i’ve seen so many iterations of this on tiktok. people saying “this tweet motivates me to get out of bed”

how?

“omg you people cant do anything”

i mean… yeah? that’s kinda how executive dysfunction rolls?

is the tweet supposed to be insulting? and that motivates people to do shit out of spite? if that’s so, i wish my adhd was so weak i was able to prove her wrong out of spite

is it something else? please explain, thank you

    • AcidLeaves [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yea at that point it’s definitely learned helplessness or having so strongly identified with your disability that you’ve completely stopped trying

      Nobody talks about the stressors of picking a Halloween costume probably because it’s completely optional, self inflicted, and of such low importance. Of all the issues that ADHD would give somebody why would anybody complain about this particular issue

        • ephemeral [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          2 months ago

          yeah the phrase “we don’t talk enough about” is often used in an intentionally hyperbolic or sarcastic way. probably this person was just stressing out about finding a costume at the last minute and made a lighthearted remark blaming their lack of foresight on their ADHD. I’d give it a 0.1% chance that they were actually suggesting there should be a serious discussion about this topic

    • RION [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      Reminds me of the classic Joyce Carol Oates tweet about how skeleton decorations on halloween are actually inconsiderate to grieving people

    • beleza puraOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      the op is kinda silly, but i am strongly suspicious of anyone who complains about people that supposedly “blame everything on their diagnosis”. more often than not it’s just a neurotypical that hates us and thinks adhd is an excuse for laziness, which i believe is 100% the case for the rt. adhders who don’t take responsibility for their problems do exist, but i’d rather err to the side of not harming us any more than the neurotypicals already do

      and it’s super weird to me that someone would be motivated by someone who thinks your diagnosis is fake