Ooh I was this for an amount of period now I am that, ooh I am that for so long, now I am something else. Initially even when things are well, the relearning stage felt foreign and weird, and just all in all kaya belajar aja. Nothing set in stone, the brain will learn and adapt.
Tbh it’s all “learning curve” ga dark side dan memang otak kita cukup fleksibel dan adaptive dengan keadaan.
Formerly in a long term relationship terus masuk ke single era for 2.5 years. Terus ke committed relationship, ya ada learning curve, periode penyesuaian yg rasanya aneh.
Fred and I were talking about gaming sambil nonton gameplay di YouTube.
Him: seru banget ini gameplay Mortal Kombat untuk adventure game.
Me: iya seru sih, tapi aku juga suka game yang open world juga
Him: oooh kaya GTA
Me: Kaya harvest Moon.
One day it doesn’t have to be.
One day security comes from just being. Not something that has to be earned. Existing and living and being. To be treated with care and respect not just because one is educated, but just because one is a living being.
Additionally my mom’s take used to be pendidikan tinggi dan akses dan exposure dan experience membangun keamanan finansial, modal sosial dan budaya untuk melindungi perempuan. A form of intangible resource and protection from vulnerabilities.
Which has a degree of truth… but
Maybe I'm being too woke, but I honestly dgaf. Counter narasi seksis "Ngapain perempuan sekolah tinggi²?" adalah dengan menjawab itu hak perempuan sebagai manusia.
Kalau dibalas "Nanti jadi ibu" kesannya perempuan cuma berhak berpendidikan tinggi apabila menghasilkan anak.
But one time I hugged and thanked her that many of the potentially detrimental things didn’t manifest. Im well regulated without meds. Karena aku liat dampak tidak ditangani/understood on adults and I was like damn woman u did lords work fr fr. Look at me robust & resilient shiz.
I want to flex that having a mom who has in depth knowledge of child pedagogy and child development, neurodiversity bahkan ketika terminologi klinis waktu itu masih “disfungsi minimum otak”
But there’s nothing to flex because I grew up to be a mediocre adult, functional aja.
Duo pasangan adhd audhd be like okay kita kerja setelah makan, tapi workout dulu, terus beresin rumah, terus mandi, terus nanti malam nonton di icon, tapi in between kita kerja dulu.
@havvemevvah My mom got me tested when I was a child under 5 yo di Yayasan Surya Kanti, Bandung.
My boyfriend who was only recently diagnosed; tapi setelah sesi dengan psikolog and psikiater di Jakarta dan ini adalah follow up setelah dia set up a counselling session di RS di Jagakarsa.
Women don’t even ovulate during stressful time physically mentally etc; like the body will make an executive decision and legit paused ovulation and affecting our cycle because our body knows it’s not safe enough to ovulate.
And externally it’s not a safe world to bring life.