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creative_writerSenior Contributor
How do people function while living with ADHD? I’m pretty much non-functional, it’s taking a toil on my mental health, I’m stuck in constant rumination. I try to look for a reasonable solution, but I see the unreasonable
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
@Jynx I don’t think I could ever be a teacher, too many loud kids. I admire people who can handle it. Even if I was to become a mother, I can’t imagine having more than one kid. Kids are a handful and expensive. I can imagine having more than one furbaby, kitties are at least less noisy and can clean after themselves (meaning you don’t have to constantly shower them). Litter boxes are easier than diapers. You don’t have to pay for kitty school.
Toddler inside the brain can be not so fun. Re-parenting is rough. Baby me reactions don’t always make any sense, they’re purely emotional. I used to have a lot of meltdowns as a toddler, my parents confused them for tantrums. I feel like the mini me is the one who internalises everything, blames herself for everything. That’s what tinny kids do. Can’t run away from this screaming traumatised child, she’s stuck in my brain
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JynxModerator
@creative_writer preaching to the choir haha I struggle enough just looking after myself and two cats!!
Aye - and honestly part of me kinda feels like all tantrums are actually meltdowns? Like when a kid is losing it over dropping an ice cream, it's usually cos they've been overstimulated all day.... idk, might just be one of my Jynxy opinions like how adulthood is a myth and that 'laziness' as a concept is just gaslighting us for needing rest... 😅
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
@creative_writer of course hun, and for the record you're not alone in those feelings. I have struggled to make space for and be okay with my own Very Big emotional outbursts. It's not easy, but I think we are both on the right path 💜
Take care of your wonderful self, reach out to your supports as needed, and hopefully sleep will find you soon 😊 Nighty night!
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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AuntGlowModerator
Here with you @creative_writer, what do you need right now to feel ever so slightly more grounded? 💛
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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tymeModerator
In a way, I have to acknowledge that you "feel" like an idiot; and your 'brain' is trying to convince you.
This tells me that you've separated you from what you are experiencing @creative_writer
From what I've experienced, it is in this 'space' that the work can be done.
Proud of you hun.
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