The meds are required to function in a society that only makes room for a narrow band of people and behavior. We could improve society somewhat and our brains might not be such a barrier to having our needs met.
Two examples: My home is very ADHD friendly. We do chores at weird times, don’t panic if we stop in the middle of something, get things done in burst when we need to, give each other space when we are having deregulation issues and know that we have each others back. My workplace is also pretty neurodivergent friendly. We get up and walk around in meetings, I keep snacks and toys around for people who need a little boost or just a little something different to do for a few mins, we have layers of safety and redundancy so there is no single point of failure, human or otherwise. And we’re engineers who operate major utility infrastructure.
We can do better, or we can decide we love the taste or boot so much we just bend ourselves into something we’re not.
yeah, lets also get rid of evelators, escalators and wheelchair ramps, because why should we care about people that can’t walk.
of fucking course it’s societies responsibility to work for the people that make it up and of fucking course that’s often not the case regardless of ones bodily configuration. the world is full of processes that don’t serve anyone and tackling those is what’s called progress.
but hey, whatever, live’s probably fine for you right now, so all must be perfect.
Ohh right, and that means society is broken and the meds aren’t needed and that is societys issue how to utilize your ADHD workflow 🙄
ADHD ain’t your fault. It is your responsibility. And the world isn’t broken because of it.
The meds are required to function in a society that only makes room for a narrow band of people and behavior. We could improve society somewhat and our brains might not be such a barrier to having our needs met.
Two examples: My home is very ADHD friendly. We do chores at weird times, don’t panic if we stop in the middle of something, get things done in burst when we need to, give each other space when we are having deregulation issues and know that we have each others back. My workplace is also pretty neurodivergent friendly. We get up and walk around in meetings, I keep snacks and toys around for people who need a little boost or just a little something different to do for a few mins, we have layers of safety and redundancy so there is no single point of failure, human or otherwise. And we’re engineers who operate major utility infrastructure.
We can do better, or we can decide we love the taste or boot so much we just bend ourselves into something we’re not.
yeah, lets also get rid of evelators, escalators and wheelchair ramps, because why should we care about people that can’t walk.
of fucking course it’s societies responsibility to work for the people that make it up and of fucking course that’s often not the case regardless of ones bodily configuration. the world is full of processes that don’t serve anyone and tackling those is what’s called progress.
but hey, whatever, live’s probably fine for you right now, so all must be perfect.
What device can I build you to make it easier?