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Are you in this meme? (lazysoci.al)
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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I am in this, but I got tested and I'm "normal" even though in my 20s I'm pretty sure I would have been in the very high ranges.

I'd still say I have an ADHD brain with OCD tendencies, but I've managed to moderate both through a decade of exercise, caffeine, and sugar.

(Anecdotal, N=1) I think once your brain realizes in some sense that it can be productive despite its neuroses, the extremes peter out once the stress of your failures no longer hang over you.

[–] LavaPlanet@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

Me.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What is an extroverted introvert? As a youth I was introverted and its still my nature but I found I liked drama and being in a chorus and debate type things as I got older but Im still more likely and more than happy to quietly sit and read or mess with a device or be with my thoughts in a group setting and ill at ease meeting people.

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[–] Charlxmagne@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

ADHD for me but yeh

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 4 days ago

I got diagnosed with both later in life, but I am definitely more on the introverted side of things. Maybe an introvert leaning ambivert at most.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

Maybe. I'm undiagnosed and I do consider myself an introvert but apparently I'm also socially somewhat skilled as people tend to like me.

[–] Shootingstarrz17@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

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