See if your county has an MHMR office. If they ask, instead of giving those numbers, just tell them you were diagnosed with an intellectual disability. They may offer to put you on a waiting list that sounds ridiculous - like 12 years or something. Do, it! People move out of the county and drop off the list all the time. They may question your ID diagnosis because you seem very on top of things and you’re a good communicator. This is an situation where the speech issue may work in your favor. I know that sounds horrible, but sometimes you have to play the system.

Did you receive special ed services in school? If you did, they may have had a transition specialist who gave you paperwork to find services after graduation. I don’t know the details, I just hear it talked about in meetings. If you want to attend a community college or training program, there may be services available there too.

ADHD and dyslexia and speech issues - All of those can be serious struggles and require help from professionals to learn to manage/compensate.

For the ID, a doctor or a diagnostician did IQ testing and got a score below 70? If that’s the case, your city/ state/county may have an MHMR department that might be able to offer you services - help with therapies or job skills or accessing any funding that might be available.

Do you know the cause for your ID or articulation issues? They can occur together in syndromes or due to a medical/anoxic event near birth.

ETA- I would be a little surprised by your ID label, but if you have it you may as well use it for any services that may be available. Are you in the US?

After your comment, i removed the outlook widget from my phone. I left the app on it, but i look at it so much less in my off time now. Previously, I thought i was only mildly irritated by the emails i sent in outside hours. Until it was gone, I didn’t recognize the general anxiety i was having from just seeing it there. Thank you!!

I hate when people say if, but never follow up with then. Hey, it’s me. I’m calling about the thing . if you’ll call me back.

What?! That’s not the end!

Do you have a public, county hospital near you? They may be able to help with emergency meds and may have a social worker who can help you.

Whataburger. Whataburger. Just what a burger should be. The unbeatable, unbelievable, bigger, better burger. Whataburger.

Sinus rinse and flonase (the light mist one) work best for me.

I like Whataburger and in n out equally, sometimes i feel like one, sometimes the other.

Short bursts of great stuff are better than long periods of shitty stuff.

If an annual pass to a museum is $100, i would spend two day’s dollars buying 3-day passes to lots of different museums for a friend and me. Do we auto transport to the city? Or does the museum just appear at my house?

On the other days i would take a couple of laps around a track in some cool cars, have sips of some very expensive whiskey, and ride short sections of trains around the world.

During the week i would search the internet to find great $1 specials at bars all over the world and on weekends i would slowly have a beer on a beach in Mexico, vermouth in Barcelona, coffee in Modena, a mojito in havana, …

My son is vegan and he makes fun of himself - If you vape, you’re vegan, and you’re in a band; which one do you talk about first? Was funnier a few years ago when people carried around those giant vapes. We harassed him a lot for saying, “i can’t eat that” - well, yes you can, but you choose not to- so, now he’ll say he prefers to avoid animal products. If people ask, be honest and answer succinctly - I’m trying it to see if it makes me feel better, or whatever. The hate isn’t from choosing your own food. It’s from the endless conversations and superior, more informed attitude about it - same as anyone who makes one thing their identity - politics, religion, etc.

I’m hoping santa puts 36 piers under my house.

By humanity, do you mean with hand-to- hand combat? I’m not sure when that ended, but i would expect it to be around that time.

It does depend on the person and their regular scent. I hate the stupid commercials, but i love my husband’s Sauvage and Acqua di Gio.

I have house projects about to start, so i will be buying stuff for that, but it’s mostly labor. Someone asked what everyone is buying now because it will likely get more expensive. Couldn’t really think of anything.

Business won’t let him do most of that. It was just loud fake superficial concepts of plans . His real task is staying in power. I think our biggest concern now is loss of immigrants.

ETA- i was initially pretty concerned and wanted to really cut back spending and increase savings. We will likely do some of that, but we’re still planning little holiday trips and doing work on the house.

I would hire nucular George every day for the next 4 years to get rid of the orange dipshit.

Feminine products and Imodium. One of my biggest fears is being kidnapped and not having those things. They let you keep your backpack when you’re kidnapped, right? Chapstick would also be nice.

Post on the general communities and if it takes off, consider a separate community. It’s sort of like being out in the world and finding people with common interests.

I left during the blackout. I occasionally mention it if I’m taking about a post or article, but haven’t tried to get anyone to join. I’m pretty ok that there are just a few million of us.