Dani Donovan 🔜 PAX East
🎨 ADHD comic artist + TikTok creator
https://adhddd.com
📚 Author of “The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It”
https://anti-planner.com
🎤 Neurodiversity public speaker:
adhddd.com/public-speaking
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- ✨GUESS WHAT I’VE BEEN WORKING ON✨
- If you say: “Em dashes = AI writing” I hear: “I don’t get grammar—and assume no one else does either.”
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- Anybody going to PAX East? It's my first time, and I'd love to meet new people!! 💖 👋🖊️ Fri. 4-6pm: Meet & greet / autographs 🎲🐉 Sat. 12:30pm-1:30pm: ADHD + TTRPGs panel #PaxEast
- did it hurt? when you realized not knowing how to be kind to yourself locks you in a loop where “not being perfect” triggers shame collapse
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- me: hey just so you know that hurt my feelings them: me: never mind i’m fine actually haha i was just being sensitive haha i’m good now did you want a snack or
- ADHD is finally answering one email you’ve been avoiding and feeling like you just got back from the fucking crusades
- does anyone else want to throw up while pulling the cotton ball out of a pill bottle? no? just me? cool cool cool
- structure? i barely know her!
- my toxic trait is thinking “once this week is over it’ll calm down” every week forever
- Reposted by Dani Donovan 🔜 PAX EastI can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
- nothing makes me rage-quit a job faster than getting in trouble for something that wasn’t my fault
- me: i’ll do it when i have more time also me: *wastes free time feeling guilty about wasting free time*
- the ADHD urge to apologize for existing
- got gifted this MTG playmat by @dariaaksenovaart.bsky.social and i am OBSESSED 😍🦝
- “why didn’t you just do it earlier?” oh sorry i left my functioning executive system in my other pants
- the problem isn’t that i don’t want to take care of my stuff it’s that executive dysfunction makes “just clean it” feel like a boss fight
- me: i want to __________ 🧠: so make a plan me: no plan. only do
- “you’re so funny!” haha thanks, it’s the trauma :)
- me: you answered that important email, right? brain: nope me: oh. well did you at least clean or something brain: nope me: wtf did you do today brain: thought about how much stuff i need to do
- the perfectionist’s creed: if i do it and it’s not perfect, i have failed. if i don’t do it at all, i have also failed. either way, i must feel bad. so it is written. so it shall be done.
- the ADHD ability to go from “i’m a genius” to “what if i never amount to anything???” in under 3 seconds
- rebranding ✨trauma responses✨ ❌ fight / flight / freeze / fawn ✅ sharp / spiraling / silent / sobbing
- the ADHD urge to write a whole-ass dissertation instead of dealing with the dishes you left “to soak” in the sink
- did it hurt? when you realized your fear of failure is slowing you down more than actual failure ever could
- did it hurt? when you realized you over-explain because you’re either excited or subconsciously bracing for judgment
- normalize answering “why do you want this job?” with “because rent is due and crime is illegal”
- what’s actually helped you manage your finances better? my current strategy is ✨avoidance✨ and it’s not great
- the real MVP
- my kingdom for a Drafts feature
- ⚠️ Science is in trouble. ⚠️ 🗑️ Research? Gutted. 🔇 Experts? Silenced. ✏️ Policies? Rewritten by people who don’t care about facts. Stand Up for Science protests are happening TODAY all over the country. Where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
- trying to refill your ADHD meds while off your ADHD meds is like trying to find your glasses without your glasses
- i don’t do “small steps” i do zero steps then all the steps at once in an unhinged burst of manic efficiency that i will not be able to replicate again for months
- just a reminder that the degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth they can accept about themselves without running away
- good thing i suck at making appointments because every time i see a cool tattoo i want a new tattoo
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- What’s the best piece of wisdom you’ve gotten from therapy? (Check the replies—there’s probs something you need to hear!)
- i’m not a person. i’m a bunch of feelings and contradictions in a trenchcoat
- Reposted by Dani Donovan 🔜 PAX EastWe are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
- Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
