r/adhdmeme • u/IM_AQIF_xD • 9h ago

I miss the adrenaline

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u/SmugShinoaSavesLives 5h ago

You enter into a high stress work environment and thrive and succeed on the stress and anxiety because it drives you to perform well. Right up until you completely burn out and realise that forcing yourself into those situations wasn't actually good at all and you were constantly damaging yourself without knowing it.

I never felt this called out by a comment before.

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u/MrXuiryus 5h ago

Yeah I seem to have resonated with quite a lot of people with that experience. At least we know we aren't alone and our experiences are consistent.

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u/SmugShinoaSavesLives 5h ago edited 5h ago

You believe you are doing a good thing, working for career opportunities only to realise after a year or two that your boss never saw you more than a replacable part of the blood hungry machine. Then you spent double and triple that time to recover from the damage you caused yourself.

I wish society was kinder to us.

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u/SmugShinoaSavesLives 5h ago

Yo who's downvoting you wtf. I clearly see that orange up arrow on my end.

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u/MrXuiryus 4h ago

*Shrug* I have no idea. Still shows a normal orange arrow 1 upvote for me. It's not really something I worry about so don't stress on my behalf 😆