Aeon Backlash

Panel 1: A young ADHD Alien character looks up at a pointing adult hand, holding her chest. Text reads: “I’ve always felt different. Instead of being understood, I got dismissed and criticized.” Below: “So I made sense of it the only way I could: ‘There must be something wrong with me.’”

Panel 2: The character talks to another person, smiling nervously. Text: “So I’ve spent my whole life hiding my true self (not that I even know who my true self is), showing only what I thought was an acceptable amount of myself.”

Panel 3: A calm, wise character speaks gently. Caption: “But a very wise person recently told me:” Speech bubbles say: “Healthy adults accept each other when they first meet,” “and set boundaries when given reason,” “so you don’t start off by having to prove yourself.”

Panel 4: Final scene shows the character smiling brightly, holding hands with others in a glowing, rainbow-like light. Text reads: “I deserve to have witnesses to my full life who see, understand and love me. Not because I’m so special, but because everyone deserves that, just by existing.”

I carry so much internalized shame and guilt from not understanding why I couldn’t do anything right as a kid.

(Not only an ADHD thing, but a common experience with it.)

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Panel 1: A couple sits together on a couch. Text above explains: “It’s hard for me to relax into love because I’ve learnt that: relaxing → forgetting something → disaster & punishment.” A thought reads: “What if I’m just bad at love?”

Panel 2: Close-up of the character looking sad. Text: “My ADHD comes with real, severe consequences.” Speech bubbles say: “Just relax” and “You’re just catastrophizing.” Caption adds: “I once forgot to answer my insurance so it got cancelled.”

Panel 3: The Alien clings to her partner, looking disconnected. Text: “It’s making me feel disconnected at times where I should feel attached, where I should be bonding and loving. It makes me feel like I’m just bad at love.”

Panel 4: The character turns away, resentful. Thoughts read: “He doesn’t have to deal with all of this!” and “Now I need to be loving on top of everything!” Caption: “And again, I’m failing at being loving.”

What if I’m just bad at relationships? (1/2)

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Princess Mononoke will always be my favorite Studio Ghibli film. I really loved Prince Ashitaka's character.

The sacrifices we make for our kids. Lol

I highly recommend a private onsens if you can. Japan does baths right!

I hope you manifest it!

Tuesday was my 50th birthday! My eldest took myself and my girlfriend out for a pizza dinner.

This was what I came home to. Plus, apparently I'm a senior as per the sign.

I transfer all my contacts, messages and photos, and my commonly used apps.

That is amazing! I'll have to take pictures of my girlfriend's legacy computers and consoles. She has a C64 and an Intellivision gaming system with any of the original games. Not to mention just about every other console out there. 😊

You have an original Atari?!?

Full Service Car Dealership?

I'll see myself out...

I admit I'm not on here as much as I probably should be.

Small reminder (to myself) that no matter how hard we try not every day will be the same - and that’s not a personal failure.

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A comic with several panels about ADHD and shame. First panel, Kiki struggles holding a ton of items, while her peers only hold single sheets of papers. “I Spend so much time trying to fit in, hiding how forgetful and chaotic I am, but also pretending my struggles are like everyone else's." Second panel, Kiki’s mother is pointing at her. “I’ve faced so much rejection and trouble for thing I didn’t even know were wrong, just for being myself, that it feels like I have to hide who I am.” Third panel, Kiki is taking off a wig, revealing she is an alien “but what I’m hiding isn’t that I’m an alien, what I’m hiding is all the shame I carry.” Kiki is holding her stomach in pain.

A series of Kikis with text. “Shame that I couldn’t fit a shower into my daily tasks. Shame when I can’t let people inside because it’s never clean. Shame when I cry being overwhelmed by paperwork again. Shame when I’m the only one late again. Shame for every white lie I tell because I can’t take one more rejection despite being so burnt out.” Kiki’s face is hidden in shadow as she says “of course I change my bedsheets once a week.”

“I’ve used shame as a weapon against myself as a punishment to force myself to learn.” Kiki scolds herself in the mirror. “How well has that been working for you? Are you on time now? More organized?” The Kiki in the mirror is revealed to be a child version of herself. “Why am I never good enough? If I just stopped being like this, people would like me.” Kiki hugs the child version of herself. “You have been brave long enough. You’ve been scolded enough, what you - I would have needed was to be seen. You’re not alone anymore, we will find a way. Together.”

Small kiki is pulling the adult Kiki by the hand through their apartment. “Don’t punish emotions,pay attention to them. Missing a shower isn’t failure, it’s a sign, a clue. Ask what’s missing, not what’s wrong with you.” Kiki is standing behind her child self, holding her shoulders in support. “It’s not fair that I never got to feel like I am okay the way I am, that no one say how much I struggled and took all the pain away. Look at everything you’ve been through. It makes sense that you’re the way you are. Let’s try our best. Not to get it right for others, but to finally get to know how WE do things.” “At the very least, I can have my own back.”

Shame is one of the hardest things about ADHD for me. I'm back and the book is finished but instead of feeling proud, I feel ashamed for not having managed to stay active, manage my household better or even shower regularly.

Happy birthday!

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Have kids in your life? I wrote this for them. #kidlit

It's funny. It's educational. It's talks about the energy things ...and the hard things 🥰

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Yup! Driving home at about 8 PM on Tues and the sun was very red. There's been a state of emergency issues in Manitoba.

I'm so proud of you!

I will admit that my ADHD/Reading Comprehension may have failed me, and all I saw was "going to Japan". Which of course got me really excited about.

I will help with good vibes towards manifesting travel to Japan. 😊

a man in a pink shirt says we mustn 't dwell no, not today we can 't not on rex manning day ALT: a man in a pink shirt says we mustn 't dwell no, not today we can 't not on rex manning day

If you have a Gen X or elder millennial in your life, and they told you today is a day for joy and not to dwell on things, all because today belongs to a mysterious being named "Rex Manning," believe them.

You're finally going to Japan? That is amazing! You will have an amazing time! Japan is beautiful. I loved my time there.

Alleged Nexus 'firebombers' appear in Kingston court – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) Two Kingston men charged with “firebombing” the Nexus gaming store in downtown Kingston have appeared in court.

#ICYMI
After their arrests earlier this week, 37-year-old Joel Echlin and 30-year-old Kenneth Murphy appeared in #court after being arrested and charged in the downtown #Kingston arson at the end of February. #YGK #CrimeNews

Here's what happened: www.kingstonist.com/news/alleged...

So, last weekend, we got into an accident and I just got confirmation that that car is going to be written off and I have a settlement value. Everyone is fine, and no one was seriously hurt. It sucks that this happened, but it could have been a lot worse.

Here's to finding a new car soon.

Mark Carney responds to Trump tariffs

I think it was one of the free games on PSN this month. 😊

Oh man… this list.

In toxic cultures, being a workaholic is normalized and sacrificing sleep is glorified. The best way to get ahead is to burn out.

In healthy cultures, quality of life is expected and having a life is celebrated. You're encouraged to put your well-being above your work.