"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." -- attributed to Albert Einstein
@BathysphereHat I hate this term, but the combination of gifted and disabled is often called "twice exceptional" in education.
It wasn't until I got into college and started struggling that I realized that I had been getting unofficial accommodations in elementary and high school because I had been seen as a hard-working student, which was probably why my ADHD went undiagnosed for so long.
I wanted to post this for my #ADHDers and the #NeurodiverseSquad at large. These are low- to no-effort nutrition tips that I have accumulated over the years for "no spoons" days:
There are a ton of veggies you can eat with no preparation at all. Baby carrots, snap peas, cucumber, grape/snacking tomatoes, mini bell peppers (the red ones are sweet and you can bite into them like an apple), romaine/leafy green lettuce, spinach, mushrooms, canned bamboo shoots/menma, jalapeños, bean sprouts, and a bunch more.
Sardines. They are a great protein source and so damn nutrient-dense. All you have to do is pull the top off the can.
Sprouts can be added to sooo many things. They're barely noticeable and they pack in a lot of extra nutrients. I like alfalfa sprouts, but there are also clover sprouts, broccoli sprouts, and others--and they're all super good for you. I put them on sandwiches, mix them into salads, wtv.
Plain avocado oil is a fine salad dressing that's also a great source for healthy fat with Omega-3s. It's also good on rice, potatoes, or anything you'd put butter on.
Oatmeal is a great healthy carb. Just get some instant oats and add water. Microwave or use an electric kettle. You can add some fruit and honey to make it sweet, you can add chocolate protein powder and peanut butter to make it decadent, you can throw sautéed mushrooms and chives in it and put a fried egg on top to make it savory.
Peanut butter is my JAM, but almond butter is arguably better for you. Just find a nut butter with as few ingredients as possible on the label, but ideally one that is no stir. Eat it with a spoon, put it on bread, put it on apple slices, put it on put it on whatever. It can be high sodium, but if you're having trouble getting enough calories or enough protein: peanut butter.
Are you having lots of no spoons days? Depression slump? Chronic illness? Let me introduce you to Tray™. Just get a normal tray, ideally with hand-holdy bits. Reserve a shelf in your fridge for it, and load a variety of foods onto it. Maybe some lunch meat, cheese, a bit of dark chocolate, whatever you want. Just put a bunch of zero-effort foods, then when you are hungry, remove Tray™, eat stuff off of it, return Tray™ to fridge. Just make sure to restock it every week.
If you have the means, look into Instant Pots. Especially the ones with the air fryer. You can bake potatoes, make hardboiled eggs, rice, broth, and all kinds of basics really easily. There are also a bajillion hands-off, one-pot recipes that you can make with it. Dump some stuff in, put on the lid, press a couple buttons, wait a few minutes--dinner's ready. It takes so much time, thought, and energy out of cooking.
Easy portions: your plate = 50% veggie, 25% lean protein, 25% complex carb. Add a Tbsp or two worth of healthy fat onto that.
I hope this helps! Please feel free to comment any tips you've picked up.
That #adhd feeling where the hyperfocus obsession has you freshly in its grips over a video game and you want to spend all the time you’re not playing the video game reading about the video game but also you’re not very far in the video game and don’t want to spoil anything…
@joshua The teen has really difficult rebound but often doesn’t realize that it is rebound, and despite knowing that this happens I often only realize they’re experiencing rebound about 10 minutes into the very reboundy emotional conversation. There’s a lot going on at the moment, so feeling feels isn’t unreasonable - that’s what trips me up every time. You’d think I’d learned by now. 🤦🏽♀️
As an #ADHD Programmer, staying on top of work (what to do, & not letting things slip through the cracks), and knowing if I'm doing "enough" has been hard. I've put together a tool to help with that, and I'm thrilled with how much it's been helping. I thought I'd give you a sneak peek.
This is the "dashboard" it's a high level overview of all the things: notes, tasks, open PRs, and a couple graphs of PR related things.
oh, and the complete lack of PR contributions by week by me in the graph (for most weeks) is because i just started the new job so I wasn't there to contribute. ;)
clicking a note's title will expand it. Clicking a ticket's title will take you to the ticket in the originating system. Unsure how I feel about these working differently but it feels like the right defaults.
Also showing how you can designate some tasks as one's you're just "observing" At work they create tickets for discussion and You'll get assigned to it (so it shows up) but you're not on the hook for work, and you want to keep an eye on it.
@adhsass
Gibt es hier Brettspieler (als Hobby) mit ADS/ADHS/ADXS?
Ich bin zusammen mit der Spielbox an einem potenziellen Artikel über diese Kombination, ihre Chancen und Möglichkeiten dran und es wäre toll wenn es mehr Gesprächspartner als nur mich gäbe :D
Imagining a supercut of all the hitherto unfilmed scenes that give us access to the emotional interiority of famous neurodiverse-coded characters / manic pixie dream folk / etc,
letting us hear them brutally cussing themselves out, demanding of themselves why they're like this, what the everloving marzipan is still wrong with them, etc,
then abruptly switching to the charming introductions of each that we have seen.
Do you find that as you get more burned out or overwhelmed, it's harder to keep explanations succinct and to-the-point?
I am finding my writing becoming really... suboptimal as I am under increasingly awful amounts of stress, and I have to edit a lot more than I once had to just to make myself understood.
@grrrr_shark I was just noticing this on a small scale: inadequate sleep = big increase in formality of writing, such that I use phrases like "such that" and have to revise emails etc. multiple times. I tend toward hyperlexia and more formal is easier for me, but I've trained myself out of it (up to a point). Yet that training is the first thing to go when conditions are suboptimal.
I have disabled all my #browsers using the #Windows#registry to stop myself from getting side-tracked all the time.
So far, it's been going surprisingly well! It's a bit annoying because I also can't look up #programming questions anymore, but it kinda forces me to think myself and actually read the #code on my machine.
@fell Very interesting. I remember back in the day "disabling" some IE stuff via registry and the whole thing started to act up for a client. Guess times have changed. Glad you found a solution to help you focus.
#ADHD is not another social media trend. You don’t have ADHD just because you relate to a bunch of IG and TikTok posts.
Please don’t self-diagnose. There are way too many social media accounts posing as experts, spreading misinformation about mental health problems, and overgeneralizing stereotypes.
I urge folks to take the time to learn about this condition and other mental health disorders, get evaluated, and seek support.
My brain's wiring impacts my mental health, sure. Especially in concert with societal expectations.
But I'm not mentally ill because I have ADHD. And self-diagnosis was key to getting an actual diagnosis, because as an adult, no one else is going to speak up for me. I don't have a teacher to notice I am daydreaming all the time or fidgeting in class, and even if I DID, I managed to get through years of education without a teacher or doctor deciding it was an issue, to my huge detriment.
@grrrr_shark@Havoc_online@patriciabose
Exactly this. My mental health is by any definition Not Good. (I am a 'properly' diagnosed ADHD person but only in middle age and only because, like everyone, I came to that conclusion myself first.) Almost all my actual mental health issues come from years of struggling undiagnosed and the resulting godawful bootstrapped coping mechanisms. But the ADHD itself is not a form of mental illness.
I think it's important for people doing self-diagnosis and/or self-directing treatment for #ADHD and/or #autism to ensure that they identify #PTSD symptoms in themselves. Plenty of screening tools exist online. You'll end up stuck getting out of the mires of your symptoms if you don't make sure to also treat any accompanying trauma. Treatments like EMDR and somatic experiencing therapy may help, even if your trauma is "mild" (Mild PTSD is still PTSD!).
That's a pro tip from me to you, but it is not medical advice.
I think a lot of people think to be ADHD or autistic is to be traumatized, but it's important to separate what can be separated and heal what can be healed. Can't make yourself not ND, but you can definitely come to feel less burdened by the crappy stuff