Hello disabled comrades! This week, I am feeling very relieved for the ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian hostages. I hope we are all doing okay. If you’re just surviving, barely making it through — I see you and I’m proud of you; and I hope this week brings you a little joy.

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Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.

  • roux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netMEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Thanks for the kind words comrade. I am trying to schedule some breaks when I can. Part of my ASD diagnosis was realizing I was in severe burnout so I’m working actively to make sure I do have some downtime. I worked a bit on the NAACP site yesterday but it was low impact, chilling and listening to music. I’m probably gonna play games with the kiddo and watch a movie or something tonight and step away from any sort of work.

    I think the anxiety attack was my body’s response to me being completely out of my comfort zone. I’m not “teaching the class” since I want it to my inclusive and everyone helps but I am facilitating so I had a bunch going on. The people that showed up were super receptive and amazing so I think the next meeting is gonna be a lot easier. After reading a lot about neurodivergence, I realized I’ve been basically suffering from anxiety all my life and really didn’t know that was what it was. This time I figured it was gonna happen and saw the signs early enough that I was able to do a bit of self care to mitigate the severity some and it really helped. Shoutout to Loops and cozy giant hoodie.