Moments of Permanence - Invisible disabilities are sometimes invisible from the inside...

From: angrylemur.livejournal.com Date: March 25th, 2009 05:24 am (UTC) (Link)

I get overstimulated, too. (Funnily enough, largely to do with the fact that I have OCD, which my adult ADD-having beau refers to as the opposite of ADD and/or ADHD.) It sucks. But I recall my own relief at figuring out what it was exactly - not that I was a jerk or antisocial or oversensitive or unable to handle my shit, but just that there's only so much stimulation I can take without needing a break. (I'd been "self medicating" said overstimulation with alcohol until I figured that out. Honestly, I think figuring it out saved me from having A Problem, in that suddenly it was a thing with a name and there were other resources available to me to deal with it.)

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