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transmerlins:

i think that… approximately 100% of the time, parents, teachers, etc… have this misconception that neurodivergent kids & teens don’t know anything about how to handle their neurodivergence.

for years, i suffered through people making suggestions of things that were things i had done, and either weren’t worth the effort or they actually made things worse. i told them this, and if i was still having any issues with the same problem they’d say something about “well if you’re not gonna listen to any suggestions…” when I did. they’re the one who didn’t listen when i told them that doesn’t work for me. They assume that because I didn’t try it in front of them (which is often impossible), I never tried it.
I tried doing my homework as soon as I got home. I tried doing my homework at the table, I tried working where I was comfortable. I tried listening to music, I tried working in silence. I tried using a planner, I tried setting reminders on my phone, I tried. I tell people that I have executive functioning issues and they say that I have to work on it like I haven’t been doing that as long as I’ve had to do things and it’s so much better than it was before. I’m as able as I am now because I’ve spent 18 years working on it.

One of my friends has ADHD, and at one point when her grades dropped her parents took her phone, despite her telling them that the only way she can focus on her homework is to listen to music, for which she needs her phone.

I was in a study hall with another friend, who also has ADHD. Sometimes, they would be able to focus and do their work. Others, they would end up being entirely unable to and would do other stuff. The “instructional support” person would start bothering them about it, insist that they try. As if they hadn’t already done so.

I am tired of watching people assume that neurodivergent people aren’t trying, or we haven’t tried. We’re always trying.

My dad would reply to this, “Yes, you’re very trying” and honestly that just fucking makes it worse. We are not a burden, and we are doing our best.

goosegoblin:

one of my fave DnD things is how, during character creation, people start talking in first person without realising. they start out like ‘well, she’s a paladin’ and within ten minutes their fists are clenched as they shout ‘MY SISTER DESERVED WHAT SHE GOT AND IF YOU DISAGREE I’LL KILL YOU TOO’

what-even-is-thiss:

You know, most animals that sing just do so in order to defend territory or attract a mate. Humans and a few other animals do it just for fun but a lot don’t.

What if, following the humans are weird thing, most intelligent species in the universe either don’t sing or just sing to flirt or start arguments so when they encounter humans they’re really confused.

Like? They just sing randomly? They actually plan out their singing and there are humans that train for it and make careers out of it? The humans use singing for teaching and expressing emotions other than lust or aggression?

And humans sing in order to remember things easily, lull other humans to sleep, calm themselves down, express every emotion they might have, and even more. And all of this is so confusing to the aliens.

And then you have the musical theater weirdos who actually do use music for combat…

Zodiac signs? That’s so 2017

dabberdees:

We Dungeon and Dragons 5th Edition classes now:

  • Barbarian – (Mar 21-Apr 19)
  • Bard – (Apr 20-May 20)
  • Cleric – (May 21-Jun 20)
  • Druid – (June 21-July 22)
  • Fighter – (July 23-Aug 22)
  • Monk – (Aug 23-Sep 22)
  • Paladin – (Sep 23-Oct 22)
  • Ranger – (Oct 23-Nov 21)
  • Rogue – (Nov 22-Dec 21)
  • Sorcerer – (Dec 22-Jan 19)
  • Warlock – (Jan 20-Feb 18)
  • Wizard – 

    (Feb 19-Mar 20)

red–thedragon:

bettsplendens:

wireslide:

spacegroceries:

dreamlogic:

types of dissociation:

  • existing but a little to the left
  • am i crossing my eyes or is everything just blurry?
  • clipped right thru the floorboards
  • what the fuck is a “body”
  • i have too many bodies at once and they’re trying to start a fight club. how many arms are humans supposed to have again?
  • floam
  • sounds fake but ok
  • pick two: harsh noise, dial up tone, cantina theme [10 hour version]
  • 360 no scope
  • the atmosphere is lighting me on fire very, very slowly.
  • someone: “wow! you handled that stressful situation so well! so cool and competent!” me, unaware that anything happened: “i what now”
  • *forgets to breathe for 5 hours*

feel free 2 add ur own

  • god used console commands to disable me but im still here what the fuck thats not fair
  • a drawn out, slowed, warped scream as my only thought for hours
  • is the Void™ trying to talk to me again is or is that just tinnitus 
  • someone: “yo im talking to you” me: *dialup tone for a brain for the last 4 hours*
  • im eating food now and i have no idea where it came from did i make this also where am i
  • social overload with one friend and their friends (i.e. strangers) = me astral projecting into the clouds and being relatively unresponsive
  • why does it feel like im wrapped in tinfoil and styrofoam who thought this was a good idea
  • i had that in my hands 2 seconds ago but now im looking at the clock its been 20 minutes i have no idea where that went and i have to leave
  • Bethesda programmed me
  • One Night at Murlaco’s on repeat
  • How am I moving forward I don’t have feet
  • every time I want to buy wine it’s sunday and I live in The South (a.k.a. HOW IS IT ALWAYS SUNDAY?!)
  • existing but a little to the back and also slightly up
  • helium brain
  • everything is zoomed in slightly and kinda bright and also warped
  • everything is Bent
  • someone else’s cramps are happening in my general vicinity
  • uuuuuuuuuuuuuh
  • life is a movie and im a terrible protagonist
  • colors but backwards
  • i can hear you guys think but i dont know what you’re thinking so it all just sounds like gibberish
  • being asleep, except not
  • the voices are still going. had they ever stopped. 
  • everything is too much always
  • everything riiiiiiiiight under the skin is itchy. not the skin itself, right underneath it where scratching does NOTHING
  • I was doing something. when was I doing it and what it was, I don’t know, but something was happening at some point
  • third-person camera view
  • wait is this a human body?

dorkery:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

danvers-dennys:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

yndigot:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

kaedien:

americans think ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN of driving 7 hours. they’ll drive 7 hours just for dinner. they’ll drive 7 hours just for chips and dip

Do your butts not get tired

After 12 hours in a car driving across three states, your ass is so numb that it could probably just fall off and you wouldn’t notice.

Tbh I would just get out around hour five and make a home in whatever layby I ended up in

@saxifraga-x-urbium Even weirder is that Americans are either two people: 1. Must never stop driving, not even to pee, just to cut like 15 minutes off of the estimated driving time 2. Get out every hour to see the sights even if you’re driving through absolute buttfuck nowhere

I got car sick just reading that

Same

I am that first type. It’s a problem when the family I’m seeing is a three-hour drive away. At least they know we’ll need to use the bathroom.

keshetchai:

keshetchai:

here is the thing, the big problemo i have now that it is November™. it’s not just that I heard christmas music playing in OCTOBER, or that christmas now occupies like, october, november, december as a concept, it is that i deeply love the WINTER AESTHETIC, and yet it is almost impossible to find it existing in a context that isn’t explicitly about christmas or to have people assume it is about christmas and then worst of all, if i dare love chanukkah with all my little heart i will have to constant remind everyone that yes, i KNOW it is a MINOR holiday, and it’s NOT that important in the grand scheme of the jewish calendar but a.) i really like candles and fire when it is cold out and b.) need something to prevent me from going insane when there is not enough sun because it’s winter and it lasts forever and c.) GENTILES DON’T HAVE THE MONOPOLY ON PINE TREES, SNOW, OR DEER WITH ANTLERS THEY JUST DON’T. 

you: chanukkah isn’t that import–

me, putting my hand over your mouth: shhhhHHHshh shhh.