The meds are required to function in a society that only makes room for a narrow band of people and behavior. We could improve society somewhat and our brains might not be such a barrier to having our needs met.
Two examples: My home is very ADHD friendly. We do chores at weird times, don’t panic if we stop in the middle of something, get things done in burst when we need to, give each other space when we are having deregulation issues and know that we have each others back. My workplace is also pretty neurodivergent friendly. We get up and walk around in meetings, I keep snacks and toys around for people who need a little boost or just a little something different to do for a few mins, we have layers of safety and redundancy so there is no single point of failure, human or otherwise. And we’re engineers who operate major utility infrastructure.
We can do better, or we can decide we love the taste or boot so much we just bend ourselves into something we’re not.
The meds are required to function in a society that only makes room for a narrow band of people and behavior. We could improve society somewhat and our brains might not be such a barrier to having our needs met.
Two examples: My home is very ADHD friendly. We do chores at weird times, don’t panic if we stop in the middle of something, get things done in burst when we need to, give each other space when we are having deregulation issues and know that we have each others back. My workplace is also pretty neurodivergent friendly. We get up and walk around in meetings, I keep snacks and toys around for people who need a little boost or just a little something different to do for a few mins, we have layers of safety and redundancy so there is no single point of failure, human or otherwise. And we’re engineers who operate major utility infrastructure.
We can do better, or we can decide we love the taste or boot so much we just bend ourselves into something we’re not.
Fucking this. We can do better.