The #ADHD problem: bored out of my skull in this waiting room so I brought a #TeenageEngineering Pocket Operator to play with, but I’m too terrified of missing them calling my name to pick it up.

partner: *starts talking to me while I am concentrating on something else, so I only hear the last two words*

me: honey, remember how I said you need to tap me before you start talking so my brain realises it needs to switch focus?

partner: oh right! sorry! it's like waking up a computer from standby, I have to wiggle the mouse first

me: ...yes, that is EXACTLY what it's like

neuron divergent

You know what’s a GREAT idea? Let’s take #ADHD folks - who have trouble focusing - and make them jump through crazy hoops and red tape to get the medication that helps them focus.

Very cool, American healthcare, very cool. :blobfoxangry: