I hope a “hurray, we’re here!” post is okay. Thank you so much for existing. The subreddit I was most concerned about losing was /r/adhdwomen, and after a difficult evening last night and morning today, I was really missing the community and compassion of my fellow neurodivergent ladies. I’m very grateful to find this, and I thought I might not be the only one.

And hey, if you’ve got a struggle today you’d like some commiseration for or a victory you want to celebrate, I’d love to hear it!

My struggle today is getting knocked back to step one in the doctor process yet again - made an appointment Friday that got cancelled with no explanation last night, and I can’t get a new one with that practice for 8 weeks. My tiny little bit of victory is that I’ve taken the first step on Plan D and have ideas for Plan E, though I’m really sweating whether I’m going to get anywhere with anything before I run out of meds.

Excitement! Suspense! 😂🤦🤷

I’m trying to keep my humor instead of collapsing into a puddle, which is why I’m so particularly happy to find this community.

  • Fantismal@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I hadn’t been in ADHDWomen for long, but it was the only sub I was truly distraught over losing. I’d finally found my people!

  • NanoTriffid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    The niche subs are for sure my biggest worry. I have interests that would be hard to curate content for and have conversations on if it weren’t for all the amazing people of old reddit.

    Its made me realise how amazing people are for sure!

  • ShadowAether@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m also a bit more worried about the niche communities on reddit. If some of them don’t pop up on their own then I’ll start to create some.

    A victory and a struggle, I stayed up too late setting up my lemmy account and have destroyed my sleep schedule but I was able to remember to put out the trash at 4am before I went to sleep.

    It’s hard but stick with it! I’m trying to change my meds and all the appointments suck because I go so used to a phone call for renewal once every 3 months. Especially since my doctor would just call me later if I missed the phone call.

    • HoneyBadger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m so glad to find this here! This was the main sub I was afraid of losing too. I just started EMDR therapy today to start undoing a bunch of the crud I picked up not realizing I was neurodivergent as a child. It’ll feel good to still have this outlet for people who get it.

      • the_itsb (she/her)@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I would love to know anything/everything about your EMDR experience, if you have the time and inclination to share. I have been considering it for PTSD after a yellow jacket attack last summer, but I didn’t realize it could help like the kid-crud stuff. That could really change my life. Are you doing it online or in person?

        • HoneyBadger@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          It’s a wild experience! I just had my first major session yesterday, and I kind of feel like Pandora’s box has opened and everything is just rushing out after I so carefully tamped it down for decades. But my therapist is great and spent two sessions working on self care techniques before we started, so I have tools to stay as stable as possible through the process. I’m doing it online.

          In short, highly recommended, but be prepared for a mess and make sure you and the therapist click really well!

          • Mohkia@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I saw this post and went and did some reading tonsee what it was all about. This is very interesting. I wish you the best with it and hope it works out well for you. Might keep this in mind for a time I feel ready to deal with myself.