And Now For Something Completely Different.

And now for something completely different.

Photograph of a colourful, somewhat roughly-made clay teapot decorated in splotches of red, yellow and blue. It has four different spouts of various lengths pointing in different directions.

This is the ADHD Teapot. I made it in a ceramics class a few years ago. I use it to explain executive dysfunction to people who haven’t come across the term before (and those who think of ADHD mostly as Hyperactive Eight Year Old Boy Syndrome).

So, most people’s brains are like a regular shaped teapot with a single spout. Let’s say that your time, energy, focus etc is the liquid you have in the teapot. Your executive function is the spout, that directs the tea into the specific cup you want to fill-aka the task that you’re meant to be doing. Spills happen occasionally, but generally most of the tea goes in the right cup.

If you have executive dysfunction, (a symptom of ADHD, trauma, autism, schizophrenia etc.) you have multiple spouts going in different directions. You can try pointing one of them at your chosen cup and you will probably get some liquid in there, perhaps you will even fill it right up (finish the task). But meanwhile, tea is also pouring out of several other places and not going where you want it. If you have another container nearby, perhaps some of it will end up in there. But quite a lot of it is going to end up on the floor and accomplish nothing.

And at the end of the day you’ll have filled one or two cups ( or sometimes not even one) compared to the five or six that somebody with the same sized teapot (but only one spout) has filled, and everyone wonders why you’re so bad at getting tea poured, and why you make such a mess in the process.

One day I’d like to spend more time learning pottery and create a really technically good fucked up little adhd teapot. But that’s a long way off since i currently live in the outback and the nearest pottery workshop is some 400km away. But I figure that for now, it might be a useful or interesting metaphor to somebody even in its rough draft form.

This post is the cup I filled instead of cleaning my house btw.

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3 months ago

Thanks! I'll be sure to get one, then :)

Are fidget toys helpful for people with ADHD?? Like fidget cubes, fidget pens, etc...

I'm looking to buy one but I'm not sure to what extent it will actually be helpful

3 months ago

I like ur “living with dr stone characters” and for stano it’s being adopted 😂 So I like to request what would it be like to be adopted by them. Frankly I think it’s both terrifying and hilarious 🤣

I Like Ur “living With Dr Stone Characters” And For Stano It’s Being Adopted 😂 So I Like To

stanxeno adoptive parents hcs!

what to expect: BLATANT stanxeno, mix between modern au and canon

your sword's note: thankyu so much for the request dear anon! hope you enjoy this madhouse, more on my mistresslist

I Like Ur “living With Dr Stone Characters” And For Stano It’s Being Adopted 😂 So I Like To

after a very discrete wedding, these two decide to adopt a child. you happen to be the (un)lucky one (?)

they didn't want a baby, they wanted someone very particular, so they both made a list and went to the adoption center checking off kids that didn't meet their standards, oops sorry!

they were interviewing the kids as if they were applying for a government job. "do you have any association with the cancelation of project helium-3?" xeno stares at a 5 year old

when its time for you to go to the interviewing room, you sit on the chair and look at them, "what do you have to offer for me?" it is you asking, that sets them off, but they notice immediately that you match their bizarre energy. you are 3 years old and so daring that immediately they feel a connection

i head canon them as girl dads, omgggg these two would spoil their daughter rotten, you want something? you got it. some little turd pushed you in the playground? his parents mysteriously got fired and his lunchbox exploded. you are their little princess and whoever may dare to even look at you wrong shall have a taste of their wrath

stanley teaches you how to defend yourself from day one and xeno is explaining to you how to build missiles as bedtime stories

all their friends and coworkers know you, they both talk everyone's ear off about you

surprisingly loving (yeah i hate them but whateva)

if you pick up an interest they will listen to everything you have to say and learn it all about it

they take you everywhere. "why is xeno's kid on nasa's top secret document archive coloring on a random folder!?" some guy yells but xeno picks you up and looks at them deathly. for more logical reasons stanley won't be taking you to his job but he makes sure to tell you all about it

your room is decorated amazingly, and precisely you are allowed to have a fish, they say you are not responsible enough to have a bigger pet, the fish's name is brody, like THE brody, he doesn't mind

that house is a madhouse, but you fit perfectly there

you are taught how to do chores and be organized because otherwise xeno will become a little more evil

omg this guys will be so annoying. "my kid just learned how to read" some person says. "well my kid already knows how to solve linear equations AND knows the My Little Pony lore." they brag so much that they are loathsome to people

if petrification happened:

you were still a kid when the petrification happened, younger than suika. you were playing in the area where they got petrified because they will NOT be leaving you with some untrusty nanny

xeno gets depetrified and he immediately looks for you, makes you some clothes and puts you in the safest place possible. since these mfs focused on making guns instead of figuring out how to depetrify people, you stay a statue for a good while

gen asks "what is a young kid's statue doing here?" xeno grabs him by the neck and gives him the dad death look™, and soon the barrel of stanley's gun is facing the innocent mentalist

you either love senku or hate his guts, wym your daddy was proud of this guy first (by that time you weren't even born)

suika sees you as the cutest thing ever and you kinda remind her of herself before

you are jokingly named "the one who might become a superpower", trained by the evil duo, everyone expects you to match and even surpass your dads. you will. they know it. they are happy about it

MANGA SPOILERS FOR THIS ONE: after the american colony joins the kingdom of science, you get depetrified and they are so glad, the k.o.s is surprised to see this new side of them

1 month ago

GRINS LIKE A MANIAC

also, there is a word for day after tomorrow. its called aftermorrow.

why the fuck does english have a word for

Why The Fuck Does English Have A Word For

but not for “the day after tomorrow”

???

2 months ago

Rip Remus Lupin, you would’ve loved Nutella

(“SIRIUS ITS CHOCOLATE THAT YOU CAN SPREAD ON BREAD”)

1 month ago

I’d like to think the reason they ware gloves is to hide/protect their wedding rings.

I’d Like To Think The Reason They Ware Gloves Is To Hide/protect Their Wedding Rings.
I’d Like To Think The Reason They Ware Gloves Is To Hide/protect Their Wedding Rings.
2 months ago
Whos Enjoying The New Season Of Dr Stone
Whos Enjoying The New Season Of Dr Stone

whos enjoying the new season of dr stone

1 month ago

i just know senku was internally sweating seeing that gen wasn't called onto the ship yet that he had to check for spoilers

I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had
I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had

ok jk i know this was for ginro too but as i've mentioned before, the stark contrast in his reaction for ginro saying no vs gen saying no is so funny like

I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had
I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had
I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had
I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had

"yeah it's chill bro it's ur choice anyways the development team is needed too" 🫶🫶🫶

vs

I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had
I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had
I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had
I Just Know Senku Was Internally Sweating Seeing That Gen Wasn't Called Onto The Ship Yet That He Had

"shut up and get on the ship with me mentalist"

like.... all of a sudden the development team isn't as important anymore im crying

2 months ago

Ew just took my phone off dark mode, why does it look so shit wtaf?


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3 months ago

Gen: I was gonna say i need a therapist but then i realised i could be one myself.

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