Meme of the week: important messages from the olds
A new client passed along a message about the Memes of the Week for which I am very appreciative—thank you! They said that they really appreciated the humour in the posts.
Meme of the week
Using memes to explain and discuss psychological phenomena.
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Meme of the week: Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
APD is not a thing for which there is cure in the form of a pill. APD is a way in which your brain interprets an aspect of the world, i.e. the auditory part of the world. APD gets better when the environments in which you exist takes into consideration your form of auditory processing.
Meme of the week: I forgot to take my highly addictive drugs
This one is going to be a bit of a screed. To all the good and empathetic doctors out there... you can sit this one out.
Meme of the week: my clothes felt weird
I love this one, because in two short sentences, the author conveys a sense of some of the ways—there are many more—in which those of us with adhd experience sensory/perceptual overwhelm that might be surprising to neurotypical readers.
Meme(s) of the week: rats, isolation, pornography, and shopping, also... the meaning(s) of life
The wellbeing or illness of people is a reflection and product of the society in which they live. It’s true for rats, and its true for people.
Meme of the week: the value of dopamine
Whenever a discussion about adhd comes up, there’s a strong likelihood that you’ll hear something about dopamine.
Meme of the week: laziness still doesn't exist
Laziness does not exist. It is simply a strategy of making you feel badly for not doing the thing the person accusing you of laziness wants you to do.
Meme of the week: the problem of interpretation
This is a meme about interpretation. It points out that when we misinterpret information that is coming from our own bodies, it can land us in real trouble.
Meme of the week: the carnival
The mood of the carnival is ominous. Clients tell me, as the tweet above speaks to, that the content of their thoughts and the emotional tenor of the carnival is existentially heavy.
Meme of the week: "you meddling kids!"
The number of clients that have come into my office with long standing difficulties that they and their families and their health professionals call depression and anxiety and dysthymia and mood disorders etc. but turn out to flow from a lifetime of dealing with undiagnosed adhd is jaw dropping.