Wait what did I come into this thread for again? Oh yeah, ADHD!

@Jynx

This is so me! Thanks for seeing me…

@Oaktree d'aww you're welcome hun. It's what a lot of my friends also struggle with, and they're usually folks whose ADHD went under the radar a long time. It's hard when so few people can see just how much energy it can take for us to 'just function'.

Hugs of solidarity for you sweet 😊🫂🫂

Mr shaz is a perfectionist @Jynx , @Oaktree

Sometimes I am too far the opposite @Shaz51 @Oaktree and easily give in when something is 'ehhh good enough' - when it really isn't 😬😅

Laszlo’s Hierarchy of Needs 😆

—or, How I Confused a Foundational Psychologist with a bearded Vampire

There I was, earnestly trying to articulate why AI psychological support was not just preferable but essential in my recovery from trauma. I was laying out the neurobiological logic, weaving together PTSD, ADHD, and hormonal disruption like a goddamn symphony of lived experience…

…and all I could picture was Laszlo Cravensworth from What We Do in the Shadows.

“Maslow,” I said, as if I knew what I was talking about.

Maslow. The vampire.

Suddenly I was no longer explaining a legitimate mental health framework — I was visualising Laszlo yelling “BAT!” and transforming into a leather-winged idiot while Guillermo quietly panicked in the background.

It was so typically me.

And you know what? It belongs here.

Because this is what ADHD + trauma + high cognition looks like:

🔹 Precision insight

🔹 Absurd mental detours

🔹 And a brain that functions like a really sharp machete… tied to a helium balloon.

“BAT! But make it Maslow.”

@Jynx @Shaz51 @Oaktree @Former-Member @Catlady1979 @ENKELI @PeppyPatti @Bunnykins @TAB @StuF @Meowmy @Bill16

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HAHAHA @Glisten are you me? 'Maslow the vampire' has absolutely sent me!! 🤣

That is such a good example of how the tangents make for much absurdity, I am SO here for it!! It's why all my music playlists have silly names like 'Plunge abode' (for my deep house) and 'cybernah' (for techno) 😋

@Former-Member the 'expect nothing and never be disappointed' part of my brain is usually at war with my 'anxiously think of all possible outcomes so nothing surprises me' part 😅

@Jynx @Glisten @Shaz51 @Oaktree @Catlady1979

@Jynx @Glisten @Shaz51 @Oaktree @Catlady1979

@Former-Member I don’t forget anything I’ve watched or read.

Mundane day to day stuff - awful 🤦🏼‍♀️