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TW: loss, grief, ptsd

Dear mom;

I saw you in my dreams today, just as I drifted to sleep. You looked so beautiful, young, and happy... Turning back and smiling at me.

Our time lasted only a split second, and the pain cut oh so deep. I'm reminded of the moment I heard you were taken away from me.

For now you are just a memory for my mind to keep. As much as it hurts, I'll cherish these moments you come to check on me 💞

Love Your oldest baby

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THIS EXPLAINS SO MUCH 🤯

UH WHAT

UH...... WHAT.........

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i feel very disconnected lately

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me, while being abused: it's okay, I'm used to this already, and I'm tough, I can take it.

me, years later when the trauma symptoms hit: I WAS SO WRONG

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Feeling a lot better about being on here to research and self-diagnose! This is basically what my psychiatrist was telling me 🙌

How To Self-Diagnose Responsibly

I’ve seen people express fears about self-diagnosing a mental health or neurodivergent thing, and for good reason – medically speaking it’s usually a bad idea. (Just look at basically every single story and joke about WebMD.) A medical doctor might recognise their own symptoms, but they will still need another doctor’s diagnosis in order to be medicated, because it’s impossible for any of us to be objective about ourselves.

However, getting an official mental health diagnosis can be prohibitively expensive or otherwise impossible. Depending on your location, your financial situation, and your access to safe and effective therapists/psychologists/psychiatrists, getting officially diagnosed might just not be an option for you. So what do you do in a situation like that? Just keep suffering in silence?

I’m a psychologist, and here’s what I’ve told others in the same boat:

Keep reading

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As it was requested by @peculiaroptimism, I made a diagram showing the overlap between Autism, ADHD and PTSD. [I was so surprised to realise that PTSD and Autism don’t have any overlap that isn’t also shared with ADHD!]

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soft reminders:

you have value even when you can’t get out bed.

you will always have inherent worth, unaffected by your level of functioning or productivity.

you are deserving of love, kindness and time.

you are worth the ‘burden’ of getting help and recovering.

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I really needed to read this...

I'm not selling myself short but I have had to spread myself too thin...

"I can't do this" isn't always an expression of negativity, insecurity and laziness. Sometimes it's a conclusion made based on self acceptance, self respect and self awareness. Having limits, being aware of them and respecting them isn't inherently bad or weak and we need to stop demonizing it.

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It's okay to struggle with your mental or physical health. It's okay to have limitations most people don't have. It's okay to experience symptoms most people don't experience. It's okay to need support and accommodations most people don't need. None of it reflects badly on you as a person. None of it invalidates your humanity. None of it makes you less worthy or valuable.

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love is a language with healing inside it

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You are amazing ❤️

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Not mine but so cute!

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did you remember to...

1. drink some water?

2. take a deep breath?

3. think a kind thought about yourself?

do these now! then go on about your day and have a good one ✨

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meirl

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I figure out I had ADHD last year, but I didn’t seek an official diagnosis and medication until this year. I’m 30 years old, my school days are long behind me. I slipped through the cracks because I have predominately inattentive type and I was a quiet little girl. Having ADHD does not mean you have to be hyperactive and loud, it means you have a processing problem in your brain that doesn’t allow you to regulate your focus or emotions. 

Mental health even now is still taboo to talk about. People are more open now than ever about it however and that gives me hope. 

This is a profoundly personal comic and it only reflects my own experience with ADHD. It is on a spectrum with a wide range of personalities. But if my story connects with someone else and helps them, that would mean the world to me.