"The Autistic Urge To Know Why": 111 Funny Posts That Neurodivergent People Might Relate To
When you're neurodivergent, your brain works a little bit differently from others. It might be a bit busier, louder, and more/less focused than others'. Research shows that about one in five people in the world are neurodivergent. And we here at Bored Panda think that they should be represented appropriately in the meme world.
Recently, we went through the most popular neurodivergent meme spaces on the internet, like r/autismmemes, r/OCDmemes, and the Neurodivergent Squad page on Instagram. We collected the funniest and most relatable ones and put them all together in this list. Check them out and let us know how many made your neurodivergent brain tingle!
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It's Just Our Signs 😆
Ehehe
Someone, Please Relate
If I'm forcing myself to look at your eyes while you're talking, I'm concentrating too hard to take in what you're saying.
When You Got Some New Information On Your Special Interest
I Mean It Kinda Make Sense
If I Had A Penny For Every Time I've Felt A Diagnosis Test Was Oversimplified I'd Have Three Pennies, Which Isn't Much But It's Weird That It's Happened More Than Once
This Is So Real
Hasn't Been Posted Here Yet
Seeking The Truth Is My Passion
💯. It's OK if I learn I was wrong. I'm about *what's* right, not *who's* right.
Not Getting Diagnosed As A Child
This is why it's "trendy" to have a diagnosis. It's better headspace to 'own' that (& hopefully get tools/appropriate assistance/medication) than to be down the self-flagellation rabbit hole of trying to not be a mutant (X-men reference)...
Please Tell Me I’m Not Alone
Thought You Guys Would Relate To This :))
So true. I'm autistic. My son thinks I'm extremely funny, but only because of things I don't mean to be funny. But I'm old enough now that I'll understand after the fact why he thinks it's funny, so I'll get a laugh out of it, too. But my intentional jokes are so weird only my late father and Carl from middle school ever thought it was funny.
The Autistic Experience Described In Fine Style
Sat doggo is sad. I just wanna be there for the good girl/boy and tell them, "Hey buddy, you're not in trouble. It's all good." And administer lots of pats and cuddles.
Lmao
I Hate This
This is basically every show. If the characters communicated clearly and honestly, there'd be about 98.37% less drama
I Have To Be Invited. Like A Vampire. I Have The Vamptism
Me When The Intrusive Thoughts Hit
☁️
Looks perfect to me, even if I don't think I'm autistic, just a bit introverted.
I'd Be On The News
The urge to throw yourself off of a building just to see what it feels like:
I Think This Goes Here
This Is What Being Autistic Feels Like
Bummer
Society: "Follow Rules!" Also Society: "Not That One You Idiot!"
No joke, once my friends and I were having a particularly intense vent/dump session, and since I'm not very good at interjecting, I just raised my hand when I had something to say. It worked. (I love my friends.)
Eternally Nauseas
This
I Am 100% On Board With This Theory
When You’re Autistic But Everyone Calls You Fake Because You’re Also A Pretty Girl
True!
Just understand that Humans, like Chimps, are selfish jerks. That explains EVERYTHING
From Today's Performance Review At Work
Found This Meme
I Speak The Easiest Way Possible And Still People Imagine Stuff I’ve Never Said 🥲
I Feel Like You Guys Can Appreciate This Very Cool Stick I Found
[oc] Good Old Fashioned Meme
I Thought My Fellow Autists Would Appreciate This
I do things like this too. THIS is the text for TSA. You need to organize collored lozenges correctly and answer a bunch of stupid questions while in a dark room and cant look at the second person in the room. After I did that interview I lost my taste for Federal Service. Its joining a cult.
When You Ones Again Take It Differently Than Intended
I Think We Can All Relate 😅
Is this a neurodivergent thing? I nearly k****d myself this way but thought I was just overthinking
😭
I Thought Yall Would Relate This Too
Me
Same-sh. Im used to having my back against a wall so any one of 3 dogs can be the little spoon LOLZ
This Is So Real, I Have To Know Why. Why This, Why That
I Thought Of This And Thought It Was Funny(Sorry If It Has Been Done Before)
Dynamic Duo
No!!!!!
It Can Be Really Confusing
Let’s Add This To The Bag Of Misunderstood Phrases
Autistics should be naturals at accounting and as research lawyers
What's Your Safe Food? Mines Fish N Chips
UK. Heinz Baked Beans and Sausages on toast. Until the swapped to Richmond sausages. I bought a tin after the swap. It's been maybe 2 years now? Still haven't been able to bring myself to try.
This
This Is Absolutely A Thing
Yeah. I've worked at the same place for 18 years. I found out three years ago that everyone takes all their paid sick time. If they haven't used it up being sick towards the end of the year, they just take it off as PTO. All the managers know. BUT NOBODY TOLD ME I COULD DO THAT. I only took it when sick (and for the first 8 years, I would almost always work a Saturday to make it up anyway). I figure I'm owed at least 30 days off.
I Can't Fit In Anywhere
Why keep calling us Neurotypicals when everyone has some kind of mental illness
A True Classic
And Please Not The Big Light First
I'm not convinced that all of us know how light switches work. We probably all know how to operate a light switch but how it works... that's a question about electrons and photons and physics and engineering. Off you all go and report your findings in the morning...
Autism 🤝 Adhd 🤝 Every Pd In Existence
Made A Lot More Sense Once I Got Diagnosed LOL
Cats Are Great
Dyscalculia Here 🙌
This Is So Me
Which One Of Us Was It Huh?
Ocd Core I Think
Pretty Much
Saw This On Other Sub, Reminded Me How I Grew Up Acting For An Invisible Audience 24/7
Everything Has To Be Perfect
Easy To Say
But Lisa in an infinite universe all things are possible until they don't happen. It is really very, if not extremely, difficult to ignore things that don't happen. It goes on everywhere all of the time. Stuff just going around not happening. It's very disconcerting...if anything, more things haven't happened than have happened so they're in the majority.
I Try To Remember This Every Time I'm Spiraling
Oh My God, Please No
You dont want to know my dreams. Had two nightmares last night.
😭
When My Moral Ocd Kicks In
Ocd
Unfortunately This Has Happened To Me A Few Times
You guys need to make friends with a Triple A Battery (Autism, Anxiety and ADHD). They left the stove on and are worried about it being on but they need it on because they are cooking and that's how cooking happens. They will probably remember to turn it off but not at the right time...
👀
All The Time
Pretend I Wrote Something Funny
When I was 4 years old I solomly went to my mother to explain that I had a wheel from my Matchbox car stuck up my nose and couldn't get it out. She counted the 4 wheels on the car and told me I was wrong. This went on for around 3 hours. Back and forth back and forth between 4 year old me and mother. I eventually got frustrated and shouted "STEERING WHEEL" and then off to A&E we went to get it removed. It had broken off from inside the toy car and had been stuck up my nose the whole time. I was utterly, totally and perfectly correct that I had a wheel up my nose and genuinely couldn't understand why my mother didn't care. This is what it's like. (I say this for those of you here to try and understand).
Excuse Me What
I actually to this day do not know what people mean by "roll their eyes". As far as I know, I've never seen anyone do it. I only know when it's being done in a very exaggerated way in some movie, where the character is very consciously showing that they are rolling their eyes (in a sarcastic or comedic sense).
Electricity Go Eeeeeeeeee
Seriously Tho Why…
I Swear I’m Just Autistic
Screw Jeans. All My Homies Hate Jeans
Yup
And the Playmobil classroom! Anyone else ever get pulled out of class to go act out scenarios using Playmobil (or equivalent) toys with a random lady? Yet again I ask myself, how the h*ll did I get through school undiagnosed?
Please Tell Me Someone Is In The Same Boat As Me
Ocd Man
I Think I Worded It Poorly. I Also Experience This When I'm On The Toilet
Doesn't Everybody Do This?
Who Can Relate
You Can Actually Take It Since You Want It So Bad
From Instagram
🙃
Stolen From Twitter, Figured You'd Enjoy
This One's Too Relatable
My Watch History Can Confirm
I love falling asleep to British podcasts. They remain calm and the dogs like it too
Yep, Couldnt Be Any More True
Breaking: Neurotypicals Discover Autistic People Can Feel Emotions
Autism And Repeating Songs.. Is This A Sort Of Stimming?
Dermatillomaniacs Rise Up
I Feel So Seen
Imagine a man in his mid forties who has lived with over 18 different cats since he was born. Now imagine they all, every single one of them, got fed with the same fork. (It's me. My first cat Timothy was part of my family before I was. I still have that fork.) It is the cat food fork. I don't need any more cat food forks because that one works fine and always has.
No Cuz Literally (Found On Instagram From Ocdestigmatized)
Relatable
"I Never Showed Any Signs Of Ocd When I Was Younger!" Also Me:
If its too loud, youre too old. Which is ironic bc old people are deaf
Can't Stop Picking My Skin, Never Going To Heal
Chat, What're Your Thoughts On This
Fear Named Eternal Condemnation And Torment:
This isnt real and Hell is tormenting yourself. Stop doing that. See also No Exit. Hell really is other people. Choose wisely
It Does Be Like That
Do You Have Any Snacks You Like Not Because Of The Flavor But Because The Texture Is Nice?
Ye Olde Autisme Beast (1507)
Perfectly normal, nothing to see here ~~ from the files of Police Squad
Perfectly normal, nothing to see here ~~ from the files of Police Squad
