• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 months ago

    That’s common enough that there’s a nickname for it (AuDHD). People will cry about how none of the concepts in the memes posted are exclusive to autistic or ADHD people, but it’s not like we’re fucking aliens… of course a lot of the memes are things everyone feels sometimes, but a lot worse and more frequently if you have ADHD or are on the spectrum.

    It’s not diagnostic to relate to memes obviously, but it’s for sure a jumping off point if you want to pursue it in therapy or try out coping strategies suggested by other neurodivergent people.

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      7 months ago

      The spectrum being so broad (and often mixed with Autism/Aspergers or vice-versa) is just because the brain is really good at making things still somehow work.

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        What? Autism and/or ADHD isn’t an example of the brain making “things still somehow work”. That’s a pretty offensive thing to say honestly.

        If you want an example of the brain’s phenomenal ability to adapt, you could instead look to people born with literally half of their brain missing.

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          7 months ago

          That’s a pretty offensive thing to say honestly.

          I mean with this, that the brain has a priority in keeping consciousness up and is really good at that. Autism/Aspergers/ADHD are all cases with some issues in our neuro-chemical household but we still somehow work. Heck, there are even cases of people with a waterhead, the brain only being a few mm thick layer along the skull but they still lived a normal life.

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            7 months ago

            Oh, got it. You’ve got issues with the implication of being “defective”? We call ourselves neurodivergent, not defective, no?

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          You’re not reading the words correctly. Try again. It’s clear you can’t read intent of someone clearly is.