nightauthor

joined 1 year ago
[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

According to Dr Russell Barkley, there are genetic tests that can really help identify which drugs you are likely to respond to.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The inability to self-soothe and therefore outburst when you have emotions is an executive dysfunction that is definitely part of ADHD. As others have said, the degree to which you feel the emotions may have other components, but the inability to quell or redirect your emotions is definitely a normal ADHD symptom.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I've largely done those things too until I got diagnosed, at 27. Since then I did adderall on and off, it works decently for me, however, the effects on my mood as it drains out of my system are not great. Mostly, I become extremely irritable. Lately I've been reading and watching more about ADHD, and Russell Barkley really changed the way I see the issue. I, now more than ever, see ADHD as a chemical shortcoming of my brain and I'm really pursuing the right drug or combination of drugs to deal with issues I've been failing to overcome for decades.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Dr Russell Barkley, a respected researcher in the field of ADHD, basically states that there is a chemical deficiency in your brain that makes it physically impossible for it to simply 'be' better, and that things like behavior modification have been shown to be helpful... almost exclusively when the subject is also on medication. And even when environmental changes can make a difference, it tends to fall on those close to the ADHDer to help set up those accommodations, at least with children. However, with adults there exist the same struggles, just to a /slightly/ lesser extent.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This kind of thing is why digital privacy is so important. But everyone is like "i have nothing to hide from the government"

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah the $ implies the word dollar, in this case becoming “239 billion dollars”

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

And an edit log, and potentially a fingerprint of every person to edit the media. Authoritarian regimes will love this, no more Winne The Pooh memes.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The best programmers are, 80/20 is life

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I think we’re on a downward trend on giving a shit about rich people. So, probably not.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm coming around to agreeing with you. But I feel like if I try to clarify and really understand I may end up offending someone. It's hard to have these kinds of conversations online, with people who don't know you or your intent.

I may be an imperfect ally, but I'm honestly trying.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The issue was the use of a specific word, that is now uncouth, but with which OP identifies. They claim to not know the word had fallen out of favor. Other than the word itself, I don’t think there was anything wrong with the comment they left.

[–] nightauthor@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Agree that it’s not much of a reason to avoid a piece of software. If anything an instance.

 

A small group of people were offended by a joke that unintentionally came across transphobic, and as a result this persons account was blacklisted. Even after getting the account reinstated, there were lasting complications with the state of the account (these probably technical issues) and the account was basically lost for good.

The 9th paragraph is where the incident is discussed.
What do yall think of this?

I've definitely been misunderstood myself, and it kinda sucks to think that my account could be lost for good due to a few reports, hasty banning, and some bug in the software.

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