u/MintDrink

I told my therapist my dream vacation and she went quiet for a solid ten seconds.

Not Bali. Not Paris. I said: "I want to be a well-cared-for zoo animal. Someone shows up twice a day with food. Someone notices when I look dehydrated. A sign outside says 'do not tap the glass, she is resting.' That's it. That's the whole trip."

And here's the part nobody tells you (that fantasy isn't laziness) It's your brain waving a white flag after running an invisible full-time job called Keeping Myself Alive: remember to eat, drink water before you're dizzy, sleep at a normal hour, answer that text from 9 days ago, shower even though it has 14 steps. Neurotypical brains do this on autopilot. Ours does it manually. Every. Single. Task. No wonder we're tired (we've been our own zookeeper, unpaid, since birth)

So if you can't afford a terrarium, here's the closest real thing (it's called body doubling): just having another human in the room (even on a video call, even silent) makes ADHD brains actually start the task. You're basically borrowing their executive function. It works stupidly well and it's free.

Send this to the person who'd remember to water you. They deserve to know they've been selected 🌿

Everyone else... you don't need another app or another planner :D Sometimes you just need a daily "oh thank god it's not just me." That's literally all this page is: your daily misting. Follow us and consider yourself in the terrarium. We'll keep you alive from here 🦥

Peace ✌️🕊️