Matt

That is a great look!

Two-page comic about ADHD, self-doubt, and burnout. Panels 1+2 A person with short black hair and yellow antennae recalls lifelong struggles with effort and recognition. As a child, they cry while being scolded over homework. Later, they work hard but still fail small details and receive an “F.” When they finally succeed, they can’t enjoy it—holding a medal labeled “2,” they feel it’s luck, not skill. Panel 3+4 Page 2: They explain how productivity fluctuates. A blue graph shows steady effort, while a pink line spikes wildly. They say, “For me, it fluctuates more extremely.” Sitting exhausted at a messy desk, they admit, “I only stop when I’m too tired to go on. The word I learned for all this was ‘lazy.’ I never learned a healthy measure or how to trust myself.”

I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.

I may have lucked into an interview (sometime next year) for the job I was hoping for. Plus less-solid potential work for between now and early next year. Unexpectedly positive!

1st season will always be some of the best nonsense TV ever

This is FAR too real to be dealing with so early in the day

... Thanks I guess?

#adhd #adhdmeme #meme #adhs #tdah

Working on CV and cover letter stuff when tired is really not fun.

Four-page comic. Page 1 Top section: Narration text says, “Every day I wake up convinced I’ll finally do the thing I’ve been wanting to do for so long, but I’ve gotten so tired of waking up every day knowing that nothing has changed.” Panels show lists of undone tasks: - Narration: “Another day and I still haven’t cleaned the table so I can cook, still haven’t filled out important forms, haven’t thrown out the spoiled food I put next to the fridge a week ago, still haven’t unpacked the luggage from 9 months ago, and I lost a letter and am too ashamed to ask for a copy.” Final narration on this page: “I do the wrong tasks, don’t finish, or get paralyzed before being able to start anything.”

Page 2 Panels contrast misconceptions with reality. Narration: “When I can’t do something, it’s not: ‘It’s not fun so I won’t bother.’ Or ‘I don’t wanna do it.’” Next panels show dread. Narration: “It’s more like I feel dread and my body yells back at me: ‘You won’t feel rewarded for this, so you’re wasting survival resources and energy.’ ‘DON’T DO IT.’” Further narration: “I can’t even explain why I don’t do things, so people don’t believe me. I’ve started isolating because gathering my courage to ask for help and being shamed hurts so much.” Closing narration on this page: “It feels like I’m a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life. An existence unseen and unheard, having to hide so as not to trouble others.”

Page 3 Narration continues: “All I can do is watch as my life falls apart in slow-motion, as people watch and ask themselves ‘why doesn’t she just do something?’” Further narration: “Every day I would fight myself to great exhaustion without any result to show for it. So after a while, I gave up fighting. Not because I had a negative mindset, but as a result of my experiences.” Someone scolds: “No one is coming to save you, stop being so self-defeating!” Shift in tone: Narration asks, “Do you know what saved my life?” A supportive voice replies: “I believe you. I will help you.”

Page 4 Narration: “It’s not that no one has helped me before, but no one believed how much help I needed.” Someone else says dismissively: “I’m sure you can do it!” Narration continues: “And it’s not that I can’t do anything – I can do many things that others can’t. It’s just that where my mother needs help using the PC, I need help organizing my day.” Further narration: “People aren’t made to survive alone – without any help.” Closing text: “I am still my own person. I have my own morals, agency, hopes and dreams. And if I have a robust scaffolding to work on, I can not only live, but thrive.”

Sometimes I feel like a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life, while not being believed when I tell people how much I try.

This is so real I feel it completely. Thank you for doing what you do. No matter how long it takes, we are happy to hear from you and see your work.

I went to a multi-day international conference & was the only person with a mask. It felt isolating & alien & heavily contributed to my feeling of not belonging. Plus P2 masks are not super comfortable.

I continued to mask every day that followed because I care about people & remember COVID is here

I can hear helicopters above my place and hear a protest go past in the street outside and the sad thing is I'm left wondering if it is pro or anti fascist as both seem to be going on at the moment.

Thanks for sharing your run with us (while still recovering), it was great.

The momentary nice reflex realisation of seeing something and being like "oh [person] will like this" before reality hits. I feel you. It really sucks I'm sorry.

I was so fucking angry when Biden announced that the Covid pandemic was over. It is not over. It is tiresome and politically inconvenient, but it is unfortunately not over.

It feels so weird that Kojima is like a km or less away from me

This is exactly the kind of thing my research wants to avoid/end

My sympathies, mine is going up later this year too :(

I was shocked at how FEW things I was just "I have no idea how to even start on this". They are very good with hints, even if they come quite down the line. The day one challenge is where I'm at right now, and it is real tough.

Enjoy it, it is great! I kept finding new layers of mystery

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

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You have the cute/rad combo from what I've seen. You're doing your best to have hope, and that's important

Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”

😂

Happy Birthday! I appreciate the hard work you put into everything!

Sometimes I feel like my attempts at certain assessments are absolute dog-water: I obviously couldn't understand the question with confidence, so my only hope is a mercy pass. It goes to show that I don't know what I am talking about because I managed a grade of 95. I keep doing this to myself, lol.

Really enjoying the game, but yeah some runs just leave me feeling grumpy lol

You've got at least one of those

For any trans, NB, agender, or gender diverse folks out there: you're valid, rad, and you deserve better than the way things are right now.

Rich people bones

HE JUST LEFT! WITH NUTS!

Good thing: I'm greatly enjoying to finally get into the practical stuff like the WAIS.

Meh thing: Assignments are still very draining.

Bad thing: I've gotten basically no deep sleep for the last 4+ years, apparently, thanks to sleep apnea. Explains some things.