I love this! And it's great to hear from you! That sounds like an awesome meeting. I'm glad nobody tried to get it back on track :) It is so good to be reminded of how good meetings can be. "Alcohol was my escape hatch from beating myself up, maybe even allowing me to laugh about All the Mistakes. Sometimes, I miss that simplicity." Yes! You articulate this so well - as a tool, it worked quite well. But I am so grateful for having the ability now to talk through things the hard way, which I avoided for so many years.
Hey Sam, good to hear from you too! I read your recent post with interest. There’s a book called Can’t not Won’t: a story about a child who couldn’t go to school, that looks quite interesting on the subject. It’s from a brilliant publisher, Jessica Kingsley, that specialises in neurodiversity and other areas that are quite niche. Here’s the link, in case it’s of interest: https://uk.jkp.com/products/cant-not-wont
I was finally diagnosed with ADHD about five years ago. It answered a lot of questions I had, and you probably picked up on back at school.
If you've ever seen the movie Limitless with Bradley Cooper, the only way to describe it if you haven't got this, is the moment when he takes the pill and the character knows everything about everything, but once the effects wear off, he goes back to being fairly meek and mild.
Yep, for the sake of clarity, Chel and me were in the same class at school!
That's interesting, I've never tried the medicine but I LOVED speed when I was a teenager as it made me feel very calm and under control and capable which is how I pretty much never feel the rest of the time. I hope to try meds one day but left it too late to get it from the org that diagnosed me (psychiatry UK I think) so not sure if actually allowed it or not. Must chase that up (frustrating how ADHD gets in the way of getting helped for ADHD)
We were in the same class! How long ago that all was... I will check out Limitless!
We're all fighting against something, invisible or not and we all have our ways to deal with things. As long as it doesn't hurt the people around us, what's not to say if something is right or wrong?
As always, an interesting post! (Although, I don’t love your use of an AI generated image. For me, it’s jarring to have something so impersonal included when your writing is so personal.)
Hey akly-mai, yes I see what you mean. I love the weirdness of the ai drawings tbh but I can see your point. I did my own drawing but couldnt work out how to insert it cos I'm tech poor. I've added it now for your enjoyment. Couldn't bring myself to get rid of cheeser tho
I love this! And it's great to hear from you! That sounds like an awesome meeting. I'm glad nobody tried to get it back on track :) It is so good to be reminded of how good meetings can be. "Alcohol was my escape hatch from beating myself up, maybe even allowing me to laugh about All the Mistakes. Sometimes, I miss that simplicity." Yes! You articulate this so well - as a tool, it worked quite well. But I am so grateful for having the ability now to talk through things the hard way, which I avoided for so many years.
Hey Sam, good to hear from you too! I read your recent post with interest. There’s a book called Can’t not Won’t: a story about a child who couldn’t go to school, that looks quite interesting on the subject. It’s from a brilliant publisher, Jessica Kingsley, that specialises in neurodiversity and other areas that are quite niche. Here’s the link, in case it’s of interest: https://uk.jkp.com/products/cant-not-wont
I was finally diagnosed with ADHD about five years ago. It answered a lot of questions I had, and you probably picked up on back at school.
If you've ever seen the movie Limitless with Bradley Cooper, the only way to describe it if you haven't got this, is the moment when he takes the pill and the character knows everything about everything, but once the effects wear off, he goes back to being fairly meek and mild.
Yep, for the sake of clarity, Chel and me were in the same class at school!
That's interesting, I've never tried the medicine but I LOVED speed when I was a teenager as it made me feel very calm and under control and capable which is how I pretty much never feel the rest of the time. I hope to try meds one day but left it too late to get it from the org that diagnosed me (psychiatry UK I think) so not sure if actually allowed it or not. Must chase that up (frustrating how ADHD gets in the way of getting helped for ADHD)
We were in the same class! How long ago that all was... I will check out Limitless!
We're all fighting against something, invisible or not and we all have our ways to deal with things. As long as it doesn't hurt the people around us, what's not to say if something is right or wrong?
Hvae a good 'un!
This is so well written, Chelsey. Bravo!
As always, an interesting post! (Although, I don’t love your use of an AI generated image. For me, it’s jarring to have something so impersonal included when your writing is so personal.)
Sorry ally-mai, name typo there
Hey akly-mai, yes I see what you mean. I love the weirdness of the ai drawings tbh but I can see your point. I did my own drawing but couldnt work out how to insert it cos I'm tech poor. I've added it now for your enjoyment. Couldn't bring myself to get rid of cheeser tho