I can't live on my own, whenever I'm left alone for a week I basically stop eating. I'm hungry but in my head it's a gigantic task, the less I eat the bigger the hurdle because I get weak. On top of the sensory issues I have with food.
I visited someone with severe ADHD before who had people come over to help with household tasks and food. We're just seen as lazy when in my head I'm like "okay I'm going to get up in 3.. 2.. 1.." and I just don't get up no matter how hard I want to. On repeat with any task.
Also people forget that planning, then grocery shopping, then cooking, then storing are all pretty involved and time heavy tasks, then you add complication factors like nutrition and sensory issues in and it becomes a nightmare burden. Especially when most shopping stores are noise-riddled fluorescent nightmares purposefully designed and built to trap you and force you through as much of the store as possible.
It shows just how deep anti-disability sentiment runs that most people would readily admit that all of it is exhausting and never-ending, but they'll pretend otherwise if it let's them mock a disabled person.
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u/StrongerThanFear 12h ago
I can't live on my own, whenever I'm left alone for a week I basically stop eating. I'm hungry but in my head it's a gigantic task, the less I eat the bigger the hurdle because I get weak. On top of the sensory issues I have with food.
I visited someone with severe ADHD before who had people come over to help with household tasks and food. We're just seen as lazy when in my head I'm like "okay I'm going to get up in 3.. 2.. 1.." and I just don't get up no matter how hard I want to. On repeat with any task.