So, it turns out I'm ADHD

[SvennoJ]

VGChartz really is a bit of an oddball community, and I love it for that!

The 80s 90s were a great time to grow up with a lot of freedom, but also with the attitude of suck it up, act normal, words can't hurt you. Now we protect children a bit too much but at least acknowledge different needs.

And yep, there's a lot of overlap with ADHD, OCD, APD, PDA, ARFID, and other forms of Autism. "If you have met one person with Autism, you have met one person with Autism" Looking back it seems to vary as well. For example as a kid I always had to lay out my clothes neatly on the floor before sleeping, they couldn't touch each other, now I just throw it in a pile. But I can't eat before making sure the dishes are done so I have a place to put my dish after I'm done.

And one quirk I have is I always count things in my native tongue while my inner dialog is in English. Then when my family was over I was talking English to my sister and Dutch to my kids lol. All mixed up, hard to switch once going. I hope I don't get dementia later in life and revert back to Dutch :/