2 months ago I got an assignment on ADHD in Psychology. It’s due tomorrow and I have written one paragraph…
I had to write an email to my professors in my final year asking for an extension on an essay about adhd because of my adhd.
It began: “So I’m aware of the irony here…”
Just revisiting this to point put that they did give me an extension. I handed in the assessment, did pretty well on it, and the professor I most respected in the university (who ran the class) never said a word about it to me.
It turns out they didn’t care at all about the extended deadline, just that I was trying and that I gave them a heads up when I needed help.
Remember to ask for help when you need it, even if it makes you feel a little silly. Ask early if you can so that the people you’re asking have time to think about a response/plan of action, but if you find yourself stressing out 24hours out from a deadline still just ask.
This has been one of the hardest and most important things I have learnt over the last 10 years.
Ask for help. Ask early. Even if it’s scary.
You are not a burden.
You are not dumb.
You are not expected to already just “know” everything.
Needing help does not make you weak and asking for help makes you incredibly strong.
y'all my thesis is on adhd rhetorics and ways of learning.
said thesis was due yesterday and I legit wrote to my thesis chair “temporal being is not my jam”
I’ve been busting my fatigued, atemporal, executive dysfunctional ass and got a minor extension.
the thesis speaks for itself…. academia is built on ableist and unsustainable productivity timelines SO PLS BE UNAPOLOGETIC IN THE TIME AND PACING YOU NEED REGARDLESS OF HOW OTHERS OPERATE I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR YOU!!
real question for the ppl out there who make their own neurotransmitters to prioritize and execute tasks…. is that not a euphoric experience to you??? bc it sure is every time i take my medication. i can work on the thing that’s due tomorrow?? i feel godly
my thesis is due today and unfortunately my executive dysfunction does not know how to conceptualize “hard deadlines” or “consequences” and one day I’m going to be killed for good bc I assume I can just regenerate at the next check point
