This is such an immense challenge in the world today. I wonder how much struggle my neurodivergency would bring if I was living in it a few decades ago. I don't it would ever be easy, but the amount of gymnastics I have to do just to eat for my brain and be kind to my dopamine receptors... Some days, it's exhausting. Somedays I just wish I could not worry that a lighter job with less pay wouldn't allow me to eat well. Or that everytime I touch my phone it is an active weapon against my brain. Or that the constant access to global information makes me anxious about so much I can't control.
Yes the phone and 'immediacy' have a lot to answer for! Our brains and the planet cannot cope with the world we have created. I am constantly having to notice I've lost 'balance' and then reset again.
I have consciously limited my online time its too devastating and overwhelming. So I remind myself what small thing can I do that aligns with what 'feels' right with my sense of self.
This is such an immense challenge in the world today. I wonder how much struggle my neurodivergency would bring if I was living in it a few decades ago. I don't it would ever be easy, but the amount of gymnastics I have to do just to eat for my brain and be kind to my dopamine receptors... Some days, it's exhausting. Somedays I just wish I could not worry that a lighter job with less pay wouldn't allow me to eat well. Or that everytime I touch my phone it is an active weapon against my brain. Or that the constant access to global information makes me anxious about so much I can't control.
Yes the phone and 'immediacy' have a lot to answer for! Our brains and the planet cannot cope with the world we have created. I am constantly having to notice I've lost 'balance' and then reset again.
I have consciously limited my online time its too devastating and overwhelming. So I remind myself what small thing can I do that aligns with what 'feels' right with my sense of self.