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my boyfriend embroidered my little rat drawing and i laugh every time i look at it 

ADHD Terminology

I use a lot of terms on this blog that are used widely throughout the ADHD and mental health community, but I’ve realized that a lot of people don’t quite know what these words mean. So I’m gonna go ahead and define a few! Let me know if you need any other terms defined and I’ll add them.

Hyperfocus- hyperfocus is a state of absolute and complete focus that ADHD people face. During a hyperfocus session, we will often cut off completely from the rest of the world and think only about the task we are focused on while we completely disregard any family trying to get our attention, or the need to eat, or the need to go to the restroom, etc. 

Hyperfixation- a hyperfixation is an intense interest that someone with ADHD finds complete and utter comfort in, and usually just talking about it can trigger a state of hyperfocus. We will often steer the conversation towards these topics without even realizing it because they are in our minds so often, and we will usually feel a need to know anything and everything we can about our hyperfixation(s). These are similar to special interests in the autism spectrum community. NOTE: only people with ADHD can have hyperfixations! If you do not have ADHD, then you do not have the capacity to have any hyperfixations, even if you really really like something. This label is specific to ADHD at this point in time, just as the term special interest is specific to the autism spectrum community.

Neurodivergent- used to describe a person with a mental disorder/disability. Often shortened to ND

Neurotypical- used to describe a person without a mental disorder/disability. (and is often used to describe a person without a specific disorder when speaking within a certain community, though this is not widespread and most people do not agree with this use). Often shortened to NT

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)- an intense and all encompassing feeling of emotional pain/sensitivity felt by ADHD people in response to rejection or perceived rejection. I hope to have a full post about RSD soon! I’ll link to it here once it’s completed.

ADHDers- people with ADHD

Actually ADHD- a blog on tumblr!! They do wonderful work and I highly recommend checking them out. It’s run by a group of people that have ADHD and want to help others learn about it and understand. You can visit their blog here and their website here. This term has also been taken up by the ADHD community as a tag to indicate that someone actually does have ADHD, particularly when talking about ADHD. This is the same for other mental health issues as well, such as Actually Tourette’s and Actually Autistic. If someone tags their posts like this, then they’re telling you that they have that disorder.

Self diagnosis/dx- self diagnosis, often abbreviated to self dx, is the act of diagnosing oneself with an illness or disorder, either of the mental or physical variety, without consulting a medical professional. This is often incredibly frowned upon, as in most cases this diagnosis is made is a rash manner within a situation where medical advice is very readily available, but it also often takes places in a circumstance where a doctor is not available. This might be a result of a lack of insurance, a lack of support from parents, or countless other circumstances that make a true diagnosis difficult, or impossible, to obtain.

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Feeling empty or your feeling you mood darken? You might be very unstimulated.

I know its hard to find something that truly interests you; I’ve only found it recently (its this: my blogs and such), but keep trying different things. I know its hard but you won’t find it unless you keep looking.

- DEPRESSION: Is It ADHD, Depression, or Both?, ADDitude

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literally everyone

Please reblog so I can make this happen

Day Five - Sea

Thank you for this...it's nice...

“It takes a strong person to remain single in a world that is accustomed to settling just to say they have something.”

— Unknown

some ppl who grew up with siblings didnt rly Grow Up With Siblings. like if you and your brother are 10 yrs apart u just dont get it… if you had siblings within 3yrs of your age you had the genuine experience of primitive undeveloped human brains pummeling the shit out of each other because none of us have developed frontal cortices and the laws of man don’t apply in the confines of this house

Taking another trip down memory lane. These are some T-shirt designs commissioned by former Minecraft youtuber SkyDoesMinecraft back in 2014. I think enough time has passed for me to finally upload these (Mostly for portfolio purposes)

Some made the cut, some didn’t. This was one of my first experiences as a freelance illustrator and I gotta admit I made a lot of mistakes, but in the end I learned from them and made me who I am today.