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creative_writerSenior Contributor
How do people function while living with ADHD? I’m pretty much non-functional, it’s taking a toil on my mental health, I’m stuck in constant rumination. I try to look for a reasonable solution, but I see the unreasonable
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tymeModerator
Totally! I think my role and roles I've had in the past has MADE me an extraverted introvert. Is that even possible? Like I've have to train myself to look confident and social on the outside, but at the end of the day, I just want to hide?
Also, every time I see matcha, I think of you. How do you make it? I want to buy some but I don't know how. My niece said you need a bamboo whisk. I love the taste. I generally get it from coffee shops, but that's probably riddled with sugar.... I want the 'real' stuff so I thought of asking you @creative_writer
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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tymeModerator
Is Love tea a shop or online thingy @creative_writer ? Or is it a brand? Do you have it with hot water, milk, coffee??/ I totally don't even know how to drink it.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
Hiya @creative_writer - how you travelling?
Can feel really weird sometimes that something that in one way provides comfort (usually for me it's cos of feeling a sense of control) that is also a step towards something pretty scary.
Maybe whether it counts as SH depends on whether you think it's helpful to define it that way for yourself or not?
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
@creative_writer no one gets to choose how big their reactions to triggers are. That's why they're triggers and not just.... us reacting normally to things. I've had full-blown meltdowns over the seemingly smallest of things. I know it's not actually the thing, I know it's displaced emotion from the past. But I can still feel a bit... idk sheepish I guess? afterwards. Good on you for recognising that you need to take a step back for the day. I hope it's an opportunity for some choice self-care 😊💜
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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JynxModerator
That's tough @creative_writer - what do you think you need from us?
Yeah I get you. I have taken time off for similar reasons, no shame in it.
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JynxModerator
@creative_writer my brain don't always work when I'm heightened so here's some options:
Email check in
Support and encouragement to call your preferred support line
Social threads to distract
Random questions to give your brain something too absurd to let you think about anything else
Wholesome animal content
You head off from forums to do some self-care and I check in with you in like a couple hours
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