Yeahh, This Is My Story (dropping Uni For The 4th Time, Not Being Able To Pass 1st Semester, Trying Different

Let's talk about college, failure, and ADHD

(🚩 If this doesn't apply to you, please keep any dismissive & minimizing comments to yourself, please)

A lot of people with ADHD start off doing well in grade school, middle school, and sometimes even high school.

For these individuals, ADHD is often overlooked or missed because of the misconception that "if someone is doing well in school, they couldn't possibly have ADHD"

Fast forward to college.

Those same people are now struggling with their new set of responsibilities, especially now that they're in a new place where they haven't learned to mask.

They burn out quicker.

Their performance drops.

They wonder what's wrong with them.

They start to second guess their major or focus at university, and they either change paths or drop out altogether.

This might happen a few times before they're finally diagnosed.

But even once/if they're diagnosed, they still feel like a failure at higher education.

Then comes the negative self-talk and self-gaslighting:

"I'm just making up excuses."
"I don't actually have ADHD."
"I was never smart enough for that degree anyway."
"I'm just lazy."

And they actually believe these things they're telling themselves.

And IF they get diagnosed & IF they decide to go back to school, there's the added pressure of, "Well my ADHD is diagnosed now, so I should do better this time"

But the reality is, without proper accommodations AND treatment, all they're left with is self-imposed high standards.

AND THEN, even if they DO graduate, they minimize their accomplishments:

"I only did well because I used accommodations."
"I only graduated because I took meds."
"It's an easy degree anyway."
"It took me 7 semesters to finish, so it's not even a big accomplishment."

If you read through this and relate to any of it, you're not alone!!

It's HARD getting a degree these days. For anyone. But ADHD makes it so much harder.

And I'll tell you a secret:

It's OKAY to acknowledge that. And it's OKAY to get support.

You are not a failure.

yeahh, this is my story (dropping uni for the 4th time, not being able to pass 1st semester, trying different fields each year)

tell me yours

More Sweet Dreams art!!!

man.... i've posted a lot, huh?

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rynzie

2 months ago

Donate to these S*danese and P*lestinian refugees please, they need you.

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— 🇵🇸 (@nnnnnnxox) April 5, 2025

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Refugees surviving Homelessness in Egypt & Evacuations in G*za

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rynzie

3 months ago

I wonder if mutuals ever think this about my posts

Being on this website is fun because you can absolutely tell when a blorbo clicks in someone's brain. You're scrolling, and suddenly out of nowhere there's like 12 posts about the same character back to back reposted by the same person, and you just know "oh. They're a permanent part of their psyche now." and honestly it's a vibe go off king

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rynzie

2 months ago

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rynzie

3 months ago

WOOOO

YAAAAAAY!!!!

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rynzie

4 months ago

White Cosmo and Toodles are Abominations, EAT SHIT.

"B-b-but!!" EAT SHIT. y'all know DAMN well u have absolutely no reason to make Cosmo and Toodles the lightest skinned blue eyed babies I've ever seen. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING

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rynzie

4 months ago

im so confused why are runway shows being posted in #punk, #alternative and the likes??

are they not like, very mainstream and capitalistic?? can somebody explain imitations of punk and other alternative cultures really piss me off so if this was one of those I'd be sad :( please don't be some soon to be fast fashion knock-off for posers

Cushnie & Ochs Spring 2014

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rynzie

2 months ago

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rynzie

4 months ago

Right?? And grown adults have no clue about the absolute HORRORS indigenous women, or just any indigenous person faces today. And nobody cares to learn either. We're so busy comparing ourselves to the US and patting ourselves on the back for being "progressive" that we don't know and don't even care to learn about our own issues.c The reserves are so insanely unsafe and isolated people are forced to HITCH HIKE to escape to Vancouver (which is STILL unsafe) or literally any city. Vancouver, downtown is a hell hole.

I think it's horrific how long we wait to tell kids about their country's bad history. Like you spend your whole life thinking you live in the best country in the whole wide world until high school when they tell you the government actually eradicated an entire culture a couple hundred years ago. Like isn't that insane? No wonder there's so many people who think it didn't happen.

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