You know, if you think about it, there are a ton of inventions that have been created as a means of that same process of experimentation with divergent thinking. Who knows what you could end up finding out :)

There’s also looria.com/reddit, which gives product recommendations based on the thoughts from different hobby subs. :)

When I mentioned Windows, I meant that Adobe also requires Windows 10. And I don’t believe in using edge or chrome because they’re both anti-privacy. I feel like a huge company like Adobe aim to be compatible on most browsers and shouldn’t limit their website visibility because of the browser you’re using, especially with something like Firefox which is well-known. It sets a bad precedent for other websites to do the same, which cuts off the freedom of the web.

Yeah, it’s a bit hard when you’re dealing with industry standards. I’m provided CC through work so it’s not really my choice, but it sounds like Affinity still isn’t a 1:1 option. I’ve been interested in it so I’m glad to hear the other side of things. It’s easy to go FOSS for most personal things, but not as much when it comes to doing business.

I hope you keep us all updated! I’m really curious to see how it affects you. Are you taking it together with stimulants or just on its own?

Please write for black mirror!

I’ve found that learning about and practicing DBT has offered me more of a skill to do this myself. I know what you mean about wishing you could see outside the frame of your emotions and past. In DBT, we have something called the “emotion mind” and the “reasonable mind.” But we need both in order to make decisions. Rationality is great, but emotion provides direction, desire, goals, and a “why” for everything we do. The idea is that when you use emotion and reason together, you can use your “wise mind” which can help you see outside your experiences and gain perspective in new areas. I think I know what you mean because I also crave further neutral 3rd party understanding on my past too, and use ChatGPT a lot for that myself. Thought I would just throw in a couple more cents if you hadn’t heard of the concept. :)

Alpha agonists are non-stimulant drugs and in this case, mostly refer to clonidine and guanfacine. They can be used off-label to treat some of the symptoms of ADHD. Most frequently, they’re used for RSD as they’re the only medication that is said to help it (about 1/3 of the population will have symptom reduction with either one drug or the other - and the last 1/3 won’t see a reduction in RSD symptoms at all). It also can introduce a greater sense of calm and make it easier to sleep. These medications can be used together with stimulants. I typically seen them most commonly prescribed by ADHD specialists who know more about the variety of treatment paths for ADHD, less commonly by GPs.

That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing!

I’m proud of you!! That’s huge. You should give yourself a well-deserved pat on the back. Verifiable progress and it’s only up from here, keep it up :)

I just finished it this week and I was blown away! It helped me through a rough time too. Can I ask what goal it inspired in you?

Every week I’m like “this is awesome and everything I’ve been looking for!!! I’m going to be ALL about this thing now and tell everyone about it!” but then completely forget about it the next week :( because I found a new thing :) I just call it passion~ 🌹