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WCDT Strips 2996-3000 (6th to 10th July 2015)
Ellemar:
--- Quote from: Undrneath on 09 Jul 2015, 13:06 ---I have found that ADHD is both wildly over diagnosed and poorly understood in those of us that actually have it. It seems to me that every kid under the age of ten has at least been considered having ADD. While those of us that are legitimately diagnosed just have one prescription after another thrown at us, most of which are at ridiculous doses that turn us into zombies.
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Yeah, I feel like the overdiagnosis is a problem because people mostly focus on Hyperactivity as the main sign of ADHD, when it's such just one of many others. I find that most people I talk to know little to nothing about what ADHD actually is, and say things like "Well, I mean, everyone has trouble paying attention sometimes, so doesn't that mean we ALL have ADHD?" Hahaha, incorrect. Also, a huge problem is that most of the diagnosis standards are based on how boys and men experience ADHD, meaning that girls and women are woefully underdiagnosed. This is part of the reason why it took me so long to be diagnosed. I haven't tried medication yet actually, but planning on giving it a go this month, just to see what it feels like. I've heard it can be a huge pain though :/
Tova:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 09 Jul 2015, 11:06 ---She's saying it's other people's problem, not hers, if they misunderstand her (I feel the same, BTW); but then she's showing every sign of being annoyed about it, which is somewhat at variance with that. I find what she's saying a bit confusing.
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To sum up what might otherwise be a rambling post, I think the clue to your confusion is that her stated value is probably an aspirational one rather than a successfully lived one.
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: Tova on 09 Jul 2015, 13:51 ---
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 09 Jul 2015, 11:06 ---She's saying it's other people's problem, not hers, if they misunderstand her (I feel the same, BTW); but then she's showing every sign of being annoyed about it, which is somewhat at variance with that. I find what she's saying a bit confusing.
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To sum up what might otherwise be a rambling post, I think the clue to your confusion is that her stated value is probably an aspirational one rather than a successfully lived one.
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She's saying it's other people's problem if they can't accept her.
Important distinction from understanding, acceptance is.
It sucks being rejected, even if it's rejection because of someone else's issues, even if it is rejection that proves you're better off without that person in your life.
Emily is weird, and she knows it. Emily labels herself weird. She doesn't mean people just using the label are bad, hurtful, or rejecting. She's actually saying that people use weird and random as terms specifically to minimize, distance and other her.
"They hurt me, then I realized," are the words that describe a coping mechanism. We often say and mean them in the past tense, but the truth is it often means "they hurt me every time but I remind myself."
People can (I think) rightfully carry a bit of bitter over having to have coping mechanisms, even long after they've truly reached the point of "doesn't hurt anymore."
Emily, I think, is a sociable person and the general reactions of people to who she is reduces her opportunities to connect. Knowing that it is, in fact, okay to be you doesn't make being you less lonely.
Y:
I thought being random is usually considered cute. I suppose humans generally try to be random or unpredictable to appear more human and less robot like. Then there is the weirdness appeal or how did the song go again "...I think you're crazy. Just like me.". Well I hope that didn't sound too random, as usually I carefully reflect about what I'm saying until a point it's too late to say it. Then if it's online chances are high once you post something you're going to offend at least one person, which is also the reason I barely post anything on Facebook since I don't like making enemies.
ReindeerFlotilla:
Emily is not really crazy like anyone, though.
Random is a catch all term for things people don't grok. Emily's comment "whatever that means" sums that up nicely. Like most adjectives, what one person means by random might be completely different than what another means, at least in terms of whether it is a good thing. Emily seems to be suggesting that she has some bad experiences with that label, and that's rather important in real life (if not so important to this QC arc). It doesn't matter if random usually = cute. For Emily, random = insult.
It's kind of like how for the majority lobster = delicacy but for me lobster = giant sea bug and BY THE HOLY BEARD WHY ARE YOU EATING THE GIANT SEA BUG?
It doesn't mean you can't think of lobster as a good thing. It just means that if you want to be my friend, you shouldn't serve me lobster.
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