Edit: I just learned from a comment on another post here that it's literally the only rule for this community. Thanks @[email protected] for taking out the trash.
I just ran into several comments all saying this. If you're going to be policing this community for "normal human behavior" you've certainly got a lot of work cut out for yourself. Almost everything about ADHD is an exaggeration of normal human behavior, we don't randomly tweet like birds or wear silly hats, it's the exaggeration that makes it a disorder.
It's also really invalidating and it's the same gaslighting crap that we've had fed to us by jerks our whole lives.
Had a coworker say everyone has binge eating disorder when I mentioned I have that in a discussion. He was visibly disgusted when I asked him if everyone, during times of great stress stress, consumes an entire cake in one sitting and tries to eat more than their bodies can physically handle.
My eating disorder isn't that bad anymore, but it was that bad at one time. I regressed a lot last year after some insanely stressful times, and I've been working on getting back to where I was very rarely binging. It's hard, but I believe in myself.
That's... sad for him that his perspective is so small. Many people seem incapable of understanding things like this no matter what you say. Hopefully he doesn't damage someone with his perspective.
I am not that experienced with EDs but I personally think the most important thing with most maintenance is not that you don't regress, but that you get back on that damn horse when you fall off. You doing that shows self-awareness and willingness to fail and keep trying to work on yourself, which is true strength. So many people easily fall into a spiral of self-hatred and give up, but no, you're doing the work, and it's hard. I have good reason to believe in you too.
My coworker is also super transphobic. Dude is really sad to observe.
Thank you for the encouragement! It's been so hard, especially because I have a very high-stress job and easy access to foods that trigger binges.