Almonds

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[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

When I was transitioning out of therapy, I used a peer support as a stepping stone to forging my own support network. The person who was assigned to me is studying to be a psychologist. He was well aware of my ADHD.

One day I was talking about how exhausting it can be to find a New Thing that becomes my existence until I squeeze out the dopamine I can get from it. This man goes "Wow, you really have an addictive personality."

If current psychology students aren't being taught how ADHD impacts the way people interact with the world, and they instead dismiss it as a personality trait with negative connotations, I don't have much hope that people will stop discriminating either.

The worst part is, it's widely known that the population he and I inhabit often develop addictions through self-medication or self-soothing. There's so much more to addiction than what many people assume it is

[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

I can pick out the "Fester", who/what is the first part?

[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My squadron had a lot of immigrants in it for how small it was, and they were all better sailors than most. I'm glad that some immigrants had someone like you fighting for them, it's not an easy path to take

[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

The 🙏 for Gale cracked me up. I feel like Lae'zel wouldn't even have a phone to reply from

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