles than just those three? i’m personally a “social learner,” meaning i learn best through discussion and socialization with 1+ other people to interact with. this could look like teaching other classmates concepts and methods that we’ve learned or discussing ideas with classmates and/or professors until i fully understand the concepts at play and how they connect and can reflect them in performing analysis and application, etc. honestly, figuring out my learning style was hands down one of the most helpful things i’ve done in college. it has allowed me to choose professors who i will mesh better with in terms of how they teach, as well as to adapt materials and methods to my style of learning in order to master them quicker and more effectively.

2) rewrite your notes after lecture, for the love of god.

this tip actually comes from my high school IB Math HL teacher, who told me to do this when i originally left high school for college. even if you think you’ve mastered the basics of the topic covered during the lecture, rewriting those notes after lecture helps really hammer in the knowledge that you’ve already established and also helps to get the wheels turning on pieces of information you might have less of a grasp on. try tp set aside at least 30 - 40 minutes after class to just rewrite your notes and try to really digest the information.

3) body doubling is one of the most beneficial things ever to be invented even if you’re not adhd, and i WILL die on that hill, thank you very much.

“body doubling” or “having an accountabilibuddy” are interchangeable terms in the adhd community that mean you have one or more consistent study buddy/buddies who you do all the homework and/or studying with in person on a regular basis, even if you’re just working next to each other in total silence. this does a couple of things. first off, it forces homework/assignments/studying to become a concrete social obligation you need to regularly show up for, rather than a nebulous obligation based on an invisible deadline. second off, it gives you 1+ partners to work out your problems concerning course topics with. third off, it allows you to build a network of peers where you feel comfortable helping each other with course material (this is especially great because it’s likely you and your classmates have different strengths regarding course content). tbh, body doubling is the other method that i, personally, have found most useful in college and i highly recommend trying it, even if you don’t have adhd.

4) teach others/your classmates the analysis and application methods you’ve learned, even if those methods aren’t 100% solidified for you (trust me on this).

the goal of stem courses is never memorization, but rather being able to understand a topic well enough to analyze a similar situation and apply the what you’ve learned creatively. this is where teaching others comes in. in order to teach others a concept and its related analysis and application well, you have to have at least a fraction of a decent understanding of these things yourself, and, further, often time in teaching these things you also learn to grasp the concepts/aanalysis/applications even better than you did before with each new teaching session. basically: teaching others is a creative way of also teaching yourself. you get the benefits of repetition, of thinking about a concept/technique/analysis and application in a new way, and of getting to apply the concept/technique/analysis and applicatioin to a new scenario each time. plus, you’ll typically make friends quickly in the process! there’s really no downside to this tip imo ;-)

5) utilize your college’s tutoring center/program(s), even when you don’t think you need to.

usually colleges have either set up a general “tutoring center,” on campus where you can find tutors for all different kinds of topics and courses available during regular hours for walk-in sessions and/or appointments free of charge or departments will hold regular weekly (or twice weekly) free on-campus tutoring sessions for specific courses. regardless of which of these options your college has, i highly recommend attending at least one tutoring session/appointment (ideally with the same tutor if/when you eventually find one you click with) every single week, even when you don’t feel like you’re struggling with the topic(s) covered in that week’s lecture. this will help you review topics and techniques covered in lecture, deepen your understanding of them, and, if nothing else, it’s an excuse to get homework out of the way while having someone else there who can help you if/when you get stuck. attending at least one session weekly also helps you get into a habit and routine of keeping up with your assignments, so you’re not left scrambling at the last minute before they’re due.

6) if you have accommodations, request access to record lectures. if you do not have accommodations, ask your professor if you are allowed to record lectures. IF YOU RECORD LECTURES, DO NOT FORGET TO REVIEW THEM!

okay, so first up for my fellow spoonies and neurodivergent peeps: when you apply for/renew your accommodations, make sure that “recordinng lectures” is on your MOA (memorandum of accommodations), because so long as it is, your professors legally cannot deny you permission to record lectures without risk of themself and the college being sued for an ADA violation. also, make friends with a classmate and ask them to record lectures and send them to you if/when you are absent (let the professor know that you’ve asked this classmate to record and send you the lecture if you are absent)

now, if you aren’t disabled, a spoonie, and/or neurodivergent, you aren’t guaranteed permission to record lectures. however. ask the professor if you can have their permission to audio record lectures (be sure to also let them know that such a recording would be for personal use only and that you don’t plan on distributing the recordings). i’ve found that many professors don’t mind you having an audio recording.

even if you aren’t an audible learner it can be really useful to have these recordings to review at a later point. oftentimes reviewing lecture recordings can be useful if you glazed over and missed a section of the lecture and/or if you can’t remember what a professor taught during a section of a lecture.

7) last but not least, on a related note, if you have accommodations, also request access to your professor’s lecture notes. if you don’t have accommodations, check if your professor posts their lecture notes for students to use.

having your professor’s notes can be extremely useful for review purposes, but they can also help you understand where your professor is going with course content and what they want to stress as important.

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actuallyadhd · 2 months

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any tips on how to study as a student who suffers from adhd? i'm going through my academic downfall rn (┬┬﹏┬┬)

Sent March 1, 2024

Studying is hard! A fair bit depends on what is tripping you up, but I can at least offer some general suggestions/tips.

Copy out your class notes by hand. The physical act of writing actually helps information stick better.

Make sure you know which chapters of your text book you're supposed to review. Then take notes on those chapters. Reread and copy out by hand.

If the subject is something like math, find a textbook at the same level and work through the applicable chapter(s) for more practice of the concepts and methods you're supposed to be learning.

I'm actually working on a section about this for the workbook I'm putting together, and hopefully it will be ready soon!

Followers, what are your best tips for studying?

-J

#adhd #actually adhd #asks #anonymous #school #studying #tips and tricks

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lovebird17 · 2 years

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So for all you people with executive dysfunction, specifically you ADHD folk, there's a trick I've been using for a while now to get out of it that I call the Lift-A-Finger™ (except, y'know, not actually TM, because in this economy???)

But what, Birdy, is the Lift-A-Finger™? I hear you ask. Well! You remember those times when you sat down and you tried to do something? You had a whole list of plans, you knew which order they had to go in, but your executive dysfunction simply made it impossible to actually do it? If you are anything like me, you might be suffering from this right now, as you are reading this.

And while your body refuses to cooperate, your mind is screaming bloody murder and demanding you lift a finger once in your goddamn life, you (insert one of the many things people have said about you which were wrong that you have since internalised)!!!

So, instead of doing any of the tasks that seem so incredibly insurmountable and impossible, instead I want you to take a moment, do as your brain demands and literally lift a finger.

That's it. You stop your doomscrolling, your binge watching, your game replays for a second, and you consciously lift a finger.

This is not an impossible task, it is not even a hard task, or a long task, or a boring one. It literally takes a second and then you can continue what you're doing. Except. Now you've done A Thing. You get to cross off one of your to-dos (of which you probably have many) and this makes it so much easier to get up to do another thing.

It is also an incredibly effective tool at recognising your mental state. I have had moments where lifting a finger took me minutes. Actually acknowledging that yes, tasks are hard, made it easier for me to relax my load a bit and do the few things I could do. But I've also had moments where I thought of it, did it immediately and nothing changed. That's okay, too. I just had to grab a different tool to get up and do what I needed to do.

TL;DR executive dysfunction? Stop for a second and literally lift a finger with Lift-A-Finger™!

#adhd #executive dysfunction #tips and tricks #adhd tips #neurodivergent

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everyonehasamnesia · 1 month

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I am about to say something so heinous to the ADHDers but it’s the truth:

If you need to do things at a specific time (like taking meds? Perhaps? Meds that manage your symptoms??) and you keep not doing it and you’re like “well alarms don’t work for me” you are doing alarms wrong. You have to leave them on until The Task is done.

“I just turn them off and forget instantly again so alarms don’t work” no. Turning off alarms before you Do the Task doesn’t work. Leave. The alarm. On.

“That’s so annoying, the sound is a thorn in my side and makes me want to commit war crimes” I know. That’s why it works. It is a negative stimulus to make you Do the Task. Do you want to live in alarm-free bliss? Do the Task.

“What if I’m in the middle of something I can’t stop?? Huh??” Is it possible for you to take your meds? Are you home or in a location where your meds are? Leave the alarm on. You’d be surprised how many things you actually can stop for a few minutes if there’s an alarm going off until you do.

“What if I can’t take my meds because I don’t have them with me, etc?” Then BEFORE TURNING THE ALARM OFF you have to program in a new alarm at a later time when you might be able to take your meds. Only THEN can you turn the current alarm off.

“I don’t like this and it feels constrictive and punitive.” me either!! Hate it! But it works. If you don’t want to do this, invest in another system where you are not consistently missing medication or other specifically timed events. If you have a method that works, why would you ever read this far?

Since I started doing this I have forgotten my meds exactly never. I have held my beeping phone and experienced all the stages of grief because I did NOT want to stop things to go take my meds and it made me gnash my teeth and wail and curse God but then I took my medication and I felt a lot better.

This is also a part of self-care.

#actually adhd #just adhd things #adults with adhd #little tips and tricks

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cissyenthusiast010155 · 4 months

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Just a reminder for anyone who needs it, you are valid and you matter. It’s important to take care of yourself, even if you are alone. Self-care is the best care♥️

#tips and tricks #tips and advice #autism #asd #autism spectrum disorder #audhd #adhd #add #attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #cissyenthusiast010155 talks #adhd management #adhd problems #actually autistic #autistic things #self care #self-care #take care of yourself

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alexclaain · 1 year

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I wish people would understand that it's such an incredible useless time investment to stress about wether you really have the diagnosis™ - you don't have to proof anything to be allowed to use the ressources shared online in the respective communities to help yourself get through life. I promise you, you're not "appropiating" or "faking" anything, symptoms tend to overlap between a vast variety of diagnoses and thus tips and tricks that can work do too.

I understand wanting to find the definite answer, but that road can be long and time intensive and exhausting - you don't need to suffer through it all without trying any of the ressources people with the diagnosis™ are already sharing online.

#i have lots of symptoms that could be read as adhd or autism but its actually just cptsd #and thus some tips shared in those communities help me regardless #obviously im not talking about medicine or whatever #shit like that needs to be talked through with a professional #but tips and tricks like making lists for adhd peeps #or tone indicators for people with autism #its stuff thats there to be used with or without diagnosis #if it makes life easier for you thats all that matters at the end of the day #adhd #autism #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #did osdd #cptsd

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tonsofbees · 1 year

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I love using one use paper plates and wooden forks instead of "normal" ones.

I don't trust myself enough to be able to keep up with the dishes and just the thought of them gathering in the sink is enough to make me avoid eating all together.

Single use stuff makes it easy and stress free to just exist and basic stuff like keeping up with my needs.

same goes with paper straws. They don't deserve the hate :(

#actually adhd #actually autistic #adhd #autism #autistic adult #tips and tricks

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god-sent-gender-bent · 21 days

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So this is a weird ADHD trick that I didn't realize was a trick until I was explaining it to my friend because I've been doing it my whole life:

Learn to read an analog clock.

It came to my attention that they're not really teaching kids how to do this anymore with the popularity of digital clocks.

The problem with this is that time blindness is a Very Real Thing™️ when it comes to ADHD. But you know what our brains love? Chunking information.

With digital clocks, time just... Isn't real to me. "Oh okay..it says 8-4-5 cool. Oh now it says 1-0-3-0. Cool. No idea how much time has passed." (Like, logically I know it's like and hour 45 or so, but my brain just... Doesn't get it.)

An analog clock provides a visual display of how much time has passed. And it shows it in chunks. So I look up and see 8:45, then I look up and it's 9, I can physically see that I've spent 1/4 of an hour doing something because the hands have moved.

This has been a life saver to me when it comes to gauging how much time I have to do something like leave the house or clean something up. Almost a visual progress bar of sorts. But yeah. I'm wayyyyy less late when I have analog clocks in the house instead of digital ones.

But yeah let me know if you youngins need a clock reading lesson, I'm cool with being the squirrel-brained mom on here.

#No but seriously being able to read a clock is still an important skill #adhd tips #ADHD #adhd tricks #helping ADHD #actually adhd

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rtgrl · 1 year

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Cleaning Strat that is working well for me lately:

Find whatever garbage in the house fills up fastest (kitchen here) and just monitor that one. When it gets to about 80% full, take the bag out and collect garbage from the other places around the house. This works because:

- no more “eh I can still fit more stuff in there.” instead of reason to let garbage pile up, that’s now the point where I find more stuff and throw it out

- reduced “this isn’t full yet” delays on low use garbages, dump it in the mostly full bag. If it’s tissues or whatever I don’t even replace the bag

- I can hit up the litter box and scoop litter directly into the garbage.

- scratches efficiency itch: Save Money On Bags With This One Weird Trick

- I can stop at one very full bag and just prioritise whatever garbages most need emptying. Something gross in the bathroom garbage? bye

- it’s just that little bit more interesting: “where can I find more garbage??”

- Easy way to find more garbage is by emptying the vacuum cleaner, which leads to *using the vacuum cleaner so I can get a little bit more dust*

- usually I also end up finding a bunch of recycling and taking that out with my one bag of garbage

- requires almost zero planning and forethought, just see a mostly full garbage and begin the scavenger hunt

#aging tumblr userbase #adulting #do people even tag things adulting anymore or have we moved to adhd tips #who cares #adhd tips #i hate vaccuming with all my heart and soul but I can trick myself into doing it if it's for the sake of optimisation

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distillatoria · 10 months

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if you want to play yahtzee but don't have any dice you can substitute six cheese cubes with holes poked in the sides

#life hack #life pro tip #tips and tricks #adhd #mine

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imgae-insertshockedgasps-16 · 3 months

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routines vs auDHD

i have autism and adhd, lots of contradiction, very annoying.

but one thing i've found is most blatant and bothers in most often is routines. my autism wants strict, hour-by-hour or even minute-by-minute routines. my adhd says that routines are evil and i should never follow them.

so i end up in this limbo of planning routines and breaking them and having a meltdown about the lack of structure and feeling suffocated by too much structure and just general suffering

however. i've found smth that helps (me, at least).

little routines!

i follow routines for specific tasks

i always take my meds in the same order

i vacuum the house from back to front, and i always empty it before and after

i do my stretches in a certain order

i follow a nighttime routine, even if i don't go to bed at the same time every night

the last five minutes before i leave the house i have a routine that i follow

nothing big enough to make me feel suffocated, but enough to settle the tism

i didn't actually notice i was doing it at first, i just noticed that i was struggling less with routine contradiction

and remember: it's not ridiculous if it helps.

#autism #adhd #audhd #tips and tricks #advice #routines #routine contradiction