Published on 12, July, 2020
I would slowly come off everything but anti-anxiety medication could help in the right dose. Maybe use it to see if you cannot work out problems that need Actual Solutions. while they're highly addictive, they can be amazing short-term solution to be…
Hey I am a 21 year old female and I am just now finding out that I may be autistic. I have struggled with much mental health issues my whole life, anxiety, OCD, depression. I was bullied badly as a child all through school. I became almost mute in a school…
I used to not have any facial expressions at all, and no matter if I was happy, sad, or angry, my face would be a plain unexpressionless face . And my voice used to be monotoned and drone on and on and on that i'll put people to sleep in 20 minutes. I…
I feel the same, except I struggle to be organised. I got diagnosed two months before I turned 18 last year! by random nance due to a CAMHS appointment where the wonderful psychologist I was seeing picked up on it and got me referred (and the referral…
In my late teens, me and a friend were "carefully" spraying WD40 across to top of a candle. Wisely, we had the candle on a large dinner plate and were using the long red plastic tube on the can to prevent suck-back and can explosion - we even…
Hi Billy, no you're not a party pooper and I totally get what you are saying.
In fact, I never thought I would hear another human being on the planet say exactly what you just said because that is exactly how I have felt most Christmases of my adult…
UPDATE:
Okay, this is for anyone in a similar situation looking for some advice.
I spoke to both my partner and my neurodivergent mentor - what came out of it was really useful.
1) Hyperfocus, while semi-disruptive, is understandable and not the problem…
Hi - While I can't diagnose anything, a lot of the things you say are fairly typical of our behaviours. We find the whole social scene really stressful. You could also imagine our lives are like living inside a disco - everything is too bright and…
Motivation and willpower are good to get things started, but you only have a limited amount of it, before it gets drained and goes away, and they're not things to completely depend upon to do things for the long-term, although they are great for getting…
Welcome, Greenfly!
I would guess from the fact that you're seeing a nurse practioner, that the first session will be a preliminary screening, to be followed by a few sessions with a psychologist and/or maybe an occupational therapist if indicated by the…