“We Are Not Alone”: 50 Spot-On Memes For The Neurodivergent Brain

THIS!!!! seriously as a late diagnosed kid parents please please please get your kid diagnosed if you/teacher/doctor have suspicions.

Far too many times this. I hate it and hate the fact that i recognise it more :-(

"Your broken leg is all in your leg!"

See: never look for subtext when communicating. That's useful for both neurodivergent and neurotypicals. Makes your life x100 times less stressful.

My mom was like this. If she had an appointment at 4 in the afternoon, her WHOLE day was ruined because she couldn't do anything until after that appointment was over. For years I thought I had the same issue, turns out I just absorbed it from her lmao (thought I still prefer having my appointments early on so it's over and done with)

Which is why I say "That's how I can best explain it. Am I making sense at all?" - because.. unfortunately... maaaany... manager/bosses tend to use "Does that make sense" in a very condescending context... so now the rest of us who know we sound all Jabberwocky at least 50% of the time have to find an alternate 'way to say it'.

Absolutely relate.

And usually the person talking changes the subject before you realise you are able to interject so if by some miracle you do remember your point it now doesn't make any sense to the convo and is burned into your brain for eternity.

This is why I'm fat. Because i leave the best til last and by the time get there I know I'm full up but i cannot leave the best thing!

Also, as an adult you have more time to learn what triggers you, how much you can "safely" handle, how to relax/destress/stim, how to communicate your needs, etc. I am 40 and still learning things about myself and that gives me hope that it will only keep getting better and better.

I literally just now got ready to take the shower and 15 minutes later found myself in the bathroom door reading this article.

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# 931 is knowing how boring and tedious it will be and not even starting.

Well, I just finished disputing a charge on my credit card, a charge that has been there nearly a month.

Is this an ADHD thing? I was told/scold (a while ago - like, when I was still a non-adult) that that this was just being self-centered... "everything's not about you" or... "Why do I care about your story?" - so... now if what someone is saying reminds me of something that I can relate to (ie: something that helps me better understand their story) - I keep quiet, knowing that no one wants to know about me anyhow. If this compulsion is an ADHD thing... hm... well, that changes the PoV.

Thank you Michell C. Clark

Not me laughing hysterically and adding to previous favorite screenshots on this list.

THIS

I have the same problem. I have both autism and adhd

Life be like "here's some anxiety to go with your discomfort, and a side of panic"

I'm... not on the spectrum - and I tend to answer that question honestly if it's someone I want to go away (and it's not someone who can/will fire me for being 'insubordinate'). Yes, I actually HAVE been let go/mistreated at work for answering with things like "[Bad thing happened on the weekend], but just going forward and getting into the work routine, so it's getting better."

Floor yes. Table top yes Chairs NO

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Hard chairs are much more comfortable when only the back legs are touching the floor and you've found the angle for stable balance.

Sitting normally can cut off circulation after a bit, so maybe that's part of it?

I had no idea others feel like that too! 😳

My colleague asked me recently "can't you just sit still"? No I can't and I won't.

Same

I should start saying this

Even worse is when you DO have the words, and explain it clearly, in several different ways and then figure out, after all that .... that others just don't believe you and think you're being a useless POS on purpose.

Well, upon reflection - I realized that these complaints **usually** came about when people didn't like that you weren't dancing to their tune/pandering to them. Like... "No, that thing isn't cool. I think it was stupid to spend $$$ on that jacket/dress/thing you don't need, because you were JUST complaining about having no money and being in debt." - now you're too straight forward - they asked question, did not like answer. And you end up being 'too talkative/hyper when they find you're drawing attention away from them, and they're attention wh**es (and they thought inviting you along would make them look EXTRA awesome due to relative attractiveness... and now it's backfiring).

Let me tell you all, so many things from primary school and secondary school have started to make sense now. And there’s still stuff that I’m realising is ‘oh my god, that was Autism?! How did nobody catch that!?!’

I dream vividly almost every night and often I remember what I dreamt, but since a few weeks I've been dreaming about work related stuff and now I come into the office and the first thing out of my mouth is "Did I already discuss this with you or did I just dream I did?"

Yes. Standing feeds the bone demons. If they get restless enough you can't stand or sit and running away is the only option.

Oh yeah. So many ADHD screening tests focus on "did you have a hard time sitting still as a kid?" I'm like, wtf, how would I remember that? I can't even remember to take the trash out.

I get something similiar with food. I want a snack - I want sweet or savoury - I don’t know what texture I want - on and on and on.

Isn't that what it means?

Yup. Ask me about my all time favorite book and I can't tell you the plot but I can recall this one scene very vividly

Ah yes verbal diarrhoea or mute are my two settings

Yes. Yes it is.

ADHD: "Just don't think about it, let's goooo"

Very true. I need my games or cartoons to rebalance myself regularly to stay operational.

Ok, time for math homework- hey wait, I own a cat.

When parents say "Because I said so" it makes me so angry and I'm like "But WHY did you say so?"

272 is just warming up :D

The thing is you can appreciate all these things AND acknowledge that your current situation is bad. I am very, very well aware that my situation (economical and general) is far better than it was when I was a child/teen. I AM grateful for it. Every. Single. Day. But it doesn't change the fact that my current situation still sucks - just less than it used to.

What kind of psycho can set a timer and then hold themselves to it?

HEY SIRI. Why'd I come into this room?

I just don't like other people's noises

Oh, I flirt. But only by accident and with people I have zero interest in.

Pleasure to have in class, while I quietly burned out, disconnected from my own body, developed depression, anxiety disorder, and a massive perfectionism problem. (I'm good now, realising I was neurodivergent prompted a lot of healing)

Make a combo: "I know I should do this thing I postopned for the last two months and that should be ready tomorrow, so I was reading fanfictions but somehow few hours later I was learning about how to make paper flowers because it seemed interesting... anyway, have a crooked paper rose you don't really nead, love you."

WHAT!?!?! HOW DARE YOU!!?!?!??!?!

Haha yes! I hate to be early as much as i hate to be late so getting everything and everyone ready in order to meet that. Hehe I'm all calm calm calm, WE HAVE TO GO NOW WHY AREN'T YOU READY??!?

that's me being fine tho

but emotional numbness is a break for the overwhelm and anxiety

Someone needs to invent a way to make strong, comfortable clothing out of paper so at the end of the day we can drop our dirty laundry into an incinerator.

If only I paid my neurotransmitters more and provided sufficient time off and favorable work environment, then maybe my brain would run more smoothly.

Haha i always forget the niceties when I write my emails I'm like hello Bam straight to the point. I think after oh yeh should have said. Hope you're well lol

/I/ know what they are. Don't touch 'em.

Uhh... every. day?

This is why i love wfh. I just sit like a gremlin in the corner of my room no sounds no nothing and that works for me. Put me in a office and I'm great for knowing the gossip cos i listen to everything but not so great at getting my work done.

Or being 60, reading about this stuff on BP, and saying "ah, screw it, too late"

I remember things chronologically in their own right. I can tell you every event in order dealing with x. I can tell you every event in order dealing with y. I have no idea when those time lines start/end or if/when they overlap.

ARGH this is painfully and brutally accurate. My grandmother started applying the same parenting techniques she used on my four-year-old cousin.

"Nooo! I might need that at some random time in the future!"