Post by lc on Oct 16, 2019 19:49:19 GMT
Hi, I'm a student and I have also been recently diagnosed with adhd (as a 20 something female). I study a creative subject where everyone on the course has studio space. The studios vary in how private they are - all partially connected but with different dividers and walls making some more private than others.
I unfortunately started my course 2 days late due to a family bereavement. The studio spaces had been assigned by the head tutor anyway, so it wasn't a case of first come first serve, but basically I had been assigned a space literally in the middle of everyone, open plan and with no walls.
As I was a few days late I didn't have a chance to see this space in time to know it would not work for me and do something about it. I also had already arranged an appointment with a student support person regarding my very new diagnoses of adhd. She was great and requested on my behalf that I need a more private studio space (which do exist already but were occupied) and the tutor spoke to me about this. He explained he cannot make anyone move but will ask people with appropriate studios individually if they will swap.
Basically the 3 people in spaces that would suit my needs said no, so the tutor made me a space in a corridor which was 'private'. I then had to explain to him that this really wouldn't work as there's people constantly walking past, this feels more exposed and open plan and is a constant source of distraction. He said he understood this, and asked another person with a studio space that wasn't as private but was better and did have less distractions as there would not be constant people traffic. He actually explained to the guy who's space this was that I have adhd and they happily agreed to move.
Finalllyyy I felt relief that I had a space I could actually function in without loads of distractions (still some but more tolerable), after spending nearly a week sorting this out and feeling awful and demanding but knowing I could not work in a completely open plan chaotic space.
Then I went in today to find the guy had took the large portable wall with him which is university property and has been in that space from the start. This leaves my new space completely open plan and full of distractions! There is only 2 of these portable wall things in the whole studios and both are occupied with peoples work attached all over them now.
So I'm back to square one and completely give up. I've made all these requests that feel like demands, people have tried to be nice but clearly don't understand what I need, and to get the studio space which wasn't most ideal but may have worked, all for it to be taken away by him moving the wall.
I'm genuinely feeling like leaving the course because I just need a place with a wall and because it seems impossible to get this it completely takes away my ability to function. The person from student services is great but translating this to my actual experience on my course with my tutors and peers seems impossible.
I don't know whether to have one more try at getting what I need or leave it. I hate feeling demanding for something so simple that I just need to function and its honestly devastating.
I unfortunately started my course 2 days late due to a family bereavement. The studio spaces had been assigned by the head tutor anyway, so it wasn't a case of first come first serve, but basically I had been assigned a space literally in the middle of everyone, open plan and with no walls.
As I was a few days late I didn't have a chance to see this space in time to know it would not work for me and do something about it. I also had already arranged an appointment with a student support person regarding my very new diagnoses of adhd. She was great and requested on my behalf that I need a more private studio space (which do exist already but were occupied) and the tutor spoke to me about this. He explained he cannot make anyone move but will ask people with appropriate studios individually if they will swap.
Basically the 3 people in spaces that would suit my needs said no, so the tutor made me a space in a corridor which was 'private'. I then had to explain to him that this really wouldn't work as there's people constantly walking past, this feels more exposed and open plan and is a constant source of distraction. He said he understood this, and asked another person with a studio space that wasn't as private but was better and did have less distractions as there would not be constant people traffic. He actually explained to the guy who's space this was that I have adhd and they happily agreed to move.
Finalllyyy I felt relief that I had a space I could actually function in without loads of distractions (still some but more tolerable), after spending nearly a week sorting this out and feeling awful and demanding but knowing I could not work in a completely open plan chaotic space.
Then I went in today to find the guy had took the large portable wall with him which is university property and has been in that space from the start. This leaves my new space completely open plan and full of distractions! There is only 2 of these portable wall things in the whole studios and both are occupied with peoples work attached all over them now.
So I'm back to square one and completely give up. I've made all these requests that feel like demands, people have tried to be nice but clearly don't understand what I need, and to get the studio space which wasn't most ideal but may have worked, all for it to be taken away by him moving the wall.
I'm genuinely feeling like leaving the course because I just need a place with a wall and because it seems impossible to get this it completely takes away my ability to function. The person from student services is great but translating this to my actual experience on my course with my tutors and peers seems impossible.
I don't know whether to have one more try at getting what I need or leave it. I hate feeling demanding for something so simple that I just need to function and its honestly devastating.