Hi fellow minded students, My name is Tracey and I live in Kent. I am so kind to others but a really hard task master on myself, I would never talk to other people the way I talk to myself (or I'd have no friends left!) 🤪 I am so happy to be part of a community where I can be myself and not have to put on my 'outdoor hat' in order for people to accept me - because I've been doing that my whole life and it has not bought me any happiness whatsoever! I am a lover of nature and one of my favourite things to do is, to go out in my garden first thing and enjoy the blessings we have been freely given - such as - the fact I even woke up this morning because sadly, many people did not 🥲 I enjoy listening to the birdsong, some of those tiny birds really sing their hearts out lol - I love watching butterflies dance together, I enjoy looking at the different cloud formations and I make out some very strange shapes along the way 😂 I am enjoying the sun because we don't always get that in the UK! I think being grateful for things really helps me, I am grateful for my sight, my hearing, my taste buds, my sense of smell because without even one of these, life would not be the same - so it is something I do not take for granted. I am not able to walk without a walking aid and I often sit and watch people just walking about and I think that they have no idea how fortunate they are to be able to do this because I used to take it for granted, as most of us do, but it is not until we lose something, that we realise just how precious it was! Here are some photos that I took this morning ..... I hope at least one of them brings a smile to your face. Hope and hugs 🤗 Tracey 🌸 I

Just started the ADHD Awakening Assessment and already realised something wild: every productivity system I've ever tried (CBT, journalling, to-do lists, apps) was built for a brain that runs in straight lines. Mine doesn't. And the "laziness" I've blamed myself for? Turns out it has a completely different name.

Hi, my name is Mags, I’m from Scotland, and I work in healthcare as well as my other job of raising 5 kids! I NEVER normally post on these things but i guess i need to put myself out of my comfort zone to get the most from this....😬😬 Already done the Snapshot and it hit home - looking forward to the rest of the challenge. Hopefully i can learn to better manage all the usual ADHD symptoms we all know so well and just manage life a bit better. Stopping the negative self talk and generally feeling less overwhelmed and happier would be great too...🤞🥰

Okay… slightly gross question, so apologies in advance Does anyone else have a picking problem? Like… if there’s a scab on my body, it’s basically a personal challenge. My brain is like, “oh, we’re doing this.” but at the same time i dobit without even thinking about doing it.... I know that is a contradiction 🤔 I’ve been like this for as long as I can remember, so I finally looked it up and apparently it’s actually a thing called Dermatillomania (aka Excoriation Disorder). It falls under body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), kind of in the OCD family. Just curious if I’m alone in this or if this is one of those “why are we like this” club situations 🤔 🤣🥰

Section 2 of my Snapshot just hit different. I realised I stopped having dreams on purpose - because if I never wanted anything, I couldn't fail at it and prove my mum right when she said the only thing I was consistent at was being inconsistent. 61 years of protecting myself from a sentence. Naming that out loud changes something.