u/firydreams

Hi all, I have been diagnosed to be twice exceptional recently and have been undergoing a period of intense unmasking. During this process I discovered that the way that I have been living (intense cycles of anxiety-burnout to overcome my inertia and boredom) caused me to be completely unaware of the feelings of those around me (I also have some alexythymia) and just be completely incapable of reading the room in general.

Now that I am truly starting to understand social situations, living like how other adults do, the complexity of the human experience, I feel extremely exhausted and frankly a bit depressed. My family is still masked and are all at different stages of self-awareness and empathy towards others. A lot of my friends have not thought about life as deeply as I have, and talking to them is painful because they just don't see things deeply enough for me to feel a social connection. I just don't see a point to life anymore now that I realize a lot of the things that I used to believe in are propaganda / a pipe dream.

I find people (including myself) to be nasty, self-serving and unwilling to change unless forced to, and the lack of curiosity and kindness of adults really angers me.

Just putting this post here to see if anyone else finds the human experience shallow and unsatisfying and feels hopeless about the prospects of humanity

Hi everyone,

I am in my late twenties, GMT+8, and am doing a career transition into the IT sector. I am looking to make friends with other people who are also doing career transitions, and who are also interested in improving their health.

I am interested in nutrition, sports (swimming and a few others), eating mostly clean. Even if we are not moving into the same field, we can post daily updates to keep each other accountable, and also we can generally chat about health, diet, how to stay well. If there are a few of us with similar interests, I am open to setting up a small private discord server for all of us to make progress together.

If you are looking for accountability partners too, feel free to leave a comment or DM me with your age, timezone, what sector you are moving into and your favorite foods!

Looking forward to your responses.

Hi, I am an Asian 27F who is strictly looking to practice the language (and maybe make a friend). I am fluent in English and French, and am looking to improve my Mandarin which is at C1/C2 level.

Able to help for both English and French from beginner to C1/C2 level - with grammar, vocabulary, spoken practice, even written essays if you want ^^ For Mandarin, I wish to learn more about diverse aspects of the culture and be able to discuss them with a native speaker as I studied the subject without much oral practice.

Feel free to DM me if interested. Thanks

Hi there! 27F, I have ADHD and am looking to get into shape and use fitness as an outlet for my emotions instead of binge-eating. I am doing yoga, combat sports (still deciding which) and running (~3km almost every day) at the moment and am looking for an accountability buddy with whom we can talk about one (or multiple!) of these sports on a regular basis.

Feel free to DM me if this sounds like what you need too 😄

Hi there! 27F, I have ADHD and am looking to get into shape and use fitness as an outlet for my emotions instead of binge-eating. I am doing yoga, combat sports (still deciding which) and running (~3km almost every day) at the moment and am looking for an accountability buddy with whom we can talk about one (or multiple!) of these sports on a regular basis.

Feel free to DM me if this sounds like what you need too 😄

Hi, 27F, I am looking for a beginner friendly BJJ centre. I have done a little bit of judo before and am really enticed by BJJ but am kind of intimidated by the steep learning curve, was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on centres that are more open to beginners? Thank you!

Hi, I'm looking for neurodivergent female friends (age isn't important ^^) whom I can talk about the neurodivergent experience with. I love learning about languages and cultures, talking about the neurodivergent experience and am actively looking for books and resources, and also inter-faith discussions. Also open to discussing STEM-related topics.

Please feel free to DM me if any of this spoke to you!

Hi, I'm looking for neurodivergent female friends (age isn't important ^^) whom I can talk about the neurodivergent experience with. I love learning about languages and cultures, talking about the neurodivergent experience and am actively looking for books and resources, and also inter-faith discussions. Also open to discussing STEM-related topics.

Please feel free to DM me if any of this spoke to you!

Hi, I'm looking for neurodivergent female friends (age isn't important ^^) whom I can talk about the neurodivergent experience with. I love learning about languages and cultures, talking about the neurodivergent experience and am actively looking for books and resources, and also inter-faith discussions. Also open to discussing STEM-related topics.

Please feel free to DM me if any of this spoke to you!

Hi there! I (27F) am looking for a Malay-speaking friend as I am very interested in better understanding the language and culture in Malaysia. I don't speak Malay but I am currently strongly considering learning the language so I was hoping to meet someone who wouldn't mind sharing with me. Thank you!!!

Hi there! I (27F) am looking for a Malay-speaking friend as I am very interested in better understanding the language and culture in Malaysia. I don't speak Malay but I am currently strongly considering learning the language so I was hoping to meet someone who wouldn't mind sharing with me. Thank you!!!

Hi all, I (27F) want to improve my Mandarin. I did pretty well in my academic studies for higher chinese because I was a crazy mugger but I'm very bad at actually speaking in chinese for daily conversation. I'm interested in discussing: health (both physical and mental), current affairs, Buddhism, hobbies.

I am an extremely open minded and chill person to talk to, I don't judge and am always curious to learn more about what you say

Feel free to DM me if any of this interests you ^^

Hi everyone! 27F, I was recently diagnosed with ADHD after a burnout at work. Now I am trying to learn how to focus without breaking my body with anxiety.

I am looking for a body doubling partner (preferably a woman, I have absolutely no interest in a relationship) on Discord or Focusmate to work in the weekday mornings and afternoons of GMT+8. You don't need to be in the same timezone if we can find common slots.

I work on math and coding tasks, but we don't need to be working on the same things!

Please DM me if interested. Thank you

Hi everyone! 27F, I was recently diagnosed with ADHD after a burnout at work. Now I am trying to learn how to focus without breaking my body with anxiety.

I am looking for a body doubling partner (preferably a woman, I have absolutely no interest in a relationship) on Discord or Focusmate to work in the weekday mornings and afternoons of GMT+8. You don't need to be in the same timezone if we can find common slots.

I work on math and coding tasks, but we don't need to be working on the same things!

Please DM me if interested. Thank you

Hello! I am an Asian woman who is looking to make more neurodivergent friends, or friends who share the same interests as me. I was diagnosed recently after suffering a burnout at work, now I'm taking some time to rebuild my life. Some things about me:

- I love learning languages and about other cultures

- I am Buddhist and am super into interfaith discussions as well

- Would also love to talk about any topics related to STEM

- I love animals, soft toys, Pokemon, Harry Potter, neurodivergent memes, deep chats about life and philosophy

- Trying to get into scrapbooking and journalling and blogging

- Also love to talk about food!

Looking forward to receiving your DMs :)

Hi all, 27F in GMT+8. I am looking for someone in a similar timezone to check in with daily while working towards career goals.

I am rebuilding after burning out in uni with undiagnosed ADHD. Currently the main challenge that I am facing is overcoming imposter syndrome from years of struggling with studies. I am working on math (self-study, rebuilding fundamentals) and coding (projects + practice).

Hope to have a buddy with whom we can do the following:

•	Daily check-ins (morning intent, evening review)

•	Show up consistently; flaking is fine if you communicate

•	Minimum 1-month commitment so we can build rapport, hopefully longer :) 

Looking forward to receiving your DMs!

hi everyone! 27F, i am pretty new to chan/zen, have been following master sheng-yen's teachings but wish to dive deeper to better understand the richness of this tradition, and more importantly how it can guide us in our day to day life. for various reasons i am unable to join a local sangha to study this, and so i am looking for a study partner who is interested in learning the basics together with me, bounce off ideas and practice together on a semi-regular basis. i am also open to recommendations of where to start!

please dm me if interested, thank you very much ~