Saturday, November 28, 2020

Twitter User Explains Their Most Hated ADHD Symptom


Rejection sensitive dysphoria is a symptom of ADHD that can make it way too easy to second guess one's self in social situations and in essence, take the fun out of everything. It's a pretty relatable feeling for anyone who's ever felt out of place or anxious in social settings. For more stuff like this, here's a twitter thread on living with ADHD.

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Text - Вees @paintedbees There are a lot of symptoms of ADHD that are just awful to live with, but the one that takes the cake by far is rejection sensitivity dysphoria. This fucker, THIS FUCKER will fly in ona broom and shit all over your good day. It'll take a thing you love and make you loath it. 3:26 AM · 6/20/19 · Twitter Web App

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Text - Bees @paintedbees · 1d Replying to @paintedbees You're out enjoying an activity with friends, something you've been looking forward to, something you're excited and passionate about. And then--someone might say or do something innocuous like "ok ok, calm down." or "wait, that's not going to work." t7149 1,658 Bees @paintedbees · 1d Or, someone will give you a side-eye and a smirk, or casually brush off a joke with "But anyways--" and suddenly, there's a familiar, awful pit in your stomach

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Text - Bees @paintedbees · 1d You feel like folks here are _trying_ to enjoy themselves, not _with_ you, but _despite_ you... And suddenly, the thing you're doing, that you enjoy so much--that you counted the days down to in your eagerness to partake...Suddenly, it's dreadful. 4 27 171 ♡ 1,749 Bees @paintedbees · 1d Your interest in it drops like a stone, you don't want to be a part anymore. You want to go home, by yourself and hide from the responsibility of it. 27 108 ♡ 1,521

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Text - Bees @paintedbees · 1d レ Why? What happened? A normal human interaction happened that your brain interpreted as "they don't like what you're doing. You're doing it wrong. You're letting them down." 27125 1,553 Bees @paintedbees · 1d That's putting 'words' to it but there are no actual thought words, it's just a gut punch feeling. The same gut punch feeling you might experience when you suddenly remember that you left your phone on the train or that you dropped your wallet レ somewhere. Ter

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Text - Bees @paintedbees · 1d And in that terror, you cant focus on anything else except trying to figure out if these people actually wished you werent there right now. But you're too embarrassed to ask, because one half of you know's it's silly to feel that way, the other half know's they're annoyed at you. Q3 27 97 ♡ 1,329 Bees @paintedbees · 1d SSSSO you get through it, quietly. And-- when they invite you to do the thing again, you say "No, thanks--l'm not any good at it so I don't really en

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Text - Bees @paintedbees · 1d Though, most of the time, you don't even try the first time because you don't want to be bad at it, you don't want people to judge you, you don't want to let them down. The thought is painful, so you just avoid putting yourself out there to be judged at all. 5 2794 ♡ 1,276 Bees @paintedbees · 1d RSD robs the joy out of things so absolutely. Hobbies, leisurely activities, competitive games, conversations. It's the worst Imfao and I haven't come across an effective co

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Text - Bees @paintedbees 9h Oh man, this has resonated with so many folks...there is a lot I wish I could directly respond to, but there is just so much..! On one hand, it breaks my heart to see how many people struggle with this. On the other hand, I am so happy to put a name to it for a lot of you. 3 2714 450 Bees @paintedbees · 9h You're not alone in this struggle, you're not broken nor weak. I love you and I want to you take the risks and do the things you love with the people you love! The

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Text - Bees @paintedbees · 5m For the folks that don't understand the レ abnormality here, the "rejection" that triggers RSD symptoms are often perceived, exaggerated, and not based in, nor proportionate to the reality of the situation at all. Q1 Bees @paintedbees · 5m It's normal to feel hurt when someone レ genuinely rejects you/dislikes you. It's not normal to imagine that rejection and then react very strongly and painfully to that imagined rejection as if it was real. >

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Text - Bees @paintedbees · 3h Finding definitive clear academic info on this rn is going to be difficult--it is a pretty new concept to the overall discussion and I would be weary about wholly accepting or wholly declining any of the avaliable information as hard fact until more reasearch has been conducted. 10 Jocelyn @TwippingVanilla · 16m It's extremely frustrating, because my therapist doesn't think it's actually a thing, so we're treating it like C-PTSD instead (which honestly is still help

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Text - Julia @rainbowjulia95 · 11h RSD also comes with a totally uncontrollable white-hot rage a lot of the time, one that makes you respond in ways that make you hate yourself even more later on. Screaming, crying, yelling. It's humiliating, and the aftermath is often pretty awful. 272 ♡ 1

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