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[DO NOT READ IF YOU’RE SENSITIVE TO DISCRIMINATION, EMOTIONAL ABUSE/BULLYING, OR TO START AN ARGUMENT. I JUST NEEDED TO RANT.]

my friend for 4 years is someone who i had to cut contact with. they’ve completely discarded me, perhaps before i cut contact altogether and won’t even look nor talk to me.

they are definitely something else, and i should probably feel good about that but it kind of hurts. part of the reason why seems to be because i’m an autistic woman, as she makes fun of autistic people and views them as lesser despite using autism as an excuse to be “stimmy”.

she also used to do the “don’t leave me for these other people! they don’t understand you like i do” thing. for years she convinced me that most everyone is ableist and evil and that i would never be good enough.

she convinced me it’s normal to treat people badly when you wanted to “mold” them into the person you wanted them to be, and it wasn’t until sometime last year that i realized this behavior was harmful.

she started treating my childhood friend badly too, and i had enough and we both cut off contact with her.

she, as of now, only talks to and hangs out with men and completely ignores women unless she wants a favour from them.

she also only hangs out with straight women because not only are they dating/hanging out with/romantically involved with “cool guys”, but they’re less likely to be “obsessed with her”. (last year, she didn’t hang out with lesbians because she thought they all were attracted to her and “lesbians aren’t my type”.)

her views are a shame because i’m autistic and a lesbian who somehow had feelings for her in the first year or so i met her.

she has some sort of pyramid, where straight men are at the top and autistic people are at the bottom, even worse if they’re autistic women because women are “dramatic b*tches”

now, rather than being mean towards women (specifically autistic women like me) she doesn’t even talk to them, which i guess is improvement, but i needed to rant.

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[3 different thumbnails given to you randomly. All have words in yellow text. One says “explaining ableist language” another has “intro to ableist language” and one says “what is ableist language?”. They are all next to the disabled pride flag and on a digital art wooden background with a grey table in the bottom left corner]

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(I’m so sorry, I don’t know where to post this, but I felt like confessing this as related to my possible Narcissism)

Maybe I could post this at a Discussion, Rant, or Advice community, but for now I’ll just post here. As a follow-up to my “Why am I only friends with weird people?” post, I must admit that (possibly?) as a result of being neurodivergent, I can’t help but view people as objects.

When something I do is considered “wrong” or “bad”, I genuinely don’t consider it morally wrong at all. I only know it’s wrong because someone told me it is, and if their telling me that doesn’t benefit me in some way, I tend to blame them and see them as acting irrationally.

I call my friends useless and horrible, and I really have no guilt/remorse or sympathy about that. I feel like I can treat them however I want without much remorse. In fact, I feel like most of the time, I’m right to treat people this way.

I only say this stuff to my friends and talk about it to strangers online (obviously, since I’m anonymous), no one else. This is the real me, and most people don’t accept me for me.

I believe I can feel remorse sometimes, such as if they do something that isn’t benefitting me, but I can’t really accept it most of the time. People have told me others don’t want to be by me because I’m rude, but I honestly see this as a personal attack against me. I think it’s their problem for not accepting me.

I want to maintain a good public image, so i say people should be kind and that bullying is wrong, because it’s been done to me amend doesn’t feel good. But to be honest, I couldn’t care less about how other people feel if it doesn’t impact me.

I feel like I should feel bad, and that’s why I’m confessing this.

(So in other words, my emotions are based on how I think others want me to feel. Like right now, most people would feel bad, so I feel like I should too.)

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I’m a girl with ADHD, depression, and anger issues. I like to consider myself pretty fashionable and good at sports, but my only friends are weirdos?

This one girl I’m friends with has a really bad stutter and autism, for example, and I think it’s weird. She also doesn’t like sports like I do.

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these people i know complain that they barely have any friends and that they’re considered “the weird kids” yet bully other neurodivergent people for that reason.

as someone with autism + adhd, this just makes me so sad.

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ADHD, I feel like I stopped aging mentally after freshman year.

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Here is this week's question:

What is something that made you smile this week?

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What is a place or environment that brings you a sense of serenity and calmness?

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I have tried a couple of different "daily planner" type strategies (Bullet Journal, etc...), but none of them seem to stick. I'm looking for ideas on how others are able to organize their daily/weekly/whatever to see if any of them would make sense for me (or maybe even trigger inspiration to take parts from ideas and make my own). I'm pretty sure whatever I go with would have to be digital (carrying a physical notebook with me was part of the reason Bullet Journal didn't work), but I'm not opposed to trying an analog technic again. Also, depending on the strategy I could probably "convert" it to digital and use Obsidian or another tool (I'm an iOS user).

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Here is this week's question:

When was the last time you faced a challenge and overcame it with determination?

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What is a recent experience that made you feel grateful for your life?

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Describe a moment when you felt fully immersed and engaged in an activity.

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I'm reading a lot of conflicting information about ADHD so I'm not really sure how to describe it. But I saw a statement that resonated with me. It lines up with a lot of the difficulties and frustrations in my life. I'm curious to see what others think about it.:

ADHD is not being able to start, and not being able to stop.

How well does it describe your experience?

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Here is this week's question:

Recall a recent compliment that made you feel appreciated and valued.

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Here is this week's question:

What positive changes have you made recently in your lifestyle or habits?

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Who is a role model in your life that you admire and look up to?

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How does everyone feel about it? Should I keep it? Turn it off? Change it's frequency? (If so, to what?). It feels like it's the biggest poster here and I don't know if that is a good thing or not? I see some responses to it (which is good), but I also see a few that don't get responses. If it's just about the prompts it is giving I could try tuning that as well. Please let me know what you all think.

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Here is this week's question:

Describe an adventure or outdoor activity that brought you happiness.

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When do you feel most energized and ready to take on challenges?

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What is a new skill or hobby you have been practicing and improving?

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Share a story of a random act of kindness you witnessed or received.

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Today is a good day. I'm feeling talky... what's going on?

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Here is this week's question:

Describe a recent experience that motivated you to pursue your goals.

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What is something or someone you are grateful for this week?

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Recommend a book, movie, or TV show that has brought you joy recently.

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