It’s time to move to n but not too far. Just to a different seat in the chamber…why won’t these old people retire? Don’t they want to spend time with their families, go to beach, do retirement shit?
Ok long and short of it. I have ADHD and no desire to have a ten step regimen. And even if I did I wouldn’t consistently keep up with it. I also work a job that involves me being outside in heat and cold and in an way that involves working with gross things so I get disgusting on a daily basis....
I have a sunscreen I use over the moisturizer for when I’m outside It’s a really high SPF but I have to be outside a lot and it’s very hard to reapply every 2 hours because that means stopping what I’m doing cleansing my hands and my face and reapplying… I usually manage reapplying every four
I have therapy at the ass crack of dawn tomorrow (7am) and I have nothing to say to my therapist. I have been sitting with our last session and am disappointed and frustrated. I feel unheard, I feel like she isn’t a good fit but I am supposed to switch again?
Her bio said she specializes in ADHD depression and anxiety (hello me) and she has shown bias against medication and even stated that she didn’t take the training her company offers to LCSW and therapists about medication so they can sort of have a base line of knowledge when their clients talk about meds they may be taking.
I don’t know how to approach tomorrow and it’s too late to cancel. My previous thought was to see her until I could get in with someone else but now I am not so sure if I don’t have anything I wish to talk about or share with her. I’m tired of therapy. I know I should be glad I can finally afford it and have a job where I can use my lunch for this but I’m just tired of it.
I am seeing a few negative comments on here and it’s baffling. It’s a post about learning that your issues had something to do with a mental health disorder. No where in this post did it say my coworkers should fix it. My partner and friends and family need to be involved deeply in my health care. (Though part of my journey was talking to those people and asking them to point out things about my behavior I didn’t think about or realize might be part of ADHD)
When I first learned I had ADHD I was sort of baffled and lost. I couldn’t see how it got missed and it felt like someone should have noticed but no one did and I am still in the process of unpacking years of self doubt and terrible thoughts. Part of that process is realizing why people may not have noticed, or why you might not have noticed. Hell had a friend not asked me if I had ever been tested I wouldn’t have even considered asking a professional.
This point doesn’t read as blaming the people around them so much as grief at learning late. Grief at not reaching out sooner. Maybe some grief at someone not simply saying hey you okay? But it doesn’t read to me as blaming anyone just sadness.
Ok wait so is it one reply to this? Or multiple replies to this? For instance I want to do the unsung hero thing but what if I think of a good meme? Should that be one post or should it be separate?
Also what does that mean for this reply? Should I edit it and include my actual post or a new one?
Aw this is sweet. I hope he knows how you feel. And it’s so great to hear people doing things in the way that works best for them rather than how society seems it should be.
If nothing else it’s started some discussion and some community engagement. I left reddit in the reddit debacle and sometimes miss the engagement that was there.
I bought a mostly livable fixer upper. The previous attempt to renovate the bathroom themselves and really made some mistakes I don’t know how to fix. They replaced the vanity (already damaged cosmetically) and tiled one wall. There is dried grout everywhere. On the wall, the molding, the vanity (which is grouted in) on the...
I’ve heard people talk about asking for accommodations at work for their ADHD but I have not really heard of any examples of accommodations that have been given for this reason....
It’s just me and my boss so at work I am trapped with the work load I have. My spouse has been understanding and has taken anything he can when I have asked but it’s a balancing act because he has his own issues to work through.
I am working with a therapist and she wants me to prioritize so the things I don’t get to are the least important and least likely to keep bothering me while I try to rest but man it’s hard.
I havent. I doubt that my particular issue is autism. I don’t meet any of the other criteria for it. But I am so glad you are at a better place and working with a great neurodivergent therapist.
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