sacredbirdman

joined 3 years ago
[โ€“] sacredbirdman@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

I remember that exact same verse! I had had multiple traumatic happenings in life and tried to study Bible to soothe my mind and find some answers. I read the whole thing and hoo boy was it eye-opening! I tried reading apologetics to allay my doubts but they seemed like dodging the questions and didn't provide satisfying answers. Then I started reading stuff with historical critical approach and it started to make sense. I fell away from Christianity. Then I read other "holy" scriptures just make sure I wasn't missing something and realized that they all had cool stories but that's about it. So, I decided to rebuild my world view on something that wasn't based on wishful thinking.. and I've been a content atheist for 15 years.

[โ€“] sacredbirdman@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have ADHD too and in those few high stress / life or death situations I've been in, I suddenly felt super calm and focused while some other people were just screaming. I read somewhere that people with ADHD are overrepresented in first responders and similar jobs and I can believe that.

That being said, I very much agree with JackByDev. Yeah, ADHD is a disability. It has caused much pain and suffering for me and I wish I could get rid of it.