r/adhdmeme • u/IM_AQIF_xD • 9h ago

I miss the adrenaline

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u/Actual-Care 9h ago

Hey! Some of us have shame and anger as a backup to the anxiety.

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u/TSpaceSFS 8h ago

Worked great for a few years until I got burnt out and everything fell apart and now everyone’s concerned on how i’ve been behaving emotionally lately

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u/GoldyTheGopherr 7h ago

Loool same here brother.. same here.

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u/Winsome_Wolf 8h ago

That worked for me right up until it didn’t. Now I’m just ashamed and burnt out.

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u/Sazzybee 6h ago

I had too much therapy. I got so much done with shame avoidant stress. Absolutely experienced burn-out, probably 5 times. Every time I did therapy. Now I've had too much, and can't motivate myself.

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u/Disastrous_Check5594 8h ago

yeah I also get by on the guilt and anger when im uneducated which is a lot lately bc of the multi year long Adderall shortage

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u/Mango_Skittles 7h ago

I can get a lot done operating on spite!!

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u/ProxyMuncher 2h ago

Spite has done me a whole lot of good compared to other negative emotions over the years lol