Like yeah I know capitalism is stealing my time and energy, yeah I know "laziness" is mostly a myth, etc. etc.

But like there's still creative stuff I want to do in my free time, like paint or write or play music, that I feel like I just physically can't bring myself to do.

So how do you do stuff?

  • DrBeat [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Good comment.

    I went through a similar process, the referral tag was very real. One positive outcome, aside from meds, was that it did teach me some self-advocacy skills.

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      2 years ago

      One positive outcome, aside from meds, was that it did teach me some self-advocacy skills.

      Huge same, it probably wouldn't have been possible to get all the way through if I didn't.

      I had to hound the psychiatrist office for 2 months after getting referred before I got my appointment, somehow their office was the least helpful and least neurodivergent-friendly group in the whole chain (which is hysterical in that "of course it's like that" sort of way. aren't all their patients neurodivergent???) and throughout the process I had to keep reaffirming things like "no, I know my life looks ok on paper, but my brain is a huge shitshow in a way that's badly affecting my quality of life"

      • DrBeat [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Haha yes, my GP was very helpful but the psychiatrist's office was a mess. I would wait for a reply to an email, only to call them and find out they'd sent the reply to their own address rather than to me.

        Eventually I stopped treating it like a turn-based game and just repeatedly called them once each morning until the problem was solved. All such a slog, but glad I backed myself.