Thought I’d get the ball rolling as this is empty!
I’m neamhsplach, I’m undiagnosed but I’m being screened for possible ADHD and/or dyspraxia because of some issues I’ve had with work.
I love Taskmaster and never miss an episode of The Blindboy Podcast. Looking forward to chatting to you all!
Hey there! Mid-30s and was diagnosed level 1 ASD a few years ago, which I feel like explained a lot about myself. Besides depression/anxiety, I tend to struggle with concepts and things that aren’t well defined, and with some aspects of communication. I liked math and science classes in school because there were formulas and rules and a right answer to the problem. I have a harder time with more open-ended or creative tasks, especially when there are expectations attached to the outcome.
I wanted to poke my head in, introduce myself and say hi, and I’m sure I’ll visit here occasionally. But I’ll admit I haven’t been big on joining in on neurodivergence spaces in the past — partially because it’s not personally a term I use for myself, and partially because I don’t always agree with the discourse from the loudest voices (or sometimes things that it feels like everyone else agrees on), so I don’t always feel like I fit in.
Hello fellow STEM fan :) I struggle with creative, non-structured things too!
Regarding the second part, it’s something I’ve felt at times but as a community of people who struggle to fit in, we can probably do better to be more kind and learn from each other rather than form a mob. This is sort of a new start here on lemmy so I’m hopeful that it can be built into something nicer from the start.
I used rarely participate in the reddit community but decided to try my best here for the above reasons.
I’m hopeful for that too! Besides upvotes, I’m already more active here than I ever was on Reddit.
Hey @lunasloth@beehaw.org, could you eleborate on this maybe, if you feel comfortable doing so? I find that interesting and am not sure if I can identify with that