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Hi! I hope your diagnosis goes smoothly. Feel free to tell me to go away, but here's some unsolicited advice. I have ADHD and I'd highly recommend you avoid c

Hi! I hope your diagnosis goes smoothly. Feel free to tell me to go away, but here's some unsolicited advice. I have ADHD and I'd highly recommend you avoid coaching. You're better off seeing a qualified, registered, regulated practitioner, especially at these prices. Therapy will help you build better coping mechanisms and all that. Coaching is a predatory scam that has just exploded recently. As someone who relies on body doubling, phoning a friend for five minutes is free and does the job. There's even discord servers for this as well. I've hired support workers in short bursts for this as well. For the low key stuff like that there's so many options that are lower cost or free, and are honest about the benefits. See a therapist for all the other stuff. I really hope you find supports that work for you regardless. Good luck!

hasbot 2y ago
> I've hired support workers in short bursts for this as well. Can you expand on this? I recently moved and have been procrastinating the myriad of paperwork moving from one state to another involves. What helped was my insurance broker pressuring me to get some of the paperwork completed.
- magnetowasright 2y ago
  I meant disability support workers, I should have been a bit more precise, sorry! I'm not sure if that clears up what I meant but in case it doesn't: Disability support work is a super broad label so I'll just ramble a little about how they've helped me. I've been really lucky to find people who are interested in the particular tasks at hand to help me. Sometimes it's like hiring an additional frontal lobe, sometimes I need them for really specific things like helping me travel. Sometimes I just need extra support in planning and executing something at home that my ADHD and/or Autism makes very challenging like filling in a bunch of paperwork. It's often that I don't need help with the literal paperwork itself, but I need help/guidance in self regulation, managing my disabilities symptoms that can be destructive and unhelpful like when I just start trying to push though and do a bad job and burning out to boot is something support workers have helped me with. Longer term strategies and capacity building I work with my psychologist on but I'm always going to be disabled and neurodivergent lol. Unlike 'coaches', disability support workers are regulated (somewhat laughably atm but they are regulated and registered, they have police checks, and professional standards), they must do at least a certificate through a registered training organisation, and if they want to do certain tasks with more like help with dressing changes or helping someone manage their medications, they need to have extra training. Those aren't fantastic examples because those things are often done by nurses, but the point I'm trying to make with that part is that as a general rule, they know their role, their skills, they know their value and don't feel the need to 'dress it up' to manipulate people into thinking they're equivalent to a psychologist or something like these abhorrent 'coaching' services do. They're also regulated and misrepresenting oneself is a bit of a no-no. My lisdexamfetamine has run out for today. Dunno if that's obvious or not /s If there's something I can try clarify once I'm back to being medicated please let me know
wafflemaker 2y ago
Thanks a lot for this reply. This is very heartwarming and informative. Looks like there is a world of tools to help me better function in the society.

hasbot 2y ago

> I've hired support workers in short bursts for this as well. Can you expand on this? I recently moved and have been procrastinating the myriad of paperwork moving from one state to another involves. What helped was my insurance broker pressuring me to get some of the paperwork completed.

magnetowasright 2y ago
I meant disability support workers, I should have been a bit more precise, sorry! I'm not sure if that clears up what I meant but in case it doesn't: Disability support work is a super broad label so I'll just ramble a little about how they've helped me. I've been really lucky to find people who are interested in the particular tasks at hand to help me. Sometimes it's like hiring an additional frontal lobe, sometimes I need them for really specific things like helping me travel. Sometimes I just need extra support in planning and executing something at home that my ADHD and/or Autism makes very challenging like filling in a bunch of paperwork. It's often that I don't need help with the literal paperwork itself, but I need help/guidance in self regulation, managing my disabilities symptoms that can be destructive and unhelpful like when I just start trying to push though and do a bad job and burning out to boot is something support workers have helped me with. Longer term strategies and capacity building I work with my psychologist on but I'm always going to be disabled and neurodivergent lol. Unlike 'coaches', disability support workers are regulated (somewhat laughably atm but they are regulated and registered, they have police checks, and professional standards), they must do at least a certificate through a registered training organisation, and if they want to do certain tasks with more like help with dressing changes or helping someone manage their medications, they need to have extra training. Those aren't fantastic examples because those things are often done by nurses, but the point I'm trying to make with that part is that as a general rule, they know their role, their skills, they know their value and don't feel the need to 'dress it up' to manipulate people into thinking they're equivalent to a psychologist or something like these abhorrent 'coaching' services do. They're also regulated and misrepresenting oneself is a bit of a no-no. My lisdexamfetamine has run out for today. Dunno if that's obvious or not /s If there's something I can try clarify once I'm back to being medicated please let me know

wafflemaker 2y ago

Thanks a lot for this reply. This is very heartwarming and informative. Looks like there is a world of tools to help me better function in the society.