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did an adhd diagnosis change how you saw being sapphic

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Quinn
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Quinn

diagnosed at 34. the report explained my inbox. it also made a mess of old crushes. i used to treat attraction like a research project. six hours on someone's dog's instagram and i'd call it being thorough.

adhd and realizing you're sapphic

a friend in college flirted with me for a semester. i thought she was being nice, because niceness is something i catalog. dating men was easier in one ugly way: there was a script, and scripts are a ramp. with women i still can't tell flirting from friendliness until someone spells it out.

if a diagnosis did something to how you date, or how late you came out, i want the boring version. if it changed nothing about who you want and only changed how you plan a Tuesday, that counts too.

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  • Mei

    Mei

    autistic, not adhd, so steal what fits. the script with men was the part i missed until it was gone. dating women i had to build the steps myself. loud bars are a no. i say that in the first message now. saves a Tuesday.

  • Nell

    Nell

    diagnosis didn't make me queer. it explained why a dating app with no plan eats my week. the crushes were already there. i'd just filed them under "i'm like this with everyone." i was not like that with everyone.

  • kit.

    kit.

    the research-project crush is so specific it hurt. i had a spreadsheet energy about a girl in 2016 and called it curiosity. curiosity doesn't learn someone's coffee order from a story she told once.

  • Quinn

    Quinn

    ok. crushes were real, planning is the part that's actually adhd. i can work with that. first message will include "no loud bars" and zero spreadsheets.

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