With UlyssesT out there touching grass, I haven’t seen this thread in a while. What in the past do you NOT miss? It could be very personal or just something everyone experienced but doesn’t anymore.
For me, I am so fucking happy the food scene in burgerland has changed since the 2000s. People seem to enjoy more well-seasoned foods and healthier options seem to outstrip the unhealthy slop I remember in the 2000s. Even my yee-yee ahh Ohio suburb has changed somewhat noticeably to support fresh ingredients. Less WASPslop is always good.
How about y’all?
The stigma around mental illness and neurodiversity. It’s not like we’re ableism-free, far from it, but being able to just say “I suffer from depression”, or “I’m going to therapy” and no one really caring, or, in the best scenario, being understanding and supportive, has made things so much easier.
Not to mention that I wouldn’t be able to understand a lot of my life and work on a lot of self-hate and preconceived ideas about myself without the lens of AuDHD giving me a bit of an out for me to get care.