Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

I would say black because it’s a little heavy and difficult to see through.

Welcome @Hyperballad . I'm sorry to hear about your anxiety. By connecting with others on the forums, I hope you feel you get some added support for your mental health. Sounds like the anxiety is a bit loud and 'in the way' today - is that fair to day?

Thank you. Yes it’s been tough since Wednesday with something at work triggering my anxiety. I was all good until then haha at least sitting strongly with my anxiety. This weekend (and today especially) has been really tough trying not to spiral. So I have been to the gym and then done a lot of breathing and trying to focus on creating a gentle experience for myself.

I'm sorry to hear that something at work triggered your anxiety. I'm glad you have found ways to help you feel better such as going to the gym and practising deep breathing. @Hyperballad

Do you have professional supports or other people you can speak to about what's going on for you?

Also, I'm not sure if you want to go down this path, but looking after your psychological safety is a requirement of workplaces. I'm wondering if you could speak to management about it (if you wanted to)?

What are you up to this evening?

Thank you for checking @tyme. I do have a therapist once a week. I rebooted that with a new therapist in October last year after several years. I had some ideation and was drinking so I needed to do something.

I’m never quite sure about the place of all this at work but I have used the Employee Assistance Program. I had a group of colleagues who were talking about themselves being on the spectrum (ADHD) suggest I was on the more autism end of the spectrum, which I laughed off but was a little awkward.

tonight I am just relaxing- I have a candle on, have done some breathing and am listening to some soothing music.

Also I should say that I don’t really talk to friends much about it and not at all family. My dad attempted suicide just before Christmas so there has been some stuff going on in the family already.

Some nice self-care strats there @Hyperballad ! I love the thought of having a candle on while listening to soothing music.

Do you find it upsetting that people mention you are ADHD or autistic?

Hello,

I was diagnosed with Schizo-affective disorder about five years ago now.

I'll admit, this is new to me and I'm not sure what exactly to put here.

But yeah.

Hi everyone?

In the moment I guess I just went along with the humour of it and said sure I’m definitely in the range. I felt uncomfortable about especially because it’s not just about neurodivergence for me but also trauma. It did make me click that they think there is something different about me and I guess I don’t necessarily have a problem owning that as long as it’s not about stigma/discrim.