So in my school 9th grade is in a separate building and next year my sophomore year I’ll be going to the big building with the juniors and seniors. I’m terrified but also extremely excited! I would like some advice on how to manage stress throughout school and how to make friends! Love you guys! 🩷🩷 Bella

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Does psychosis make you neurodivergent? I have synesthesia and I'm a HSP, so I know I'm neurodivergent, but I'm wondering if psychosis counts too? Also um, how do I stop hearing voices? I can't tell what's real anymore. I don't want to go back to the hospital.

Hi! I am recently diagnosed with dysautonomia due to life long dizzy spells turning into fainting spells. It is a new phenomenon and I'm terrified of it happening in public by myself! I use a cane for other health issues and I know it draws attention to me, I would be so embarrassed if I fainted and had a bystander call an ambulance so I haven't gone outside of my house in a while by myself or in general. What can I do to overcome this fear/anxiety of this potential situation?

Welcome! My name is Evie and I have Tourette's, FND, and possibly POTS! I haven't seen an FND post so I figured I'd make one :D

Hi I have athsma and have a question so I fainted a few months ago and think it was because of athsma as had multiple attacks that night and was very weezy all I remember is shaking lots blurred vison then finding myself on the other side of the room surrounded by people they said I fainted and kept saying "I'm OK I'm OK I'm OK". Still wonder why it happened also since then I have had a lot of times when I feel like I might faint but never do just wondering if anyone might have had anything similar thank you

Hi, y´all. I am writing this for any help with a possible autism diagnosis. I have stimmed from an early age (and still do) and don´t get social cues sometimes. I also am extremely sensory sensitive, and my parents agree that I have been since a young age, along with refusing to eat foods because I didn't like the textures and refusing to wear clothes because they felt ¨wrong¨. I asked my parent if they thought so, but they juts dismissed it, saying if I was autistic, ¨they would know¨. Any help?

Hi, I feel kind of embarrassed, not a really social person, etc. I've had a chronic cough since early January 2023, which was pretty much the only symptom I had when I tested positive for Covid then. I've been to multiple doctors and specialists, tried multiple remedies, nothing has worked at all. Until I got a superior laryngeal nerve block injection in October. That worked great for about 10 days, then the cough ramped right back up to where it had been. Lost my job because of missed work due to the cough, even after an FMLA leave, I just missed too much work, I just could not make it in to work. I really have a hard time believing anyone would hire someone who literally coughs throughout an entire job interview. This past Thursday I received a second injection, this one on the right side of my neck. It was slightly effective while I was still at the doctor's. By the time I got home, it was back to full blown. So that hasn't helped my severe depression at all. I'm going through the disability claim application thing, but don't have high hopes. It sounds a bit silly, saying I have a chronic cough. Like, no big deal. But no one really understands just how severely debilitating it is. Day and night, waking me up too. I can't go out to eat, I can't go to movies, I can't go to church, I can't go to weekly trivia, it's impossible to play trumpet, I can't go shopping in person. The ENT specialist I'm seeing says mine is the worst case he's seen, by far. It really is way more than "just a cough". I'm really, really struggling here. My hopes for the future are just about zero. Thankfully I have family that can keep me financially afloat, but I'm feeling very overwhelmed and defeated. Ok, I got this far and I'm not really sure why I'm posting. I guess, just looking for anyone who's had a similar experience, how they coped, what worked for them, if anything. Anyone in a similar situation? Any advice or help would be hugely appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

TW: Abuse, Mention of Homophobia, racism, and ableism. Hi! I'm a 13 (nearly 14) year old AFAB and I have struggled greatly with symptoms of ADHD and other symptoms of many neurodivergences all my life. I never really thought much of it because I thought everyone thought the way I did, but then in 5th grade (when I was 11 years old) I learned about ADHD and Autism for the first time. I am someone who has difficulties reading social cues and has many sensory issues so I started researching autism, but while learning about that I learnt more about ADHD. I realized it sounded a lot like me and started digging deeper. After extensive research, I realized that my personality and my traits are basically all symptoms of ADHD. I'm incredibly energetic and enthusiastic, I'm loud, I interrupt people on accident a lot, I can't sit still, I'm impulsive, I talk WAY too much, I'm very sensitive to rejection, I'm easily distracted, I'm unorganized, I experience periods exactly like 'ADHD paralysis', I'm VERY forgetful, and I USED to have little sense of danger (before I got severe anxiety). I also have conditions very commonly comorbid with ADHD (like Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Tics, and Insomnia). At first, I wondered if those symptoms were things I would grow out of, but it's been two years and things have only gotten worse. Last year around springtime, I brought up ADHD to my mom but she immediately rejected me and said "You don't," and changed the topic. Later in the summer, I brought it up again and she said, "We've known you had symptoms since you were young but we don't want you on medication," and then again, ended the conversation. I talked to the special ed. teachers at my school this year about what diagnosis looks like and if medication is the immediate path and they talked to me about a 504 plan, which you can get after diagnosis and it helps teachers support you based on specific needs. I think it would be beneficial to my education and life path to get tested for ADHD among other conditions that I fit a large amount of criteria for, but I don't know how to bring it up to my parents. My mom is in general, supportive of me for who I am and is easier to reason with. My dad has PTSD from his childhood due to being abused by his parents and is not easy to reason with at all because he thinks his answer is the only right answer and the only right way. He is also homophobic and had a whole time where he was trying to convince me that I wasn't gay and it was just a phase. Don't get me wrong, my parents are kind to me and they are helpful, but their views on a lot of things can come off old fashioned and in todays day in age, can come off as homophobic, racist, and ableist. I want to talk to them about getting tested, I just don't know how. My dad is really overprotective and refuses to admit anything is wrong with me, even when I'm having very obvious problems. This means when I hurt my ankle I'm 'not hurt', or when I'm sobbing and having a mental breakdown I'm 'overreacting'. He likes to invalidate things I do that he doesn't like (ex. TV I watch, Music I listen to, Clubs I do, Languages I learn, etc.) This has been a problem when I am struggling with things that I believe would get better if I seek out a diagnosis. I believe that if I get a diagnosis, it would give my parents a view on lessons to teach me in a neurodivergent-friendly way so I can benefit more in life. If you have any idea how to bring this upt o parents or any coping mechanism, please let me know. Thank you and have a nice day!!