Ask HN: Hacking your brain after trauma and mental health crisis?

📰 Hacker News · gremlinsinc

This is very personal, and something I'm trying to figure out. I'm finding executive function hard to come by these days. Timeline of events: - March 1st I separated from my wife 18 years. - March 28th, my mom died. - April 7th met someone who'd become a unhealthy relationship (trauma bond) - May 30th divorce finalized - June 1st (trauma bond disintegration began) - June 14th (Grandma who raised me dies). I'm 44, so there may be a midlife crisis involved. I'm semi-transient living with roommates, after a stint in cheap motels. Mental health: - High Functioning Borderline Personality Disorder (diagnosed this year), - ASD (undiagnosed - suspected by my therapist), - Major Depressive Disorder, Obsessive - Limerencing, ADHD (Inattentive). Finances: Able to program, unable to focus, was doordashing but lost my car last week (engine). Strategies so far: - Make new friends (I had zero support network, zero friends, zero family that isn't my ex-wife and kids). - D

Published 24 Oct 2024
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