Edit: ngl, I'm tired of people just coming here, saying that everyone's like that, getting lots of upvotes and downvoting people when they clarify stuff. :/

[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is that a lot of examples people use are not the ones turned up to 11. I have ADHD but I don't tell people I lock my door walk 4 steps and realize I was thinking about other things and therefore have no idea if I did and have to fix it. Because lots of people do that

Stuff like re-arranging your room every 2 months due to flashes of inspiration, sure. Getting frustrated because you had the brilliant idea to do two things last night and now you can't decide which takes priority, sure. Endlessly scrolling on Netflix? Nah

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Who can forget the classic: getting a flash of inspiration when you're trying to get to sleep and you end up focused on said topic for God knows how long. But your sleep quality that night is ruined as your brain just runs away with it.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it means that we can't post stuff that ADHD people find far more relatable than your average folks because they also experience it from time to time? It kinda kills the purpose of this sub imo. :/

[–] markstos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one said that.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

The problem is that a lot of examples people use are not the ones turned up to 11. I have ADHD but I don’t tell people I lock my door walk 4 steps and realize I was thinking about other things and therefore have no idea if I did and have to fix it. Because lots of people do that

This is an ADHD community, we don't tell that to "people" we tell that to other ADHD folks. I don't see why the posts should be made in a way that would suit people that don't have ADHD.

[–] Nima@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why does it bother you that this is not necessarily a trait of ADHD and normal people also show this behavior?

why is it bad that it's just normal?

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's "ADHD Memes", it's supposed to be our safe space but people come here to belittle our struggles. I don't get where did you get the idea that we dislike the idea of other people experiencing the same things but less. We dislike the idea of people dismissing our struggles when experiencing stuff like in this post is really painful when you do it over and over again and not just sometimes.

[–] Nima@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't dismiss anyone's struggles and I was still downvoted heavily. It's ok to have a safe space, but responding with vitriol to anyone that asks a simple question is a very bad look.

be a community. not a cult, guys.