submitted 1 year ago by neamhsplach@beehaw.org to c/neurodivergence@beehaw.org

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Thought I'd get the ball rolling as this is empty!

I'm neamhsplach, I'm undiagnosed but I'm being screened for possible ADHD and/or dyspraxia because of some issues I've had with work.

I love Taskmaster and never miss an episode of The Blindboy Podcast. Looking forward to chatting to you all!

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[-] micseydel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Thanks for making this post! I (30NB) was diagnosed with cPSTD a little over a year ago and just this week my therapist is referring me for ASD screening. I find Discord utterly overwhelming and I like the reddit/lemmy kind of forum stuff over twitter/mastodon.

I'm looking forward to lemmy making progress! I'm a SWE and I wish I could contribute but I'm focusing on EMDR and general trauma processing right now 😕

[-] moof@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Hi! Good luck with your ASD screening, I hope you get some progress with it.

When you say you prefer Lemmy over Discord… is it Discord in particular you have issues with? Or chat programmes in general? I generally have no problems with chat systems, but I find Discord overwhelming too.

[-] micseydel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Hi, thanks! I've seen occasional Slack channels that are full of animated reactions and gifs, but Discord is so, so much worse.

I love forums because it's hard to miss something. It's easy to ignore subforums or mark them as read, and there's no realtime pressure. With Discord, I feel more likely to miss than catch anything. I've had notification badges that after 30 minutes I still couldn't figure out how to make go away. There's a mode to disable animations, but you can't see them again without disabling the mode (why not a button for each gif??). I tried joining a queer Discord but everyone's pronouns are a different font in a different color in a different size, all the time, with no way for me to simply the UI on my end. It really seems to me like it's only popular because of mobile apps.

[-] valen@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

I'm a retired science teacher and union president. I've had a history of depression. I like science fiction.

[-] neamhsplach@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Hon the unions ✊️ nice to meet you!!

[-] valen@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Hi neamhsplach,

I've been here 5 days or so, but been busy.. Been away for a few days travelling, currently in Coimbra, Portugal. Anyway, I haven't been doing much union stuff since I retired, but have been boosting union content on Mastodon. I've also been writing up stuff to help explain the fediverse and the reddit stuff.

https://babylon4.com/fediverse and https://babylon4.com/rexxit

[-] neamhsplach@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Since Mastodon isn’t about grabbing your eyeballs and not letting go, when you get to the end of your feed, try closing the browser and doing something else. Take a walk, read a book, talk to your sweetie. It’s much better for your mental health.

I love this part!