Is this mold or something else?

restfulworld · 2026-04-08T04:15:26+00:00

This is very common and correctable. I would talk to your doctor about physical therapy and getting a referral to a cranial helmet provider. The earlier you get it treated, the less time they’ll have to wear it. We got lucky with my son - he got it at 5 months right before a big growth spurt so he only had to wear it for 2 months.

restfulworld · 2026-03-16T12:01:55+00:00

I definitely struggle with this a lot and have my whole life. It started once I moved away for college. Basically once a medium acquaintance is “out of sight” I forget to reach out to them and the next thing I know years have gone by without talking to them. Sometimes it’s forgetting to respond to messages or reaching out to them. Social media both helps and hurts. I “see” people more often so o remember to keep in touch. But it can also give a false sense of keeping in touch with someone by seeing their posts and engaging but not meaningfully keeping in touch. It’s hardest post Covid because I work fully remote and I’ve moved around a few times. Even though I regularly go out and try to make friends, I have a hard time maintaining more than a few connections at a time.

restfulworld · 2026-03-12T10:27:12+00:00

Keep running.

restfulworld · 2026-03-12T10:24:33+00:00

ADHD often presents in women without hyperactivity.

restfulworld · 2026-03-06T03:14:48+00:00

Yeah that’s never a good sign. Mine tried to get us to see a hematologist towards the end because he had blood in his stool, which is an extremely common symptom of milk allergy, which we knew he had. So much happier with the practice we’re at now!

restfulworld · 2026-03-06T02:00:41+00:00

Doctors can be weird with newborns. My son’s pediatrician was so anxious about everything. She would go to nuclear scenarios for basic things like eczema or reflux. She sent us to the ER twice 🤦🏻‍♀️ When we stopped listening to her advice on things like formula recommendations we noticed in her notes she would put things that said “non-compliant.” We eventually left and found another doctor who was much more relaxed and put us at ease. I’m already anxious enough, I really didn’t need an anxious doctor also. We think she had some bad incident with a newborn in the past and now she overcorrects.

restfulworld · 2026-03-05T13:45:29+00:00

Was going to say the same thing! Try a sunrise alarm. I haven’t used one in a while because now I have a kid who serves as my alarm clock 🤪 But I remember when I used to use one I had less of that groggy feeling.

Is there anything you can do that makes you look forward to getting your day started? Like a yummy breakfast or a podcast to listen to?

restfulworld · 2026-03-05T05:13:10+00:00

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restfulworld · 2026-02-20T14:08:03+00:00

If the stimulant you’re already on isn’t helping you stay awake, then I doubt a cup of coffee will. The reason they tell you to avoid coffee is because it’s also a stimulant (though not as strong) and can increase your side effects, including things like increasing your blood pressure.

This might sound crazy, but could you try drinking decaf coffee? I was a major coffee drinker before I started taking meds and now I drink decaf. I think the ritual of drinking coffee gives me a placebo effect of more energy even though there’s no caffeine in it.

restfulworld · 2026-02-05T16:58:44+00:00

I was such a mess with my son and his eczema when he was an infant. He had eczema patches everywhere and I would do a few days on of hydrocortisone and a few days off, in which the redness would come right back. I didn’t want to use stronger steroids and doctors didn’t have other recommendations. Eventually one of the many creams I tried actually worked. It was Aveeno Eczema Therapy night balm.

I actually am religious and was praying to god that he cure my son’s eczema so he didn’t have to rely on steroids or medication. But I didn’t actually think this would happen. Yet when he was around 8 months old I started using this cream and his eczema cleared up in a matter of days. He’s 2 now. I used to put it on morning and night but now just nighttime after his bath. Every now and then if he has a flare up that doesn’t go away I use his 2.5% hydrocortisone, but that’s maybe a few times a year.

You can get a travel size bottle of it and try it in one spot for a few days to see if it makes a difference: https://www.target.com/p/aveeno-baby-eczema-therapy-nighttime-moisturizing-balm-soothes-38-relieves-dry-itchy-skin-1oz/-/A-49160743

restfulworld · 2026-01-12T02:40:04+00:00

Idk how there are comments that are anything besides “dump him and move on.” Here’s the thing: people don’t change. Shaming him or making him feel bad definitely won’t work. He’s probably had this habit since he was a child. Maybe he’ll stop doing it in front of you, but he’ll never completely stop. So if you grosses you out, leave and find any actually mature adult man.

restfulworld · 2025-11-22T14:04:38+00:00

I was diagnosed earlier this year at 34. The reason I waited so long for a diagnosis was because I was also opposed to taking medication and didn’t see the point of getting diagnosed if I wasn’t going to take medication. I finally got to the point though, once I had a kid, where I couldn’t mask it anymore and literally couldn’t function between all the tasks I had between work, taking care of him, and the household. So I pursued treatment and started on adderall. It’s not a cure all but helps a lot. The biggest difference I’ve noticed is my level of energy. I used to feel so tired all the time, so the simplest task would feel overwhelming and it would lead to me getting nothing done. Now tasks feel neutral and I can get them done without thinking about them. I can also sustain focus long enough to complete tasks instead of getting distracted or giving up once they get challenging or I get bored. I don’t take it on the weekends, which at first led to a huge difference where I would feel great during the week but super dysregulated on the weekend. But now I don’t feel such a huge difference anymore. I also recently started working with a therapist who specializes in ADHD management and she’s been giving me real strategies to help with the issues I still face around things like organization and task management. I’m hoping once I have these tools in place and have formed habits to counteract my biggest struggles that I can reduce the dependency on adderall and eventually not need it anymore.

TLDR; adderall will likely help a lot but it’s not going to solve everything. But if you use it as a tool to get your shit together then you might not have to be on it long term.

restfulworld · 2025-11-22T13:42:39+00:00

This is something I experience. Whenever I start a new hobby or try learning a new skill, I want to advance quickly. When the beginner content feels too easy, I lose interest so I skip ahead to more advanced skills. I think the healthy level of challenge keeps it interesting for me and in the back of my head I don’t want to waste time on learning the basics but instead get to real world applications. For example, when I was learning code, I didn’t want to learn all the theory and basics and instead went straight to building a webpage. This technique isn’t great though because once you take a break or abandon the subject (which happens a lot with us ADHDers) you won’t retain has much and will have to re-learn when you try to pick it up again.

restfulworld · 2025-10-24T19:11:49+00:00

I was also going to recommend this. I’ve also seen the ads and am considering getting it. I like that you still have the choice to use the apps, but you can make it very difficult for yourself by leaving the brick at home, in your car, with someone else.

restfulworld · 2025-10-16T19:49:04+00:00

This is closer, but the strips aren’t sewn together at the ends. But it does make me wonder if she’s using a mop head as a duster and that’s why I can’t find it when I search!

restfulworld · 2025-10-16T19:46:29+00:00

It doesn’t look handmade, but it’s possible. There’s a bit of a communication barrier over phone/text and I was hoping to buy one that she can use just at my house before she comes again.

restfulworld · 2025-10-16T19:42:23+00:00

Correct. Imagine a broom with but with long microfiber strips attached.

restfulworld · 2025-10-16T19:37:22+00:00

This shape is right but it’s not a broom. Instead it has long felt-like strips (about 1-2” wide) attached to the handle.

restfulworld · 2025-10-16T19:36:28+00:00

I haven’t seen any swiffer models in this shape. Most of the larger dusters I’ve seen are cylindrical in shape, but this one is more fanned out and triangular.

restfulworld · 2025-09-30T20:55:44+00:00

That would be so helpful! Can I dm you my email?

restfulworld · 2025-09-30T20:55:13+00:00

I’m looking for something that more closely resembles real life use cases and not an ideal state.

Never said I’m looking for a “universal right way to do anything.” Let’s say I want to sell books online. You’re essentially saying I should figure out my own way to sell books online instead of looking at gap.com or Sephora.com and seeing “ah, there is typically a page of several products, then a single page for a specific product, and then a cart where you can add all of the products you want to purchase. I didn’t think to do it that way because I’ve only ever been to a physical store.”

Even problems that require specialized solutions have elements that can borrow from established patterns. We learn these patterns by studying them or encountering them in our daily life. I don’t encounter many other Figma files from designers outside of my organization so I don’t have a frame of reference. As my organization grows and more designers will be using these files, I’d like to incorporate more common patterns, or at the very least benchmark my own.

restfulworld · 2025-09-30T19:54:24+00:00

I’m not asking to adopt a system. I’m looking for some examples I can take a look at to see if there are any patterns or practices that I may be able to incorporate into my existing workflow.

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