Kelsey4vril
New Member
Hi there, I’m Kelsey. 
I was diagnosed with ASD and ADHD as well as generalized anxiety when I was 12... I’m forever grateful to my mother, who fought hard to get me diagnosed because she knew I needed extra support that I wasn’t getting without one. I’m 30 years old, now. I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression to varying degrees throughout my life, but I’m in a very good place right now and I’m so grateful to my family and friends for their support. After high school I earned my Early Childhood Education diploma and worked in daycares for several years, but I had a bad experience with bullying at one workplace and even in my other job where I had better relationships, I was exhausted every minute and completely burned out. I loved building relationships with the kids, though, and designing experiences and environments that could help them succeed and feel supported and loved.
I’ve always been fascinated with communication and what makes humans tick - why we do the things we do, how we can communicate better, how we cause each other and ourselves suffering, and how we can support ourselves and others. I’ve been on disability for a couple years and for a long time I felt so stuck and unable to pursue any of my goals. I didn’t know how to move forward, what to do for a different career or how to get started, and other executive functioning and emotional road blocks... but I now have a plan that I know I can carry out and that I feel passionate about, so I’m finally making some changes that have me fired up again! I’m starting a youtube channel that I’ll be posting the first video on in the next week or so, so I’ll share more with whoever’s interested in it then. But right now that’s not important! I just wanted to say that I look forward to getting to know you all. It seems like a great community so far!
I was diagnosed with ASD and ADHD as well as generalized anxiety when I was 12... I’m forever grateful to my mother, who fought hard to get me diagnosed because she knew I needed extra support that I wasn’t getting without one. I’m 30 years old, now. I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression to varying degrees throughout my life, but I’m in a very good place right now and I’m so grateful to my family and friends for their support. After high school I earned my Early Childhood Education diploma and worked in daycares for several years, but I had a bad experience with bullying at one workplace and even in my other job where I had better relationships, I was exhausted every minute and completely burned out. I loved building relationships with the kids, though, and designing experiences and environments that could help them succeed and feel supported and loved.I’ve always been fascinated with communication and what makes humans tick - why we do the things we do, how we can communicate better, how we cause each other and ourselves suffering, and how we can support ourselves and others. I’ve been on disability for a couple years and for a long time I felt so stuck and unable to pursue any of my goals. I didn’t know how to move forward, what to do for a different career or how to get started, and other executive functioning and emotional road blocks... but I now have a plan that I know I can carry out and that I feel passionate about, so I’m finally making some changes that have me fired up again! I’m starting a youtube channel that I’ll be posting the first video on in the next week or so, so I’ll share more with whoever’s interested in it then. But right now that’s not important! I just wanted to say that I look forward to getting to know you all. It seems like a great community so far!
