Life as a neurodivergent person can be quite interesting. Sure, you’re wired differently compared to many people around you, but that’s just what makes your experience special.
So, to better understand the uniqueness of neurodivergence, here are some posts we’ve collected from this Facebook group. Because what better way to appreciate these one-of-a-kind individuals than through funny and relatable memes, right?
If you’re someone with a spicy brain, so to speak, these images may hit home for you. Enjoy and feel free to upvote those you connect with the most.
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And then I noticed my bangs needed a trim, so I sorted out clothes that needed to be donated, but remembered to write a thank-you card, then started practicing Samba, so I had to fix a broken bracelet clasp, because my cat hadn't been fed yet, so that's why I'm looking at old photo albums, while scones are in the oven...
This one made me laugh because people always doubt you like you never seemed that way...like thanks, I can mask it really well.
You mask really well: "You don't seem autistic." You DON'T mask really well: "Why can't you just act like a 'normal person'?" ( Are you by any chance familiar with the work of Joseph Heller? )
Load More Replies...My friends son would have done every Transformer and Decepticon in order of appearance starting with the 80s cartoons
That would be my grandson but he's going to throw in astronomical terms you haven't heard of and his favorite fighter jet along with the names of the more famous ones from WWII. Oh, then he'll ask you which is more (fill in the blank) and give you the names of two things you've never heard of. You must comply.
Pessimists experience only pleasant surprises - optimists, only unpleasant ones.
Load More Replies...Two things are Infinite:the universe and human stupidity;and I’m not sure about the universe- Albert Einstein
I think the problem with common sense is that we all have our understanding of what is, and what isn't common. But we don't seem to be able to recognize that our experiences are not everyone's experiences, and so we think others lack common sense, when what we really mean is that they lack OUR understanding of the world.
Neurodivergence may clash with social norms in several ways. According to therapist and anxiety specialist Danielle Wayne, such rules may feel “prescriptive, arbitrary, and pointless.”
In an article for her website, Millennial Therapy, Wayne used working a typical 9-to-5 day as an example. She mentioned some typical questions a neurodivergent individual may ask, like, “Why do workdays have to take up our entire lives?” or “Why is lunch so short?”
This is executive dysfunction. It’s not lazyness; you can have it happen on fun things or things you genuinely want to do too, like reading books, using a console over your phone, drawing, et cetera. It’s basically your brain seeing tasks as touching a hot stove.
Happened to me when I was on the verge of a burnout. It alarmed me and I did what I could to not sink. It's been 2 years, I'm much better but still fragile.
Load More Replies...I'm hungry. I'm thirsty. I'm scrolling BP and this stupid meatsack I inhabit just doesn't want to rouse itself.
If I commit to someone else to do something, I'll do it come hell or high water. I can plead, cajole and beg mytself to do something and I just wont do it.
So you have executive dysfunction.
Load More Replies...The only people who know how dark my sense of humor can get are my close friends.
*looks up from notepad and clears throat* Welcome, to the dark side. *looks back down at notepad and resumes writing.*
Load More Replies...I don't really have coping mechanisms, I figured out pretty young that we're the butt end of a celestial joke. But dark humour? Oh yes.
I like the joke about Hansel, Gretel and Munchausen by proxy. Even though my mother tried to convince me and others that I'm insane, delusional and anorexic. The last one for 20 years and I only got bigger in that time. I guess I beat my non-exisiting anorexia. Now I'm overweight.
therapist said, “you use humor to cope with your trauma.” i said, “thank you.”
I'll have to go back and re-read several paragraphs because a random thought had me musing about something else and even though I read them, I'll have no idea of the content
Same! It’s crazy how we can read without absorbing anything and at the same time thinking about something completely different. Like our brain goes through the motions of reading anyways. I play the piano, and sometimes, once I have a song perfectly memorized, I’ll play it and completely zone out. When I snap out of my thoughts, I’ll find myself halfway through the song without actively thinking about playing the song!
Load More Replies...I do that all the time, sometimes I have to cover up the words below what I am reading to help myself not do that!! :)
I quote David Bowie near the end of the song Rock n Roll Su!cide: “You’re not alone”
you are so not alone on that one. I do this so much of the time, I routinely have to wonder what I missed and sometime I just refuse to go back and read why Maddy was so upset at Roger. I'm just like, dang, she's crying so it must have been something stupid Roger said, and it's good enough for me to continue like I didn't just miss the major plot twist that will allow me to comprehend the rest of the book. Then, I end up re-reading it later thinking I've never read this book because I caught the plot twist this time and now it reads like an entirely different story.
Wayne, who was diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, says a neurodivergent person may be considered “weird” for breaking up their workday into one or two three-hour chunks.
“Even if you feel happier and more productive with this type of schedule, your workplace likely won’t allow it,” she wrote.
I did consider marketing myself as a professional mourner at funerals. I can cry because the sky is the wrong shade of grey, so easy to pretend I’m devastated by your passing…
People would 100% pay. Don't sleep on this idea!!
Load More Replies...Therer's a big difference between "No one will miss them" and "There's no one to miss them."
it's like "I am sorry" vs "I apologize" at a funeral
Load More Replies...Of course this was NightVale, this is pure WtNV vibes. Love that podcast.
I knew I was in a toxic job when I was hospitalized for a week and was relieved because I didn’t have to go to work.
As someone who has been confined to the home for the bewildered more than once, it is actually quite a nice vacation.
14 years ago I was in hospital. The surgeon said "You really need surgery. This is serious. Contact all your loved ones today and let them know". I did not think much about loved ones because I was so happy I wouldn't have seen some of my coworkers and some family members for a while.
I suspect that the food, service, and general ambience make most psych units very poor resorts
You'd be incorrect. I have worked in many a psychiatric unit and the food was of good quality, generally came on time, and we had lots of recreational activities and materials. On a good day (and there were many) you wouldn't be able to tell it from a "normal" environment except for the lack of cigarettes and alcohol. We also provided off-campus activities for people who could handle it - fairs, restaurants, shopping, etc.
Load More Replies...My brain won’t shut up. Drags up negative things from the past all the time
People used to call this whispers of satan and coped with it by praying. Now people do not have any form of placebo to actively deal with it...
Load More Replies...There are many different types of neurodivergence, and explaining each one would warrant a separate article. But among those that people commonly know are ADHD, dyslexia, autism, Tourette’s, and Down syndrome.
Other types include synesthesia (ex, “tasting” music), dyspraxia (a coordination-based disorder, such as difficulties using a utensil), and dyscalculia (having problems with basic arithmetic and counting).
The only thing wrong with a pasta machine is the absolute hell that you go through in order to clean it. I don't eat lamb often or chicken wings at ALL because I don't have the patience or attention span to be dealing with fiddly faffy things. Then along comes the pasta maker...
Load More Replies...My ex wife called me a man of serial obsessions. This one really hit home.
That’s me. Got a fancy blender, made smoothies. A month later friends visited and went home with a fancy blender.
Except I buy a new metaphorical blender once every five days
You would not believe the number and variety of kitchen equipment. One piece I had for three years before I used it!
I think you are describing my husband, Mr.Awkward Gentleman, who drove me crazy to get a juicer for carrot juice, but NEVER USED IT!
OH MY GOD WHO HAS BEEN RECORDING EVERY THOUGHT IN MY BRAIN AND TURNING THEM INTO MEMES
My partner LoVeS microfiber cleaning cloths and cannot get his head around why I use so many paper towels. The microfiber is like nails on the chalkboard of my soul.
I hate this with a passion but still use them because they are great on many surfaces.
I recently found out that the microfibre cloth is really bad for the environment, so I'm currently crocheting recycled cotton cloths, this will keep me busy until Christmas
That’s the edge of the framework. There are no actual lights in the square.
Given the angle, there are no actual lights in the *picture*. So creative liberties as to what they mean by "traffic light".
Load More Replies...Neurodivergent people face numerous challenges in life. According to New York-based licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Amy Marschall, one way this happens is when others tell them that their needs are “wrong or invalid.” This results in difficulty setting boundaries or feeling like their boundaries are valid.
We can be very literal-minded and inclined to ponder about very random and specific things other people wouldn't even think of.
Load More Replies...Me as a 4 year old, listening to Little Red Riding Hood. Mummy, that was a silly Mummy letting her little girl go into the woods alone. And with a big bad wolf there too! My mother replied, ah yes well I never thought of it like that.
Right? They can't possibly be wearing hair nets while they make it, can they? Full-body hair nets? Are those a thing?
Hazmat or isolation suits are available from Amazon. I don’t know if they come in size Grizzly-justright.
Load More Replies...I've shared this art of mine before, but that's literally something that my mother and sister have said to me on multiple occasions at various times in my life. "Why don't you just stop feeling depressed/bad/sick/ill?" just_get_b...53ef39.jpg
My wife was terminally ill. Contact me if you wish to see the reports (from top surgeons in belgium)...in 2 weeks time returned tumours and markers were gone. Say, disbelief and mock as much as you want but prayers is what a lot of people do in these situations. Funny how mocking this is seen as a civilised/human act
Load More Replies...I'm basically a paraplegic moving towards quadriplegic (thanks neuromuscular degenerative condition!) and I am exhausted by the "Just keep moving!", "Have you tried turmeric", "My cousin had sore muscles and they fixed it with acupuncture. Have you tried that?" crowd.
I'm genuinely sorry for your degenerative condition and it's impact on your life, and equally mortified by people's tendency to try to problem-solve your life. It's hurtful and implies you're not doing (or have not done) everything you can possibly imagine to change outcomes. Even when someone means well, we far too often are trying to make ourselves feel better than thinking of how it feels and sounds to you.
Load More Replies...If essential oils are so essential, how come I made it OK to 70 years old without ever needing to use them?
I got three new diagnoses this year, and it's only August. Only one surgery...so far.
Now I have the Beach Boys singing in my head.
Load More Replies...My f*****g brain malfunctions so bad that its first reaction to anything is to contemplete unsubscribing from life. And I’m supposed to believe that this mushy meat is supposed to keep me alive?
Oh, lord, yes. And solitaire. If I start, I have to win at least 3 games in a row before I can quit or the world will end. EDIT: spelling
As a teen I played solitaire for weeks and never won a game
Load More Replies...And through the challenges, Dr. Marschall shared one important piece of advice for neurodivergent people: be kind to yourself. As she stated in an article for Very Well Mind, “You are enough as yourself.”
“Neurodivergence can come with challenges, but it is not a moral failing or indication of lower personal worth,” she wrote.
Is my brain Rick Harrison from "Pàwn Stars"?? Edit P A W N, BP!!
I have SO much I cannot do today, let alone what I would like to do. Result = depression.
Lists...I wanted to clean the pantry but it's just too d**n hot. instead I sorted/sold / donated books. Less work and I still get the happiness of crossing something off the list. If I feel cheeky I will write down "face mask" and consider it a chore😉
"Good is not the opposite of perfect," is a lesson I've had to learn.
I've got this app called Habitica, which turns your to-do list into an RPG! You can even do quests and such. Every time you tick off another item completed, you get this lovely satisfying sound effect and your character gets more points you can spend on accessories and such. It was an absolute godsend when my anxiety was spiralling like crazy. Left me feeling so much more in control.
As is the usual ADHD routine, I used Habitica for like a month, it worked super well, and then I just stopped. Literally the blender post from this list.
Load More Replies...Is BP really censoring the word c r a c k e d??? Their brains aren't spicy, they're brokrn!
My siblings and I do with with our mother. She refuses to pick a restaurant!
It's just me and mum. It's round robin on where to eat
Load More Replies..."Oh darn, babe, it seems there are no free tables left at I dunno! Tell me."
Load More Replies..."Guess where I'm taking you for dinner." -- "It'd better not be that d*** [restaurant] again." -- "Uhh..."
You need to hide in your house a little better to avoid being seen. ;-)
Load More Replies...I have the opposite of this. I can't stay home all day. I need to see nature or some old or interesting architecture. People not so much though...
I’d be fine with that, but it’s not my choice; I have to go out to get things but can’t. I want to die.
I haven't physically left my house in 5 days now, and the next time I'll probably go out is in 2 days.
waiting for a lull? I just blurt out what I want to share interrupting the speaker and then feel like a total Richard for doing it, but can't help myself
I always want to, but somehow know that nobody is interested, so I bottle it as usual.
The people I saw through the window today were my awful neighbours who I've dubbed Mr and Mrs Screamington for reasons you can probably guess. They look just as nasty as they sound.
I, an introvert with ADHD, worked as a camp counselor for six weeks. I'm so excited to go home and not talk to anyone in my family for at least two hours.
Not justifying the reaction but the harm that's caused is usually anxiety and the other person feeling bad about themselves. If someone is stressing about their appearance. And every time they see you, they are told they look terrible, this makes their social anxiety, anorexia and depression harder to handle. If everything is always a crisis with someone, it is exhausting tonbr around them, never enjoyable. You just put out fires all the time and end up walking on eggshells when there's a moments peace. This causes anxiety. When someone won't let you speak and talks over you ,or doesn't listen, it makes it more difficult to keep up self esteem and feel worthy of their time it makes you feel terrible about what you are saying and taking up space. When people don't either make eye contact or say your name, you don't know when you're expected to respond so you can take your focus off the other person. It's not fair to make others feel inadequate when you're on either side of the equat.
People used to prefer me back when i was going to k**l myself as i didnt have the energy to be myself. They told me that and it still hurts
I've had that discussion with someone. They complained about how I am now and said that I "Used to be so sweet and easy-going", and I told them that no, I was deeply depressed and terrified of speaking up for myself. I only seemed "sweet" because I was a people-pleaser regardless of the cost to myself, and I only seemed "easy-going" because I was terrified of the consequences of rocking the boat. I asked if they felt my constant misery and likely death would have been worth that. Just because people grow comfortable with the way we mask isn't a good reason to keep doing it. ❤️
Load More Replies...A male psychologist told me to look him in the eyes while talking to him. That was 15 years ago and I should have understood that I'd never get help from people who need therapy themselves desperately.
Psychologists are a******s. No different than witch doctors and fortune tellers. (why you have these problems is because someone put a hex on you )
Load More Replies...You're just justifying your behavior and refusing to conform to things that make people feel connected to you. Imagine the chaos if we all just allowed ourselves to act on our impulses and insecurity. Nothing would get done. Grow up.
The same accusation could be thrown at "neurotypical" people. You're just justifying your behavior and refusing to conform to things that make people feel connected to you. Funny how one part of the population feels comfortable dictating how everyone must act, but when another part speaks up it's suddenly chaos and insecurity. Grow up and try a little something called self-awareness.
Load More Replies...All I ever seem to do is alienate the people I care about. Asperger's = I remember numbers. Useful, but not enough to build a life. Now I am disabled I am effectively useless.
The people you care about should be more caring. I hate that you feel you’re useless. We’ve become more aware of the spectrum and all that it encompasses, that I would think there would be a peer group online where you could get support. Maybe a Panda with more experience than I have will be able to assist you. Peace.
Load More Replies...And a few times in my life I actually touched garbage juice and had to opt for the flame thrower to clean myself off.
Garbage juice is fine, just wash it off properly and I'm over it. But milk... and I go into full on Lady Macbeth and probably throw out any clothing that has touched it.
Load More Replies...Got a tiny bit of gravy on me feeding the cat food fresh from the pouch. Cue cartoon ick face.
I keep noticing new things I don't like to touch (to the point where, yes, I just wanna cut off my hands all the way to the elbows). Yesterday it was sausages. Basically it's anything that makes my skin go from one "condition" to another: dry-wet, clean-dirty, smooth-sticky.... and of course vice versa. 😬 I wonder if that will ever be better? I mean, when I have a diagnosis and I may get medication? Will it calm down the touchy issues? Or will I just have to explore new things that makes me want to throw up just by touching it? (I honestly want to know).
I’d like some propofol to end the pain. To drift into a comfortable, permanent sleep.
I can't stand the feel of them :( Plus I have way less control!
Load More Replies...I used to be this way too, so bad!! But then I got a job as a dishwasher (Yeah, I know, lol) and it actually went away! Unintentional exposure therapy, maybe? Either way it's the best, most low stress job I've ever had.
That might be physiodivergent, but I'm not seeing any neurodivergence. And the physiodivergence actually sounds pretty middle-of-the-bell curve, IMHO.
Physiodivergent? Is that what they call "getting old" these days?
Load More Replies...My right hip was either incinerated or dumped in a landfill two years ago.
I’m hoping you had a right total hip replacement and not a run in with the mafia….
Load More Replies...My mind is definitely not 24. I've learned so many coping skills since then, but I'm just exhausted mentally, emotionally and physically.
I was told when I was 34 that my legs were 20 years more worn than the rest of me. So, now I'm going on 76 my legs are 95ish?
My problem is that the orange says all the apples have Orange Derangement Syndrome.
the orange doesn't know what it's talking about
Load More Replies...Which one is the aberration? The one that cannot function doing simple daily tasks of course.
This is my point exactly. People don't recognise our skills and ability because they aren't 'normal'. Here's to being abnormal!!!!!
why does the orange have a stem they’re harvested near the BOTTOM
pls don’t downvote I’m just being neurodivergent
Load More Replies...I am sick of all the fukking labeling and people diagnosing everybody just because they are who they are and are having Human experiences! And their experiences may different than theirs.
That’s nonsense. We do have a deficiency. Though I do think ADHD is a misnomer.
Maybe emotional regulation deficiency? I think that describes it better than attention-deficit, which is only a part of it, and doesn't even manifest in all cases.
Load More Replies...Because we are not robots or zombies so quit expecting that we would be the same every day. Energy fluctuations.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I evolved from hunter gatherers, and I haven't made it far enough to completely abandon it.
OMFG. After reading couple of those I think I'm going to seek for professional advice. Does it work for people with "high-potential" whatever (for me it's not about intelligence but a different way of analysing things)?
i wasn't diagnosed until I as 70. In everybody's eyes I did 'well' for myself. No one understood the loneliness of not fitting in, of knowing you thought differently from everyone else and thought there was something wrong with me. Although I wouldn't wish ADHD on anyone else, knowing I'm not alone is so comforting.
Best debugging aid possible: A yellow rubber duck. Explain the problem, to the duck, in actual words. Then again, in more detail. Then again, line by line. Then again, explaining what each line is supposed to be doing. Usually by this point you'll have already had your facepalm moment over the fact that address and &address aren't the same thing or somesuch.
WHO YA GONNA CALL? Nobody. I'm calling nobody. Leave me alone.
Load More Replies...Damnit! That reminded me that I have to call to make a colonoscopy appointment. Why can't I do it online? Jeez. This is why I didn't ever get a colonoscopy last year...
I can’t even name why except that it’s the entire concept/process of Shower is Too Much and Too Hard. Where are my sonic showers???
Load More Replies...The inside of my skull is basically seven different Monty Python sketches playing over each other simultaneously.
Right now I asked my bf if he could please get our youngest to day care because my hair is gross due to not having it washed for a week. I wash by the sink daily, so I don't smell bad, but actually taking a shower and washing my hair? Ugh... it's a struggle. Also, after the shower, I hate hate HATE wet and cold hair on my dry skin. And blowdrying my hair is just not an option because it makes my hair feel awful. So everytime I overcome the issue of taking a shower I also have to deal with letting my hair dry afterwards.
Had a dream that I was trying to sleep but couldn’t. My alarm rang the moment I got to sleep in the dream which was so unfair I straight up cried because at the time I was insanely sleep deprived
That’s why I hate going to bed early. I know I’ll just lie there awake.
When I’m away from home on a cycling adventure, it’s coke. I never touch the stuff at home so easy to break the habit after my trip
Cherry Pepsi for me, when I'm cycling. otherwise I have no interest in the stuff
Load More Replies...I get stuck in the salad dressing aisle and the barbecue sauces, too many choices!
The best joke ever said to me was pronounced when I was crying my eyes out sitting in a dirty street of London near a puddle of pee in the middle of a school trip.
I was in the middle of a breakdown and someone told me ‘friend groups are like pencils, erasers and sharpeners’ and me being the smartass said ‘because they all wear each other down until one of them is left’. That person used the analogy because they felt it was ‘complementary’ whatever it means
Same. I’m funniest when the world is coming to an end.
"You're weird." "Sorry." "No, that was a compliment." ~Donnie Darko.
GREATEST INDIE MOVIE OF ALL TIME
Load More Replies...Yes. All I ever want in life is a cute weirdo I can be weird with. (Yes, I'll cook for her.)
That is literally my life. I've got so good at it, I don't even notice sometimes, but then suddenly I can't function. Anyone else?
I'm not autistic but I feel this way quite often.
Load More Replies...Well, I'm literally a wolf, so I guess I DO cosplay as a human >:D Apparently I'm terrible at it, though, because I cosplay a depressed, su!cidal, useless pile of flab with zero accomplishments XD 20pebk4b1l...0cb2ad.jpg
Hey Lakota, this is kind of random, but I have a friend who said something about kìlling himself and making a second no0se after his first one got taken away. It didn't really sound like a joke, but he has a weird sense of humor. I know you've gone through some stuff before, and I'm worried. Do you have any advice??? Sorry, just concerned.
Load More Replies...I don't feel like I'm cosplaying. But I have decided that if reincarnation is real I'm coming back as a humpback whale.
I always finish my explanations by "do you know what I mean ?" because I usually don't think that people actually understood what I meant.
Some of them use very different words for what they mean to say.
Load More Replies...You can literally (not figuratively) see them tuning out when you use the big words, but you feel obliged to use the big words for clarity because they are the right words for the situation, and using the simpler words would leave far too many ambiguities.
All these neuro divergent things are strangely familiar but I've never thought of myself as neurodivergent. I thought all this was normal. Isn't it?
Yes, and then there are stupid people. ( I have found that most people do not have critical thinking skills and instead just go by what they were Told. )
Load More Replies...Since when did I get cast on The Truman Show to replace Truman? Whoever set up the cameras, please turn them off; thank you!
I have seen this image dozens of times and it always makes me chuckle, so can I say that this is both figuratively and literally true for me? Either that or Pavlov
not me seeing this laughing and sending it to my girl realising i just did the first one
I thought that was normal. I did that before I knew I was neuro.
Load More Replies...This is neurodivergent? Um…maybe my psych nurse practitioner is right about me after all. I only realized recently how often I say, “I just read X about X…”
Sounds pretty normal to me, but I often think I may have dipped at least one toe in the neurodivergence pool.
Load More Replies...We had a cat who was frankly as ADHD as they get. I had to be her interpreter for my partner. “Why does she keep leading me to this random spot on the carpet?” “It has her favorite sun-patch and she wants to share it with you, dummy.” “But … it’s *night*” “It’s still her Happy Place. Go with it.”
I think I have a problem. I now have ~65 pots with plants in them, and several pots awaiting the next broken off succulent that I find (and I just ordered some more pots). We have a large (for downtown) outdoor patio open to the sky on the top floor and a large balcony, so there's plenty of room NOW, but if we have to downsize when my wife retires, I'm in trouble...
Alternatively, we do this in everyone’s homes including our own, so we don’t forget to do it later. That’s how rinsing and cleaning cups, dishes, plates, bowls, and utensils works for me anyway!
Please don’t downvote I swear I’m just being autistic, not annoying, but… WHY DOESNT THE FISH HAVE THE LIL FINNY THING ON TOP
The woman and the man on the outside also only have 4 digits on their left hands, so I don't think details were high on the list of priorities for the artist in question.
Load More Replies...You wouldn’t happen to be Canadian would you?
Load More Replies...The suffering in the train full of loud people ... like h these are dark times. I will never ever forget my earbuds
Went shopping yesterday. The only reason I didn't turn around and go get my headphones is because I was in the car park. But... [grits teeth] I ought to buy a set of mufflers (like when using the mower) and chuck them under the seat for moments like those.
This should be #1. I have a set of Loop earplugs that lives in my purse (so it goes wherever I go.)
all my spells are on cooldown and there is a boss 3 levels Highter than me about to hit me again and I have 1 health point left and I'm running away but the boss is just as fast as I am. (turtle WOW) (or world of warcraft) is what executive dysfuntion feels like
When I was a kid (in Southeast Europe), "neurodivergence" wasn't a thing - you just got labeled as an "unruly kid" and given as a bad example.
Same here. Also from Europe. I was told I had no focus because of ADD. No we’re just nicknamed dreamers for fun.
Load More Replies...Not diagnosed, because little girls in the U.S. in the 1970s weren’t neurodiverse, we were just “difficult,” “stubborn,” or “gifted + weird.”
Yes. Written communication can be polished. Spoken words are always by necessity rough draft.
Load More Replies...I am so much better at communicating in messages. I have to plan spoken communication in advance.
This. When I'm on the phone with somebody who communicates verbally, more than once they ask "are you still there?" and then "why are you so quiet?". [sigh]
Well, it was enough to fool BP's auto-blurrer, so that's a win in my estimation.
Load More Replies...It's not the day. It's the specific circumstance and what asshole the kindness would be directed at.
For me it's more like...if I sleep 10mins more, I can cut 2mins from prep, 5mins from getting stuff to the car and 3mins on getting dressed.
ADHD: Hey, you know you went to bed and have been trying to get to sleep? SURPRISE! IT'S MORNING! Up you get! No, I'm not joking, get up NOW or I'll obsess about all the terrible things that could happen if you turn up late (spoiler: you dïe).
I mean, at least we don’t have both? I can’t imagine what life would be like if autism told me ‘don’t touch the pungent dried glob of ketchup as you wash up the dishes’ and the spidey senses had me barrel roll across the kitchen and away from the sink like I was about to get stabbed by Scorpion.
This is why I am annoying to people I live with about at least rinsing that stuff off as soon as they're done with it.
Load More Replies...Ohhh, those (beautiful, adorable) cats are the things controlling my head!
Yep, and then you read a bit of all the books and promise yourself will finish them and....if you know you know ....
Living with both you just keep starting books and never finishing them
And your cr@ppy concentration means you actually read none of the books.
The way some of them behave I regularly think they are the divergent ones, in a toxic behavior kind of way.
Yeah, there have been a few times recently that I've listened to a news story and mumbled to myself "FFS, and you lot would call *me* the weirdo". I'm starting to be quite proud of not being "normal", because if that's what normal is, count me out.
Load More Replies...That’s like saying is being shortsighted the new normal once there are more shortsighted people than not. Technically yes, but you still need glasses and would be objectively better off not needing them. The stigma is removed and good glasses are more easily available, but it's still an impairment.
The standard deviation (no pun intended) may vary and the shape of the bell curve may vary, but I think it will always be the same group in the middle
That's definitely Tina. It's a good thing she can vent by writing her Erotic Friend Fiction.
It’s not about staying focused, it’s about the fact that if I don’t provide context for every tiny part of the story then I feel like you won’t understand
My problem is I am so focused on the next task, I have to do the one I'm on twice sometimes.
As an ADHDer I think at one point I had it but probably lost it.
A) Nightmare fuel B) Would absolutely LOVE to sort them out with chopsticks C) All of the above- Neurodivergence gold medal
And all I can think is "But Reese's Pieces are bigger, you can tell".
In my various offices, the unit of measure was always 'handful'. Wouldn't matter what it was made of. Some might ask - afterward.
That's the joy of being a senior executive. You can develop the ideas and get other people to run them!!!!
This is why adults would find me funny as a kid because I used to be too honest
The centaur is in bed with a human, therefore the left hand picture is correct. If the centaur was spooning with another centaur, it would be the right hand picture.
Because what I think it means, may not, in fact, be what it means. So many conversations with my partner have been like this.
Never had a problem with this as I love cooking and can visualise the whole process. (ADHD)
My favourite party trick was sliding out of a party /gathering without anyone noticing.
That fridge bothers me, things are skewed. The blind is just a little open at the bottom. And is that yesterday's pizza on the microwave?
Quite the contrary. "I won't be prepared at 8, please don't come before 9."
Me when someone I knew ‘came out’ as a f*****g N**i and called me ‘autistic’ because I commented on something minor. I’ve been avoiding her for as long as possible
I say, “No sneezing, please.” Which of course they can’t do anything about after or mid sneeze.
Well, you see, they weren't being constantly overstimulated by loud, random noise, artificial lights, and thousands of people in traffic.
Tragically, they probably didn't make it through childhood, possibly for the reason Corvus mentions.
Absolutely right. I had an alter ego based on copying 'sucessful' people. I didn't know I was doing this as I wasn't diagnosed until I was 70. Now I can be me but I don't know who I am!!!
"How do you feel about using memes to understand neurodivergence?" THESE memes? Well, either I am neurodivergent myself and just never knew it, or a large part of the memes above could apply to neurotypical people just as well. And some of them had nothing to do with the topic at all???
It's quite funny, I just googled it, and apparently, according to some definitions of neurodivergence, as someone with GAD I am actually neurodivergent. So I guess I stand corrected?! I'm not sure I find this appropriate though. I feel that I am mentally ill; because my anxiety definitely is a burden and sometimes makes my life feel extremely exhausting, sometimes almost unbearable. Like constant pain would. So I DO think it is an illness, not just a divergence from the norm. Does anyone know more about the definition of neurodivergence?
Load More Replies...I have a storm going in my head. When I was younger, I had to do multiple things to calm my mind: watch TV, read, listen to music, and have a conversation all while doing schoolwork. When people would say there's no way you are getting any of it, I would tell them exactly what was going on with each thing in detail. Now, it's a tornado and I just try to pick things out of it and look away... my wife doesn't understand that incomplete items (projects, calls, cleaning, etc.) add to the storm so I try to complete anything that comes up.
I always had the TV as my background noise for when I was reading or for the few times I actually did homework in school. At uni I realised that I need humans speaking as background noise for me to write papers and study. So I studied for and wrote my entire Master's thesis while at the cantina (? The place where ppl buy food and have their lunches). I arrived every morning with my computer and my equipment to make tea at all times and, of course, a lot of books and pens and paper and I would hyper fixate on my paper for about 5-6 hours every day. It was amazing. But all my fellow students, the teachers and the study-councellors found it extremely weird. They'd laugh at me for doing it this way. But it worked and I loved it. Study rooms are hell, imo.
Load More Replies..."How do you feel about using memes to understand neurodivergence?" THESE memes? Well, either I am neurodivergent myself and just never knew it, or a large part of the memes above could apply to neurotypical people just as well. And some of them had nothing to do with the topic at all???
It's quite funny, I just googled it, and apparently, according to some definitions of neurodivergence, as someone with GAD I am actually neurodivergent. So I guess I stand corrected?! I'm not sure I find this appropriate though. I feel that I am mentally ill; because my anxiety definitely is a burden and sometimes makes my life feel extremely exhausting, sometimes almost unbearable. Like constant pain would. So I DO think it is an illness, not just a divergence from the norm. Does anyone know more about the definition of neurodivergence?
Load More Replies...I have a storm going in my head. When I was younger, I had to do multiple things to calm my mind: watch TV, read, listen to music, and have a conversation all while doing schoolwork. When people would say there's no way you are getting any of it, I would tell them exactly what was going on with each thing in detail. Now, it's a tornado and I just try to pick things out of it and look away... my wife doesn't understand that incomplete items (projects, calls, cleaning, etc.) add to the storm so I try to complete anything that comes up.
I always had the TV as my background noise for when I was reading or for the few times I actually did homework in school. At uni I realised that I need humans speaking as background noise for me to write papers and study. So I studied for and wrote my entire Master's thesis while at the cantina (? The place where ppl buy food and have their lunches). I arrived every morning with my computer and my equipment to make tea at all times and, of course, a lot of books and pens and paper and I would hyper fixate on my paper for about 5-6 hours every day. It was amazing. But all my fellow students, the teachers and the study-councellors found it extremely weird. They'd laugh at me for doing it this way. But it worked and I loved it. Study rooms are hell, imo.
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