When my boss asked me how I was today all I coukd say was "I showed up" she then went on to have a 2 hour long meeting about the future of our department and my job.
adhd, autistic, queer, and trans here. went to a local pride meeting tonight and made friends and stargazed and had conversations. that helped. currently awake and scrolling because i want to see people talking about the latest executive order. sending my love to everyone.
It’s taken me years to work past that last point, but everything else applies 💯
I want to do *something*, but running scenarios through my mind leaves me coming to the same conclusion. There’s nothing I can do without risking further harm to me and those I love. :<
as a queer AuDHD person I've been telling my therapist I'm feeling an odd sense of calm rn? I feel like I've been like the post states for coming up on 2 decades as an elder anarchist. Now people are finally at the level of terrified I've been. The slowest train wreck ever
I might be wrong, but it sounds like your prior anxiety levels were already calibrated for you to operate at this level of ohshit. a mixed blessing, as far as I can tell.
I'm a pretty traditional looking CIS dude happily married to a wife of ambiguous ethnicity, i.e. not obviously white. I have queer friends, and am incredibly proud of a friend of mine who is working on completing her transition right now.
I love them.
I have ADHD.
My blood is BURNING.
Personally, I realized some time ago how pointlessly stressful it is to care about every little bad thing.
There's being empathetic, and then there's overworrying yourself by overthinking about every bad thing happening to everyone, when you know full well you can't do anything about it anyway.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
"Fuck Gandalf," said I to my therapist, "Fuck him right to Hel."
don't forget the tiny bit of remaining hope deep inside that you wish you could just get rid of because you know from years of experience that it will only bring you agonizing disappointment
Ayee tfw your pattern recognition and acquired knowledge have made you guess correctly everything that has happened so far. And I don't like my guesses for the future. Humanity's only hope is to surprise me and do the exact opposite they've been doing until now.
Oh... OH!! Um shit. Just last night I went through a mental roller coaster to figure out what I can do to help. So many creators I watch have said existing is an act of resistance.
I can be me in the face of this adversity. It's a challenge for me personally. Your resistance can look different.
Existing when the world doesn't want you to means you're doing great already though, so even (especially) if it's a challenge I hope you find pride and value in it.
...I am glad that I read this. I have been stressing out for years because of all the injustice going on, and I have been stressing out about it even more recently. It is at least nice to know that I'm not the only one like this.
What you can do is check on your friends if you have some in the US, share when you come across someone’s mutual aid post, and do your best to boost other’s voices.
All the while, keeping yourself rested and out of burnout. It’s a marathon, help at your own pace.
I know it sounds like so little, I’m there too. But even just a little help is help. There is no fixing everything alone, but community is more than ever necessary to uplift each other and help those who need through combined small actions.
Oh no...., but We can't just sit here tough and do nothing !
Like screaming into the void not understanding why the world is heading the way it is .....
Yeah I was contemplating a Glock 19 for the reliability until I saw the price of gun ownership here, bare minimum I'm carrying an empty holster to deter freaks
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Ask me how I am. /s
I don’t know why I’m like this even though I lived an objectively okay life
...y'all hear somethin'? 🫠🫠🫠
This explains so much about my life...
I learned I'm neurodivergent last year.
Yes, exhausting. But at last, I know why now.
It’s taken me years to work past that last point, but everything else applies 💯
I want to do *something*, but running scenarios through my mind leaves me coming to the same conclusion. There’s nothing I can do without risking further harm to me and those I love. :<
I love them.
I have ADHD.
My blood is BURNING.
This, unfortunately, explains a lot.
There's being empathetic, and then there's overworrying yourself by overthinking about every bad thing happening to everyone, when you know full well you can't do anything about it anyway.
Very much living in the “can I do anything about it directly?” space.
Focus on the balance instead of starving it out, it’s okay for things to hurt- just have to know when to ease into it
I’m sorry that your empathy hurt you in ways you didn’t know how to handle before, it can be hard. Sending strength ❤️💪
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
"Fuck Gandalf," said I to my therapist, "Fuck him right to Hel."
I can be me in the face of this adversity. It's a challenge for me personally. Your resistance can look different.
What you can do is check on your friends if you have some in the US, share when you come across someone’s mutual aid post, and do your best to boost other’s voices.
All the while, keeping yourself rested and out of burnout. It’s a marathon, help at your own pace.
do I have any traits that don't already have a name
Like screaming into the void not understanding why the world is heading the way it is .....
I mean, I'm like 99% sure I'm cis, so idk about that part, but this... this looks extremely personal.
Don't know how I feel about this.
Also, yeah, the picture feels like being pointed out in a crowd.
fuck. ;a;