Now that I've just completed another work week and started another off week, I'm back to reading "ADHD 2.0" (#Hallowell and #Ratey 2021). One issue I'm noticing with it: relentless #extranormativity (normalization of extreme #extraversion and marginalization of #introversion). The authors assume, for example, widespread enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, which would be an absolute nightmare for me: all the schmoozing and networking with people I'd much rather never meet or interact with. This #extranormativity seems to be a pervasive problem with literature on #ADHD in general, as opposed to literature on autism, where if anything #introversion is taken as the norm.

It's reinforcing my impression that #AuDHD is a fundamentally different phenomenon from standalone #ADHD (without autism). Many, perhaps most, of the characteristics #Hallowell and #Ratey list for #ADHD fit me perfectly, but some others might as well be characteristics of Martians, they're so utterly alien to me.

@autistics

Wenn jemand mal wieder nicht mit meiner #Introversion klarkommt und geselliges Verhalten als Norm darstellt:

https://youtu.be/x0mbBK3NYA4?si=XGIx9by2_mYOKhIx

Introverted career coach shares 4 tips for introverts that make small talk less painful

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/small-talk-introverts

Happier Alone

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://stopmotionmagazine.com/happier-alone/

Got a really nice Annie-Lennox-esque hairstyle, quite short, and resisted the temptation to bleach it (too much imitation not necessarily a good thing). Looks great, but now wondering, did I talk too much?

#introversion

If you're using AI to replace Human company then you are in a bad place and the Oligarchs will control you.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/09/no-ai-will-take-away-the-joy-i-get-from-other-people

#AI #technology #HumanContact #Introversion #ChatBots #TechBros #SiliconValley

Noted: no one in the Target management knows what an introvert is.

Not that I'd be shopping at Target anyway, but when I'm shopping, I don't want to be waved at, I don't want to be asked how TF I'm doing, and if I need help I'll be the one making eye contact. Otherwise, I want to be left alone so that I can get the stuff on my shopping list and get outta there with an absolute minimum of socially awkward, meaningless small talk.

https://www.wilx.com/2025/11/07/target-is-now-requiring-its-employees-smile-more/

#Introvert #Introversion

Ich glaube, das habe ich mit vielen leisen und introvertierten Menschen gemein:

Kaum habe ich auf der öffentlichen Veranstaltung genügend Mut gefasst, eine interessante Frage in das Gespräch einzubringen – und mir die Worte so zurechtgelegt, dass sie die Ohren der Öffentlichkeit erreichen können, ist die Diskussion vorbei und ich nehme den interessanten und positiven Impuls mit nach Hause.

#leise #introversion #intro #Menschen #Diskussion #persönlichkeit

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 11 “Zest” (1930)

More info about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/801…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #contemplation #curiosity #diversion #engagement #happiness #interests #introversion #introvert #pastimes #solitude #withdrawal #selffocus