1w ago

Anyone feel they're pretending?

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Code switching is a normal thing to do. It's not pretending and we're also not perfect beings so we'll also not get it right at all times.
Faking it is fine.
You become an adult the day you realise everyone else is faking it too.
No, i just used the right one to piss them off.
I basically have two friend groups, one which is aware of internet "culture" and memes, and the other which I can only describe as "normie". I absolutely do things differently depending on which I'm interacting with.
As a highly hated and harassed person, I do feel that.
No
I have a question as a newcomer no this community aswell as adhd in general: WHAT THE HECK?
Like seriously. Is adhd just a collecting tank for literally every mental disorder or emotional disturbance? How to ever explain what adhd does if these memes provide so much different information at once. How can all of this be adhd. Maybe its just human nature. Help.
- This meme also seems to be an autism thing but adhd and autism sometimes co-occur and or can share similar symptoms.
  And it could also be that one builds different personalitys to fit in with society, so more like a coping mechanism.
  
  Ah ok that makes sense. Since I have a tendency for both its quite complicated to differentiate.
- It's not just the condition it's how people manage it, for example masking to fit in
  
  Well I tried to reduce my automatic masking abilities a while ago and I feel more comfortable in my own body since. But still no frends :3 I think being multiple personalities at once is just my personality. Differentiate and Integrate. Hard process. Still in it. Help.
  Also why are 60% of all autism posts by you?
- There's a lot of overlap in experiences of folks with different mental conditions. Whilst the root cause is different with a neurodiverse brain or mood disorders or personality disorders they might lead to similar experiences. The question becomes how much is it impacing someone's life or how well can those behaviours stemming from these experiences be integrated. There's also the fact that self-awareness might be picking up on those experiences better in one group compared to others.

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