Posts by olena@mementomori.social
(DIR) Post #AhXdrocOYFDmu8XGFc by olena@mementomori.social
2024-04-29T20:29:48Z
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I know it’s almost Tuesday, nevertheless here’s what I often wake up to on Caturdays #catsofmastodon
(DIR) Post #AijKBsO7JWFGcqRMpc by olena@mementomori.social
2024-06-08T19:58:05Z
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Just was ‘diagnosed’ with anxiety today after talking to a psychiatrist for five minutes (I’m using quotes because it seems a bit too preliminary to me to diagnose whoever with whatever after about 5 minutes of general talk). Came asking for #ADHD and #autism evaluation. Was totally ignored on that regard) Of course, didn’t have courage to ask again. Was it so obvious? Was I just a walking stereotype: middle-aged woman from a war-thorn country living alone who voluntarily came to a psychiatrist(doesn’t matter what else she has, she can’t NOT be anxious)? Or is it just a general experience of most of #AuDHD female-passing folks: to be seen as anxious, to have most of their symptoms attributed to #anxiety (not like I was asked about any symptoms, but maybe have demonstrated some?)? @actuallyautistic
(DIR) Post #AijSGCJjxSHlE8xsfI by olena@mementomori.social
2024-06-08T21:44:59Z
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@cy @heartofcoyote @actuallyautistic in my youth, I was once prescribed barbiturates+piracetam combo as a treatment of headaches (which later turned to be hormonal migraines) and faints (the best I had in diagnosis was vasovagal syncope, but might have had something to do with autistic shutdowns, eating disorders and some anatomy issues as well) by a neuropathologist. Taken how it messed me up, zero chance I’d ever take any depressants voluntarily
(DIR) Post #AijWLGavsklFl1g9mS by olena@mementomori.social
2024-06-08T23:21:15Z
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@CarolynStirling @Uair @cy @heartofcoyote @actuallyautistic afaik, benzos have really different consequences short-term(relatively easy to wean) and long-term(hard to wean, raised suicide rate), and are known to have more(and more serious) side effects in older people. Though, my concern with depressants is not about side effects and weaning, it’s about their direct effect. What they did with my mind is something I want to never experience again: I’d better have more anxiety than I ever had(and I had times when I couldn’t eat or sleep) than feel how I felt on depressants. No, thanks: I don’t even take alcohol because losing control of my body feels so awful - so no, I’m not giving up my consciousness voluntarily.
(DIR) Post #AizlDkiZcVcki8dpnE by olena@mementomori.social
2024-06-16T19:35:51Z
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@lanodan @ShadowJonathan @neku I have one day to draw a pic summing up all the interpretations to my ‘soy pan’, but I’m too lazy to even tshirt the words
(DIR) Post #AlN0GpyO3Ljh0llOvQ by olena@mementomori.social
2024-08-26T17:56:27Z
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Fellow #autistic people, do you also use parenthesis at the end of the sentence, especially in messaging, too much for other people liking?)Like, not to mark a joke, but rather as a marker ‘I am saying that with a friendly smile, I don’t mean anything bad’? I know that in real life I use smile a lot as it’s my way to cover awkwardness, confusion, misunderstanding - and to kinda soften the perceived tone of the conversation, so when writing casual messages to people, I am subconsciously afraid to sound rude, harsh or hostile, so I end almost every sentence with a smile. Just trying to be friendly) Even sometimes in contexts where I’m apparently not supposed to get that informal)Do you also do something like that? @actuallyautistic #AuDHD#neurodivergent
(DIR) Post #Ar0tAuPpDDGTa5NffM by olena@mementomori.social
2025-02-11T15:42:14Z
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@futurebird around Kyiv airport, there were lots of hares. Apparently, they couldn’t care less about the planes, while the birds of prey stayed away from that area
(DIR) Post #AsD9I0sczur87Csfya by olena@mementomori.social
2025-03-18T22:02:47Z
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@loren would you accept a bunny I met a month ago on my walk to buy groceries?
(DIR) Post #AvPRMgjaeXkGstVrMW by olena@mementomori.social
2025-06-22T16:53:43Z
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Looks like their new lawn mower is pretty effective#bunny#rabbit#wildlife