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Cake day: August 7th, 2023

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  • You’re right, and I suppose I should have answered that way, but for now I’m undiagnosed and unmedicated. However, being aware of the pitfalls I at least feel better equipped to understand and counteract some of my more detrimental idiosyncracies.

    I think most of the time when the conversation comes up I don’t feel “qualified” to talk about it because a doctor hasn’t given me the ADHD Purity Seal of Approval, and in turn I feel a little bitter there seems to be this sort of “label that explains why you’ve struggled your whole life,” but I don’t get to have it because of a technicality.











  • I feel you, dude (lol). My kids call me dude like that, too, and I use it the same way. I often used to say, “Yeah, man,” as an affirmative, no matter who I was talking to, but I guess that fell out of daily use a while back.

    I was trying to look at it from a father’s perspective; the kind of thing I might say in that situation if it really bothered me. And, I think it’s important to explain how we feel about things using that “when you say/do X, it makes me feel Y” formula to help keep things focused and non-accusatory.








  • You make an interesting point about intent, but I think the missing part is trust. If I trust a person’s intent, then their actions matter less in terms of a reason for feeling hurt. But, how many people does a typical person trust that way? Even so, after being confronted with the unintended consequences of their actions, they should realign their actions with their intent in the face of that new information.