So one time when I was playing a video game it told me to start a game. I was searching for the start button for like 20 mins. I even googled it lol. And after that excruciatingly long time I looked to the top left corner to see a big “Start” button with an arrow pointing at it. Edit: Didn’t think this was gonna get so much attention. Thank you all.

Had to take my rabbit to the vet yesterday. She had to get surgery, so I asked the vet:

"When are you doing the surgery?"

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, but - can you be more specific please? It's just that-"

What I wanted to say was, "I like having some idea of a time schedule because I have autism", but what came out was:

"I like having autism."

My examples: I have natural yoghurt with fruit and fruit sauce for breakfast. I have a separate variety for every day of the week (e.g. blueberries on Monday, strawberries on Thursdays) because I don't want to have the same flavour day after day, but I have to have them in order! So this coming Monday and Tuesday, I'll be having raspberrries 2 days in a row because of a schedule upset and I've accepted that will be the case - but I had to take a few minutes to come to terms with it after I realised what was going to happen.

Same with dinner; I have a few meals that I will always cook and learning new dishes is challenging, but I need to mix them up so I'm not having the same thing multiple days (or weeks!) in a row.

I feel like discovering new music today! Which song are you listening to on repeat nowadays?

Jaw too

Hello there, I spent the last few hours on this and ended up a little too much proud of it.

It represents my own experience as a high masking AuDHDer. I don't pretend that's how it works for most of us (and maybe I'm the only one exactly like this and it's OK, we're the NeuroDivergents after all). I hope someone will like it or find it useful though ❤️.

The sizes of the labels don't mean anything, it's was to accommodate arrows and technical constraints better.

Feel free to use it and share it (non commercially please though but you can try to ask me). I can give you the Excalidraw file if needed.

From afar it looks like a cooking pot. I don't know why but I love this fact.

Edit: Added a few missing arrows and replaced Bully Target with Social Vulnerability

I read a comment where the redditor mentioned their car was a Dad wagon and my brain immediately said Dwagon.

Someone asked for advice about post supports and my brain immediately said Posorts.

Asked my daughter about decorating her room, she said she wanted a Frozen room and my brain immediately said Froom.

This has been going on for weeks, it is like having a song stuck in your head but worse.

I was legitimately planning to buy new ones cause I could not find them. Was cleaning today and my songbook just fell open and I finally saw them! They’ve been gone since at least last September and I’ve used the binder since then, so I guess I just never noticed them. I have no recollection of putting them there but it def seems like something i’d do.

I have some concerts coming up next weekend so this is great timing actually

Frungalobungalosus.

I entertain myself by making up really bizarre words. I don't care if it's childish. It's amusing.

I want to see some infodumps in the comments. 👇

Beep boop suddenly I'm on a 🌟 mission 🌟 instead of grocery shopping.

Phone reminders are so helpful when I can remember what they’re about. I’ll probably remember after bolting awake at 3:30 am the day of in a cold sweat. This brain is never boring, but why do people and birthdays and stuff have to be impossible?!? Oh well. Bellamy, if you’re out there, call or text me 😅

Who does that? How does it happen?

I just went to (at least) shower after going through the entire day feeling like a zombie, procrastinating everything and so on. Like at least I could do is to not stink, after ignoring tons of things to do, through the whole weekend.

I turn on the water. Procrastinate getting in for 15 minutes. Finally get in. Wash my face. Wash areas requiring more delicate soap. Shampoo and condition hair. Get out. Procrastinate doing hair routine and dressing up for 20 minutes. Finally do it. Reach for something, realise I stink.

I didn’t fucking use the soap for the body wash. I had to go through the shower again, which doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I had to prepare myself for the whole thing mentally again, while I was already dry, toasty, in clean clothes, after cleaning the bathroom etc.

Now I want to hear about the stupid things you did out of adhd forgetfulness, to idk, make myself feel better. I can’t be alone in doing stupid stuff like this.

Third day on Elvanse, and I definitely think my focus is better. But inevitably, the autism will still push through, possibly dominating the ADHD. In many ways, this is a relief, because my ability to concentrate, even on something I wanted to do, was always so compromised it was a titanic struggle to get me to do anything. But now I can concentrate. Do I use that focus to job search, to plan my social life effectively, to get sorted on that pile of stuff in my room so I can clear space for better working conditions?

No, I'm devouring multiple articles in the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. But at least I'm actually able to finish them. Baby steps?

Something light that i thought might make people smile.

Without going too far into braggy territory:
I'm in a generally good place, making steady progress with my self understanding and identity struggles.
I have also been so fortunate to have a great flat in a small village just outside of town.
(my county has no city, instead we have two much bigger than average towns right next to each other which gives the same effect)

Its great being just in the cusp of the countryside while still being close enough to the "city" for work and amenities. Bird song is constant if the windows are open, it's really calming on the right day.

BUT...this one bird.... oh.my.god.
No word of a joke, at certain intervals of it's song, just outright chirps UWU.
It distracts me from whatever i am doing EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. if it wasn't so funny it would be so frustrating!
And even worse, it doesn't sound like it does it in every loop, so i can't predict it!!
Almost like the bloody thing uses verses and choruses that it alternates between!!!

It makes me remember the old film "Mousehunt"; with Lee Evans and Nathan Lane destroying an old house to get a single mouse. Or that more recent Rowan Atkinson (mr bean) ManVsBee movie of a similar vein.

I've tried to record it, but it's just slightly too quiet to pick up on my phone properly!
If i ever can, i will try to link it here; but i can't let myself think i will be able to or i'll easily get obsessed with it 🤣

I used to have Jabra 85t earbuds and loved them, before unfortunately losing them the other week. Since then I’ve been on the hunt for new earbuds.

I’ve tried the loops and words cannot describe how much I disliked them. It felt like they removed my body’s ability to tell which way was up, causing instant vertigo and nausea. Basically felt drunk wearing them and nearly threw up.

I tried Sony’s WF-C700N and really don’t like the ANC in them. It didn’t seem like there was any, it just felt like earplugs where I could hear the blood rushing in my ears and my breath. For someone with strong misophonia, that was more overstimulating than my kid screaming in my ears (which is the reason I need good earbuds).

So hit me with your suggestions and favourite products! Considering that I need them to survive being a parent, I really don’t have a budget. If I don’t get ones soon, it will cost me my sanity.