I don't know what we want to do with this community yet, but I'm excited to hear what you folks are thinking!

Figured I'd open up a megathread for the comm, let us know what kinds of things you'd like to see linked in these, as well as any other suggestions cause I don't have any plans and didn't mean to become a mod, pls help

Don't forget to take a look at the rules, we drafted them up pretty quick so they're very much subject to change and rough around the edges, we want a lot more community input before we nail anything down

    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      I feel this so hard. I’m autistic as well as ADHD, and I didn’t even know that first thing until I was 18, so looking back I can’t help but view myself as a complex series of coping mechanisms and I don’t even know what’s for what

      Do you even try to separate it for yourself? I gave up, doesn’t feel like a worthwhile distinction tbh

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Same! After I started thinking about it I realized it felt a bit like ‘curing’ autism, like fuck that I don’t want to ‘cure’ who I am!

    • goldsound [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Oh god I've had this thought everyday since I was diagnosed a few years ago. Like Im pretty sure retroactively my entire personality was based on a mental illness I didn't know I had.

      "Haha oh goldsound you're so easily distracted"

      "Can you please stop talking/reading a book/using your phone in class?" (I eventually took to doodling in work meetings to keep my hands busy and even that was disrespectful to some)

      "Can you pay attention to this conversation for just 5 minutes?"

      "Goldsound, what do you mean you haven't started yet? Its due tomorrow!"

      Fuck its such a weird feeling.