My AuDHD ass could do way better….mostly because I would ask experts in the field for guidance as much as possible instead of going by the comparatively minuscule knowledge I have in the field. Then again I guess that requires the ability to admit when you’re over your head and need assistance to serve the people in the best way possible instead of pushing my own ideals.
If we did that everyone would be eating way more nachos. /s
The idea they run off of is that every expert is secretly part of an org designed to ruin humanity. It's such a dumb concept but who knows maybe I'm the sucker.
This world has taught me to always trust someone who shows they aren't 100% sure of their skills and qualifications.
1) They're honest.
2) They will crowdsource information with other subject experts
3) If they still fuck up, they'll most likely own up to it just like they own up to their flaws.
Unfortunately, the world has turned to speculation in all sorts of ways. Tesla profits tanking yet the stock doesn't dip? I hate that what people believe is more valuable than the truth. these days.
But as for Bobby Wormbrain: If you're a skeptic of everything but the things you believe, you're not a skeptic, you're delusional.
Autism and ADHD are mutually exclusive. It's become sort of a copout diagnosis in recent history to pump drugs and handwave properly treating people. People hear the terms as common and just accept them at face value, but research into the characteristics, even at a surface level, reveals they're incompatible.
Had a friend who I had to give the same advice to. The doctor that gave her initial diagnosis came to be found that because of how she spoke, he didn't think she could be intelligent, so assumed her test scores were autism. She has ADHD and is just smart.
They are not mutually exclusive, I’m afraid you may be going off of some old science. However, not everyone who has one has the other. Also, not all countries follow the DSM.
I’ve lived in 7 different states over the past 9 years since my diagnosis due to my husband’s work. I’ve had to go through confirming my diagnosis with multiple psychiatric professionals because none of them seem to trust each other’s diagnosis or testing.
So with all due respect, I’m going to go with the last near decade of work I’ve done and enjoy the last few years of my 40s and beyond now that I have a better understanding of how my brain works.
I mean, you certainly do whatever makes your life easier. Using wrong math to get the right answer doesn't mean you don't have the right answer - whatever gets you through life best.
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u/a-pilot Jan 31 '25
He was a heroin addict for 17 years and had a brain worm! This is the best we’ve got?!?!?