I’m starting the ‘genuine setheverman appreciation club’ because yea I know hes a meme but I think hes genuinely funny and a legitimately cool dude, reblog to join the club
I keep seeing people, especially older adults, claim that if you have “ADD”, you don’t have hyperactive symptoms or that you grow out of it, which is just not true.
“ADD” or ADHD-PI as its now called, just means you have much more inattentive symptoms than hyperactive (hence, PI: Predominantly Inattentive).
I like imagining ADHD as a spectrum, with PH on one side, PI on the other and C in the middle. For example, I’m diagnosed as PI but I still show hyperactive symptoms from time to time; I once threw a towel, down the stairs, at my sister’s friend because I was feeling quite hyper.
Hyperactive symptoms don’t have to be physical, they can be mental too, like racing thoughts.
I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD-PI recently and I don’t experience physical hyperactivity at all. But in my head it is quite busy indeed. I talked to my roommate the other day and she said she sometimes doesn’t have any thought at all. Like I didn’t know that was possible. Mean well there isn’t a moment I’m not thinking about at least five things at the same time.
The constant buzzing of thoughts is the reason we need background music/noise to concentrate.. to drown out the buzz. I can’t study in a library because its too quiet.. and my in contrast my thoughts are too loud.
Talking a lot is a hyperactive symptom, the leg bounce is hyperactivity, feeling restless is a hyperactive symptom. How often do PI types exhibit symptoms like this? Every day for hours on end.
The idea that someone isn’t hyperactive because their hyperactivity isn’t loud and in your face to strangers is a problem.
And ADHD is lifelong. During each life stage, or even day to day, different things effect us and we learn new coping mechanisms as we go along (good or bad) so the disorder can display really differently in one single ADHDer. It’s all still ADHD and it’s all a challenge.
Also, physical hyperactivity symptoms in kids often get internalized as they get older. So they might seem to “grow out of it,” but really their brain has just matured just enough that they can be okay bouncing their leg instead of climbing on the furniture, or that they can usually control the constant impulse to interrupt people but it’s still there and something they’re very aware of and have to consciously hold back.
I do not appear to be anywhere even close to hyperactive. I was inactive as a kid, I’m inactive as an adult. Yet I have four of the required six hyperactive/impulsive symptoms.
A mask is not a substitute for remaining indoors in a properly air filtered environment. If your home does not have filters, keep windows and doors closed and turn off unfiltered air inlets such as air conditioners. If you want to purchase an air purifier, you need one with a “True HEPA” filter. Cars may or may not be okay, depending on the quality of your car’s air filtering, but they are better than physically exerting yourself to get from point A to point B. Ask your local government if they have “clean air shelters”.
People with breathing problems may not have strong enough lungs to be able to push air through a mask. People engaging in strenuous exercise may also have issues with the way the mask restricts airflow. Masks that do not restrict airflow in this way are unfortunately useless.
Useful masks do not come in children’s sizes. There exist useful masks for dogs, but they are only available to military and police so you are unlikely to be able to acquire any.
Masks will only protect you if you get the correct type and wear them properly. The particles that are harmful about wildfire smoke are small enough that they can enter your mask through small gaps, facial hair, and improperly fitted nosepieces.
The type of mask you want is a disposable molded paint respirator, approximately hemispherical, with an adjustable metal piece above the nose and two straps that go all the way around your head. It will have “NIOSH” printed on it, and also either “N95” or “P100”. Surgical masks, fabric masks, and washable filters will not protect you. There are reusable respirators, as in the ones that make you look like Bane, but those are for skilled users only and outside the scope of this document.
Remove facial hair. The harmful particles are so much smaller than the width of human hair that they can enter through tiny air channels in beards.
Put the mask on over your mouth and nose. It should reach all the way to the bottom of your chin.
Put the elastic straps all the way around your head. One needs to go around the base of your head, below your ears, and the other needs to go around the largest part of your head, above the ears. If you have long hair you can use a ponytail to separate the two. If the straps are not tight, tie a knot in the elastic so that they become tight. You don’t want them to hurt, but you do want them to be firmly pressing the mask to your face.
Pinch the metal nosepiece to fit around your nose.
Hold your hands next to the perimeter of the mask. Exhale and feel if any air is leaking around the edges. Reposition the mask until air stops leaking.
This is the second time I’ve drawn Rouxls and the second time I’ve drawn him with coffee. Not sure what I’m trying to say about that other than being the Royal Babysitter requires caffeine.
Hey, just in case you have trouble with false equivalency between Antifa and Fascists. Someone made this handy chart to help you with your stupid bullshit!
Yeah, in my internship we had to go over these a lot with new parents. Breast is best, touch time is vital, and you can’t spoil a baby. It’s impossible to spoil a baby. Spoiling requires the spoilee to have an understanding of how their actions impact other peoples’ realities. This is something babies are literally incapable of doing. They can’t even begin to comprehend how their actions impact the world around them until they are close to 6 months, about when they start the “drop it and have the grownups pick it up for me” game. (Which, incidentally, is important for their development, just let it happen.) Even then, they still need responsiveness to their distress, for years to come.
Fun fact, toddlers with parents and family who were responsive, connected, attached, and cuddly in the infancy stage (birth to ~1 yr) are actually more independent, adventurous, and outgoing because they’re secure in their attachment and support. And not just responsiveness to crying, but just plain-old cuddle time. Snuggle that baby! It helps them learn about their own bodies, and helps them feel secure and safe, which is super important when you’re new to the world and everything is overwhelming and scary. Similar to tummy time, it helps them learn how to move, how to control their bodies, and is necessary for proper development in cognition and motor skills both fine and gross.
You can’t spoil a baby by snuggling them or holding them lots, nor by picking them up or comforting them when they cry, and it’s actually vital for them to get that care.
(Also, while breastfeeding is best for health and development, formula is super important and has saved so many mothers and babies! So formula isn’t “bad” for babies, but if breastfeeding is an option for both mother and baby, physically and emotionally, it definitely should be the go-to because it’s better. Also also, autistic infants and children may have different touch needs, but responsiveness in the child’s own comfort zone should absolutely still be used. Similarly, autistic parents may not be able to handle the near-constant touch that infants need, and can call in some backup to help give the baby the touch time it needs, while meeting their own sensory needs.)
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