Leaving reddit was also one of the best things I ever did for my mental health. Joining this place has been such a positive thing ☺️

“scrolling down post by post is such a dumb concept.” It really is isn’t it! 🤣

THAT WAS IT!!! Thank you so much 😁😁😁 Oh my goodness 😲 such a blast from the past. Also makes me realise that it wasn’t moving all the time but it was size that indicated importance. Honestly I couldn’t find this no matter how hard I looked. I was sure it was long gone. Wow…

THAT WAS IT!!! Thank you so much 😁😁😁 Oh my goodness 😲 such a blast from the past. Also makes me realise that it wasn’t moving all the time but it was size that indicated importance. Honestly I couldn’t find this no matter how hard I looked. I was sure it was long gone. Wow…

I’ve never taken any medication and don’t intend to. The thing I’m obviously not successfully getting across though is that what I’m describing to you is not an uncomfortable life in any way. I love the way my brain works 🙂 Really I’m just after a news reader of some kind that would work at the same speed that my brain hoovers up information. Also, I think you’ve probably called me an addict enough times now thanks.

It’s not that. I’ve always felt more comfortable when there is a lot of information in front of me (hence my original question). I love shopping in large supermarkets for example. All those packages and brands, colours and words. It literally makes me happy and I often walk around just smiling because my brain feels peaceful when there’s lots happening all around me. The caveat to that is if I’m being compelled to do anything in particular with this information by anyone, like a teacher or a manager. So long as there are no bad consequences if I don’t take in all the information and process it according to someone else’s rules, then it’s blissful. It also makes me basically unemployable, which is why I’ve mostly run my own businesses all my life! 🤣 Also, because of this, I didn’t have a very good time at school, specially at a time when no one knew about ADHD. The habits I’ve described may look like addictions but they aren’t. It’s just the way my brain has worked for over half a century now.

Thanks for your obviously well meaning reply but my brain has always worked this way. For decades… I play incremental online games half a dozen at the same time and watch news feeds that way too. Even before the web was born I would gather multiple tv’s and have them play a whole array of programs simultaneously. I cannot watch movies in the cinema and I fast forward through everything I watch. I also watch almost any YouTube video at 2x speed. Not being able to flip between multiple sources constantly is a real and genuine struggle. I asked this question simultaneously to ChatGPT, by the way, and it agreed with you about RSS Feed readers 🙂

Can’t math so would do it entirely visually and I would get it wrong but feel happy that I’d picked a number (in this case 215) and been able to move on 🤣

“Ukraine’s Zelenskyy”? Phew I’m so glad they specified the country. I thought they were talking about my local postman for a minute. What’s old Barnaby Zelenskyy done now, I wondered.

Just the songs? (laughs in ADHD) 🤣

You’re right. When I said “do Americans understand” I meant “do Americans who support Trump understand” I should have been clearer.

So do Americans (edit: who support Trump) understand that they are the ones paying the tariffs? When Trump tells them how many billions he’s collected in tariffs do they realise it’s their money he’s collected? I keep wondering if I missed something…

If he was called RJ Maybe it would be impossible to definitely charge him with anything.

He is not a merry man!

Worf :)

“It just bothers me when people assume taking the 5th is an admission of guilt” - Sure, but does that include Trump?

Apparently it’s bad form to use “Especially” at the beginning of a sentence. Huh, I didn’t know that till just now.

While technically true, it is indubitably terrible optics for Trump. Specially since he was answering questions freely and then seemed to abruptly swerve that specific question.

Two words that have no relevance to that headline but are just there for clicks: “China” and “Ukraine”.

The headline is probably more like “Over sensitive flower at a University over reacts when one of two people who shboinked brags a little too much about it”.

Oh oh I’ve got an actual potentially brilliant solution for you! 😁

It’s called an Infinity Cube. I’ve bought like 20 of them and given most of them away (I have 2 now lol). They’re not expensive but they have made a huge difference for me in being able to listen to people, period. I also use it for all the meetings I go to and in fact now I really notice what a struggle I go through if I forget to bring one.

The one I linked is made of smooth black, rigid, silky material and has a perfect weight to it. It’s also very quiet so people won’t notice you’re cycling it. I say cycle because that’s kind of what it does in a sort of infinite loop and I think that’s why it’s so perfect for the brain squirrels.

The other interesting thing I’ve noticed about it is that people more towards the AuDHD end of the spectrum don’t vibe with it at all. Letting someone I’m talking to play with it has almost become a way to stealthily test if they are my flavour of ADHD hehe