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sensory issues

auditory processing difficulties

finding it hard to make friends

being uncomfortable making eye contact

executive dysfuntion

poor memory

time blindness

noticing small details that others do

getting stressed and anxious when my routine deviates from the norm

my brain is always going 100 miles an hour, worrying about 28 different things and contemplating 6 different outcomes to the conversation im currently in. this leaves very little room for other things.

Some of the things you mentioned are in the center because they apply to all three. The others are debatable on whether or not they would be shared with Anxiety, as they only apply in certain people, in certain situations.

The part that is only for ADHD reads:

Short attention spans.

Poor working memory.

Poor planning skills.

Time blindness.

Depression when understimulated.

Little sense of danger.

Making care of mistakes.

No motivation for tasks you are not interested in.

The part that is only for Autism reads:

Taking things very literally.

Having the same routine and getting anxious if it changes.

Liking to carefully plan things before they happen.

Not understanding social "rules".

Noticing small details that others do not.

The part that is only for Anxiety reads:

Having a sense of impending danger or panic.

Trembling.

Hyperventilating.

Sweating.

Increased heart rate.

Changes to the menstrual cycle.

Lack of energy.

The part that is common for ADHD and Autism but excludes Anxiety reads:

Sensory Issues.

Hyperfixations.

Auditory Processing Difficulties.

Talking a lot.

Finding it hard to make friends.

Being uncomfortable making eye contact with others.

Interrupting conversations.

Lack of Object Permanence.

Executive Dysfunction.

The part that is common for Autism and Anxiety but excludes ADHD reads:

Getting very anxious about social situations.

The part that is common for ADHD and Anxiety but excludes Autism only has the word "Nothing" in brackets, indicating that all the similarities between them are also shared by Autism.

The part that is common for all three of them reads:

Easily distracted.

Restlessness.

Thoughts/actions relating to self-harm.

Difficulty controlling emotions.

Difficulty making decisions.

Impilsivity.

Low self-esteem.

Rejection sensitive.

Sleep problems.

Overthinking.

Stimming.

I found this out recently. I’ve always been told my fainting/dizzy spells during my period were iron related but I did some research and because I have a history of low blood pressure and fainting related to it (in times of a restricted diet and pregnancy) it’s far more likely that’s the reason I’m fainting

Not to mention the dip in your immune system when you lose that much blood, just because of all the white blood cells pouring out along with the rest of it. 

*bows in tiny velociraptor*

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Blood comes out of your vagina for anywhere from 3 - 7 days.

That blood you lose can be around 4 tablespoons to a cup.

A cup of blood, vaginal mucus, and endometrial tissue.

You get cramps that will make you cry. You can vomit and/or pass out from them.

You will get horrible mood swings.

You get headaches.

Backaches.

Your breasts hurt so bad sometimes you can't even touch them.

You get acne everywhere.

Your actual vagina could be sore.

You feel constantly tired.

You have a constant fear of soaking through your pad/tampon.

You can't lay a certain way in bed.

You take pill after pill and it still doesn't help.

You bloat and gain weight.

You might have anemia (iron deficiency) which can not clot your blood causing so much blood loss it'll be deadly.

You never feel full.

Everything irritates you.

You will cry a lot.

Once you get up in the morning, your center of gravity has shifted and all the blood settling in you during the night will now rush out of you causing you to clench your legs tightly to avoid leaking.

You get made fun of for having a period ?////?/?/

You're forced to go to school or work.

You get told that you're overreacting.

But ya know, fixing your dick discreetly in public is bad too."

A subsequent reblog has a gif from the show Game of Thrones and features the characters Ygritte and Jon Snow where Ygritte says to Jon, "Well, girls see more blood than boys".

UH WHAT

This might have been the bit that hit me hardest, actually:

it would be easy to misinterpret the following scenario as a standoff between two partners: Imagine that your partner asks you to pay the electric bill, and you say to yourself, “OK, I have time to do that today.” But when you sit down to do it, you keep getting distracted. The ADHD brain needs higher stimulation in order to complete this rote task with minimal payoff. Your ADHD brain says, “That task is way too boring, and I refuse to focus on it. Find something that interests me more, which offers me a bigger dopamine reward, and I’ll work with you.” It doesn’t matter that you know you should pay the bill as promised; if your brain won’t engage, it’s an ugly standoff. Perhaps, after a day of procrastination — when your partner will be home in 20 minutes and the bill is still unpaid — there may be enough of an adrenaline rush from a sense of crisis that your brain will engage and you pay the bill.

The ADHD brain and its owner are at odds with one another. It’s difficult to compel a disengaged brain to engage by force of will. In fact, much of the treatment for ADHD involves learning to psych out the brain, so that it will attend to necessary, low-stimulation tasks.

Appreciating the tug-of-war within that pits intellect against neurobiology increases compassion and acceptance for one’s hidden struggle.

I feel SEEN. OTZ