#BOTH ARE ALSO FUCKING NEURODIVERGENT

[keewu]

I'm re reading sds and I just gotta say. WHY DIDNT NAKABA MAKE GOWTHER AND MERLIN INTERACT MORE. I swear to god they are so besties

also don't even get me started on this pic

[andoutofharm]

i have a special kind of annoyance for people who say fall out boy (or any band!) look “sad” or “bored” because they’re standing still while playing or have a serious expression like. just say you know nothing about them and also have zero respect for neurodivergent people and/or people who’ve had surgeries that restrict their movement and go

[halloweeneva]

I remove my mask (ADHD) only to reveal a second smaller mask underneath (Chronic Fatigue)

[pussysidon]

When I want to not be weird about something but I have literally never been normal about a piece of media in my life

[oh-meow-swirls]

i think this was funnier in my head.

[ilynpilled]

i need ppl to just never speak about my family ever again im so serious

[impulsivedecisionsat3am]

do you ever get homesick for an instrument?

[wildwood-faun]

met an uncle this weekend who I've met briefly like 4 times since 2000 (when I was, you know, 10) and I'm fascinated to learn that we are extremely similar

[minnieposting]

Uugghhhhhhhhhhhh why do autism evaluations have to be so complicated

[clottedscream]

this is SO kids when all they have in the world is each other-coded. literally SO you’re all that i have-pilled. so found family core

[jules-van-hering]

partner has told me today that I'd make a good autist :D it's funny to me bc I think so too. and turns out more than one of my close high school friends are definitely on the spectrum and I never picked up on my partner's tism as nothing seemed out of the ordinary to me. thats just how people are, right? I had just lived with an undiagnosed potential autist for 4 years, so everything fine and dandy to me, all normal levels of weirdness plus some adhd and trauma sprinkled in there. that explained the rest to me. but now that he got his diagnosis and knows more about it all it is becoming so much clearer :D

[isabelleadjani]

hate to break it to yall but a lot of kids who were designated as gifted in like elementary school in fact did absolutely not fit easily into the school system. in fact, that difficulty with the system is often the very reason they get the label gifted in the first place.

[soft-serve-soymilk]

Actually I’ve come to the conclusion that Cynthia would like Kingdom Hearts for the exact same reason she likes Graces f (the homoerotic tension,,,,,,)

[theweevilofsweetreef]

i have recently come to the conclusion that spotify ads whilst angry are significantly more inconvenient than spotify ads when sad

i base this conclusion on the most scienctific methods and experiments

experiment one

sad so listening to screamy/bouncy songs to make me feel better songs as a result of an exam not going the best for me

✨random ass uni advert plus some random collaboration song i don’t really know what i was hearing tbh something to do with tango ✨

annoying but bearable, honestly just made me slightly more aware of my surroundings, it was followed by ratatata so i was mostly fine

experiment two

angry songs whilst rage cleaning and having a very real conflict with a hoover that very rudely will not do what it is told

aRe YoU eNjOyInG yOuR ✨fReE✨ sPoTiFy ExPeRiEnCe????????

the rage. the voice. the unrealistically upbeat tone. the audacity. the stupid fucking synth-wave backing music.

in. what. world. exactly. would. i. be. enjoying. that.

unfortunately i was in a room with family members in or the honestly impressive amount of swear words in my brain would have 100% been hurled at some random voice (i genuinely hope the voiceover people for spotify are paid so well because i genuinely hate their voices so much and i know it isn’t their fault it’s just their job but ohmyfuckinggods).

i eventually did settle for staring silently and maliciously at the offending device (my phone) and the ad until it mercifully switched over to motionless in white and i was happy (ish) again

[underwhelmingalchemist]

Starting pride month with the pharmacy denying me my testosterone prescription until mid-June and my doctor saying she can't do anything about it because it's a controlled substance 🙃✌️

[wander-wren]

unironically, telling myself “you are not a unique specimen of humanity” has become the most helpful mantra, as a neurodivergent trans kid whose teen years were (technically have been) spent feeling like some kind of extinct animal dropped into a close-but-not-quite-right ecosystem.

you are not uniquely awkward or strange or embarrassing. everyone struggles to communicate, to express themselves. everyone messes up. the cashier at the store has seen six people try to push a pull door or drop their change or what have you. it’s fine.

you are not uniquely smart or knowledgeable or enthusiastic, even about things that matter a lot to you. other people can know things and get things right and be excited, and you can even be wrong, and it doesn’t mean anything. it does not take away from you.

you are not uniquely unequipped for life. a lot of people struggle with things that should be simple. a lot of people can’t keep to schedules, or forget important tasks, or just plain need help sometimes. we’re social animals. there are a lot of skills involved in making it to the end of the week, and not everyone gets taught them all, or even the same ones.

you are not uniquely tortured. sure, your exact experience might be strictly yours, but broadly speaking? there is a name for what you’re experiencing. there is a community. if it is distressing you or harming your daily function, there is help. you are not alone.

you are not a unique specimen of humanity.