Functioning with ADHD

[Jynx]

@creative_writer my brain don't always work when I'm heightened so here's some options:

Email check in

Support and encouragement to call your preferred support line

Social threads to distract

Random questions to give your brain something too absurd to let you think about anything else

Wholesome animal content

You head off from forums to do some self-care and I check in with you in like a couple hours

[creative_writer]

@Jynx I’m going to eat something soon, haven’t had anything for a while (lack of appetite). I think right now I need a distraction and company. I need a break from these dark thoughts in my mind. I don’t have it in me to talk about what’s happening for me right now, words evade me, and there is too much I can’t talk about, I’m too scared. Might need a PRN tonight to settle

[Jynx]

@creative_writer ty for communicating that to us hun!! 

You up for joining the Saturday Soiree, or wanna chat here? I may not be able to respond quite as quickly as the folks over there but I am here for ya 💜

[creative_writer]

@Jynx I’ve just had dinner, I’ll join now
💖

[Jynx]

@creative_writer food always helps!! See you over there 😊

[creative_writer]

@Jynx I might take a break from the forums, I’m going deeper and deeper in disassociation. Experiencing derealisation and depersonalisation. I can touch base with you tomorrow if you’re on

[Jynx]

Legit @creative_writer take it one step at a time yeah? TY for letting me know, yes I'm sure one of us will remember to stop in to tag the other 😋

Good looking after your needs 💜

[creative_writer]

@Jynx I hope you are doing well today 💖

I don't have SI today, still feeling pretty numb. I think disassociating is helping me get through these body flashbacks. It has left me feeling apathetic, I know it'll pass eventually as it always does. It's a coping mechanism I developed as a child. Grounding feels a bit weird, it feels like I'm stuck in someone else's body. It's like I'm looking through the eyes' of someone else, and my hands don't feel like mine. I am thinking of what else I can do to feel more present

[Ru-bee]

Hey @creative_writer 

It sounds like this would be pretty disconcerting when you're trying to ground yourself.

Maybe some other methods you could give a god could be other calming activities like listening to music, taking a walk, maybe getting out in nature a little bit if that's accessible to you, or perhaps rather than focusing on the body sensation part of grounding you could focus on an object - really take in all the details of it 

[creative_writer]

@Ru-bee it is indeed very uncomfortable, even though I know it’s my mind’s way of coping with the heightened distress I’ve experienced recently.

I could try focusing on an object and take in details. It might take my mind of the unrealness of the object if I focus on details