I wear combat boots made for first responders (Haix). They are about 3-4 times the cost of yours, but they are made in Europe. Anyway, I’ve had my oldest pair for over six years, and I put at least 10 miles on them on a day. The only upkeep they’ve needed so far is some conditioner. I have a ton of boots, but these are by far my favorites
I’ve worn them in the Arizona desert during summer, and in winter where I live (gets to -30F and colder)
Well, his Wikipedia article is horrifying
He asserts that casual sex attracts subterranean spirits that make an impression on the inside of women’s vaginas and offers exercises to “clean out” said vaginas; he writes that children get cancer because they want it;
I hope her first husband kept their daughters away from him
This is why I set the bottle in the bathroom sink after having this thought. Its hard to ignore something so out of place and in the way
When I was transitioning out of therapy, I used a peer support as a stepping stone to forging my own support network. The person who was assigned to me is studying to be a psychologist. He was well aware of my ADHD.
One day I was talking about how exhausting it can be to find a New Thing that becomes my existence until I squeeze out the dopamine I can get from it. This man goes “Wow, you really have an addictive personality.”
If current psychology students aren’t being taught how ADHD impacts the way people interact with the world, and they instead dismiss it as a personality trait with negative connotations, I don’t have much hope that people will stop discriminating either.
The worst part is, it’s widely known that the population he and I inhabit often develop addictions through self-medication or self-soothing. There’s so much more to addiction than what many people assume it is
Get out of my head!
For real though, ADHD life is about being a hacker in the least sexy ways possible