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111 Times Neurodivergent People Memed Their Experiences Instead Of Overthinking And Hyperfixating
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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#1
Ehehe
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#3
Not Getting Diagnosed As A Child
Rick Murray 1 day ago
Add in other people telling me all of that, and that's my childhood - the darker side of the 1980s. Still not diagnosed as, at the age of 52, it doesn't really matter any more - I stopped caring about people calling me "weird" a long time ago.
#4
It's Just Our Signs 😆
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 day ago
Executive dysfunction because of autism? Nah, constant daydreaming because Aquarius.
#5
When You Got Some New Information On Your Special Interest
#6
This Is So Real
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
Happens so many times. Others have a sense of how to immediately continue the conversation flow seamlessly. By the time the conversation stops long enough that I could add what I had, it’s turned to a whole new direction and what I had would be out of place.
#7
Seeking The Truth Is My Passion
Phantom Phoenix 1 day ago
💯. It's OK if I learn I was wrong. I'm about *what's* right, not *who's* right.
#8
Found This Meme
Rick Murray 1 day ago
You get brought up to keep everything inside, don't be weird, don't be bothersome, shut up already.... and now I'm practically emotionally flatline. I feel things, but only within myself. And mostly irritation. The emotions I do make visible are mostly fake, a mimicry of what others are doing (because being 😐 all the time makes people say some quite insulting things).
#9
This
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
My doctor says not to listen to the voices in my head. The voices say, "Take your meds!" : - )
#10
Someone, Please Relate
Old Canadian Lady 1 day ago
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.
#11
Me When The Intrusive Thoughts Hit
That’s all I yam 1 day ago (edited)
I have a one line nonsensical ditty I use to break a chain of intrusive thoughts. Unfortunately, for me it works better if I say it out loud.
#12
I Have To Be Invited. Like A Vampire. I Have The Vamptism
#13
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
#14
[oc] Good Old Fashioned Meme
#15
Hasn't Been Posted Here Yet
#16
This
#17
The Autistic Experience Described In Fine Style
Phantom Phoenix 1 day ago (edited)
Sad 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.
#18
Society: "Follow Rules!" Also Society: "Not That One You Idiot!"
Ugh, do I have to? 1 day ago
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.)
#19
I Speak The Easiest Way Possible And Still People Imagine Stuff I’ve Never Said 🥲
#20
And Please Not The Big Light First
Spidercat 1 day ago (edited)
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...
#21
This Is What Being Autistic Feels Like
#22
What's Your Safe Food? Mines Fish N Chips
Doodles1983 1 day ago
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.
#23
Please Tell Me I’m Not Alone
WindySwede 1 day ago
Coat hangers, they usually fall to the floor, gets tangled up with other coat hangers etc. Really inferior design!
#25
From Today's Performance Review At Work
#26
Ocd Core I Think
#28
I'd Be On The News
Ugh, do I have to? 1 day ago
The urge to throw yourself off of a building just to see what it feels like:
#29
😭
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
If you're talking intrusive thoughts, you're spot on. Mostly I do it because of my ADD need for stimulation.
#31
When You’re Autistic But Everyone Calls You Fake Because You’re Also A Pretty Girl
#32
Pretend I Wrote Something Funny
Spidercat 1 day ago
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).
#33
I Think We Can All Relate 😅
Calyx Teren 1 day ago
Is this a neurodivergent thing? I nearly k****d myself this way but thought I was just overthinking
#34
True!
Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 1 day ago
Just understand that Humans, like Chimps, are selfish jerks. That explains EVERYTHING
#35
Autism 🤝 Adhd 🤝 Every Pd In Existence
#36
I Feel Like You Guys Can Appreciate This Very Cool Stick I Found
#37
When You Ones Again Take It Differently Than Intended
#38
Let’s Add This To The Bag Of Misunderstood Phrases
#39
Thought You Guys Would Relate To This :))
Marnie 1 day ago
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.
#41
Dyscalculia Here 🙌
#42
Dynamic Duo
#43
☁️
Robert Trebor 1 day ago
Looks perfect to me, even if I don't think I'm autistic, just a bit introverted.
#44
Easy To Say
#45
I Can't Fit In Anywhere
#46
I Hate This
Phantom Phoenix 1 day ago
This is basically every show. If the characters communicated clearly and honestly, there'd be about 98.37% less drama
#47
I Thought My Fellow Autists Would Appreciate This
Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 1 day ago
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.
#48
This One's Too Relatable
Rick Murray 1 day ago
My ADHD means I often don't prioritise eating until it's half ten, I'm tired, and it's bedtime. So I'll look at the larder full of food and the freezer full of food and determine that there's nothing to eat because there's nothing that can be thrown together in five minutes because I'm too tired/lacking concentration for anything more. Add to that my "no, that's not right" rejections and...my evening meal is a cup of Bird's custard made in the microwave.
#49
Electricity Go Eeeeeeeeee
Hyacinth (Any pronouns) 1 day ago
I don't know how to describe the sound of electricity but I do know that I can hear a power outage before I even look to see if my clock is on.
#50
Made A Lot More Sense Once I Got Diagnosed LOL
#51
Screw Jeans. All My Homies Hate Jeans
#52
This Is So Me
#53
I Try To Remember This Every Time I'm Spiraling
#54
👀
#56
Stolen From Twitter, Figured You'd Enjoy
#57
Cats Are Great
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
I had that thought also. What cat do you know that does something without rhyme or reason. I never question that my cat has a reason for what she does. I might not understand it, but that's not the cat's problem.
#58
Doesn't Everybody Do This?
#59
Seriously Tho Why…
#61
Me
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
Yep. I always position myself so that anything moving, changing, etc. is in my field of view. Why wouldn't I?
#62
Oh My God, Please No
Did I say that out loud? 1 day ago
I hope it's got a reliable power supply then because my brain never stops.
#63
I Think This Goes Here
#64
This Is So Real, I Have To Know Why. Why This, Why That
Rick Murray 1 day ago
Not enough people ask "why?". I think this world would be very different if asking "why?" and awaiting a correct coherent response was normal human behaviour.
#65
This Is Absolutely A Thing
That’s all I yam 1 day ago (edited)
The post forgot to add that the secret set of rules is unique to every neurotypical.
#66
Please Tell Me Someone Is In The Same Boat As Me
Rick Murray 1 day ago
Or have ADHD so there's no particular special interest because by the time something is understood well enough, it's boring, time for something fresh and stimulating. I'm very good at beginning projects, very bad at finishing them. I have a big ghost painting that is coloured plastic beads to stick on top. It's cute, I like it, there's something like ten *thousand* beads that get placed one by one. I'm permitting myself to eat Maltesers as I work on it, so I'm basically bribing myself with a forbidden food so I don't give up partway through.
#67
Dermatillomaniacs Rise Up
#68
Eternally Nauseas
Min (she/her) 1 day ago
I regularly remind myself that what other people think of me is none of my business. It's helpful on occasion, but I'm hoping I'll get better at believing it.
#69
You Can Actually Take It Since You Want It So Bad
#70
Unfortunately This Has Happened To Me A Few Times
Rick Murray 1 day ago
I have a "going to bed" and a "going to work" checklist, just to make sure the doors are shut and locked, fridge is shut, heater is off, etc etc.
#71
#72
Ocd Man
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
It seems like every time I reread something I wrote, I find some mistake.
#73
🙃
#74
Relatable
#76
I Am 100% On Board With This Theory
#77
I Thought Of This And Thought It Was Funny(Sorry If It Has Been Done Before)
#78
I Feel You
#79
Saw This On Other Sub, Reminded Me How I Grew Up Acting For An Invisible Audience 24/7
#81
Ocd
#82
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
D**d silence not so much. I even sleep better with background noise.
#85
Who Can Relate
Phantom Phoenix 1 day ago
And now I must know the significance/symbolism of tattooed squiggly lines...
#86
When My Moral Ocd Kicks In
#87
From Instagram
#88
I Thought Yall Would Relate This Too
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
People have told me my whole life that I'm an 'out of the box' thinker.' Each time I think, 'What box are they talking about?'. True story.
#90
It Can Be Really Confusing
#91
Excuse Me What
#92
Yup
Elladine DesIsles 1 day ago
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?
#93
Which One Of Us Was It Huh?
Rick Murray 1 day ago
Emotional weight versus physical weight and the fact that the English language has hundreds of thousands of words yet a startling ability to be imprecise and inspecific.
#94
Can't Stop Picking My Skin, Never Going To Heal
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 day ago
I often pick at my skin until I bleed. I have (basically) wounds of varying stages of healing. My mom sometimes sees my hands after I've ripped myself open and am actively bleeding and she'll say "omg, doesn't that HURT?" yes. yes it does. that is the point. The pain silences the screaming in my head for one brief moment.
#95
#96
Breaking: Neurotypicals Discover Autistic People Can Feel Emotions
Rick Murray 1 day ago
That this is even in question is disgusting and shows the uphill battle neurodivergent people have due to neurotypicals completely and totally misunderstanding. I mean, think about it - what's the logical thought process? That neurodivergent people feel and express their emotions differently? No, they went straight to "they don't have those emotions". WTaF? That headline is the start of undoing an insidious pattern that is really quite awful and never should have happened in the first place. 🤬
#97
Autism And Repeating Songs.. Is This A Sort Of Stimming?
Rick Murray 23 hours ago
Amateur. Up the list managed 272 times. I'm sure some of us have a number so l large it can only be expressed as "new song arrives at top of most played list".
#98
I Feel So Seen
Spidercat 1 day ago (edited)
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.
#99
I Think I Worded It Poorly. I Also Experience This When I'm On The Toilet
#100
"I Never Showed Any Signs Of Ocd When I Was Younger!" Also Me:
Rick Murray 1 day ago
Will Santa (parents in disguise but we all play along) leave me a present or a lump of coal?
#101
All The Time
#103
It Does Be Like That
#104
My Watch History Can Confirm
Ye Olde Dirty Grumpy 1 day ago
I love falling asleep to British podcasts. They remain calm and the dogs like it too
#105
I Swear I’m Just Autistic
That’s all I yam 1 day ago
I've had store security stand next to me as I was looking at an item. After two or three minutes, they just walked off. Still don't know why.
#106
Do You Have Any Snacks You Like Not Because Of The Flavor But Because The Texture Is Nice?
#107
#108
No Cuz Literally (Found On Instagram From Ocdestigmatized)
Phantom Phoenix 1 day ago
Last year in Sydney I got off a bus because the bus driver was fụcking hooning with an overcrowded bus and I was not enjoying the ride being thrown around like that. Oh, the conversation I had with him in my mind!
#110
Fear Named Eternal Condemnation And Torment:
Rick Murray 1 day ago
You think that's worst? Have you seen the other place? Both are eternal suffering, one just doesn't try to hide it.
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Marnie 1 day ago (edited)
Not that many posts here about OCD, but it got me thinking. I am autistic with a lot of ADHD "features" (per the psychologist), but I'll take that over having OCD. It just sounds like they are being constantly tortured from the inside out.
Birgit M 22 hours ago
Yes, we really are. I've been in therapy for years now and it's a neverending battle.
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Mel 20 hours ago
From what I've seen, most commenters were simply relating/not relating to the memes, sometimes talking about an experience. I don't know about you or the other people, but I came here to entertain myself with memes that I assumed I was a target audience of. Some were funny, some were not, some were misconceptions, some were relatable, some were not, but I appreciate the fact we can talk about our differences and conditions openly. It doesn't mean I think I have superpowers.
Load More Replies... Marnie 1 day ago (edited)
Not that many posts here about OCD, but it got me thinking. I am autistic with a lot of ADHD "features" (per the psychologist), but I'll take that over having OCD. It just sounds like they are being constantly tortured from the inside out.
Birgit M 22 hours ago
Yes, we really are. I've been in therapy for years now and it's a neverending battle.
Load More Replies... Mel 20 hours ago
From what I've seen, most commenters were simply relating/not relating to the memes, sometimes talking about an experience. I don't know about you or the other people, but I came here to entertain myself with memes that I assumed I was a target audience of. Some were funny, some were not, some were misconceptions, some were relatable, some were not, but I appreciate the fact we can talk about our differences and conditions openly. It doesn't mean I think I have superpowers.
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