I'd like to know which cultures I'm appropriating with the giant ziplock bag full of ziplock bags on the top shelf in my lab

for me they're between anusberg and scrotumville. or I'm wiping the wrong way.
either way I try one every once in a while and they're still good.

Mine is in a soft plastic holder, which is from a bottle of some kind of snack I think.

It's more putting them into the little rolls so you can change them out for paper money at the bank.

I've always hated that. OCD is a clinical term, not something that means "picky".

Right. The OCD stuff drove me up a wall. Because I knew people who had actual diagnosed OCD and struggled to trust their own mind/eyes, and they'd have to go back and check, and back and check. People having actual panic attacks midday because suddenly they're worried they left the stove on, even though they checked it like 30 times before leaving.

But then some RaWr_xD kid would be like "omg, I HAVE to organize my nailpolish, so OCD" (Insert ValleyGirl accent as appropriate). Completely diminishing my friend's hours lost of their life, everyday, to being equivalent to the basic concept of properly putting things away.....

And then he'd explain to people that he has OCD, and their expectations of what that meant were completely inaccurate. Get upset at him because he's "doing the OCD thing", thinking it was some goofy quirk or performance, and not a thing he struggles with and literally told them about. Employers included.

It definitely is, and people are varying degrees of intensity. But to be diagnosed means there are consistent patterns that affect everyday life. And not just in a superficial sense. And it's not just one thing.

Like, being awkward or shy doesn't now mean you're on the spectrum. You might just be awkward, and shy. And that's okay. You can try some personal growth classes, do some exercises, build confidence. Cool.

Maybe you didn't learn how to clean and now you have terrible habits as an adult. That sucks, doesn't mean you're ADHD. You might just need to learn some life skills, get organized, reshape some habits.

But if you're literally struggling to keep to a routine because you fail to complete tasks, get overwhelmed, struggle to be consistent, cannot build new habits even when you know you need to... you might want to get checked out. That is not the same thing.

One is a pattern of problems that affects all aspects of life. The severity/degree of which may vary person to person, but it's the wide ranging pattern, NOT the superficial "lol, I lose my keys sometimes, I'm so ADHD".

you have no right

Never claimed I did. The doctor does. Go get a diagnosis. If you're not going to do that, then stop playing disorder pokemon.

Because it does take away from others. I shared in other posts exactly how it does. The babyfication of it all, and how it misinforms and downplays it to the larger society. Because those people are likely going to be the public's exposure to it. The "self diagnosed but pretty sure" people FAR exceed the number of clinically diagnosed actually struggling.

A lot of diagnosed people (especially with severe mental disorders) are not shouting their problems from the rooftops. Theyre embarrassed by it, they feel less than or broken by it. Theyre not bragging "sometimes I lose the will to care for myself and live in a pile of trash". "I fail to achieve my goals and find success because I can't manage a consistent routine". They dont want people to know that.

If you think you need mental health treatment, by all means, go get it. Do that. But, pretending online isn't therapy and it isn't helping you or anyone.

Shit, I even forgot to mention how people with their "look at me" list of self-diagnoses make people with REAL disorders feel inadequate or imposters. In comes TikTok Grifty McAutism talking about how they got their shit together and a legion of undiagnosed cosplayers (who really just needed to learn some personal responsibility and life skills) doing the "omg, me too, this helped so much". Meanwhile the person with actual struggles is made to feel like either, a) they're not trying hard enough, or b) they're a lost cause.

"Thousands people are saying how they overcame it, or learned this coping mechanism... why can't I?"

That's real harm, all so someone can selfishly feel like "a quirky little mess uwu"....

Yes absolutely.

Hahaha

I like it too, am neurodivergent

The r-word isn’t typically used against ADHD people. The post implied a specific flavor of neurospicy.

IDK, being retarded sounds like an exclusive club, maybe I'd like that.