Thanks so much Jess ☺️...apologies for my belated reply...I don’t visit Substack very often as I find it overwhelming and I get sucked into vortexes for hours without meaning to! 🙈 I avoid all social media (I.e. other than this) as I know it’s not good for my type of brain But yeah - I appreciate moments of connections with people like you, and I will continue to visit your site as I find your ponderings helpful and insightful.
I hope you’re travelling well at the moment ☺️. Cheers, Claire 🌊
All this resonates SO much for me Jess. I was only diagnosed earlier this year (at the ripe old age of 43!)...and I’ve literally said similar things out loud to my GP and/or psychologist re: “what if I’m just traumatised?” and/or “what if I’m just faking this for attention” etc etc. This is despite me never having actually sought out a diagnosis...but only did so following the advice of both my GP and psychologist (they both had a hunch based on how I ‘present’ but never spoke to each other about it!). Needless to say this diagnosis was a total revelation to me...It’s never something I’d even considered before!
Anyway - I’m still very much in the information-seeking and “trying to accept I might not just be faking this” stage. It’s all a bit of a head-fuck to be honest! So yeah - thanks so much for what you’re doing here. I really relate to both your writing, and your free-flow writing style ☺️ 🌊..
Hi Claire, thanks for taking the time to comment. It means the world that my ramblings resonate. Totally hear you on the head-fuckery - it's a journey for sure and we just got surf those big ol' waves when the come (and lord knows there are many!) Keep surfing, you got this! :)
Thanks so much Jess ☺️...apologies for my belated reply...I don’t visit Substack very often as I find it overwhelming and I get sucked into vortexes for hours without meaning to! 🙈 I avoid all social media (I.e. other than this) as I know it’s not good for my type of brain But yeah - I appreciate moments of connections with people like you, and I will continue to visit your site as I find your ponderings helpful and insightful.
I hope you’re travelling well at the moment ☺️. Cheers, Claire 🌊
All this resonates SO much for me Jess. I was only diagnosed earlier this year (at the ripe old age of 43!)...and I’ve literally said similar things out loud to my GP and/or psychologist re: “what if I’m just traumatised?” and/or “what if I’m just faking this for attention” etc etc. This is despite me never having actually sought out a diagnosis...but only did so following the advice of both my GP and psychologist (they both had a hunch based on how I ‘present’ but never spoke to each other about it!). Needless to say this diagnosis was a total revelation to me...It’s never something I’d even considered before!
Anyway - I’m still very much in the information-seeking and “trying to accept I might not just be faking this” stage. It’s all a bit of a head-fuck to be honest! So yeah - thanks so much for what you’re doing here. I really relate to both your writing, and your free-flow writing style ☺️ 🌊..
Hi Claire, thanks for taking the time to comment. It means the world that my ramblings resonate. Totally hear you on the head-fuckery - it's a journey for sure and we just got surf those big ol' waves when the come (and lord knows there are many!) Keep surfing, you got this! :)