adhd student: i love learning and i actually hunger for knowledge, but the way the school system currently operates doesn’t work well for people with brains like mine. i am capable of maintaining acceptable and even good grades, but it takes about 3x the time and effort of the average student. all my life i have been receiving messages, overt and subtle, that i am deficient, lazy, and/or weird for my inability to perform well in that environment, and my self-worth has been utterly decimated as a result.
what ppl hear:
Also
Adhd person: I’m naturally good at remembering information and am lucky enough to be good at standardized tests but because of this I’ve never had to try in school and now that the work is exponentially harder I’m struggling
What ppl hear: I’m lazy and don’t wanna put in any effort
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Adhd person: I have this one hyperfixation and I know everything there is to know about it. (Ie, I can read Korean, I taught it to myself!)
What ppl hear: My hobbies are more important than passing school and being successful in life
Do yourself a favor. Sound up. Enjoy.
i need some victory today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some days you just need a velociraptor on your side.
“It might be nice, it might be nice,
To have a velociraptor on your side”
I’m ready
I wasn't ready. I was like "oh, that's cute. She's gotta hobby. That's.... whoa. WAIT."
I should've known by the arm behind the back that she wasn't playing.
Master with one arm behind her back
you see that right lol
preach king
this might be a hard pill to swallow for college students but getting drunk all the time isnt a personality trait it’s alcoholism
Here’s another pill: companies and ad teams know that your 20s are extremely stressful and they purposely target you because they don’t care about making us all alcoholics as much as they care about profiting off of us.
cooler pill that I’d wish I’d known about when I was younger: if you’re struggling with alcohol, AA isn’t your only option. AA can be a bit dogmatic and sometimes hostile to certain communities, especially the LGBT.
there’s a group called SMART Recovery that has free meetings just like AA, but it’s all science-based and secular.
and here’s the thing for college students: unlike with AA, it’s okay if your goal is moderation and not abstinence. no one is going to make you feel like a bad guy for being young and just wanting help getting healthier, but perhaps not wanting to commit to being totally abstinent. google SMART Recovery, guys. they’re awesome. :)
Reblog for non-religious version of AA
Just be careful to avoid these groups. The Church of Scientology loves to use substance abuse support groups as a front.
Oh what great irony… On that list is the New Cult Awareness Network. In many countries, Scientology counts as a cult. And they are new.
I saw this tumblr post and HAD to draw it, please accept my humble A:TLA offering.
to this day i am flat-out stunned by the way the pirates of the caribbean theme PERFECTLY evokes a jaunty swashbuckler riding atop the bowsprit of a magnificent—yet foreboding!—18th century galleon, from whose mainmast the jolly roger flaps spectacularly in a high wind. like? how’d you do it? some cellos? how.
that’s hans zimmer baby
“Call Me Maybe” with every other beat removed
YOU’RE STUBBORN, JEANS STOLEN, NIGHT ROWING
THINK YOU’RE BABY?
i have a horrible misogynist rooster who only likes blonde hens so i always have to make sure i have 2-3 yellow hens around so he doesn't run anyone ragged. i didn't know this was a problem someone could have but i've had macklemore for eight slutty, slutty years and he's been overly obsessed with the blondness level of his lady friends for the entire time with no sign of slowing down so, like. props to him for sticking to his guns.
SIR, PLEASE,
YOU CANT JUST CASUALLY LEAVE THIS IN THE REPLIES AS IF THIS ISNT A CRUCIAL ELEMENT OF THIS HARROWING STORY
SIR!!!!!!
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i’m actually tired bro, like from the bottom of my heart. i am tired
why is everything so hard but not actually that hard just i cant do it