📋ADHDers love curating Reading Lists to stay on track.
🫣Going back to them, though, is another story.
Have you tried giving yourself little rewards when you check off read items from the list? Because they totally count as mini victories! 🥳
It's true that neurodivergent minds are energized and motivated when they set and execute goals, gain achievements, communicate, create, strategize, innovate, or serve and connect with people.
But the constant whirlwind of killer ideas and endless possibilities, without the reigns of process, structure, and execution, can get debilitating.
🧰 To help you crush those distractions, we've curated a list of helpful tools available for you to use on our browser.
Building systems and leveraging productivity tools can set you up for success and manage your scattered thoughts.
Our built-in Reading List is one such example, read the blog for more👇
@Vivaldi I applied for a job at Opera, Grünerløkka. Application was rejected. I wasn't organised enough, I expect. If Vivaldi wants a talented programmer now, I'm prepared to step up.
@Vivaldi The built in reading list is an amazing feature. Recently you've added the ability to share links directly to the reading list, which is a fantastic addition. I love being able to add a link from any app (usually my feed reader) on my phone easily to the reading list and just pick it up and read it next time I'm on my computer or tablet.
My gramps gave me the best advice I gonna try and follow .
Here it is ..........
Jaden .Deal with shit when it happens. Don't think about it before or after .
Fck ! That fking hits ! That's it !!!!! That fking simple!!!
Yall can do this you gon be happy af .
My grammpa a genius 👏🏾 🙌🏾
I need a hashtag I can share dis shit wide ???? #mentalhealth#mentalhealthawarenessmonth
@Jaden3 He is right, and we know it. Thinking about what may happen eats up your energy, and afterwards is no use as it happened.
This is how I live too.
High-five to your gramps.
Your grampa is smart! That’s part of Stoic philosophy that Epictetus was talking about thousands of years ago.
I was just sharing that recently with someone who was nervous: if you worry and it doesn’t happen, you worried for nothing. So don’t worry. You can deal with shit when it happens.
I think this NPR story comes close to getting everything right about the dilemmas of involuntary treatment of psychiatric illnesses. I highly recommend it.
More tails from the misery that is indefinite imprisonment in England and Wales. Introduced by Labour (Blunkett) and since repealed with no thought for those imprisoned.
@Wen I’m crying! What cruel punishment. Ministers and Home Office officials need to be held accountable for their actions. Why is it taking so long to remedy this?
'Restful' sleep is not on here, because even when I do get 'restful' sleep, it's not really in my control to do so. I'm realizing some words hold more personal weight than others. And the more I can work around them, the more I can keep the parrot quiet.
My nervous system has so many ingrained problems with certain words and it's fucking weird. Triggers are a bizzare feeling when they calm down.
Okay, its a terrible picture and its not ironed cause its way too hot to iron. The pattern is straight, fabric is just bundled up under it.
#DeathByCrossStitch by #LongDogSamplers. Stitched on white 16ct aida fabric, using approx 370 metres of black DMC thread, 6 needles used. Final stitched area is - 55cm wide and 69cm high.
This was a labour of love, a challenge, a reward to myself, part of my #MentalHealth journey.
I was back at my first job at iRobot. Some manager I currently follow on linked in last night had re-hired me.
I was excited to just make money again.
Howerver, I didn’t go to work on my second day because of burnout/depression.
I didn’t go to work on my third day because of the anxiety caused by not letting my employer know what was going on.
On the 4th day I went to work. They mocked my apology when I finally talked to them. While I was gone, manager and his friend coworker stormed the corporate housing I was staying at and put all my stuff on the street. They kicked me out and kept mocking me…
But back to the main topic: poor mental health can be absolutely paralyzing. I could totally see myself beeing frozen at the idea of missing work and scolding myself for omitting to warn my employer, putting even more pressure on myself (“I’m a failure”), making myself even more paralyzed, skiping even more work…
I am getting anxiety just writing about this FICTIONAL situation.
And for today: unplug your laptop.
This incoming geomagnetic storm my disrupt electricity transmission. It would be a shame to run out of battery when there is now power
@markwyner
In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org. @Tooden
"There is a reason for these broken promises and dysfunctions, which explains why the UK suffers more from them than most comparable nations. It’s called neoliberalism.|
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Common narratives about #homelessness and #mentalhealth in #SF focus on people who reject help. But last fall, our reporters met an unhoused man so desperate for care that he asked to be detained just to get his meds. 🧵
Something very interesting I accidentally came across while investigating what neurotransmitters are involved in an orgasm (turns out to be basically all of them, but oxytocin and vasopressin are specific to sex, love and friendship):
One huge thing about many developmental brain disorders is that many of them can be nipped in the bud if intervention happens early. The earlier, the better. And much of it is simply about spending quality time with the kid and ensuring that they have a safe and supportive environment in school. That last one is a challenge, because kids can be toxic as hell, and it's usually when the adults aren't looking.
I'm neurodiverse and when I was pre-school age, my parents were concerned for me. There weren't many kids to play with in my neighbourhood, so I often played alone. They even put a classified ad in the newspaper to find playmates for me, but it didn't work. I've later learned that if kids don't get to play together at that crucial age, it will impair social learning later in life. Foundational brain circuitry for socialisation is formed at that time, and you can't fully fix it later.
»90 Prozent von queeren Amerikaner*innen zwischen 13 und 24 Jahren erklärten laute einer neuen Studie, dass ihre Wohlbefinden negativ von der "aktuellen Politik" beeinflusst werde. (...)
Zwölf Prozent der Befragten gaben an, in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten einen Suizidversuch unternommen zu haben. Sogar 39 Prozent hätten über Suizid nachgedacht – bei nichtbinären und trans Befragten waren es sogar 46 Prozent.« #Queerfeindlichkeit #Konservative #Suizid #MentalHealth
Probably won't be boosting much for a week or so.... I found out I have shingles today, which is bullshit because I'm basically a decade away from qualifying for the shingles vaccine 😞 So if you follow me for boosts... I'm not dead, I'll be back when I can find a comfortable position besides standing. #illness
@robertroybritt There’s definitely a larger wave of newly trained therapists coming out now.
But insurance is also to blame; ghost networks exist partially because their pay and conditions aren’t great. Just heard of someone yesterday who had Blue Cross Blue Shield claw back money they’d supposedly paid the therapist in 2022. 🙄
Good morning to everyone except the guy who told me that maybe if I just changed my diet (based on a special he saw on Netflix) I could stop taking all my #mentalhealth meds.
What? Most employers approach to #MentalHealth is still basically handing out pamphlets that say "suck it up" in the friendliest possible language, and tying a yellow balloon to your termination notice when you can't.
Happy to! The short version is that behaviors are symptoms. They are often symptoms of neurological damage and/or organ injury. Treating behavior is therefore obviously not treating the cause. But separate from treatment, diagnosis based on behavior alone is fraught with contradictions, misunderstandings, and diagnoses that range from inaccurate to harmful.
As we approach the end of Autism Acceptance Month, here is a reminder that countries like New Zealand will prohibit you from immigrating there if you are autistic.
Psychiatry and other forms of bigotry go hand in hand.
@simon_brooke It is "justified" because apparently autistic people to them are a burden on their healthcare system, quoting "severe cases of autism" costing a lot.
It also includes other conditions and disabilities that bar people from immigration to certain places.
Capitalism above all, ableism be the norm and eugenics are still alive. The healthcare is supposed to be profitable for them.
@simon_brooke It does not matter to them. You can invent a literal miracle cure for all diseases and thus save the world from a lot of misery, but the moment you are mentally ill, neurodivergent or otherwise disabled, it all goes to trash, because society views disabled and mad folks as inferior.
This has sadly been the norm all the time, just like what queer and POC folk go through.
