I bet he'd hate bears, if he were to switch fields.

I remember that, and I have to say that this attitude contributed to me not thinking there was any point in pursuing help for my MDD.

Don't let the world being shit demoralize you into not trying to improve your lot, ladies, gentlemen and citizens.

Tell your kitty I love him.

Yeah. The lockpicking tools I use and want to use and can't use is just nOrMaL bEhAvIoR u guiyzz!!

We have ADHD. One of the hallmarks is hyperfocus. We will, several times a year, sometimes a month, hyperfocus on a "hobby" and do it every moment we're awake and not at work or school (to the neglect of eating or bathing or sleep) and then, at random, be unable to do it anymore to the point where we can't, even if we want to.

This is an ADHD community. When you see us complaining about "normal" things, we simply aren't putting in the thirty caveats that explain why this thing we're complaining about isn't "normal," because we don't have to explain ourselves to other people with our conditon.

And there is nothing more annoying than hanging out in a safe space for your condition and having people constantly show up to try to explain that this is "normal." It's not. We know it's not. There's books about it. Studies about it. We just shouldn't have to explain the background details of what makes this abnormal every goddamn time!

I don't know what to tell you then. About a billion studies since have said that people with ADHD who use their prescription as directed will not get addicted. I've taken it every day for a month and then forgotten it. I regularly forget it before I leave for work so I keep a spare bottle in my purse with a single dose or two just in case.

I think it's easier for a person with an addiction to get a diagnosis and then abuse it than it is for a person with ADHD to get addicted to the medicine. But also it doesn't do any of those things for me that would get me addicted; I'm told it causes euphoria in people. I'm told it causes high energy. I'm told it's basically a party drug! I can take it and all it does is make me focus on stuff I'm supposed to instead of whatever I happen to focus on.

As for the opiate thing, I've been prescribed them for pain and I hate how they make me feel. My pain has to be truly god awful for me to actually take one.

So I guess what I'm saying is obviously your experience isn't invalid but I disagree on your takeaway. (Wish I replied after I woke up and took my meds so this answer wouldn't be a billion words long and meandering lol)

After extensive reading there isn't any real answer for this question. Studies into why men or women choose specific methods are scarce. Speaking from personal experience, I chose poisoning because I didn't want to leave a massive bloody mess behind for someone to have to clean up.

One study (with a small sample size) that asked men who survived an attempted suicide using a firearm showed that many of them answers they picked the gun because it was available.

Of two of the men I've known who committed suicide, one used a gun (behind his house and was found by two neighbor children playing, just awful) and the other hanged himself.

I think we need to do more research into why before making a definitive claim.

For people who do not have ADHD, the medication used to treat ADHD can be extremely addictive.

I had to explain to my boyfriend that my cat absolutely has a "name" for him. My cat has specific meows for all his favorite humans.

I dunno. I'm a woman and I didn't notice the skin-tight thing until it was pointed out, but looking back at it, wouldn't any clothes do that at 90 mph?

ACAB but it doesn't look horny to me. She's just woman-shaped to me.

This is absolutely wild! I'm so glad I saw this today.

I might be drunk, but "Wrong, it's tea," made me laugh a lot.

Also, this is a Public Awareness Announcement. If you have ADHD and you take stimulant medication, don't mix alcohol. You will experience regret.

It's their suddenness that freaks me out. I had been sitting on my couch for two hours the other night when one scuttled out from beneath my feet!