I Think I- I Think I Legitimately Heard The Gasp

growing up there was this one Walgreens my family and I would go to all the time because it was within walking distance (or rather, what my family considers walking distance, we walk a lot) so we became friends with quite a few of the workers

once I took my mom's card and went to buy her a present (Christmas, her birthday, I don't remember) while she waited for me by the doors. we were so well known that when I went to check out the lady at the register put in my mom's phone number without even having to ask

Starving to death this morning because ive been to the new local cafe twice this week already and if i go a third time ill look desperate.

I am under the impression that in this, like in some other instances I won't name here, my own family may use a slightly atypical noun

one time I was listening to "way less sad" by ajr with my mom, and when it said "I've been counting sheep, but the sheep all died" and MY MOTHER goes "that happened to me once" and I- wtf?? mom??

I love that I can be Spot and Crutchie

the newsies as things my friends have said

jack: "I'm just simultaneously too stupid and too smart."

katherine: "do you feel like I called you out? good 'cause I did."

david: "guys I got manipulated by a six year old the other day."

les: "what if, after high school, I just became a clown."

crutchie: "last time I wore my bandana, everyone kept asking if I was in a gang. I just like bandanas, calm down."

race: "you best call me Tom, because I'm about to do some foolery."

spot: "I don't want to be endearing. I want to be feared."

i think that… approximately 100% of the time, parents, teachers, etc… have this misconception that neurodivergent kids & teens don’t know anything about how to handle their neurodivergence.

for years, i suffered through people making suggestions of things that were things i had done, and either weren’t worth the effort or they actually made things worse. i told them this, and if i was still having any issues with the same problem they’d say something about “well if you’re not gonna listen to any suggestions…” when I did. they’re the one who didn’t listen when i told them that doesn’t work for me. They assume that because I didn’t try it in front of them (which is often impossible), I never tried it. I tried doing my homework as soon as I got home. I tried doing my homework at the table, I tried working where I was comfortable. I tried listening to music, I tried working in silence. I tried using a planner, I tried setting reminders on my phone, I tried. I tell people that I have executive functioning issues and they say that I have to work on it like I haven’t been doing that as long as I’ve had to do things and it’s so much better than it was before. I’m as able as I am now because I’ve spent 18 years working on it.

One of my friends has ADHD, and at one point when her grades dropped her parents took her phone, despite her telling them that the only way she can focus on her homework is to listen to music, for which she needs her phone.

I was in a study hall with another friend, who also has ADHD. Sometimes, they would be able to focus and do their work. Others, they would end up being entirely unable to and would do other stuff. The “instructional support” person would start bothering them about it, insist that they try. As if they hadn’t already done so.

I am tired of watching people assume that neurodivergent people aren’t trying, or we haven’t tried. We’re always trying.

I need you're help guys!

guys I haven't written in so long but I really want to so help a person out

I've already opened 2 energy drinks today and it's only 2nd period... I don't drink energy drinks

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