Big medical doings in JenWorld. Processing.

That's a lot. I was thinking recently about all of the people I know who have had later-in-life ADHD diagnoses.

And my thought was this: if that many people are considered to have a disorder because their brain doesn't neatly fit into capitalist work slots, maybe it's really the culture and the expectations that are fucked up.

If you were a farm wife in the 1800s or a chairmaker, would ADHD even be that visible or disordered? You could just hyperfocus on mending socks or tending garden or making pickles, or turning wood or inspecting lumber and there wouldn't be long stretches of same-y work that required intense focus, or multitasking, or commuting etc.

I've always found it useful to look at the history of diagnosis and how it changes over time. How women could be institutionalized for being too sassy or independent. The history of psychological care has always been used as a form of social control and coercion as much as it has existed to help people.

tl;dr: Blame Capitalism, and coercive systems of control!

(Mind I'm not dismissing ADHD or its challenges. I'm just saying if the culture were different it might not be seen as particularly atypical, but just a different brain flavor.)

Oh, fuck Daylight Savings. I just hit a wall at work, and I need to take a nap RIGHT NOW.

Oh, fuck Daylight Savings.

That's just going to encourage it!

I like DST. This mainly comes from coaching Little League for more than ten years and being able to do after school practice without worrying about twilight resulting in black eyes from balls coming in out of the gloaming.

I like the extra evening light. The switchover never bothered Matilda much, but it surely messed up Emmett's sleep schedule for a month when he was little.

Yah, I know what you mean, David. There have definitely been periods where the "what" of how I was living at least parts of my life fit better with the way my brain works, which I realized even without naming anything about it. Mind, I never figured out how to extend the "what" out enough, but...

I'm just trying to ignore DST. Working from home makes that a thousand time easier. Birdie will get hungry earlier, right? I've taken to giving her one scoop about an hour before actual dinner time so she'll chill the eff out... then feed her the rest at actual dinner time.

Florida voted to stay on DST year-round a long time ago, but the feds never approved it. If Biden would dump time change he would get a big bump in the polls.

Since we don't change, I'm just on Team Pick One(Because the flip is still challenging because of dyscalculia. Which, ironically, pulls the whole thread together like the dude's rug or something.

As a household that gets up at 6am because the school bus comes at 6:38, I am a DST hater. It is much much better here than it was in Southwestern Ohio though.

I think Casper is probably ADHD although she’s only been diagnosed with anxiety. Trying to get her to understand that at a minimum most people’s brains are a little bit weird and you need to figure out how to work with yours to accomplish the things you want in life. Hack your brain, kid!

I'm fine with more sun later in the day. I'm just going to curse at DST for a couple of days until I catch up on sleep.

I kinda like getting up when things are barely starting to get light. Sort of like seeing a secret part of the world for a little bit. Then after I’ve had my coffee, the sun comes up, and the day starts. Plus, for a few days, I feel like staying up late like the cool kids. That part fades as sleep deprivation sets in.

Y'all, I had thoughtful responses and stuff and halfway through the post I had a meeting and now what I was saying doesn't really make sense, so I'll just prairie dog real quick and wave.