I work with ND young people and the term we use is “crisis”.

Try something that’s behind the scenes if you can but not too late.

I work with ND young people and we use the term crisis, we do it because it better reflects that what they are experiencing is valid and there are ways we can help them manage their situation.

As long as your views don’t affect others then I don’t have an issue for example the Christians who don’t use their religion as an excuse to hate the LGBTQ community. I believe that they have a right to believe in their religion but that it stops when it begins to restrict someone else’s freedom. I myself am a humanist.

Not even on a federal level? (I could be naive about how nice the US treats ND people here)

Ah shit man I’m sorry that sucks, can you get something like a DSA payment to cover that? (DSA is the disability student allowance here in the UK)

I’m sorry about the friends through your ex, with your friends you play games with maybe try a non competitive game like Minecraft if you haven’t already as it’s cooperative and enjoyable, if not that maybe some other cooperative games or PvE?

I am glad you are getting better already and no longer feeling suicidal that’s good progress and I am proud of you for that progress. I genuinely believe you can get through this.

It sounds like depression, I’m sorry for what has happened to you it’s awful. I saw you said you live in rural America so you can’t really do much about your ADHD or depression, the only thing I can really think of is using an online service for your depression and then speaking to a doctor could help with your adhd, either with therapy or medication. As someone else said use reminders on your phone and you can put post it notes around to remind you too. Also if you have anyone you can confide in about what’s going on that can definitely help. Again I am sorry for what has happened to you it’s awful and I hope you get better soon.

I used to be terrified of sex but since being with my partner I enjoy it a lot. She is absolutely wonderful and helped me so much making sure I was comfortable and happy.

Everyone is different, boobs aren’t for everyone.

Thank you for sharing, I get quite anxious (to the point I put off sending emails just asking for a simple task to be done like a few tick boxes to be checked etc) so having information like this is helping me out a lot! Thank you so much!

Was there anything that came up during the appointment that surprised you? It’s ok if the question is too personal and you don’t want to answer. Thank you!

Thank you so much for the advice and talking about your experience it’s very kind of you. Yeah eye contact is not easy for me the only person I can do it with is my partner lol. Thank you for the advice about clothes I was thinking I had to dress “smart” and when I do I get uncomfortable. Thank you so much!

Yes rehabilitative justice is proven to actually be much better than punitive justice as it lowers rates of recidivism and violence in prisons and actually helps all of society. The problem is that putative justice is considered “more popular” because people think that if someone does something bad something bad must happen to them regardless of why they did it.

No don’t, when you have got the job you can say and if they fire you after this it means you could quite easily get a case for discrimination. Make sure you always leave a paper trail always do things via email so if something does happen you have evidence.

No you aren’t ugly at all. Based on your posts and I know I am doing Reddit psychology here but I think you have a negative self image. That can be very hard to overcome, if possible I would suggest therapy. I believe that some people have definitely liked you and some people probably do now. When you say “they never seem they do” what do you mean by this? Is it that they don’t act like they do?

I find something that helps is listening to something I find interesting like music or a video whilst doing something I find tough. Also try getting a sponge on a stick as they often can also have soap put in them making it easier to clean. Something that personally helps me is deriving a system, so I put the dishes I have to do to soak in some warm water then I take each and clean them one by one and wash them off then rinse then put them on a drying rack. Once they are done I then dry them with a tea towel and put them away. I hope this helps!

From my understanding the term alien when it comes to people like us who are ND is a sociological one, where because we don’t always conform to societal norms we are “alienated”. Now this is just my theory/understanding. I personally believe that society would benefit a lot more if we weren’t alienated as we can offer a different perspective on lots of issues from personal relationships to scientific research, this is just from a pragmatic standpoint (unfortunately you can’t because it’s nice to society when justifying why you shouldn’t be mean to ND people). But it’s also just the right thing to do to be nice and have empathy to a group of people who are different and especially when that group isn’t hurting anyone.

As someone else has said an air fryer is great as you can literally just put the things in you want to cook and leave it in there and it will turn off after the time is done. However I know we can all struggle and just want a comfort food so foods like burritos from somewhere like Taco Bell etc whilst not containing lots of veg and stuff it’s still better than nothing. Also for some reason I love kiwis so that could be something to try.

I love how my soap smells or how my home smells or how my partner smells and I find these all make me feel happy as I associate these with environments or people I feel comfortable with. It can confuse me at times because my partner likes to wear a perfume that has a predominant vanilla scent so I have had times where people walk past and smell like her and I look around for her lol.

I don’t have anything to say as I am fortunate that my partner listens to me a lot and I am eternally grateful for them, but I want to say how kind and sweet you are for doing this!

Spider-Man I love Spider-Man, they are all about doing good in the world and helping anyone out. Anyone can be behind the mask :)

Hello obviously I can only give general advice here as I don’t know him or you but ND people tend to care a lot about people and want to help them withe their things. I enjoy knowing what my partner is doing and knowing if I can help them. As for the “love bombing” because you are new in his life you could be a fixation to him, this is not a bad thing at all he is just very interested in you and wants to know a lot about you. He quite clearly cares about you too. Things could change as your relationship with him progresses and that’s ok, you will likely have to be very forward and open about things as ND people tend to struggle with hints. I hope this helps.

My current partner after being friends for a while and me not picking up on their signals and flirting sat me down and told me that they liked me and I had a big crush on them so it worked out and things are great. In all honesty it would probably be easier to ask him out after getting to know him a bit. If he asks why you are interested in getting to know him just be honest say you find him interesting and cute or whichever compliment you think is best. I hope this helps!