#can tag as other neurodivergancys!

[colourpatternist]

Me n the other ADHD/autistic people sorting beads at the end of a stressful week like

[cryptcatz]

question: do ppl ACTUALLY say things they don’t mean when they’re angry? or is that just an excuse after letting something true slip? i wouldn’t ever say something i don’t mean in anger, so the concept confuses me.

but something was said to me that is bothering me, though apparently was said in an argument and wasn’t meant. but i don’t rlly believe it wasn’t like, deep down true thoughts/feelings??? anyone have any insight? anyone say things they don’t mean in anger?

EDIT: this was a hastily worded post that i didn’t expect to get notes. this is a genuine question asked in good faith that i got a lot of amazing answers to!

also re: the many ppl saying “OP is lying about not saying things they don’t mean in anger because everyone does it”— i genuinely have never done that. if i say something mean while angry, i meant it. that’s literally why i asked this question and why the concept confuses me, because i wouldn’t do something like that so i wanted perspective from people who do it. idk why y’all can’t believe that lmao not everyone is as prone to anger and outbursts

[kujokomi]

please stop associating the term neurodivergent with JUST autism and adhd. like please. there are so many ways to be neurodivergent and it’s not fair to assume that it’s just about autism adhd.

[derekhalesbian]

genuinely how i feel sometimes

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

yall who got late diagnosed/adult diagnosed as autistic. howd you cope with the stress around the feedback session and howd it go like did you walk in and they said 'oh yeah you're autistic' alternatively if they denied you a diagnosis howd that go too

[cabi-leodrann]

That's a big boy right here. Vent post I did a while ago, finally felt the courage to post it I hope it'll reach the people who needed to read this.

[evergardenwall]

anyway it always kind of baffles me when i see takes saying that deaf people aren't disabled or don't face ableism when we have been historically subjected to eugenics, can face neurodevelopmental difficulties due to language deprivation, have been called 'dumb' in the ableist slur sense, don't have access to a lot of spaces that don't have sign language or cued speech interpreters and that just. in general. hearing loss even when you're only partially hard of hearing can be so fucking isolating

[1pcii]

One piece headcanon: Zoro is POSIC+

(POSIC+ : (the) Perception of Object Sentience, Individuality, and Consciousness)

I think his relationship and perception of things like his swords (which he see's as having distinct personalities and consiousness') aswell as his view of the going merry (chapter 327, last page) being just as sentient as usopp and luffy make it so i wouldnt consider it a streatch to interpret his character this way.

(further context) <- seriously check the tags on this out if you want a better explenation its so good.

[autisticlee]

that feeling when you get advice from someone who you know is well-meaning and has good intentions....but it's just the most allistic, neurotypical, and/or abled advice you have ever heard and completely invalidates the point you're trying to make about why you struggle to do the thing in the first place.

they're telling you to "do it in this specific way that is completely opposite of how you physically/mentally work" for example, make eye contact/read people's facial expressions and intentions! but you're autistic. initiate verbal conversation and don't be shy! but you're nonverbal or semispeaking. get out of the house more and participate in these physical activities! but you're physically disabled. Just Be Yourself! but you have DID/OSDD/other personality disorder. etc.

i'm sorry. I know you're just trying to help. I appreciate it, really. but it's all things i've heard before and none of it helps me specifically. I have tried (maybe even still try out of habit) and learned I can't just do those things. they don't work for me or cause more issues. practice isn't the issue. not everyone can simply willpower through everything. but thanks for trying 😔✊️

[seaweedstarshine]

I love Amy's Choice and I love The Day of the Doctor Novelization, but something that only clicked for me recently — is that the reason the Eleventh Doctor is able to instantly recognize and brush past the Dream Lord when he appears — is because for as long as he's had this body, he's been hallucinating the War Doctor’s voice taunting him in a very similar way (minus all the jokes).

Similar like this:

Of course at the end of Amy's Choice, the Doctor sees the Dream Lord reflected in the console, looks distressed, and says nothing, and I just. I love how Moffat used that novelization to flesh out so many different elements he included in his run.

[bylertruther]

some of you never grew up in a small conservative town as a (gay) nerd that was bullied, harassed, and excluded for years on end for not fitting in and for visibly and enthusiastically liking geek things—geek things that then branded you a satanist in everyone's eyes and as something Other, Lesser, and Undoubtedly Unworthy of Basic Human Decency even though you were literally just an actual child with harmless interests and not a satanist or an evil disgusting subhuman thing, and it shows.

you cannot apply modern views and beliefs to a show that is set in the eighties, especially not when it's set in conservative midwest eighties which is a whole other beast. being a socially awkward and nonconforming geek is something that people STILL get bullied for if you don't do it in a way that the majority deems "acceptable", especially if you live in a conservative, religious area.

your experiences are not universal and your inability to relate to a certain motif or story does not make it "lesser" or "bad writing."

[alchemiclee]

every time someone dislikes a character I consider autistic because they seem highly autistic coded, especially if it's "for no reason/just a feeling" I get so incredibly sad and offended because I just know it's because they have autistic traits. I know these people would do the same to me and other irl autistic people. and that's always such a shitty reason to dislike/hate someone.

I just know they would hate us autistic for "no reason" and it would be because people for some reason dislike autistic people based on some obscure random feeling and they can't even tell you why. they often see us as "broken neurotypicals" or we give them that "uncanny valley robot" feeling (especially for high masking autistic people) or whatever it is. they often think we appear "normal" in every way, except something is "off" to them, they they dislike and bully us for it. it's not our fault we were born with these traits/disability so it's not fair to hate us for it!

at least that's how it always seems to go for me and everyone autistic person i've personally know. especially ones better at masking. (I personally was never good at masking and was seen as a "weird freak" who deserves bullying no matter what I did, especially since i was unable to talk 95% of the time as a kid) the mask still never truly hides that "off feeling" people get. i'm sure other autistic people experience this too, but people always dislike me or even hate me and usually can't ever seem to give me a reason. friends will suddenly turn on me and not give me a reason. (especially if we always had text based communication online and then we meet irl the first time. they suddenly turn on or abandon me after that). if I can get a reason out of someone, it's always because *insert random autistic trait here* so I assume it's the same with every case

if this happens irl, it has to be the same for fictional characters, right? it's the only explanation I can think of. I see stuff like this all the time. the autistic coded characters are always getting hate for seemingly no reason like this:

meanwhile, the autistic coded characters always become my favorites because I understand them better and relate

[wafflesrisa]

A brief rant about women’s creative engagement in fandom

I don’t want to overly generalise but time and again I have seen this happen in group chats and it’s almost always the women who commit time and energy to play and the men who sit back and expect to be entertained

[loone-spam]

heyyyyyy guys this just crossed my mind and I feel the need to ask

[tacit-semantics]

Really though mp100 fills such a specific niche in terms of complicated sibling relationships and how those are affected both by mental health and then the larger framework of the family. Like you have these two siblings, both of whom are struggling in ways that sometimes overlap and sometimes completely diverge, and the thing about a situation like theirs is that they’re more capable of understanding what the other is going through than their parents due to shared lived experience, but beyond that there is such a drastic difference in how they present as a result of past traumas and then of course just the fact that no two people are exactly alike that they’re not always capable of connecting or understanding each other.

The especially moving thing though is that they both care about each other so much not in spite of their differences but because of them! Mob and Ritsu’s whole arc revolves around coming to terms with each other, put short, and when you consider how strongly psychic powers can function as an allegory for neurodivergence in mp100, you get a complex, nuanced depiction of what it’s like to grow up neurodivergent with a neurodivergent sibling, wherein you have a basis for understanding each other that others might not, but the sheer number of ways that neurodivergence can manifest means that your experiences don’t necessarily line up, and as such there’s the opportunity for both conflict and camaraderie of a very specific sort, whether it’s regarding the family unit or society at large. I also really appreciate how they avoid demonizing or infantilizing which can be a HUGE issue in narratives like these. Anyways, it really is lots to think about

[mariatesstruther]

Hi, I just wanted to say that ur content brings me joy each day, and u have helped me to accept my autism so much. Ily💗💕

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