reydhd:

one of the least helpful things ive been told as a neurodivergent person is “don’t half ass things” if you can quarter ass something, do it! if all you can do is clean a corner of your room, or only read one of the two assigned chapters, or write the heading for your resume, or put all the papers for taxes in a pile, do it! if today isn’t a whole ass day, take pride in the portion of ass that you were capable of don’t let neurotypicals work ethic define how you did today

No, fuck this post.



The point of “don’t half ass” is not to be lazy. Because you never get anywhere in life if you put in the minimum bare effort. Part of having a mental illness is striving to get better, not to let it be a part of use and use it as an excuse to do nothing all day.



It’s like you people don’t want to get better. Like you don’t want to improve. You know that self care stuff you always talk about? This is what it really is. It’s not warm blankets and hot chocolate and netflix all day.

-It’s getting out of bed even thought you don’t want to because “nigga you got work to do”.

-it’s taking a shower even though you feel bad because you smell like shit.

-It’s cleaning you room even though you don’t want to leave bed because you can’t see your floor.

-It’s going out and buying groceries even though you’re anxious because you have no food in your fridge.

-It’s washing those dishes even though you want to cry because you need those plates for tonight’s dinner.

-It’s making your own dinner instead of ordering out for the umpteenth time because that crap is bad for you.

That is the true face of self care

. Getting off of your ass and improving your life as little as you can, one step at a time. Because if you do enough small things, it adds up. Imagine if anything else was excused with this mental gymnastics?

“Sorry I couldn’t pay you your full salary, but I gave you ¼th of it, and I’m proud of that. I’m not letting neurotypical’s wage values define how much I should pay you.”





No, I’m not telling you to run a marathon every day, or lift a schoolbus while doing your homework. I’m not telling you to be goddamn Superman; but if you’re going to do one task for the entire day, don’t half-ass it. You are doing nothing but hurting yourself further.



I don’t care how sick you think your brain is, there is no excuse for this level of complacency and laziness.

This is your brain on tumblr, not even once.