• Kyrgizion
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    4 months ago

    ADHD and 'tism too.

    I know the post is a joke but this has high impact on our lives. You don’t develop a drive for certain things unless you feel rewarded. For a lot of us we put in all the work but never get the reward. It’s fucking hell.

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      4 months ago

      For me and many others it’s even the opposite: we are rewarded with a bad mood after we do the thing

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        4 months ago

        Yes, and the ever-present “I should’ve done it THAT way, goddamn, I probably screwed up…”

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          Expectations aren’t being fulfilled.