Me, married to a man, but still identifying as queer:
Me, no longer married to a man, coming out as super fucking gay at 45 in the year of our goddess 2025, and now married to a wonderful fucking woman for a year:
I've been on adhd medication for almost a year now. My doc added zoloft because of my anxiety symptoms and it seems to be helping. I know it's a trial-and-error process to find the right cocktail. And I'm in it to win it. I've noticed the meds helping with certain things and numbing others. I'm still glad to have the help I needed 25 years ago.
Having all of my art supplies in storage is killing me. The divorce is final. I'm feeling more like myself again... I want to be making art. I feel inspired. I feel creative.
I wonder about all the things I was suppressing within myself. What parts of me will bubble to the surface now? It's not that I wasn't making art, or that I didn't feel inspired or creative before, but it feels like a tsunami right now and I feel like I can't do anything about it.
Starting ADHD medication this week has been interesting. I think it's helping, but I'm slightly unsure because this has been the busiest week I've had at work in a long time. We're prepping to move the library to our new building and I can't tell if I'm really focused and getting shit done because I absolutely have to, or if the meds are helping me focus and accomplish all of the things.
In case you lost it - a link to the eSIM donation guide. Even if you feel sick and powerless, you can at least do this. And even if you really, really can't donate, you can always at least share this and remind others.
the lowest tier, which costs 9 dollars, offers a week of connection while the very next, 16 dollars, will provide a full month of contact with the world to someone who desperately needs it. this is not some idle step. an entire month is a huge length of time for people who are displaced, terrified, and isolated.