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Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 14, 2024

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

This is your opportunity to ask questions. No question too simple or too silly.

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My situation is certainly not so bad that it'll end up listed as a neurological condition or in the DSM manual, by itself.

It's probably a failing arising purely from my ADHD, as is my tendency to simply zone out when traveling and not remember the route I took. With conscious effort, I definitely can remember those things, but I'm simply jealous of people as lucky as you, and I'm not sour-grapes enough to invent a term for it, heh. Many things in psychiatry are quantitative and not qualitative, so I just drew the short straw.

At least I'm very good at bullshitting till I figure out who they are from context. And it's likely somewhat genetic, given that my mom has a milder form of the same problem whereas my dad and grandpa keep track of everyone (and they know a lot of people).

Rejoice in being superhuman in that regard. That's not a disease. Or if it is, it's one I wish I had. ADHD just sucks, I'm lucky mine is mild.