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Bro! This is exactly what that couple you babysat for did to you!

https://www.gendercensus.com/

Wenn du dich nicht in die binäre Geschlechterordnung einordnen kannst, mach bei dieser Umfrage mit! Ich leite sie nicht, aber sie ist ziemlich bekannt. Mir ist aufgefallen, dass sich nicht viele Österreicher beteiligen, vor allem nicht über Reddit.

I don't mean that in the sense of filling out a form to indicate nationality. I know you know what nationality you technically are. I mean whether you *feel* as though you belong to and are happy to be labelled with a British identity, whether you feel connected to the other "home nations" etc. Do you feel more connected to the "British" label than you do to the label of your "home nation" or locality, county etc?

What's your go-to quick supermarket frozen meal?

"Of course you're depressed lmao we live in a capitalist hellscape... everyone's depressed"

Fuck this attitude.

Listen, I know workplace stress and the cost of living will contribute to poor mental health... obviously. I'm not trying to push a "society is perfect!" agenda here.

But I've seen people say this online to strangers they know nothing about as if it's the absolute truth, the sole reason for their depression.

What you're essentially saying when you blame depression on the economic system is that:

1. Depression is inevitable and inescapable because "that's just life" basically

2. The depressed person should shut up complaining because everyone else feels exactly the same therefore their problems aren't real.

I don't think I have to explain why this viewpoint is incredibly harmful, but I will anyway.

It misleads depressed people into thinking that every single person is just as miserable as them, but seems to be dealing with it much better than they are. This then makes them feel like a failed person.

It's also a take that I see pretty much exclusively from people from the US and it's usually presented alongside US-centric complaints about workers' rights, the cost of medication, etc. The US is not the world, guys.

And it's dismissive of those who live in more socialist countries and who are depressed... because guess what - changing the economic system isn't going to magically change anyone's trauma, relationship troubles, brain chemistry, etc. And besides, every society has its own problems and stresses.

Depression has unfortunately always existed and always will. You are not helping anyone by belittling their issues and oversimplifying them to a single cause.

I have constant inner chatter like many with ADHD, but it isn't talking to me - it's giving an imaginary lecture to a real person I know (usually my father).

It's explaining my actions, justifying my decisions, practising future conversations I might have with the person or ranting about my problems.

Anyone else?

I get no sense of peace or satisfaction. Feels like I'm always grasping for something just out of reach. I do something but the box doesn't get ticked in my brain to say it's done. I had the best possible exam results I could have got and I didn't give a fuck. Things feel so hollow sometimes. It's like being in withdrawal from a drug that you never took in the first place.

One thing I notice about British news as an Irish person is the comparative lack of exam-related news about O-Levels, A-Levels, GCSEs, and what have you.

The Irish media are absolutely obsessed with our Leaving (and Junior) Certificate by comparison and will do breakdowns of papers, daily "exam diaries" where students talk about how it went, results stats and reactions, exam advice, study material etc. I'm not sure whether our level of obsession is good or bad. It's just something I've observed.

I'm wondering whether this is just my perception as a foreigner or whether the UK is just less fixated on state exams.

And if what I've noticed is true... is this because your exams aren't standardised by the government or something? Or because ye take fewer subjects/don't have mandatory ones, so it's not as much of a "universal" experience? Or is it just a more relaxed attitude/a desire to avoid stressing out the students?

So on this sub a lot, I see loads of people saying how they got missed because they weren't/aren't hyperactive, how the disorder is misnamed, how they grew out of hyperactivity, how it's normally internal etc.

It makes me wonder about myself because I'm an adult and I'm still hyper as fuck, especially when alone and off meds. I will jump around the room, bounce off the walls, mutter to myself frantically, just act like a total maniac. I will be pacing and jumping around in the middle of the night instead of going to sleep. I will cause myself accidental injuries from racing around rooms. And then I go online and see that most people mainly have problems with executive dysfunction and the hyperactive stuff is mostly a children's problem.

What's going on?

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