Great community idea!
Thankyou!
I'm hoping it doesn't become a ghost town like many new communities do
[email protected] has lots of helpful people for community growth ideas.
- You're going to have to post most of the content, for a long time, in order to normalize the community and drop people in.
- there are tools to help you do timed posts, IE if you only have one day a week to find interesting articles and things to post about, you can spread those post out over the whole week by using these timed post tools
- Make sure to advertise your community on Lemmy federate
I also hope it doesn't become a ghost town, but I imagine you're quite passionate about this so you'll have lots to say, and then people will join in!
How does this community deal with the romantisation of mental health disorders?
I have seen many mental health, adhd or autism groups engaging in a romantisation of the disorders. For example, there would be post like this: ‘the perks of adhd are you can relate to anybody’s hobbies’.
In effect saying that the disorder is a quirk and not actually problematic.
In effect saying that the disorder is a quirk and not actually problematic
There is something to be said for making the best of your situation. If you have something that you don't think you can change, just live your best life that way. I would include memes and jokes I would imagine
I agree, make the best out of it and don’t be discouraged in bettering your situation; however a meme or joke is different from romantisation because the later does imply that there isn’t actually a problem.
Living with ADHD is difficult and depending on the severity of it, people telling you that you don’t actually have issues but only a quirk can be quite harmful.
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