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I've reached an equilibrium in recent weeks on this. Not having a dx now doesn't change my needs -- it might deny me a few options for the ADHD but i'm inventive, and will find my way.
1/ https://twitter.com/shiraisinspired/status/1328013775857967104
I've reached an equilibrium in recent weeks on this. Not having a dx now doesn't change my needs -- it might deny me a few options for the ADHD but i'm inventive, and will find my way.
1/ https://twitter.com/shiraisinspired/status/1328013775857967104
The biggest obstacle to accepting my situation was me. I became fixated on the injustice of a system that varies hugely in cost, accessibility and criteria. I felt slighted by it, and like it was personal.
It wasn't.
It's just pretty broken.
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It wasn't.
It's just pretty broken.
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I have an issue with denial of personal autonomy (another thread, another day), and the current system can feel like "you can't be X unless Y says so". This was triggering something in me. I made it into a feeling of being denied something.
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For a while people with a dx would quite genuinely try to help and say "your experience is valid", but i'd feel like it was a condescending head pat from someone who had a thing that I didn't. That condescension was mine alone.
I was projecting.
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I was projecting.
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I've re-adjusted my world view.
I didn't decide I had ADHD, and that I am Autistic on a whim, but because my life experience tells me so. I've researched, taken assessments, done more research, talked to others.
I looked for ways to disprove these things.
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I didn't decide I had ADHD, and that I am Autistic on a whim, but because my life experience tells me so. I've researched, taken assessments, done more research, talked to others.
I looked for ways to disprove these things.
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But the biggest thing that makes me feel like I am on the right path, is that I'm starting to really understand myself, and make some small positive changes towards self acceptance, and embracing who I am.
I even understand my issues with personal autonomy now.
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I even understand my issues with personal autonomy now.
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So please, read everything that @shiraisinspired says.
Take it to heart.
I have ADHD. I am Autistic.
I'm guided by my life experience which is the truest thing I'll ever know.
Let yourself just be who your experience tells advises you are.
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Take it to heart.
I have ADHD. I am Autistic.
I'm guided by my life experience which is the truest thing I'll ever know.
Let yourself just be who your experience tells advises you are.
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