Oh hello!
My name is Melvin (they/them), #AuDHD, & I'm happy to be in a space populated by other neurodivergent folks 
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I've had a muuuch higher success rate in harmonious relationships with other ND folks (& queer folks, which is the uniting factor of the other server I'm on).
I doubted the validity of my "membership" to both these groups for a long time (imposter syndrome, anyone?), but having that self-knowledge in the last few years has really helped me get my life set up in a somewhat manageable way -- e.g. finding covid-cautious, very quiet & non-judgmental folks to live with (they're both queer and #AuDHD! It's *not* perfect but it's SAFE) and making a new irl friendship back in February with yet another queer, AuDHD person, which has been so great; we met on OkCupid where I occasionally have a profile for the sole purpose of finding new friends (I hate dating and consider myself #GrayAce, but I DO really wanna find meaningful friendships that might still be around 10 years from now 
) since it offers a heavy filtration system and the opportunity to discuss covid precautions BEFORE being physically near one another.
Some of my, hmm, most influential?... special interests in my life, whether active now or just formative, include:
- #SelfGrowth #Psychology (majored in it back in college 2.0) #MentalHeath #Meditation
- #Words #Language #Etymology
- #Communication #NonviolentCommunication
- making #Art, playing #Guitar #Uke & #Singing, or writing poetry for stimming & emotional processing
- #MindBody connection / growing to feel my body & emotions / #Fitness #Movement #FunctionalMovement #BodyMastery #AshtangaYoga achieving an unsupported #Handstand
- #Science #Logic #HistoryOfScience
- #Philosophy #Ethics #Ontology #Stoicism / living life by a #MoralCode
- #Systems #Data #Patterns #ComputerScience (current major, 1 semester left for associate's then on to online university for that BS!) #ProblemSolving #Engineering
A new 1 I hope lasts:
#QuadSkating
2025 Mar 14 
