Every time I get to work first and I’m working in the dark this happens.
Like it’s not really that dark we have massive windows letting in sunlight. I don’t need the light on.
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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No shit, but that is not a neurodivergent issue. If I'm viving in a given lighting and someone changes the lighting without proper warning I'm gonna get pissed.
As always, this is a boundaries, respect and communication issue.
I do this because it gratifies my photic sneeze fetish
I identify with this because of my ADHD.
But also, because ADHD, I spent about 15 minutes in a "does not compute" loop because bats can see perfectly well in the dark, so using them as an analogy involving something being lost and helping them by turning the lights on is just not making sense to me.
I've broken out of the loop, but I still am not sure why "bats"
They're bats, because they are perfectly comfortable in the dark. It's the 'lost' bit that's a mystery
Bats don't need light therefore a light switch have no meaning for them. Lost referres more to the human than the bat side.
A lost bat might get trapped in a dark room. While they wouldn't be bothered too much by the dark ( like everyone else, they need at least a bit of light to see using their eyes ), they could use echo sounding to figure out the room fairly well. But they still would be unable to open the door or window to escape, so still trapped or "lost".
My attempt at an interpretation. 😅
My interpretation was "we're not idiots, we know how a light switch works", idiots being lost bats (for some reason)
Does being in the dark help people with ADHD? My daughter has ADHD, but she hates being in the dark. She even sleeps with a ton of LED lights on all over her room. Is that sort of the same thing even though it's light rather than dark? A neurodivergent way to be more comfortable?
It's odd that I assumed the post was all metaphor.
"Dark place"
"Shining a light on someone"
Things like that.
Maybe personal preferences are a factor.
I'm not ADHD but I quite like dark rooms. Just enough light to do whatever thing. Often that's no light.
I was thinking more about the consistency of light levels being something more important to people with ADHD.
For me it's usually that the light level was acceptable when I entered the room and those conditions may have changed since then, but not enough to make it worth walking over to the light switch.
I guess that's if what I was wondering, if consistent light level in terms of daily comfort is the issue here.
It varies for me, sometimes I get sick of the dark and sometimes I need near complete darkness. It really depends on my mood and what's going on.
I have ADHD and also keep all of my lights on. My partner hates it. 😔
It can. For me the darkness gives me less stimulation and that can be calming or help me focus when I can’t regulate visual stimuli.
I just like darkness and maybe a hint of light from accent lights or my desk lamp. Perfect working/gaming atmosphere.
Edit: Also some good music. Spotify is (with Youtube) my most run application on every device.
In the morning I prefer a dark room because im still a zombie husk from waking up. Or if I have a headache. Late at night Id rather have a bright/well lit room. So it depends.
I feel much more comfortable in dark rooms, with dark mode screens and quiet.
I am ADHD and ASD though, and it's ASD that leads to sensory overload conditions that make the dark, quite rooms help me a ton.
My pediatrician has told me that boys with ASD have a 90% chance of having ADHD, and its fairly common for girls as well, though not near 90%.
I suppose, since ASD diagnosis is difficult in more subtle cases and it costs a fair amount of time and money that there are a ton of folks diagnosed with ADHD that are also ASD and don't realize it.
I would say it depends on the person. I prefer dark rooms over bright ones, but not everyone does.
Oh! You don't mean that kind of dark room!
Instant destruction of photos
Tell some of my coworkers that.
I've made peace with it but I always internally laugh at people finding someone in a dark room and deciding they couldn't have turned the light on themselves or something.
Not neuro divergent. If you turn the lights on when I am sitting in the dark you will officially be on my shit list. It is entitled behavior and you should be punished.
gravely castigated i say
persona non grata
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