The Twenty-First One.
Evening, Subheading: Sensory struggles and why they matter. Before I begin, a resource about hypersensitivity and ADHD: https://www.addept.org/living-with-adult-add-adhd/how-to-understand-hypersensitivity-in-adhd Continuing with my tradition of talking openly about my struggles, I am currently waiting on neurological testing for ADHD. I will either have this done via avenues that open through talk therapy (once it's my turn on the waiting list) or through the neuro department at U of M, whichever is faster. That's a bigger conversation though, and I want to focus in on one part of it today. I have struggled immensely with auditory things, and it is only getting worse. Noise can be very overwhelming, and if there's too little noise it's also overwhelming. It's just all overwhelming. Since I started at my new job I have quietly listened to music at my desk, because a coworker told me I could. It acts as a really nice diffuser for everything else going on and keeps m...