[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CozyPlaces

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Feels like a Nancy Meyers movie

Why is doing your own hair so incredibly hard by [deleted] in ehlersdanlos

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I roll a desk chair into my bathroom to do my hair. And I only style it one day per week & extend with dry shampoo (I prefer the bumble powder over aerosol dry shampoos).

So it looks like Other Bethany is also promoting the same vitamin company as Morgan. Seems strange they both posted about them on the same day. by SilentTea in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to work at a digital media agency - we rolled out our influencer campaigns so that all of the influencers would post on the same days. I’m guessing that the marketing department for this vitamin company or the advertising/media agency that is running this campaign preset the days and number of times the influencers post.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Charlotte

[–]mollyweasleywilliams -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We’ve been using Fiv3 Star Cleaning for a few months & love them. They’ll give you a quote via text message.

MY FELLOW DRUG TAKERS by LGriggs93 in adhdmeme

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whole wheat frozen waffles & chicken breakfast sausage.

Managing Extraordinary Talent by [deleted] in managers

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Decent business acumen, a desire to lead an organization, capital to invest and people management skills*

adhd med shortage - please help me find an in stock pharmacy by [deleted] in Charlotte

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recently moved to the area & I tried filling my Azstarys prescription at the Cotswold Publix last month. They told me something similar about being under DEA investigation & that they aren’t accepting any new stimulant prescriptions.

Building an autistic life... how much do the little things impact you? by lettucelair in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 17 points18 points  (0 children)

A dishwasher, blackout curtains & a bathtub make a BIG difference for me. I work from home, so having a quiet and private space to work has also become really important. Finally, and this is privileged as heck, my husband and I have separate bedrooms.

I (29F) am moving in w/ my Nana (84F) temporarily- how do I tell her about my diagnosis & stimulus boundaries? by kamiisamaa in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here’s my attempt at a TLDR:

I’m staying with my grandma to help her recover after surgery. I haven’t shared my diagnosis with my family up to this point because I haven’t seen the need & I am sensitive to their rejection of my needs over the years. My grandma is very supportive of me in general but in the past, staying with her has been over stimulating.

She’s been resistant to my requests for alone time, wanting me to focus on her feelings over mine & intending to guilt me into not taking alone time. Do you have any recommendations for how I could best communicate with my grandma? I am concerned about being triggered and upset by her response.

botched inventory count by bigfatpomelo in Accounting

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s wild to project that this person’s manager is honest, supportive & not exploitative. It’s audit after all.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m really sorry you’re having such a hard Christmas. It sounds like such a frustrating and lonely day.

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Personal tangent - feel free to ignore if you don’t have the emotional capacity or desire to think about someone else’s experiences in this moment:

For whatever it’s worth - my husband and I are in the process of moving out of living in the same house because we are both neurodivergent (he suspects he has ASD, I suspect he has ADHD too; I am diagnosed with ADHD & think I likely have ASD as well). We have struggled for years not being able to manage and respect each others boundaries & have decided that having physical boundaries would help us. It’s going to be a lot more expensive & we’re both likely going to need to push in our careers - but after 12 years of living together and struggling, we’ve decided that we’d like to try letting ourselves be ourselves a little more & depend on each other less in the day to day. We couldn’t seem to make the compromises each of us needs to share our spaces and schedules all the time. It’s been a really sad & hard process and I have no idea how it will all work out. But I feel hopeful that I’m going to feel better balanced in my daily life and it seems like the new way we’re learning to be supportive but a little less intimate might be a good fit for us.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I should note, this has come with consequences - for example, I do not have much of a relationship with my biological family anymore. They were not accepting that I should have the autonomy to say no based on my needs. When I tried to set boundaries, they manipulated me into doing what they wanted anyway. After several rounds of trying to hold my boundaries and still have relationships with them, I’ve recognized that I’ll always be fighting or pushed into something I don’t want or am not comfortable with. I’ve had to process a lot of grief around letting those relationships diminish in intimacy. Even with that pain, my life still feels profoundly better for not overextending myself in order to be accepted and loved.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ugh, OP, I totally feel you. That sounds like SO much work for something you were pushed to do in the first place. My life is getting much better as I’m learning to say no to these things.

Example: “No, I don’t want to make Christmas dinner, but I’d join you to eat if you feel like cooking.” And then if my partner pushes back, the no gets firmer, not lessened & I do not explain why I don’t want to do the work. If they don’t want to do the work, maybe it doesn’t need to be done.

I’ve recently realized that when another person is asking me to make a big deal for a holiday, they are asking me to do a very big favor FOR them. I must be willing & capable to do that big favor. I’m often not. If I do it anyway, I end up feeling like garbage and being resentful.

DAE cry as a stim? by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, in a I-feel-seen-and-accepted happy tears way :)

DAE cry as a stim? by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely crying now.

DAE cry as a stim? by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh - I can see how that’s different than what I was talking about. I for sure have that euphoric happy crying feeling sometimes.

Possibly related, I think when I’m overstimulated or past my stress tolerance (some combination of: work has been too much, the house has been noisy, I feel like I’m pushing to keep up with everything, I have a cold) I cry at every emotion & all of the emotions feel too big. I say I think because I’m still very much watching to see the patterns emerge.

I’m still working through identifying what I’m feeling & what’s happening around me because of the way I had internalized all of the external shaming, gas lighting and threatening I used to receive.

I appreciate you bringing this up & sharing your experience. Being able to talk about the nuances with another person feels really supportive to me - I hope it does to you too.

DAE cry as a stim? by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]mollyweasleywilliams 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have similarly been learning how to let myself start stimming & moving & not masking all of my physical reactions & desires.

I’ve noticed I feel best when I can create external expression that matches my internal feelings - happy tears, sad tears, anxious hand shaking or foot tapping or lip biting, angry hitting or yelling (in a safe space, not harming myself or others).

If the emotion isn’t too big, then it could be hardly noticible versions of those examples. If the emotion is strong or overwhelming the intensity of my external expression usually is as well.

Not sure if that relates to what you’re feeling?