u/K0turaWeitzner

I am a HUGE fan of Les Miserables and go at least twice a year, in the recent years I feel the musical’s changes get better and better until recently. The last time I saw Les Mis was in May, I just saw it again yesterday and the changes….i both love and hate.

The inclusion of little Eponine? - LOVE IT! This is the first time I’ve seen a baby Eponine on west end!

The little moment when Gavroche and Thenardier are introduced again in the Paris Streets? - ADORE IT! Back in the day you didn’t know they were even related unless you read the book, then we got a moment with Eponine, now with Thenardier!

The little emotional cries - LOVE ITTT!! Marius’s sob when Eponine goes and the woman who sobs in Turning! Adore those moments, however, I feel they should do the same with Grantaire when Gavroche dies. Bonus mention: LOVE the little moments after Enjolras dies.

Grantaire’s Body Language - LOVE IT! It’s such a cool thing to have him so scared and desperate not only during Drink with Me but when the gunshots and fighting is going off and his little moment before his death too!!

Enjolras and Grantaire’s Extra Moments - They keep getting more and more little interactions during the barricades, the newest being in Drink with Me, I LOVE that!!

Only down side is the change to funny moments with Thenardier and his wife. I personally liked the little mocking interaction with Madame Thenardier and little Cosette, and the laughing during the wedding scene when Thenardier gets punched. Hopefully they’ll change that back soon, but otherwise such an AMAZING experience as always!

Im not a diagnosed autistic, I am on the waiting list, I have traits of it and was diagnosed with ADHD combined type earlier this year.

So I guess I have sensory issues? I don’t really know what they are, but Google isn’t helping with dealing with them, so I’m hoping this page can.

I hate the sounds of whistling, objectively bad singing, and just any mouth noise that isn’t coughing or sneezing. I physically get angry or feel like crying when subjected to it after tolerating it for a time. My dad is the main issue here as strangers will stop after a few seconds, he doesn’t, sometimes he does it on purpose and directs it at me.

I use noise cancelling headphones but he complains I use them even though I only use them when travelling.

So I don’t know what to do here. He’s been aware for years of this issue and hasn’t even TRIED or apologised when he sets me off. I don’t know what to do anymore.

I don’t know how to word this, I have several things on my mind right now and I don’t know how to handle everything. So I was recently diagnosed with combined ADHD this year, fine, fine, all good with that. I just got my ADHD report back a day or two ago and I just feel SO frustrated by it. My assessor gave me some recommendations which I appreciate but they feel so generic to me. It’s all learn more about ADHD, get a sleep routine, eat a better diet, use some of these apps we’ve mentioned, and it just irks me so much. I don’t know what I’m doing. My family has a history of Autism and now I’m the waitlist for that too and this already feels like A LOT. The apps they mentioned were stuff like Google calender, forest, Evernote, todoist, etc. But right now I just feel they won’t do anything to help me. Calender is fine, I just write appointments down or get it printed off in the moment, but the others seem like no help at all. I don’t care for a virtual tree or pet, I can’t make to do lists when I lack the motivation to do things on it and then I don’t even know what’s a priority for that list, like what to write down first or what to do on the list first. They also mentioned support groups but I can’t do that either because I’m in a very small town and word gets around in the city nearest me and I don’t want people knowing my business, the actual town I live in is very small so I doubt there is a support group here, and even if I did find something I can’t talk to people, I freeze up just thinking to strangers. Online I can do, takes a while, but I can do it, in person? Absolutely not!

I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m not on any treatment or medication yet as I want to talk to my doctor about the best option, but with my history of medication, god knows how many times I’ll have to adjust that until I get right. I can’t ’learn more’ because most websites I’ve personally read is all the baseline stuff which isn’t helpful to me.

I don’t know, maybe I’m just overreacting because I’ve never had any of this before. It just feels like they gave those recommendations out to everyone, which they likely do but with me, I just highly doubt they’ll help right now. I can’t magically grow motivation overnight.