It could be because she doesn't play much, but I still believe ADHD could be part of it. Maybe she doesn't get lost, per se, but rather that she doesn't pay enough attention to what around her character. I have ADHD , and distractability in video games is something very familiar to me. Sometimes, the correct route seems obvious to other people, but I can run around in circles for quite a time before realising I'm not going the right way. It's often a question of slowing down and observing carefully what's being shown to me on screen. I never played Crash Bandicoot, but in certain games, I need as much info as possible on the minimap if I want to orient myself correctly. Again, I don't think it's a matter of getting lost; I got a pretty good sense of orientation in everyday life. Navigating video games without getting distracted is something else entirely, though.

I guess it's not my first rodeo, so yeah, you could say I did well, considering how it could've turned out. Still, I could live without relatively benign situations driving me up the wall. But thanks for the compliment, I'll take it!

I should definitely try consulting. I'd say work gets in the way, but honestly, it's mostly a question of breaking my routine of going to work everyday, not work itself. I'm not pro-job and I think everyone (including me) is dispensable, that the job will be done whether or not I'm there, but choosing something that doesn't fit into my routine is a big work in progress.

That alright, sometimes all we need is to externalize what we think or feel inside, and I think it can be easier here, with people we share similar experiences with, even if we're all strangers to one another. If anything, I think it's even easier specifically because of this.

You're quite right. For me, crying is something I rarely do, mostly because I find the intensity of it hard to manage/control. Not that I'm bottling anything inside, I just find other ways to express myself which I finds easier to deal with. But yeah, we all need an outlet for how we feel, each in our own ways.

Thanks a lot! I'm happy therapy works for you. We all need help, sometimes.

You're right, the word 'limitation' sounds better than 'shortcomings'; it's the difference between 'struggling with' and 'not being able to', which is more in line with what's really happening. Makes it easier to work around it and prevents us from beating ourselves up constantly and thinking we're always failing when all we need is more time (and sometimes effort) than neurotypical people.

I get what you mean. This kind of neurodivergence rarely comes alone, sadly... It can be hard pinpointing where our feelings/reactions come from.

You're right, but we have to; we can't let ourselves get disorganised every time something bad happens to us. It's far too easy to just roll with it and say we can't help it, but we need to be better than this. I know it's hard to find the right balance between acknowledging our shortcomings and beating ourselves up over them, though.

Yeah, we all need to release our emotions somehow. It's just hard to find the right balance between expressing ourselves and letting our feelings run amok.

Your taco nachos look delicious, by the way!

I guess you're right; this anger is part of me, swallowing it will only make things worse. I need to tell myself that at least I'm not expressing it in a toxic or destructive way.

I guess it's indeed a learning opportunity for me, and also to be able to better support my son when it also happens to him, for different or similar reasons.