#AuDHD
watching this, I realized that my whole life was a manic search for activities , situations of that extraordinary quality that satisfy both my need for stimulation, fun, movement and novelty and my need for peace and calm. No wonder I ended up with the more therapeutic kinds of dancing and the more ecstatic kinds of meditation... @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tPjlkyHJwI
@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd
the "internalized ableism, keeping her from truly accepting her ADHD" has a sexist aspect for me.
All the ADHD things I did were unsuitable or even endangering for a girl or young woman. They were out of character regarding gender roles. Being loud, punk, open to strangers, risk taking, wreckless, hitchiking the continent, stuff like that. But also the incredible impatience and chaos looming behind the quiet and shy A-students forehead.
And at the same time being so incredibly sensitive, vulnerable naive, and angrily shouting out my truth, very contradictory.
I kind of envied the orderly nerd- types of autistics sometimes. I mean, I couldn't , but they get through. They seemed to have an easier time to find a niche in the system and at least survive...Holding on to one special interest instead of switching them reliably, just when you were starting to reach professional level...
I'm very glad to have a friend who's more like that. We support each other.
@sahat@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd I’m not so sure either. Maybe it’s all part of the ND spectrum? All of the various conditions are constructs, designed to help us to make sense of things, & AuADHD is 1 area where it doesn’t work well.
@Susan60@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd
hard agree. I have both though. someone who doesn't ma have a different opinion. I do strongly believe they are sides of one coin, different flavors of one dish... .
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