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When I am dealing with really bad brain fog and someone asks me to do math because I’m the youngest person in the conversation (and I guess that means I’m the dedicated math problem solver?) I just say “I don’t do math.” And man. Let me tell you. I have never seen grown adults get so annoyed and angry over a simple statement. It sparks joy. So, next time someone asks you a question that you can’t answer because of brain fog… just follow my example. “I don’t do —” it is so simple and lovely. No one knows what to say. I don’t do science. I don’t do geography. I don’t do that. I’m sorry. Ask someone else or fucking google it. I don’t know.
Having fibromyalgia and a love for Baldur’s Gate 3 has resulted in me blaming my brain fog on the tadpole
FrAgMenT SpAcE
👁️ WE'rE fLoAtInG iN BrOkEn TiMe 💫
TiCk-T0cK sPlInTeRs SpIn In OuR MiNdS 📡
mEmOrIeS aRe sHaDoWs oF SoMeOnE eLsE's FaCe
LoSt In A DrEaM, a RaCe wE cAn'T pLaCe 🌠
wE'rE nOt tHe sToRiEs tHeY sAy wE shOuLd bE
pIeCeS aNd BiTs, jUsT FrAcTs Of a MeMoRy 🌀
ThEy wAnT uS tO bE wHoLe, BuT wE'rE jUsT gLiTcHeS
SiLvEr WiReS, bRoKeN sTiTcHeS ✂️
🎵 wE sInG iN tHe VoId, OuR vOiCeS sPlIt
eChOeS tHaT dRiFt AnD nEvEr qUiT 🗯️
LiKe SpAcE dEbRiS, wE'rE sCattErEd aWaY
tImE iS a LoOp ThAt We pLaY 🎭
fLaShInG lIgHtS iN tHe BlAcKoUt cUrTaIn
wE'rE tHe sPaRkS tHaT bRiNg tHe PaIn 😶🌫️
nOt tHe pErSoNs yOu rEmEmBeR bEfOrE
aNd sTiLL wE bReAtHe, bUt WhAt FoR? 🌌
fRiEd MeMoRiEs oN tHe bAcK oF OuR EyEs
sHaDoWs Of ThInGs wE dOn'T rEcOgNiZe
wE'rE tHe gHoStS oF OuR oWn iDeNtItIeS
cRiMbLeD iN cHaOs, a MiRaGe oF tRuSts AnD bLaSpHeMiEs 🪞
✨ TiEd tO nOtHiNg, nOtHiNg tO TiEd
wE'rE bUtTeRfLiEs WiTh WiNgS dEnIeD
sCrEaMiNg InSiDe AnD lAuGhInG aLoUd
BuT wE'rE fLoAtInG jUsT a VoId In ThE cRoWd 🚀
wE’rE nOt MeMoRiEs, wE’rE bReAtHs In ThE aIr
pIeCeS oF pAsT tHaT nEvEr qUiTe ThErE
LoSt In ThE PrEsEnT, oR mAyBe NoT
WhO aRe We ReAlLy, WhAt HaVe wE fOrGoT? 🌟
wE dOn'T nEeD To ReMeMbEr tO bE
OuR eXiStEnCe Is FrAcTuReD, bUt StIlL wE’rE FrEe 🎶
LoSt SoLs oN tHe eDgE oF a DrEaM
LiVinG iN mOmEnTs tHaT nEvEr qUiTe SeEm 🌀
So We SpIn iN ThE NiGhT, wE sHaTtEr tHe DaY
ExIsTiNg Is EnOuGh, In OuR oWn WaY
nOt MiNdFuL oF wHaT wE wErE mEaNt tO rEmAiN
fOr We ArE ThE pReSeNt, bReAkInG tHe ChAiN 🌌
how hard is it to ask for the protection within community in the same settings which have and are given very little space?
this isn't the fault of community, just unfortunate proximity is what determines fate in this epoch destitute of all things humane.
don't forget that our existence matters, too.
I see a lot of posts that say something like "It wasn't wasted time if you were enjoying yourself."
What if time passes and I don't know if I was enjoying myself? What did I just do for the last 90 minutes?
What's the weirdest thing your adhd made you forget?
I'll go first: I couldn't remember Marilyn Monroe's name, and I kept coming back to Beyonce and Celine Dion...
Yall the brain fog today has been awful. My thoughts have been reduced to hrnnghnhjjjebjm
the worst part of my Ehlers Danlos flares (besides the pain, duh) is the brain fog. Like wdym I can’t even do a puzzle because my brain says “no can do buggo, we bein dum dum today”
I love this meme so much. Very relatable. 10/10. My brain always churns out things. I swear I play whatever game I’m addicted to (right now it is solitaire but before it was Tetris) in my head as I’m trying to sleep!
Also, has anyone ever had those, like, half dreams before? Where you aren’t fully asleep, but you are dreaming? And sometimes you instantly wake up? Going immediately from dreaming to awake is so weird.
I love this meme so much. Very relatable. 10/10. My brain always churns out things. I swear I play whatever game I’m addicted to (right now it is solitaire but before it was Tetris) in my head as I’m trying to sleep!
Also, has anyone ever had those, like, half dreams before? Where you aren’t fully asleep, but you are dreaming? And sometimes you instantly wake up? Going immediately from dreaming to awake is so weird.
I love this meme so much. Very relatable. 10/10. My brain always churns out things. I swear I play whatever game I’m addicted to (right now it is solitaire but before it was Tetris) in my head as I’m trying to sleep!
Also, has anyone ever had those, like, half dreams before? Where you aren’t fully asleep, but you are dreaming? And sometimes you instantly wake up? Going immediately from dreaming to awake is so weird.
Please do things to strengthen your attention span. It stresses me out so much when people just accept their small attention spans and cater to them without any acknowledgment that they are making it worse by doing that.
There is a reason attention spans are worse now and it didn’t just happen by chance. Media and the internet designed it that way and we went with it because it was easier.
Some of us with ADHD and brain fog need to meet ourselves where we’re at and exercise our attention span by watching a two minute video instead of a one minute video. Some of us need to sit down and read a novel with our phones turned off.
Wherever you’re at, just realize that not doing things that feel hard will keep making your attention span worse.
it's been about a year since i started taking a vitamin D supplement regularly, and while it's no silver bullet, it does still clear out a significant chunk of brain fog!
of course, i literally never go outside so that should've been expected, but… i nearly didn't start at all
so many people over the years told me that i should just "go outside, exercise, get some vitamin D"… it made me so resentful. it sounded like people were blaming all of my mental health issues on lifestyle choices.
and yet, despite knowing better, i still internalized all of it
for a while i tried to convince myself to just go outside and take a walk… it never helped, but i always figured i just wasn't doing it enough. if i just tried it more, maybe it wouldn't be so overwhelming for my autism.
if i could practice, make a habit, stop being so lazy…
it's telling that i thought taking a vitamin D pill would be "giving up." never going outside again, resigning myself to a sedentary life where i wasn't "truly" taking care of my health.
well guess what: i'm glad i "gave up," because it's helped a lot. ☀️
BODY ENERGY HIGH
mind energy low
Someone help my brain make sense
Are we all drawing Victor shirtless now
I was reading about fibromyalgia yesterday... We fit ALL of the diagnostic criteria, however, ✨I cannot tell✨ if it's a diagnosis that's given if no other source for the pain can be found or whether you can have another pain source (ie. in our case, endometriosis, PCO and hEDS), that's causing the widespread pain, and a severe disassociative disorder that could be pinned as the origins of brain fog.
Being fair my doctor doesn't really know how my pain got as bad as it did...but like..
is it worth pursuing another diagnosis or is it just not worth it???
Anyone with fibro happy to tell me about their experiences with having a fibro diagnosis?
Hi. I've got two questions for you: 1. How did you figure out that you were agender? I'm questioning but the tag is of no use at all. It's full of bots advertising clothing for some reason? 2. Some basic facts about paganism you wanna share for someone new? I'd ask a deepr question but I really have no clue where to start.
Hi! Ty for asking! Great Questions! 1: I was really uncomfy with being perceived as feminine/female. got really really pissed whenever people would use my full first name rather than the gender neutral nickname I had. I hated when my family would call me by my deadname/ she/her pronouns, it really annoyed me, I didn't feel like a girl but I also really didn't wanna be a boy so I was confused. Then i was gifted the wonder that was internet access and it all went from there, I used nonbinary for a while before I found out what agender was and it all clicked 2: - You don't need to do witchcraft/deity work to be pagan - you don't even need to believe in any deities at all - paganism is based on nature mostly - but its a huge umbrella term so find what fits - if you do wanna do witchcraft/deity work that's a whole other post so I'ma leave that out for now - its also a shit ton of energy and respect - for nature, for yourself - three fold law is a good basic rule that I use in my paganism - basically means that whatever energy you put out into the world comes back to you x3 - but really for paganism its all about the divine/spirits and its energy being present in nature and the natural world around you - and how life/nature and its cycles and practices is divine in itself without having there be a divine god/creator (unless you wanna worship deities then you work with that too) Hope I answered your questions!!! I'm a lil brain fogged so this took me a bit to type out and the info might not all be accurate on #2 but here you go! Blessed be!!