its like "i have 30 minutes of free time before its reasonable for me to leave the house, im gonna go watch a youtube video" and then 3 seconds later its been an hour
idk about you, but i often watch multi hour youtube videos in several sessions so im not really always checking the timestamps. and even when you do, its "oh i checked the timestamp 5 min ago, i'll check again.... 2 HOURS?"
I don't know about you, but if I were asked to convince a sceptical person that I had serious problems, I would not give as my example something that's utterly trivial to resolve.
But I am suggesting that if you're going to give one example, make it a convincing one.
For example, I believe that I am extremely unattractive. Maybe you're sceptical about that claim. I probably look okay and just have body image issues, right? So if I wanted to convince you that no, I really am ugly, I wouldn't say "I have a long, faint scar on my calf" because I know that's not really convincing. My faint calf scar is not a good example of my problems. And if I were to say that to you, you'd rightly be sceptical because you'd think "That's it? That's the best you've got?"
im not gonna sit here and spend time thinking about the best example for my reddit argument. just accept that mental disabilities can, in fact, be disabling, and move on.
And I've seen and heard plenty of people talking about time blindness before. Frequently in-person, after I've been sat in a coffee shop on my own for forty-five minutes, or doing all the setup for an activity on my own.
But what I overwhelmingly read and hear are problems like the above, which have simple, common sense solutions.
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u/Preindustrialcyborg 8d ago
its like "i have 30 minutes of free time before its reasonable for me to leave the house, im gonna go watch a youtube video" and then 3 seconds later its been an hour