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Cake day: November 7th, 2025

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  • [2 small paragraph pre-amble. Skip to the number 1 if short on time]

    You know, I actively sought out an ADHD diagnosis (am now diagnosed) after my focus in college seemed to go into freefall.

    But I’ve also found out that depression can cause people to have the same symptoms (with some even claiming that depression causes brain damage, which I try and avoid thinking about).

    So I’m in a stage of wondering if I was just severely depressed, as it got worse the more that depressing things happened to me. I’m annoyed that the doctor I initially saw didn’t pry for that more

    1. In your case, by not even exploring the ADHD fully (with medication for instance) the therapist is not allowing you to fully explore these options and figure out which one it is. I do think that’s a bit negligent. Maybe he is waiting for your go-ahead or doesn’t want to involve other professionals (psychiatrists + pharmacists for instance)

    2. The zoning out thing def sounds like ADHD to me. If you forgive yourself for taking breaks and schedule in the time for them, you’ll be more productive. Zoning out like that would perhaps be considered a “little break” and that’s why it takes you longer to do tasks - but we just have to accept it will take us a bit longer to do many things.








  • Swaus01@piefed.socialtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldAdam Ellis
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    15 days ago

    I won’t object to someone doing this as long as they shut up about it, don’t boast to me about it, and basically don’t say any of that stuff in the speech bubbles under any circumstances. I find that these kinds of people are unbearable and eat other Christians alive rather than nurturing a community.




  • I haven’t been this excited about a post in a long time!! I need to know the name of your job position immediately

    It sounds like you’re keeping busy with gym and cleaning - you’re nowhere near “NEETdom” if that’s what you’re worried about. That said, I understand the concerns you have… And not to pile on more anxiety, but if you were to change to a different job you might be caught off guard by how demanding it is.

    Therefore I recommend you slowly build up to it. If possible, swap out some of the time you spend napping/gaming on the job to do some skills development like coding, art or languages. Equally as useful: use the time to research what other jobs you want to do, and compile a big document of your plans.

    I wouldn’t blame you for staying in that position forever. Our value isn’t measured in how much value we provide to our employer, and it’s not your fault that the role doesn’t give you many working hours. You’d also be surprised how little gets done in some fancy office jobs.