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Autism, ADHD, AuDHD

Autism, ADHD, AuDHD

April is Autism Awareness. This combined with some recent discussions about how different things under the wide umbrella on Autism, ADHD or AuDHD can impact on daily life I’ve started this thread which features some of these daily challenges.

(I was hoping to have easily shared reels/videos on a FB site where a lot of this information is from. Due to the forums being anonymous, all attempts to share via links have been unsuccessful. I have/am manually typed the information contained within each video.)

@moderator please move to a more appropriate location, if required

@AuntGlow @Jynx @MatchaToad @Chasingsunsets @MissGremlin @Cuddlebear @AlwaysMyself @tyme

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@Flutterbug9 How are you? Thank you for the information and beautiful messaging you’ve been posting here.

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Hi @Flutterbug9, I am very new here and looking to connect with like minded people.

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Hey @Bluesky67, welcome to the forums 😊

It’s really good to have you here

Looking forward to seeing you around the community 🤍

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Love it @Flutterbug9 😍

I have a BUNCH of memes and images I can share - some funny, some insightful, some helpful - let me know if you want me to post them here (it may crowd up the space ahaha) 😉

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Love your thread @Flutterbug9 🫶

I have a comical one to share, for a bit of a laugh ☺️, lucky I have spares out the front 😂🤭 @Jynx

 

@Nala2022 @Cuddlebear @Bluesky67 @Shaz51 @AlwaysMyself @Blackcloud + everyone 🫶

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Sounds good @Jynx

more the better

as the saying goes “sharing is caring”. 🙂

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What a wonderful thread @Flutterbug9 😍😊. I love the info and memes you (and others) have shared.

@Bluesky67 @Jynx @Chasingsunsets @Cuddlebear @Blackcloud @DogMan79 😊 Thank you all.

@Chasingsunsets the meme about the Locked Out with Keys Inside (because lets be real, I read all the other memes too but my brain can only remember the immediate past one 😅😳😓) -- I have memories of doing this many times as a child (pre-medication), including one very memorable time when I had fortunately accidently left my window unlocked and open and so I could borrow a ladder from my neighbours (they were retired, thus home) and climb in through my bedroom window (ouch - I had a cluttered desk in front of the window with my eclectic hoard of sentimental items) because I had forgotten my keys and left them somewhere in the house when going to school. 😅

I feel that is kind of a good AuDHD mix of ADHD-forgetful (x2), ADHD novelty-collecting, and Autistic sentimental-I-can't-get-rid-of-my-items-that-I-have-collected-for-novelty. 😅

I may not be able to keep up with the posts, but that's OK! I will enjoy any of the ones I can read even if I'm a week or two behind at times. 😍 I like to laugh at how relatable they are. I'm pretty sure the video @Jynx posted is "normal life" lol. I did a similar thing on Sunday with packing my bags, washing clothes, folding laundry, linen cupboard reorganisation lol. 3 hours later I hadn't finished packing my bags -- but the washing was clean and the linen cupboard was organised so that was still a win 😅.

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@AlwaysMyself @Blackcloud

video @Jynx shared is 100% spot on for me (on physically good days)

pic of the budgies is of one my one tshirts,

same as these 2


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why do people with ADHD get so defensive and take things so personally when people say things to them?


People with ADHD/AuDHD are known to suffer from RSD. Their brain is constantly alert and read even the smallest thing that might sound negative as critism. Perceived criticism tends to lead to fears of being rejected. To protect themselves from the pain of rejection, there is possibility these people become defensive.

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