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  • @NegativeInf
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    484 months ago

    Diagnosed at 29. I swear if anyone had paid any attention to me I wouldn’t have gotten this far with masking.

    • @Thrillhouse
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      434 months ago

      I read my (dementia/alzheimers) mother’s journals and they were full of “she’s just so angry” and “I don’t understand why her room is so messy” and “She’s lazy and won’t help with the family business, but I would have been happy to as a teenager.”

      I’m like damn mom you were never given language to actually understand me.

      Even my sister to this day goes: “Well now that you know you have it you can just come up with strategies to overcome it.” 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

      • @[email protected]
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        13 months ago

        I mean your sister is partly right, you won’t completely forget it’s there but especially nowadays we have lots of things that can help make life easier, and that’s true for a ton of difficulties people have regardless of diagnoses.

        The general practice of minimalism makes things soooo much more manageable for me, it reduces the amount of things i have to think about and the amount of distractions around me. It doesn’t magically cure me of inattention, but it takes it from being fairly overhwelming to being merely frustrating.

    • @LinusSexTips
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      104 months ago

      Ahhh 37 for me, my fiance ended up pushing me in the right direction.

      Running through a good portion of my life never really being able to get anything done, not going anywhere and just kinda existing.

      I hope that your getting treatment, and it’s making an impact in a positive way ❤️