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u/ughFINEIllmakeanalt 15h ago
I too have been diagnosed with "adult."
my tired brain thinks this is funny, please laugh
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u/NotaValgrinder 16h ago
Life isn't a race. You're not getting that wasted time back so you might as well just look ahead anyways.
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u/Extreme_Kale_6446 13h ago
True but it kinda is, you're ever so slightly older and closer to death every day, once you hit 30 you can see that some options have definitely closed forever, I like your sentiment more but I also live in my head with this so maybe some therapy for me
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u/NotaValgrinder 7h ago
Life still isn't a race, and you had options that were closed to you before you were even born. As long as there is still a way forward why does it matter? At the end we are just creatures on a floating speck of dust, no one will care about whether Joe "beat" you in life 100 years from now. If you can get to a place where you can support yourself in life and do the things that make you happy then that's enough.
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u/LivingVerinarian96 6h ago
Yeah, but you can’t become an ATC or airline pilot after 27 for example. Doesn’t matter if you’d be the very best at the job. Airlines and airports just say ‘no’.
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u/NotaValgrinder 6h ago
And being an ATC / airline pilot isn't the only option in your life. And everyone has options that are cut off from them. Just like how I couldn't have been an NBA player from conception because I inherited genes that make me short. You can focus on the fact that you can't do many things but that's going to just distract you from the many things that you can do.
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u/_MixedTrails 9h ago
Going to get diagnosed as an adult and being told to just use a planner and make other people organize things for you.
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u/daveden123 7h ago
This my fear, I have to wait til November to get my results...
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u/_MixedTrails 7h ago
Im going to another doctor for a second opinion. The psychologists reasoning for why it couldn't be adhd was that I didn't show enough symptoms in childhood. Of course I did well in elementary and was a joy to have in class but I was also deeply afraid of authority so I never acted out. I definitely had symptoms as a child lmao
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u/myclumsyself 9h ago
We may have been diagnosed as adults, but if we got here, we have something that has kept us going in life 💪🏼 we got this
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u/lolslim 7h ago
I'm still working on playing catch up since I was diagnosed in 2020, there's still so much, but I need funds and been working as much OT, to buy stuff sooner, but also it's taking time and energy to the point in laughing and internally crying at the memes about having a lot of video games but no time or energy to play them
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u/jet_black_ninja 15h ago
the time passed by( be it wasted or enjoyed) is not coming back. so why not make the most of whats left so as to not have any more regrets.
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