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Post by speedy1 on Mar 24, 2020 16:40:36 GMT
Is it a ADHD thing that as soon as u r told not 2 do something it's guaranteed that's what u r going 2 do?
Does it seem kinda pointless staying at home when we've been told if u get corona virus it's likely 2 b mild
Shouldn't just vulnerable people be staying at home while the rest of us go out and build up some antibodies?
Why does the country need 2 grind 2 a halt coz of a cold that only kills people at deaths door already?
Is it an ADHD thing or a Northern thing that when some clown in London tells u what u can & can't do u just wanna tell them 2 fuck rite off!
And fucking do gooders and jobsworths get rite on my tits
there's nothing heroic about staying at home skiving off work when u have no symptoms but someone on your street has been 2 Italy and u stroked a cat the other day that they mite of touched
That is not doing ure bit 4 the nation that is called tossing it off u work shy sack!
Sorry didn't realise this was gonna turn into a rant
I'm just trying 2 work out is my issue that I can't (not supposed 2) go play out or
is it because someone is trying 2 tell me what I can and can't do in my time
Either way I have a very strong urge 2 be defiant
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Post by easilydistracted on Mar 24, 2020 19:09:08 GMT
Is it a ADHD thing that as soon as u r told not 2 do something it's guaranteed that's what u r going 2 do?
Heh, dunno, but as a fellow difficult, I'll obey rules I agree with but if you think you can get me to blindly obey you can fuck off, awkward bastard you are not alone So, that said, here's why, this time, I'm obeying Does it seem kinda pointless staying at home when we've been told if u get corona virus it's likely 2 b mild Cos it's about slowing down the spread, If 1 person infects 3 in a week, then after 2 weeks you have 9 infected, 3 weeks = 27, 4 weeks = 81 If you can slow that down so that 1 person infects only 2, then after 2 weeks you have 4, 3 weeks = 8, 4 weeks = 16 Obviously, 16 ill people is a lot better than 81 ill people! Shouldn't just vulnerable people be staying at home while the rest of us go out and build up some antibodies?
Why does the country need 2 grind 2 a halt coz of a cold that only kills people at deaths door already?
Cos unfortunately, the "only kills people at deaths door" is (mostly) true *only* while the hospitals can cope, but unless we slow the spread as above they won't have time to gear up. If we don't then a lot of those "recovered" statistics won't... Is it an ADHD thing or a Northern thing that when some clown in London tells u what u can & can't do u just wanna tell them 2 fuck rite off!
And fucking do gooders and jobsworths get rite on my tits
there's nothing heroic about staying at home skiving off work when u have no symptoms but someone on your street has been 2 Italy and u stroked a cat the other day that they mite of touched
That is not doing ure bit 4 the nation that is called tossing it off u work shy sack!
This is all perfectly normal Sorry didn't realise this was gonna turn into a rant
I'm just trying 2 work out is my issue that I can't (not supposed 2) go play out or
is it because someone is trying 2 tell me what I can and can't do in my time
Either way I have a very strong urge 2 be defiant
So do I, I think (for me) it's possibly due to knowing that spending a few weeks locked up ( we can still exercise etc ) is getting on for mental health scary. But, what are the alternatives? We ignore it? The slowdown doesn't happen, the hospitals can't cope, the bodies pile up, the lockdown is extended, everything goes to shit and it takes years and years for the country to get any form of normallacy back? Oh, and we get a nice pile of guilt to add to the rest of our problems. So, bite the bullet, toe the line, obey both the spirit and the rules, we all get through this as soon as possible with as little pain ( and dead bodies ) as possible we all need to simples And if struggling, find someone to talk to Hi
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Post by speedy1 on Mar 25, 2020 18:58:45 GMT
Thx dude u make an excellent point backed up by figures and u r of course right it is about protecting the NHS
Possibly my thoughts were more driven by OMG I've no work or matches in the evening
so no excuse 4 not filling out those forms that I was supposed 2 of done months ago that the deadline has probably passed for
This is ure fault government I'm gonna get nagged at with no where to escape 2 coz I've gotta stay in and isolate
And u do gooders and jobsworths are only encouraging this!
I think I do just dislike do gooders and jobsworths so any excuse 2 have a dig at them
Probably need 2 think more with my head less with my feelings
Will try 2 go against a habit of a lifetime and do as I'm told
Still not happy about it but ure figures make sense and I can't argue (successfully) with that
Stay safe
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 14:53:00 GMT
For me, kinda but not quite. I have to understand and agree with the intended outcome before I will comply which, I imagine, to the untrained eye, quite simply looks like oppositional defiance, etc. Where SARS-COV-2 / COVID-19 is concerned, my understanding of 'the data' is that the elderly are very high risk and everyone else is basically low risk with FUT2 non-secretors (20%~ of the population) being ultra low/negligible risk (based on research from SARS-COV-1 which also latches onto the ACE2 receptor, apparently). Genetic data on my family shows the following: Me: Non-secretor (ADHD) Daughter: Non-secretor (ADHD) Dad: Non-secretor (ADHD) Wifey: Secretor Brother1: Secretor (ADHD) Other siblings: No data Grandparents: No data My assumption is, regardless of secretor status, anyone can pass the seeds of infection to anyone else so isolation of the highest risk class is probably a good idea. The highest risk in my family for infection would be my grandparents so I've isolated myself from them. Similarly, I would avoid being in close proximity to anyone who looks 60+. Shutting down the entire economy doesn't immediately make sense to me so I assume there is another agenda running in parallel. I have faith in Boris, DC and Priti so I am choosing to believe there are great things coming for those of us with ADHD. After all, we're the cream of the crop where frugality and innovation is concerned. Our call to the fore is inevitable
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2020 15:17:10 GMT
Feel free to tell me I'm terribly foolish
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Post by easilydistracted on Mar 28, 2020 7:33:46 GMT
I was worried about how boredom and the temptation of outdoors might affect my mental and physical health so I've come up with a plan to survive the lockdown.
Dietary requirements - I have 73 packets of supernoodles, 8 jars of coffee, 3 bags of sugar, 27 cartons of UHT milk and a tub of multivitamins
Sanitary requirements - 5 bog rolls and a packet of wetwipes.
To remove the temptation of going outside and breaking the lockdown I've taped up and papered over the windows to make sure no sight, sound, or smell of outdoors can intrude.
Boredom, I have downloaded *every* episode of Star Trek ever made, right from the pilot though to the animated series ( 727 episodes in all ) and of course all the movies, by then I should be able to move onto Picard.
Have I missed anything?
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Post by speedy1 on Mar 28, 2020 20:39:05 GMT
Haha I like it think u've covered every base
I'm just flicking elastic bands at an ever increasing stack of empty coke bottles 2 try and get a strike
I also said yes 2 every bit of overtime going at work which means I'm walking 4 9hrs a day (I'm a postie)
So that's exercise and skill based activity covered (I'm quite a good shot with a rubber band now. wonder if it could be included in the Olympics?)
do u think maybe we should be using our newfound spare time on educating/bettering ourselves??
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Post by easilydistracted on Mar 29, 2020 6:21:05 GMT
Absolutely!
It's a pity that the universities etc are also locked down, so nothing structured.
Instead maybe learning about "underlying medical conditions" on wikipedia?
... and as it's wikipedia ending up reading about the Egyptian pyramids!
( Hyperlipidemia (wow at that photo!!!) -> Arcus senilis -> Calcium -> Tutankhamun )
Actually, I wonder if there's a game there, pick 2 random topics and find the shortest route between them, bonus points for passing through any disfiguring venereal diseases
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Post by speedy1 on Mar 31, 2020 20:18:04 GMT
U should never look up medical conditions on the internet. u go from a bit of a cold 2 I'm dying in a matter of minutes
I'm putting that on a list of things 2 not do in isolation
List of things not 2 do during isolation: look up medical conditions on the internet think about all the beer going off in club u work at that u have keys 4. ( too tempting)
What if I invite just a few mates and we all sit 2 meters apart??
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Post by speedy1 on Apr 8, 2020 20:50:28 GMT
Fuck it I've cracked.
I'm going 2 play Tennis on Sunday I'm using common sense
We'll b opposite ends of the court, we're using New balls and sanitizing our hands b4 playing
I've got some serious pent up aggression 2 get out
3 of my work mates have gone outta their way 2 ask me if I'm ok which means the cracks r showing
I've been an angry ball of fire the past couple of days. Lots of swear words falling outta my mouth
I owe it 2 everyone 2 get some pent up anger outta me coz I'm not a fun person 2 b around rite now
And another thing... There's nowhere 2 go 4 a pee when I'm out delivering
I had 2 open the back doors of the van & squat.
I realised afterwards that the only thing that those doors hid was my face
Even toddlers know that they're not really hidden when they cover their eyes
What was I thinking?!?!?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 16:01:46 GMT
my name saids it all. I cannot believe schools do not have to do GCSE's. Imagine if teachers give ADHD students grades based on the fact they thought they did not listen or overcompensate at the last minute by studying. I would have all D's and below if it was me. I had teachers deliberately go out the way to bully me - they should have just suspended exams, not like they can go straight to college.
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Post by speedy1 on Apr 10, 2020 16:28:01 GMT
Totally agree @igetboredeasy I'd b the same it'd b fails across the board if it was up 2 my teachers
Also they'd have no homework or coursework 2 base it on
After every exam I did the teachers thought I'd found a way 2 cheat
Oh I can't bare 2 think about it it's bringing back memories of parents evenings
If I was doing my gcses I'd probably be pretty angry rite now I'd probably be blaming that on my future lifes failings
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2020 21:01:20 GMT
speedy1 all my good grades came after school & college and my diagnosis when I could choose to learn how was best for me. I was always talking at the back of class and not listening, but ironically when I was University the free time allowed me to massively overcompensate. I would struggle to not get distracted at school, but they would use the lower level classes to put 'naughty' children, to help keep the grades of the school high by putting students easier to teach into higher groups and if you did not pay attention you got left behind, the teachers even admitted this at the time - all due to the fear of the school being closed down!
Schools are like a limited company they just change name and directors! Ofsted is Bullshit - think about it! Unless they commit gross misconduct and even then it is hard to prove legally, they are in a very secure job. Who else will fill the place of a teacher with such liquidity? Teachers accused me of cheating once because I enjoyed a topic for course work and did well. I think these Ofsted reports should be used by people of low economic backgrounds with Adult ADHD diagnosis to apply for extra help ie be allowed to apply for bursary for courses to get back on track, because I certainly have the evidence to support this, you probably do too.
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Post by speedy1 on Apr 23, 2020 18:22:33 GMT
My Tennis partner chickened out!
2 make things worse I'm on annual leave
I practically begged them 2 let me work so they let me work Mon & Tue
But don't u all worry I'm pretty resourceful
I decided 2 better myself by learning a new skill
So 2 day I've been trying 2 learn how 2 do a front flip in the garden
Obviously my neighbours think I'm nuts
My arse is killing!! Not managed 2 land 1 yet high hopes 4 2morrow
My mates r willing me land heavily on my arse again coz I went in the loft yesterday and found some old photos of them from our school days and shared them on a WhatsApp group
Good job they can't come round!
Anyone else learning a new skill?
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Post by speedy1 on Apr 23, 2020 18:41:27 GMT
Thinking about it I don't know why I was worried about having time off
I mean if ever there's a group of people with the skills and experience 2 combat boredom that's us!
Only a matter of time til we'll be advising the government
Society will be sooo much more fun
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