Recent content by Nessa7

Prazosin works well for me. I don't have any side effects. My blood pressure isn't even lowered much. I'll still have the occasional nightmare, but it is a lot less common than they used to be. I don't remember my dreams now, unless I'm woken up suddenly by something. It doesn't do anything to...

I'm sorry for your loss. I had a big loss in my family the beginning of this year and last year. It's been really tough. A big thing for me has been to make sure that I'm taking care of myself: eating meals, drinking water, taking medication, taking care of my hygiene, and trying to get sleep. I...

Just finished Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna. It was an intense read, but I'm glad I read it.

From my experience, you should definitely join the waitlist now. I applied for disability and housing at about the same time and had to do a hearing to get disability. It was still months before I made it to the top of the housing list. In my area, you do get cleaner and safer options once you...

I've only had it for a few days, but I have almost finished the story of House Flipper 2.

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth I like the tone a lot, but the chapters are a bit long.

Devon Price also posts essays on Substack. I would still recommend Unmasking Autism, which is my favorite book I've read about autism so far. Another YouTuber I like is I'm Autistic, Now What? I'm not that interested in her reaction content, but I've found some of her other videos very helpful...

I'm almost 50% done, and it's going well. I think it helps that everything awful that happens in the book isn't unexpected.

It isn't just the opinion of parents that matters. Neurodivergent people get to choose what terms they use for themselves, too.

Spotify Wrapped day is probably my New Year's.

I think having a therapist with experience with autism has been helpful for me, but I don't know that I would seek one out if I was otherwise happy with who I was seeing.

I was recently informally diagnosed with autism. In my current circumstances, I don't see a point to pursuing a formal diagnosis. I haven't really talked to many people other than my therapist about it, but I do think that "neurodivergent" might be useful for me as I start talking about it more...

Do you do anything differently when you are going to be consuming a piece of media that contains material you know is going to be difficult? For example, my book club is going to be reading a book with a lot of child abuse in it this month. I'm excited about the author and think it sounds like...

I've been collecting disability for quite a few years, and one thing that has been really important to compensate for not having the schedule that a job or school would give me is doing something to make sure that each day is not the same. I do chores related to clothing on Wednesday, but I also...

We got a post-Christmas Edible Arrangement, and I had grapes, half a brownie, and chocolate covered pineapple.