Mental health club!

[GG0z He/Him]

7 hours ago, Deception said:

AHH NOOOOO HEEEEEELP

Luckily for me, autism makes it hard for me to switch tasks, so if I'm enjoying myself and not currently playing video games, sometimes I don't even want to start.

But...

Autism also makes it harder to stop, so once I start playing, I play all day. I can solve this by just starting an hour before dinner time, though, so I have to get off for dinner.

Doesn't help that I really like coding... which can only be done on an unrestricted computer... does this happen to anyone else here, where you are doing something good and having lots of fun, then you hit some sort of problem, then instead of fixing the problem you start doing something stupid like video games?

Happens to me a lot, but I always thought I was just procrastinating

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

Just now, GG0z said:

Happens to me a lot, but I always thought I was just procrastinating

Maybe it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Verdance he/him]

2 hours ago, GG0z said:

Happens to me a lot, but I always thought I was just procrastinating

As my bineurodivergence is lind if intertwined, its hard to say “autism makes me focus” or “adhd makes me procrastinate”. However, I can say that my behaviors as more polarized, likely to either get everything done or nothing at all 

procrastination exists and i don’t like to blame neurodivergence on it but it is definitely a factor

[Through The Living Ketek He/Him/His]

2 hours ago, Verdance said:

As my bineurodivergence is lind if intertwined, its hard to say “autism makes me focus” or “adhd makes me procrastinate”. However, I can say that my behaviors as more polarized, likely to either get everything done or nothing at all 

Note: No harm or offense meant here. I feel the same way.

I feel like people who blame everything on their ADHD aren't entirely the way they are because of the ADHD.

Edited Sunday at 06:00 PM by Through The Living Ketek

[Deception He/Him]

11 hours ago, Through The Living Ketek said:

 

I feel like people who blame everything on their ADHD aren't entirely the way they are because of the ADHD.

How many people have you heard saying "It's my ADHD" whenever they do something wrong, but they clearly don't have ADHD?

 

Completely unrelated:

@6 7 Change your name back!!!

I had this whole "67 party" today (June 7th). This rich guy threw a huge party and he had a robot that did the arm gesture and said 67 constantly and there were a ton of massive banners with 67 on them. And a 67 cake. He had drones drop ice cream from the sky, too.

[Verdance he/him]

8 minutes ago, Deception said:

How many people have you heard saying "It's my ADHD" whenever they do something wrong, but they clearly don't have ADHD?

 

Completely unrelated:

@6 7 Change your name back!!!

I had this whole "67 party" today (June 7th). This rich guy threw a huge party and he had a robot that did the arm gesture and said 67 constantly and there were a ton of massive banners with 67 on them. And a 67 cake. He had drones drop ice cream from the sky, too.

Agreed, it’s really not an excuse

yes

ew

[Aeoryi she/her]

8 minutes ago, Deception said:

How many people have you heard saying "It's my ADHD" whenever they do something wrong, but they clearly don't have ADHD?

I really really dislike people who self-diagnose or claim to have mental disorders that they don't have a diagnosis (such as ADHD or OCD). it detracts from the difficulties of people who actually struggle with that thing, who don't get to arbitrarily decide when it gets to affect them or not and honestly it is just disrespectful to the people who have that disorder. 

As for people who legitimately believe they may have something... If you seriously believe you might have something like a mental disorder then you should consider going to a professional to figure out what's going on and how best to help yourself. 

[Deception He/Him]

Just now, Aeoryi said:

I really really dislike people who self-diagnose or claim to have mental disorders that they don't have a diagnosis (such as ADHD or OCD). it detracts from the difficulties of people who actually struggle with that thing, who don't get to arbitrarily decide when it gets to affect them or not and honestly it is just disrespectful to the people who have that disorder. 

As for people who legitimately believe they may have something... If you seriously believe you might have something like a mental disorder then you should consider going to a professional to figure out what's going on and how best to help yourself. 

Yes exactly!

 

Completely random goofy comeback list (use ethically):

Spoiler

"That's so autistic"

Spoiler

"Thanks!"

"That's a bad thing, idiot"

"But then you would be disabled"

"I'm not autistic!"

"So you're dumber than me?"

"AUTISM IS BAD"

"But I just said it was good"

*continue looping until thoroughly ragebaited*

"You're retarded":

Spoiler

"What does that mean?"

"A): It means you B): it means autistic idiot C) that proves my point you're retarded"

if A:

"Thank you. Being me is so great!"

if B:

use the "that's so autistic" response

if C):

repeat the question again

"Crash out"

Spoiler

"Oh, sorry to hear that. Can I help you?"

"Huh?"

"You said you were crashing out, right?"

"Go cry about it"

Spoiler

"Good advice. Crying actually gets rid of bad chemicals in your body, making you feel better. Actually, maybe you should do it yourself. That breakup with <insert name> must have been really bad" - *loud enough for bystanders to hear*

 

I've only ever used #1 and #4 irl unfortunately (I think I've used all of them online). It's really funny when they work.

Lol

Anyone else know any good ones?

[Aeoryi she/her]

Just now, Deception said:

Completely random goofy comeback list (use ethically):

  Hide contents

"That's so autistic"

  Reveal hidden contents

"Thanks!"

"That's a bad thing, idiot"

"But then you would be disabled"

"I'm not autistic!"

"So you're dumber than me?"

"AUTISM IS BAD"

"But I just said it was good"

*continue looping until thoroughly ragebaited*

"You're retarded":

  Reveal hidden contents

"What does that mean?"

"A): It means you B): it means autistic idiot C) that proves my point you're retarded"

if A:

"Thank you. Being me is so great!"

if B:

use the "that's so autistic" response

if C):

repeat the question again

"Crash out"

  Reveal hidden contents

"Oh, sorry to hear that. Can I help you?"

"Huh?"

"You said you were crashing out, right?"

"Go cry about it"

  Reveal hidden contents

"Good advice. Crying actually gets rid of bad chemicals in your body, making you feel better. Actually, maybe you should do it yourself. That breakup with <insert name> must have been really bad" - *loud enough for bystanders to hear*

 

I've only ever used #1 and #4 irl unfortunately (I think I've used all of them online). It's really funny when they work.

Lol

Anyone else know any good ones?

some people consider the second one a slur so please be careful. it was used in a  derogatory way to refer to people with mental illnesses in the past (it means "slow" in French) and so some people might really not like you using it

[Deception He/Him]

Just now, Aeoryi said:

some people consider the second one a slur so please be careful

I don't really think that's a slur. It's bad, but not a slur exactly. Besides in this use case it would be fine.

But yes, I have been and will be careful using it. I wouldn't want anyone calling me that, and I won't use it on anyone else in that way. I still can't believe it used to be a medical term. According to a random google search, autism used to be called "developmental retardation". Imagine living back then...

[Aeoryi she/her]

4 minutes ago, Deception said:

I don't really think that's a slur. It's bad, but not a slur exactly. Besides in this use case it would be fine.

But yes, I have been and will be careful using it. I wouldn't want anyone calling me that, and I won't use it on anyone else in that way. I still can't believe it used to be a medical term. According to a random google search, autism used to be called "developmental retardation". Imagine living back then...

it doesn't matter whether or not you consider it a slur it's still polite to be respectful to how other people will react. Especially if you wouldn't want anyone calling you by that term then maybe it isn't okay to be using for other people either, mmm? treat other people the way you want to be treated.

[Deception He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

it doesn't matter whether or not you consider it a slur it's still polite to be respectful to how other people will react. Especially if you wouldn't want anyone calling you by that term then maybe it isn't okay to be using for other people either, mmm? treat other people the way you want to be treated.

When did I "use that term for other people"?

Sorry, but isn't all of this exactly what I just said?

12 minutes ago, Deception said:

yes, I have been and will be careful using it. I wouldn't want anyone calling me that, and I won't use it on anyone else

 

Please don't act like I'm being offensive every time I make a post. I know you mean well but sometimes it feels like twisting my words.

 

If you want to respond to this, PM me. I don't want to derail the thread any more.

[Aeoryi she/her]

No worries. I have a lot of personal history with hearing that word be used as a method of hate speech, so I'm a little bit more sensitive to it and want to really hammer in the point that it's not something that's okay to just be encouraging people to do, even as a joke.

Edited yesterday at 08:43 AM by Aeoryi

[Usseewa ✾ She♡Her ✾]

11 hours ago, Aeoryi said:

some people consider the second one a slur so please be careful. it was used in a  derogatory way to refer to people with mental illnesses in the past (it means "slow" in French) and so some people might really not like you using it

I agree with Tess here, and was going to say this, actually.

@Deception

Edited 21 hours ago by 6 7

[Deception He/Him]

13 hours ago, Aeoryi said:

No worries. I have a lot of personal history with hearing that word be used as a method of hate speech, so I'm a little bit more sensitive to it and want to really hammer in the point that it's not something that's okay to just be encouraging people to do, even as a joke.

So

When was I "encouraging people to do" it?

???

[Aeoryi she/her]

I think you can find the answer to that question yourself.

Edited 17 hours ago by Aeoryi

[Deception He/Him]

38 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

I think you can find the answer to that question yourself.

I don't.

Quote the exact section where I encouraged someone to say that, and tell me how.