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Delaying engaging with media you know you will like
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
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What is Neurodivergence?
It's ADHD, Autism, OCD, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bi-polar, aspd, etc etc etc etc
“neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behavior”
So, it’s very broad, if you feel like it describes you then it does as far as we're concerned
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1.) ableist language=post or comment will probably get removed (enforced case by case, some comments will be removed and restored due to complex situations). repeated use of ableist language=banned from comm and possibly site depending on severity. properly tagged posts with CW can use them for the purposes of discussing them
2.) always assume good faith when dealing with a fellow nd comrade especially due to lack of social awareness being a common symptom of neurodivergence
2.5) right to disengage is rigidly enforced. violations will get you purged from the comm. see rule 3 for explanation on appeals
3.) no talking over nd comrades about things you haven't personally experienced as a neurotypical chapo, you will be purged. If you're ND it is absolutely fine to give your own perspective if it conflicts with another's, but do so with empathy and the intention to learn about each other, not prove who's experience is valid. Appeal process is like appealing in user union but you dm the nd comrade you talked over with your appeal (so make it a good one) and then dm the mods with screenshot proof that you resolved it. fake screenies will get you banned from the site, we will confirm with the comrade you dm'd.
3.5) everyone has their own lived experiences, and to invalidate them is to post cringe. comments will be removed on a case by case basis depending on determined level of awareness and faith
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I'll give you this advice and I mean this in the most sincere way possible: find a new hobby.
Whenever something traumatic happens to me, I always try to subtly change something in my daily routine, whether it's what I wear or what I eat or what I do for fun. The point is to have a soft reset so I can distance myself from that traumatic experience. It's so I can say, "well, that was incredibly shitty, but at least that bullshit chapter of my life is finally over and I am turning a page to a new chapter and I can tell I'm in a new chapter because I eat/dress/do things slightly different."
My guess is that gaming has been tainted by your hard semester, and the reason why you can no longer enjoy gaming is that you still unconsciously associate gaming with that terrible semester. I don't know how bad that semester was, but I think you should change some things. You don't have to fully reinvent yourself, but it's a good opportunity to explore other hobbies and see whether they scratch the itch that gaming once did.