@amin @solusspider

lol, so now I can blame my #RejectionSensitivityDysphoria on the fact that I'm just so FAST!! 😁

@thedoctor @amin @jlw_the_jobber @solusspider @orbitalmartian

This is true. And while I people very well in specific domains where there is a set structure (which may actually make me a good manager in certain contexts), I definitely don't know how to people well in general.

For one thing, it kinda sucks when my brain:

  • Likes to forget that people exist (#ADHD object impermanence)
  • Always assumes that people are angry/disappointed at me (#RSD / #RejectionSensitivityDysphoria)
  • Does a poor job of picking up on social cues (#SocialBlindness)
  • Fortunately, I don't have a severe case of most of these, except for the second one, which is pretty awful.

    Also, while I don't like harping on "my story" (because so many have gone through so much worse), I did go through a very "Twilight Zone"-esque experience where I found all of my friends to be, well... nazis or political zombies, depending on how you want to look at it. Of course, that was preceded by about half a decade by an experience of abuse and rejection in my personal life which was pretty terrible, so I'm generally a bit f'd-up in the head when it comes to "peopling."

    But I'd still like to improve. I don't live in my past. It's not a happy place, and past me isn't someone I have any allegiance to, in terms of spending emotional energy re-living.

    I think there's a lot of freedom in that mindset, honestly. I sure as heck spent enough years chained to the hurts of the past. That's no freaking way to live.

    @lmgenealogy @SolusSpider

    I'd think so to, as #SocialAnxiety and #RSD (#RejectionSensitivityDysphoria, an #ADHD-adjacent thing) can make an ambivert feel like an introvert.

    #ADHD homies - How are we mitigating RSD? Tactics, tips, mantras … anything. Hard to be triggered and not react angrily while explaining how they came off to me without them thinking I’m attacking them, because I sometimes do/say the same things they do, so they see cognitive dissonance.

    Like yes my reaction is my problem but them continuing to acting the same and expecting different results is also the definition of insanity so …. #RSD #rejectionsensitivitydysphoria #anger

    For those affected, by their own experience or by someone else's expression, the ugly head of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is one never forgotten.
    I am unsure if there's really a cure, but I know there is hope with controlling it to a manageable level. That's however a topic for a different blogpost.
    This one is just about my experience of RSD, a blog of recognition if you so wish
    Don't say I didn't warn you.
    #adhd #rsd #rejectionsensitivitydysphoria #neurodivergent
    https://aboutthisyoumaytell.blogspot.com/2023/12/rejected-sensitive-and-dysphoric.html
    Rejected, Sensitive, and Dysphoric

    So often I will talk tae someone fully forgetting that nobody gies a wee shite wut I havtae sae. #RejectionSensitivityDysphoria is just fucking lovely. #MajorDepressiveDisorderRecurrent #Dysthymia #SelfLoathing
    I enjoy meeting new people, but I just hope that they are amenable tae being just acquaintances. More than that puts meh at the edge of what I can cope wi. #RejectionSensitivityDysphoria #MajorDepressiveDisorder #Dysthemia.
    @gordoooo_z @purplepadma
    My podcast genre favorites vary. I was first interested in awareness so liked Kristen Carders'.but then became interested in some of her guests and their books and podcasts. I followed those focusing on my issues #adhd #emotionaldysregulation
    #rejectionSensitivityDysphoria
    #anxiety
    I listened today and liked Laura Key , I think on Ultimate and Smart Ass Women. On Smart Ass she was a high
    flyer which I relate to. #AdhdSuperhumans