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submitted 6 months ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago

Despite my positives with ADHD, like being able to flip between constant emergencies all day, and getting constant praise for my work, my last job was threatening to fire me because they noticed I was 1 minute (literally 60 seconds) late a few times.

yes, but this a very clear example of what exactly I'm saying, no? This is not a requirement of human nature or something. It's just an idiot boss.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Absolutely! I guess I wasn't arguing against you so much as saying "Well it's a bit of both."

ADHD makes society's ridiculous mandated coercion much more difficult, but it also gets in my own personal way when there's things I want/need to do and it purposely sabotages me, y'know?

It definitely creates a negative feedback loop. Socioeconomic pressures on ADHD brains make the personal tasks worse, which in turn make the socioeconomic ones more difficult, and round and round we go...

I'm glad we can agree mutually on something with absolute certainty though: my boss was indeed, an idiot. 😉