ADHD Picnic for Women & NB people ☀️🥂
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Summer. The season when neurotypicals frolic effortlessly in parks while the rest of us spend 45 minutes deciding which bag to bring, arrive having forgotten to eat, and then can't find the group because we didn't think to ask where exactly in the park everyone would be.
Good news: neither did anyone else. We'll find each other eventually.
1PM–3PM: WOMEN ONLY
Women is an inclusive term and those who feels they fit into women, femme presenting, gender queer or NB are welcome to attend.
The first two hours are a women-only space. This means you can talk about your ADHD without anyone interjecting to say their nephew is "a bit like that."
You can also talk about literally anything else, we're not going to make you do sharing circles or fill in a worksheet about your feelings. It's a picnic. Sit on the grass. Eat something. Talk to someone or don't.
3PM ONWARDS: OPEN TO ALL
Partners, friends, allies, and ADHDers of every variety are welcome from 3pm. The more the merrier, in a low-key way that doesn't actually require anyone to be merry if that's not where they're at.
What to expect:
Grass. Possibly some pigeons.
People who will understand if you need to leave suddenly, or sit slightly away from the group, or talk for forty minutes about one specific thing
Conversations that start mid-thought and end unresolved. This is fine. This is us.
Someone who brought too many snacks. Someone who brought no snacks and forgot they were hungry until just now.
What not to expect:
A schedule. A host who has everything under control.
Anyone arriving exactly on time (including us).
Organised activities, name badges, or any pressure whatsoever to socialise in a way that doesn't suit you.
Bring: something to sit on, something to eat and drink, sunscreen if you remember, a book you probably won't read, and whatever version of yourself turns up on the day. That one is fine.
Getting there: Map link here. Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A. It's a smallish square park. We'll be in it. We will attach a bright coloured blanket to a tree.
Look for the group that seems to be having a good time in a slightly disorganised way.