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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • I worked as an insurance agent. In the states I had my P&C licenses in, we were legally required to base rates on data. i.e statistically how much the company paid out in claims given certain factors. One of the things we based rates on was the breeds of dog people owned. Pitbulls and certain other dog breeds do not just have a bad reputation because people irrationally fear/hate them, they actually do pose a greater risk. Just like teenagers by and large, aren’t as safe drivers. It isn’t “fair” in that the dog didn’t choose to be the breed it is and some of them really are good dogs but statistically, averaged over the whole, they are more of a risk than other dog breeds are.











  • After I was diagnosed, I think it made it easier for me to be more forgiving of myself. Because I looked at my past differently because of it. So many things made more sense. The hypermobility (I could bend my legs far beyond what was normal when I was a kid and this is common in ADHD), feeling antsy/uncomfortable sitting still or otherwise not having anything to do, so many hobbies I went full force into until I got burned out or bored and moved on, impulsivity, feeling like you dont think like most people do, hyperfocus, skipping homework and other boring/tedious tasks, difficulty “shutting off your mind” to sleep, rejection sensitivity, feeling like your emotions are stronger or harder to control, rumination (agonizing over mistakes or social screw ups late at night), procrastination combined with extreme last minute productivity, sensory sensitivity eg. food textures, surfaces, socks etc, rambling, connecting completely disperate things/concepts together