As an AuDHD person, the college dropout story is relatable to me, except for the YouTube career success. I grew up in a madhouse during my traumatic childhood, and going to college free from my backwards, overprotective, overly strict parents was essentially like falling off a cliff. I was already burnt out during my last year of high school, and I was too excited with the freedom and ended up wasting time playing video games and skipping classes regularly because I had little energy to function as an adult. I still struggle with burnout to this day due to being an overworked IT contractor for years.

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    25 days ago

    Damn, you have so many great comments on ND. Have you thought about making some posts with all this knowledge? I would love to read it.

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      25 days ago

      Thank you!

      I really need to pull my finger out because I need to write a deep dive post on autistic burnout and catatonia, and another one on how ADHD and autism intersect when they are co-occuring. I suppose I could do another one giving a rundown of the main medications used for ADHD and how they tend to work for people too.

      I’ve been struggling with pretty severe burnout. Honestly, it’s the absolute worst of my entire life. So at the moment I get brief jolts of inspiration to reply to comments here and there and then I either lapse back into the void or I have life committments to deal with so these sporadic comments are the best I can muster a lot of the time.

      I also have crippling posting anxiety and making a genuine post is hard because I invest too much into it and feel overly responsible for replying and stuff. Is that a symptom of grass-deficiency? It’s definitely a symptom of grass-deficiency lol

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        25 days ago

        It’s definitely a symptom of grass-deficiency

        Can’t tell, I do so little grass touching.

        Hope to one day see some, not trying to put pressure on you though.