N.D. OlsonYou work the whole day doing the job and performing the job at the same time.
By the time you go home, you've done double the work, and that's exhausting.
#adhd #autism #audhd #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #adhdlife
⠠⠵ avukohttps://autside.substack.com/p/the-frequency-of-belonging-on-autistic 1
I’m (mostly?) autistic, and this really resonated with me.
I’m wondering if someone wrote something similar, but from the perspective of those of our ND tribe who are more strongly from the #ADHD 2 type?
1 https://bsky.app/profile/jaimehoerricks.bsky.social
2 I truly loathe the “Deficit & Disorder” acronyms for us. I would love having descriptions of our ways of being without the pathologic framing!
JNot to brag, but I just went upstairs, got a glass of water and completely filled the glass.
It was a big glass. It took forever to fill.
mivox is exhausted 
It’s been what seems like months now, since I put “Whipping Cream (1/2 Gallon)” in the shopping list.
I have absolutely no idea why. And by god, it will stay on that damn list until I remember.
Being too much for some people means you found the wrong people.
#adhd #audhd #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #autism #adhdlife
Janet
JournalingThis Is What Building Looks Like
Building doesn't feel like progress from the inside. There's no finish line. No moment where everything clicks. Just a quiet morning where you read something from six weeks ago and realise the effort level has dropped while the quality of the thing has held. That's what it looks like.https://journalingwrite.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/this-is-what-building-looks-like/
Meme Therapy#ADHD #ADHDMemes #MentalExhaustion #Neurodivergent #Burnout #Relatable #MentalHealth #ExecutiveDysfunction #BenAffleck #ADHDLife
When the Old Version of You Pulls Back
Progress has a pull in both directions. The better things start going, the harder the pull back towards old patterns tends to be. This isn't failure. It's not proof the work doesn't work. It's the oldest version of you reasserting itself. And it deserves a proper response.https://journalingwrite.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/when-the-old-version-of-you-pulls-back/
The Step Didn’t Fix It. That’s Fine.
You took the step. Nothing dramatic happened. No clarity arrived. It felt more or less the same as before. That's not a sign the direction was wrong. That's what a real step looks like when the imagined version gets stripped away. The anticlimax is part of it.https://journalingwrite.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/the-step-didnt-fix-it-thats-fine/
