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[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Auadhd + depression = leave me alone- but i want someo- no, we want alone- we want love- ALONE!

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Silverchair had a song that had one lyric that always stuck out to me:

I don't want to be lonely; I just wanna be alone.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

I feel this. For me, this feels included in the "safe" part of the OP, because I have found that one of the best salves for this feeling is someone who I can be with as we each do our own thing. It feels less stressful because there isn't as much of the whiplash between the binary of wanting my own space but then feeling lonely

[–] OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That kinda sounds like bpd, ngl.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Had a psych eval and the results came just this month and I don't have BPD.

Really now, ADHD makes you joyous, and depression makes you sad. Depression+ADHD is sure to sound like BPD.

[–] aloofPenguin@piefed.world 1 points 17 hours ago

that sounds like me sometimes. Also somewhat the above comment sometimes too. my friend told me that I might (i think he was more certain) that I have cptsd, and I know I have depression.