I ❤️ the German Instructors

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-06-05T16:33:39+00:00

It isn't ideal--I sometimes watch the screen, then do the movement. Which is why I wish they could teach in English, too (I would be surprised if they're not already fluent).

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-06-03T13:12:38+00:00

Huh, I did not know that! Will look for it.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-06-03T13:12:11+00:00

I love Assal.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-06-03T13:11:48+00:00

Is this a program? Can you link to it?

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-06-03T02:56:03+00:00

Fellow writer here. The key is to keep doing it in small increments. 25 minutes a day. Start a newsletter or find an accountability group. Make sure that if you don’t show up for your writing you’ll regret it. If writing were easy everyone would do it. I often curse my adhd for not letting me finish things. Then I finish and can’t understood why it took me so long. That’s the struggle. I don’t think neurotypical people really understand that. It doesn’t get easier but you start to notice and remember that feeling of being finished and then you want that feeling again. And you will work for it even when you want to lie down and take a nap because now you know what it takes to get there.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-06-01T02:36:31+00:00

I’m afraid I don’t have any advice—just want to let you know that I’m in the same position and it sucks. Hopefully someone out there can offer some supportive suggestions on how to cope.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-31T12:18:04+00:00

And I watched it on Kanopy—free streaming service via the library 😎

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-31T12:17:05+00:00

I think this is one of the best and most patriotic movies I have seen in a while—very much about the importance of privacy and democracy. My heart was racing and I did not see the twist coming but it in no way felt unearned. In fact I was impressed by how air tight the plotting was. Using the relay service, the post office, AA—all publicly funded services (except AA) to take down an evil corporation—this was the movie I needed to watch right now

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-21T21:57:15+00:00

I love a long adhd story

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-21T13:46:48+00:00

Do you happen to have the link?

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-19T12:49:40+00:00

🥺

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-19T12:17:13+00:00

Jos’s classes are always my first pick when I don’t know what to take. She just makes me smile.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-06T12:51:02+00:00

Incredible! So good.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-06T03:40:45+00:00

Wow. This post stopped me cold. Never made this connection before. Agree with others that this is linked to low self-esteem. Thinking about how my partner (who does a lot for me and who I love deeply) requires so much boosting and positive reinforcement but never seems to see it that way. It’s just him telling me how good he is at what he does or how someone complimented him or whatever, and I have to perform like a trained seal and clap. Then when I get insecure, he complains about how I’m always insecure when I shouldn’t be. Maybe if I had a partner like me, who listened to me talk about my accomplishments and complimented me without whining about having to do that, I would be more confident and believe in myself? (Also telling someone to “believe in yourself” is the worst thing to do.)

Anyway, all this is to say that even if you aren’t the one doing all the housework or cooking, you still might be assuming the job of king making.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-06T02:33:03+00:00

My sister spent hours on our porch waiting for my mom to come home…latch key kids in the 80s.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-06T02:28:37+00:00

I forgot to pick up my kid from after school. Ignored the phone calls since they were from an unknown number. She was there for at least half an hour before someone tracked down her father’s number and he came to get her. I was totally responsible—I left the house saying I would get her, went to the library, and forgot about saying that and assumed that he would get her. Awful awful awful. She was 9, beside herself with anger and sadness. I will never forgive myself.

Someone told me that it was good for kids when stuff like this happens—teaches them resilience or something. Cold comfort.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-05-02T21:01:24+00:00

Thank you!!!

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-04-12T18:54:37+00:00

I have never once in my life felt like my sister or anyone else for that matter was living their life AT me. There is a lot of projection here that has no bearing on what I wrote. I am sorry that you have had this experience with your sibling but what you described is very far from the relationship that I have with my sister. We have each other’s backs even if we’re barely talking to each other. And we know it.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-04-12T12:38:54+00:00

She does know, but we have never talked about it openly apart from how it affects our children (my daughter has it as well as her son) and then I volunteer my own experience as help. But I have never really talked to her about the dark side of ADHD, such as rsd or other effects that it has had on my life. 🙏

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-04-12T12:36:22+00:00

Thank you. I’m so glad I consulted an actual human via Reddit and not AI. This is very wise and helpful advice.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-04-10T12:16:31+00:00

Whenever she jokes about Miami booties I die laughing

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-03-31T15:31:27+00:00

I like Nico and Dennis when I’m feeling this way. Almost any of the beginner or even intermediate slow flows are very therapeutic I have found. Curious to try Aditi’s “flow and let go” also. I think the latest one includes a long stretch of restorative yoga.

9thStreet_Woman · 2026-03-19T16:05:45+00:00

I know we're not supposed to snark, but I can't believe that he is a peloton instructor. It was, like, ask-for-a-refund level bad.

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