An AuDHD man has reportedly resigned himself to no longer ever seeing many of his most treasured belongings, or even remembering that they still exist, after moving them slightly out of his direct line of vision on the advice of his neurotypical friends.
Gavin Monks, 48, is vaguely aware that before this morning he had hobbies, interests, and possessions, but has no idea what those could be, and even less idea where such possessions could ever be found.
“It’s very sad,” Monks said, standing in front of a closed cupboard door with a label reading “board games”. “Because now you come to mention it, I do have a vague memory of having had a regular games night every Wednesday for a decade. But as you can see, I own no games and, as far as I’m currently aware, I never have.”
“And while I do have a DVD player, there’s no giant pile of DVDs teetering precariously on top of it, so I must never have got round to buying any. That’s odd, because I do like films quite a lot.”
Monks was last seen adding Settlers of Cataan to his Amazon shopping cart, wondering briefly why it said “purchased four times”, but failing to complete the purchase as he put his phone down for a second.
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