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  • I’ll give a very literal example joke demonstrating how this used to function.

    NOBODY:

    ME: Yes, I did get a haircut. Thank you for asking.

    See, nobody asked, but the speaker was still compelled to share this fact (or in other cases, an opinion). Over time, it became such a common format that people didn’t even grasp the initial purpose beyond it being convention. The term “POV” in captions is used this way now too.



  • The only provider you’d learn coping mechanisms through is a therapist/psychologist/counselor, and they won’t require a diagnosis. However, there’s plenty of YouTube channels, books, websites, and other tools where you can learn a lot of those coping mechanisms you have have missed out on.

    If you were talking about getting meds, you can sometimes just find proof of your original diagnosis, and that’ll be enough for your current primary care doctor to medicate you.

    If you were under the mistaken impression that you have to get a new diagnosis in order to be diagnosed with ADHD instead of ADD as an adult, you don’t. The term “ADD” is simply defunct now as ADHD and ADD are now considered the same disorder with the hyperactivity in certain individuals sometimes manifesting and not in others. It’s very similar to how the term “Asperger’s syndrome” is obsolete because it’s simply considered a manifestation of autism.



  • itsnicodegallo@lemm.eetome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    4 months ago

    I’m trying to imagine a social situation where everybody is being quiet and reflective instead of talking and responding like the tweet is suggesting. My mind just keeps manifesting a prayer circle or something. 😅

    Or somebody telling a story, and it going like:

    “And it turned out it was a freaking SHARK!”

    “…Hm…”

    “Uh… Is something wrong?”

    “No, I’m just… Thinking about it…”

    “😦 All right.”