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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    3 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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      3 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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      3 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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        3 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.