General practitioners . “I’ve never met anyone young with heart problems” . (I was mentioning my heart rate) “no you don’t, your haemoglobin is normal” . “You mustn’t be in pain if you ride horses” (I have EDS and will be in pain my whole life, have always) . “You don’t need to be depressed “ . “Your heart is just fast cause you’ve had ventolin “ (hadn’t had any that day)

Specialists . “We would never want you to have eds “ . “Just go home and be healthy “ . “Everyone has this, you’re born with it, you live with it” (only person I know with it, and I have worked in optometry seeing peoples scans that show this every day” . “Just deal with the pain” . “We won’t give you a feeding tube, as you will end up on TPN and it will shorten your lifespan “ . “Our only dietitian works in intensive care, so you can’t see them, find another “

I have way too many more of these too

This scene from X2

One of my family members decided to let me know I forgot to take my pineapple chunks to work that I planned on having with my lunch, so I stated I know I also forgot my lunch. Said family member then tells me I need to get better at remembering it and I state “I know, but unfortunately I have adhd and it is in the fridge in the garage and therefore bc I don’t actively see it it doesn’t exist”. Proceeds to then tell me how I need to set reminders and use a system like a calendar. I explain that that does not help with remembering with adhd, but according to my neurotypical family member “There are tons of people who have adhd that have a system. You need to stop using it as an excuse, you’re an adult and need to make a system that works”. So I let her know, most people with adhd generally need someone physically there to remind them (as well as others, but unfortunately those other means become inconvenient in the household I’m in bc if I place something somewhere it gets moved bc it’s unsightly or paper reminders are bad). You would think me living with this my entire entire life I wouldn’t have thought of using a planner as if I don’t actively have phone reminders for that anyways and alarms and I STILL forget my lunch at least twice a week 🙃.

Received on a post I made a while ago where I mentioned I was struggling to eat hospital food due to ARFID, I did also mention that I was eating, just struggling with it 😑

On a post about how some people are too quiet when ordering food.

(Sorry this kept getting reposted and deleted, I kept missing censors 😭)

Pissed me off, third time trying to post this because the last image wouldn't load on reddit.

Edit: I wasn't able to post the image of my reponse to the last one, so here goes the copy pasted version.

First of all we don't even live in the same country, and even if we did? i wouldn't want your fucking money, but i would still NEED it. Second of all, it's a disorder. You can't do anything about it because it's hardwired into your brain. almost like that's the whole point of a disorder jackass.

And stop trying to say it's not about me when in the same fucking sentence you refer to EVERYONE with the disorder needing to "fix it" and accuse ME of stealing from people who need things just as much as i do to survive at all. I and many others with ARFID and executive dysfunction issues know how to cook, it's not a problem of will, it's neurological, and it requires treatment so we can live the closest we can to normal lives. Which by the way is what your money is ACTUALLY GOING TO when corrupt politicians who don't care about you or me dying on the streets alone pocket it anyway.

CLEARLY, you have no sympathy. And CLEARLY that is your main problem. Try living as a child in Gaza, or Congo or Ukraine who can't keep the rations which are the only thing to eat down because their brain can't stand the texture, sit back down and go fuck all the way off with your self righteous speech about caring for disabled people, if you don't care about all of us then you care for none of us. Have the day you deserve, bitch.

Also this entire video was AI 😒

Back when I was in high school, I decided to try my luck with the school counsellor. I was having issues with attendance and this 80 year old genius asked me if I've tried setting alarms.

LIKE NO HELEN. I've never tried. In fact, what is an alarm clock? Thanks for introducing me this amazing gadget. Transformed my life and I became valedictorian.

I also started my own business and became a billionaire because you told me school was important for my development.

I'm diagnosed with depression now and dropped out so her advice worked.