There’s someone out there that thinks they’re lazy when they just have undiagnosed ADHD.
I think about this person a lot, because I was this person.
The abuse you tolerate from others because there are things that are difficult for you, leads you to a life where you think there’s something wrong with you.
Your brain works differently. And that’s okay.
People with ADHD have a deficit in activation (which is the opposite of procrastination). It’s *extremely* difficult to get tasks started.
To someone who doesn’t have ADHD it seems like laziness or being unproductive. But what is productivity anyway?
Why is it hard to get tasks started? Because the mind of someone with ADHD is running low on dopamine.
Anything that’s lengthy or boring doesn’t stand a chance against our brains that’s constantly craving stimulation.
Which is why racing against deadlines gives us sudden motivation we didn’t have before, starting something that’s new to us, or anything we personally love or interested in.
Executive Dysfunction is the basis of ADHD
It’s the dysfunction in areas like:
• Activation (starting new tasks)
• Focus
• Effort
• Emotion (those with ADHD have trouble regulating their emotional responses)
• Memory
• Action
Those with ADHD also struggle with Rejection Sensitivity. Being overly sensitive to anything they perceive as rejection or criticism, because we are more criticized than our peers.
This leads to a lot of shame and guilt for not functioning like other people.
ADHD is a spectrum and shows up in so many different ways. You can check my other thread where I talk about the 3 types of ADHD
Being mindful of my ADHD sweeties, this is my last tweet so the thread isn’t super lengthy:
There’s nothing wrong with you. You’re trying to assimilate into a world that doesn’t create space for you. Shaming yourself will not help you, but learning about your brain will.
Do these threads on ADHD help and would you like more of them?
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In Ifa, menstruation is not considered dirty or unclean. It’s actually seen as something very energetically potent.
There are many Odus (Odus refer to the cosmic algorithm of the universe) like Iwori Ogbe, Iwori Osa, etc that speak about menstruation being a sign of blessings.
Particularly ire omo (blessing of child).
That being said, those who menstruate are running energetically hot against hot spirits. The menstruation cycle (and the blood itself) can be powerful enough to render medicines and Ifa shrines impotent and unworkable.
The Ifa & Orisa tradition is a journey of loving yourself first. Depending on yourself first. Learning to hold yourself accountable first.
If you’re in the tradition and you are the same person that you were going into it, investigate that.
Before all the orisa, akose (spiritual medicine), and ebo (sacrifice)—all you have is yourself (your ori) and your character (iwa pele).
It’s self-action before devotion.
When it comes to devotion, it’s devoting your life to what resonates to what works with your ori (higher self). It’s doing things that align with your elevated self, that align with the destiny that you chose to live.
Codependency on the Ifa Divination System or Orisa is not it.
You’re not gonna be able to pray away cognitive disorders or choose to not believe them.
A loved one could be silently suffering without the access to get help & the support. It will benefit the entire community to advocate for everybody in it.
Here in this thread, I have time again to talk about the 3 types of ADHD. And how emotional regulation and rejection sensitivity are one of many defining components you could probably recognize in an ADHD person