Hi everyone

I just realised I've posted on a couple of topics but I haven't introduced myself properly.

I'm Paul (m, 49, neuroqueer). I'm currently self-diagnosed AuDHD and trying to get through the GP barricade towards formal diagnosis. They're not making it easy at all. I've also done a lot of reading, talking and listening about autism, adhd and other diagnoses, mainly to try to make sense of the last almost 50 years of my life.

I'm a personal trainer, strength coach and mental health and exercise coach (MHEC) and have been doing this for 9 years in May. I'm currently in and out of burnout due to the overwhelming nature of the job and have had to scale things back a lot in the last year just to preserve my energy.

In my spare time I enjoy playing online games, reading, getting out in the Peak District and using meditation and mindfulness to relax. I'm also interested in paganism and feminism.

Look forward to saying hi on the boards. 

(I typed this in large size and then reduced it down because my laptop screen makes it tiny)

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  • Hi Paul and thanks for the intro, what kind of things do you like to read? Paganism sounds interesting, is this around Druids etc?

  • Hi WhiteD404. My partner and I have a mini book club so we read a couple of chapters from the same book together most nights, since we don't live together. It's fun.

    We're currently almost finishing The Sirens by Emilia Hart, and before that we read Big Swiss by Jen Beagin.

    Our preferred genres are a mix of cosy fantasy, dystopian future, witchy books and light real life comedy. Our next book is So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne and it looks like a funny one.

    My partner is more engaged with paganism than I am, but we both love spending time in nature and we find the nature based religion far more interesting and less controlling than any of the organised religion we grew up with.  It just feels a happier place to exist.

  • The mini book club sounds fun, unfortunately I don’t know anyone that has the same interests as me in terms of reading. 

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  • The mini book club sounds fun, unfortunately I don’t know anyone that has the same interests as me in terms of reading. 

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