It’s really disappointing seeing someone getting upbears for saying that if you don’t read theory, you’re a counterrevolutionary liberal.

I can’t even get out of bed in the morning for like 3 hours, let alone make time in my day to read after the pile of stuff I have backed up that I need to do.

Am I the only one that feels this way?

      • Civility [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        ADHD's not just about attention. It fucks with what psychs call your "Executive Functioning".

        This website has a pretty good (and well cited) explanation of what that means, but basically it includes

        Organizing, prioritizing and activating for tasks

        Focusing, sustaining and shifting attention to task

        Regulating alertness, sustaining effort and processing speed

        Managing frustration and modulating emotions

        Utilizing working memory and accessing recall

        Monitoring and self-regulating action

        That's what ThatsNotPraxis is talking about. I hope you can understand that making a plan to read theory, even in small chunks, and then following through with that plan, is a lot harder for him than it is for you.

        I get that you're trying to help, but telling someone with a disability that they should be able to do something, after they've told you they can't because of their disability, is pure ableism and doing it after they've told you they're hurt by people telling them they should be able to do that thing is really unkind.

        • ThatsNotPraxis [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Thanks comrade. I couldn’t have explained what motivated me to ask people in this comm this question if I tried. :Care-Comrade:

        • vccx [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Honestly just do your best to absorb theory through osmosis through the ChapoChat slop and Hakim's youtube videos etc.

          • ThatsNotPraxis [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Yea! This has been pretty much my go to for the time being. I’m hoping one day, maybe once I get on medication, I’ll be able to sit down and engage with theory. Idk if that’s how it works, because I have no clue what being medicated is like though, so.

      • vccx [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        That Soviet economic planning game is probably good. There are better ways to understand systems in motion than by reading books. Just like the NASA scientists that finally developed an intuitive understanding of their missions and orbital dynamics because of Kerbal Space Program.

        You could theoretically understand urban planning by reading entire textbooks but you could probably develop an intuitive understanding way easier by playing City Building games.

          • vccx [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Np comrade :stalin-heart:

            I also have ADHD and deal with executive functioning disorder, how it's played out for me so far has just been by process of elimination. I used to zoom on a lot of things but disillusionment from liberal media and entertainment has left me with only communist things to zoom on.

            I still can't read books but I've basically just managed to replace the background radiation of liberalism and liberal ideology with communism. I would be completely lost if the chapos here and other communists weren't so funny :comrade-raccoon: