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The Importance of Mindfulness for Neurodivergents: Embracing a Unique Journey

In a world that often feels overwhelming and overstimulating, mindfulness can serve as an anchor—a way to ground yourself amidst the chaos.

Traditional mindfulness practices don’t always work for neurodivergents, but that doesn’t mean mindfulness isn’t for you! Discover how to tailor grounding techniques, stimming-friendly practices, and active mindfulness for ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergent experiences. Your journey to calm starts here.

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I feel ...my whole life has revolved around how I feel. And I have always been so worried about pleasing and keeping everyone else happy and supporting everyone else in their goals, that I have had very few goals in my own life. I have completed even less of those.

I have reached a point in my life where I don't even bother setting goals. Life gets in the way. Work, kids, someone is sick, the car gets stolen, I have a class assignment, I have to work overtime, I need to do laundry and clean. Something always gets in the way and I just don't feel like doing the thing that would help me have a better life. Why does it matter? If I do it today 2 weeks from now I will be off track, messed up, and still haven't found any consistency.

How do you create goals and stick to them. I wonder how much of this is because I am a woman and the house work is defaulted to me. The kids defaulted to me for most of my life as a mother and even now when I am away from them I can't break the habit of I have too much responsibility I cant do all the extras because no one else will do the rest. I have to do the work and If I feel like it after all the have tos then I can do something for myself.... Thing is I never feel like it.

I want to lose weight but I cant find the motivation knowing I will just fail any way.I will just fuck up and I'm tired of caring.

But how much more successful could I be if I had the focus, drive, and energy to set goals and plan my days like all successful people do? How much of it is ADHD symptoms? How do people plan their days and life not get in their way??

[activelymindful]

It has begun

I had my intake appointment with a psychiatrist regarding ADHD. I have to gather some medical information from my primary doctor and have 1 additional appointment then she will prescribe me medication. She said once I have my ADHD under control she will work with me on my anxiety and PMDD as needed as well.

I'm finally, at 39 years of age, getting the help I have needed my whole life. It is scary because what if it changes nothing, what if I still struggle and fail and fall apart? But what if it works? and I have fought myself into burnout exhaustion for 39 years ..when I didn't have to. ...

[activelymindful]

To Do: Lists

So, I am, yet again, an ADHD'r with an obsession of lists that I never use or follow through with, Starting another list. I am beginning at the basics. Giving my self a week to make these a habit and adding an additional check off to my list until I have created a routine for myself that allows for me to become who I want to be.

So first list apparently is going to be this list of the lists I should make

List: Who I want to be ( the things I do as the person I envision myself being)

Create the basic core list, daily self care habits that should be easy to do but they aren't ( wash face, brush teeth, drink water,)

Add to core list. until I have added all of "List: Who I want to be" to it and am able to complete that 95% of the time.

So if you're ADHD and never seem to complete anything like myself join me on this journey I could use some support. If you enjoy lists, please join my lists upon lists that this blog will soon become.

Yay!

[activelymindful]

Goals

Today I am deciding who I want to be. I do not care WHO I am. I have spent my life lost and confused about WHO I am. Who am I? What makes me, well, Me? I could never quite come up with an answer that was right. I am giving up on finding who I am. We are all bits and pieces of those around us. Media sources, news sources, the guy we think is cute and want to impress, our friends, teachers, and co-workers all influence us in some way or another. Even our enemies can influence us (to not be like them!). So, from today on I am deciding who I want to be.

Here is a list of values I want to embody. A list of values I want to be known as. I shall, from this day forth, keep this list and each decision will be made with this list in mind.

Honest

Compassionate

Kind

Integrity

Determined

Generous

Tolerant

Trustworthy

Altruism

Appreciation

Empathy

Self-Reliant

Equanimity

Courage

Attentive

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Something about being alone. I just want to spend all of my time alone. Trying to understand who I am without the influence of others. I have spent so much of my life wrapped up in everyone but myself.

I want to learn who I am. I want to see what it is I can be without the influence of those closest to me. What am I capable of? What am I holding myself back from? What can I be if I just allow it? Where do I want to be if It were just myself in this world?

[activelymindful]

Goals

I have had goals...kind of. I do not know if this an ADHD thing, a trauma thing, or just a me thing. I can't set goals. I feel..too fickle? I am not sure how to explain it. I don't want to go to college for a degree in anything specific because I do not know if I will stick with that as a career. I want to grow and learn with what opportunities are in front of me. I won't set a weight loss goal because I never make it. I always fail and I feel worse than before when I wasn't trying to reach any goal.

I feel as if I am a piece of plastic in the water. I flow wherever the water takes me, and I do not belong here at all. I do not fit in. I do not understand. I can't set a goal to become one with nature on the mountain as my higher calling, because the water may wash me to the lakes, or the oceans, far away from any hilltop. Life changes too often. I do not want a career I just want to be valuable and make the most money I can so one day, maybe... I could travel. I do not want to settle in one place but I am tired of moving. I want to own a home in the woods with moss and trees and a small garden. But I don't want to be tied down to anyone or anything. I want to live on the road and see the world but I am afraid, how would that ever work, I have to be in one place for a job to afford shelter and food.

Family stabs you in the back, friends slowly fade away, and new people do not have time for you. It's lonely and I am sad about it but I also am so tired of all the pain caused by everyone around me that I would much rather be completely alone than ever put forth effort with people again.

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar"💔

[activelymindful]

Mindful Eating

What Is It? Mindful eating stems from the broader philosophy of mindfulness, a widespread, centuries-old practice used in many religions. Mi

Seven practices of mindful eating

From SAVOR: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life [2]

Honor the food. Acknowledge where the food was grown and who prepared the meal. Eat without distractions to help deepen the eating experience.

Engage all senses. Notice the sounds, colors, smells, tastes, and textures of the food and how you feel when eating. Pause periodically to engage these senses.

Serve in modest portions. This can help avoid overeating and food waste. Use a dinner plate no larger than 9 inches across and fill it only once.

Savor small bites, and chew thoroughly. These practices can help slow down the meal and fully experience the food’s flavors.

Eat slowly to avoid overeating. If you eat slowly, you are more likely to recognize when you are feeling satisfied, or when you are about 80% full, and can stop eating.

Don’t skip meals. Going too long without eating increases the risk of strong hunger, which may lead to the quickest and easiest food choice, not always a healthful one. Setting meals at around the same time each day, as well as planning for enough time to enjoy a meal or snack reduces these risks.

Eat a plant-based diet, for your health and for the planet. Consider the long-term effects of eating certain foods. Processed meat and saturated fat are associated with an increased risk of colon cancer and heart disease. Production of animal-based foods like meat and dairy takes a heavier toll on our environment than plant-based foods.