A place for those that got both Autism and ADHD, those confirmed as one and are suspecting they got the other as well, and also everyone who is neither and just genuinely curious.
Since the combo comes with its own set of challenges, this shall be a place to ask for advice, vent, infodump about special interests and/or just vibe and meme.
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Listitems I have felt at least once before finding this: 7/8 Listitems I have known the name of before finding this: 0/8
How about you?
Also... what's the feeling called when reading something, thinking 'that sounds totally made up' - then doing a quick google and realizing its actually a thing?
Now that I think about it in depth, I for myself (got PDA) would retroactively interpret the feeling as:
With masking in mind we could also interpret it as:
On the other hand it may be something not-neurodivergent at all (how should I know), or maybe it's a combination of a general feeling everyone has with above stated reasons on top.