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Sitting intensifies (lemmy.world)
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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

While I don't think it's related to ADHD, I currently haven't drawn for fun in little over a year. Used to draw everyday and it makes me so happy and relaxed when I do it. Same with writing stories. I would write daily. But I just can't, right now. It's like I'm entirely blocked from it.

In my case I think it's currently related to stress/being burnt out, but yeah. Relatable.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    in that case it's likely a depression symptom, caused by the stress.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    It's probably depression adjacent, yeah.

    Granted, I don't feel depressed, but I do feel incredibly exhausted after the last three years I have had, lol. I'll spare you the trauma dump xD

    I have, however, started to wonder if the ADHD suspicions my boyfriend and I have about me, are actually CPTSD symptoms instead. Found a list of 17 symptoms for CPTSD on a health organization website a month-ish ago and I scored 11, which was a bit like "okay, spicy." One of my sibs struggles a lot with similar symptoms to me and is in therapy. The term CPTSD has been used in their context so now I'm like "kewl. Awesome. Whatever".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    don't worry, after the last decade i can trauma dump anybody into oblivion :).

    anyway, of course we like to have a label for our issues, because it makes the problem more approachable and feeling real (in the meaning of "oh, I'm not the only one"). but at the end of the day it's only important to get help. even things that sound trivial can have a major impact on our performance and quality of life.

    fingers crossed, that you find your way!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    Haha, I bet! Life is a goofy frenemy, isnt it? What have you had to deal with the past decade?

    Yeah, I have pretty significant pet peeve around not being believed so getting a label meant a lot to me until it didn't. Figured that it's not gonna change anything whether or not I have confirmation of my suspensions or not. I was never interested in meds, just wanted someone to believe me. And now I'm like: but why, though? I mean, I know why and I know it goes deep, but I don't think it's the right thing for my process to lean into the need for other people's validation of my experiences and emotions. It doesn't matter. The people who made me feel like that my whole life aren't a part of it anymore.

    Currently, I think the inability to be creative and the self isolation has a lot to do with recent events in my life that has drained me. Lost my beloved company after three years of fighting to stay afloat amidst wars and inflation and AI, sacrificing sleep, hobbies and social time, had family drama that resulted in my siblings and me cutting our parents out of our lives and was diagnosed with the pre-stages to breast cancer in June and had my breast cut off in July. I am still healing from the operation. It's been a bit intense, ngl xD that's why I don't think it's ADHD related, but still felt the meme was relatable! 🥰

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