honestly the whole “no one gets made fun of for nerdy interests anymore!!!” only applies to allistics without ADHD because autistic people and people with ADHD always have been and continue to be constantly made fun of for how intense their special interests/hyper fixations are and in my experience this has only been intensified when those interests were considered “nerdy”
Tag: actually adhd
Executive dysfunction: it’s like playing D&D, and your skill level is high enough, but you keep rolling a one.
Me: That “ooh squirrel!” stereotype with ADD and ADHD is offensive and undermines all of the actual struggles that come along with the disorder
Also me: *sees any kind of animal in the middle of any conversation* HOLY SHIT
Executive dysfunction is like all of your abilities are on cooldown and you’re mashing buttons to try to do anything but your brain is just like “i can’t do that yet. that’s still recharging. i can’t do that yet. that spell isn’t ready yet. that’s still recharging.”
starry-eyed 