#crybaby neurodivergent

[pineyw00dsshesquatch]

I fucking LOVE when people u start texting organically at a new job suddenly fall tf off when they smell the tism or whatever the fuck social poison I assidentally threw into the atmosphere this fucking time.

I wasn't even TRYIN. I was like 'u try too hard, don't try too hard it'll be organic' she seems to think you're cool already, don't try hard. Fuckin NOPE. That metaphorical garage door came tf down and they are following the script I have seen EVERY GODDAMN TIME.

I tried to be nonchalant and not give a fuck and go into a job to 'not make friends' but when that door came down I was just at a fuckin loss.

[briarmae]

I have autism and I'm touch repulsed.

My sense of touch is super sensitive. (Even though I have a pretty high pain tolerance, idk.) I base all my clothing choices first and foremost on how it feels against my skin.

Human touch is... awful. Skin to skin is even worse. If it's one of "my people," I can tolerate it. They now know that I prefer not to hug, and they wait for me to offer, or in rare cases, ask for one.

Crowds? I take anxiety meds and actively dissociate. Handshakes? Dissociate. People touch me without permission? Try not to punch them.

My family was fairly tactile growing up. They loved tickling. I would literally collapse on the floor crying. It was too much; it didn't feel like fun or whatever it is that people like about tickling. It felt more like pain.

I've tried explaining what it's like to people who are not touch repulsed. People on here will probably get it better.

Let's see... touching people makes me want to claw my skin off (it's somehow even worse if there's skin contact). Even when it feels less extreme, my skin is still crawling. I am constantly aware of every part of me that is touching someone else. It's too much, and then I get agitated on top of it.

Being touch repulsed with autism probably has a lot to do with me being asexual. I'm fine reading about sex (sometimes I even enjoy smut), I'm pretty uncomfortable watching sex in media, but the idea of ME touching another person, let alone naked... gross. Just gross.

[pinkypastal]

They even portray the victims and perpetrators the other way around.

Its usually the well in school, liked by teachers, admirable smart ones who are the bullies and the fat, hard time talking to people, ones with bad backgrounds/homelifes that struggle in school who are bullied

Specially if they're poor and/or neurodivergent

no piece of teen media has ever accurately depicted the quiet psychological warfare of bullying. bullies on TV are always dumb brutes and not the evil geniuses of emotional manipulation that they are in real life. being given a wedgie and having your lunch money stolen is nothing in comparison to a classmate quietly creating a taboo against speaking to you that they intend to enforce against all the other kids. it’s nothing like continuous cutting comments from people you thought were being nice to you. that way that the work of one kid can make you feel like every person on earth silently hates you and that you are dirty, disgusting, worthless, creepy and useless. that you can have friends but many of them will not speak to you at school for fear of the social consequences on their end. how that damage lasts in any social setting for the rest of your life

[enchanted-teaforest]

When you’re a neurodivergent, it’s late, your meds are out of your system, and you’ve been avoiding a meltdown all day.. but now it’s time to talk.

“I don't know what I even said. I hope that it is something I won't regret.”

[thoughtspeaker]

Sometimes the only nonverbal moments are during moments of extreme stress or panic(and believe me, I've had plenty of those moments, having been known as the crybaby kid way back in elementary), where even when I wanted to say something, or even try to explain why I was upset, all I could do was hyperventilate, cry, and wait it out.

I've gotten better with it over time, but it really wasn't fun, going to school and crying basically daily.

And hey, I don't speak for even CLOSE to everyone whose autistic. I'm just saying how my own experience with it has been! I just wish I'd known sooner honestly...

When my mum looked into the possibility of me being autistic when I was a kid, the information she could find said I would have to be nonverbal and unable to read.

While it's true that some autistic people are nonverbal some or all of the time, or may struggle with reading or be dyslexic, neither of those are a requirement to be autistic.

Every autistic person is different.

(I'm pretty sure I was hyperlexic.)

[idwl]

the idol sings you a song...

★ needy crybaby

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a flag for those who are needy crybabies, or are both needy and a crybaby. intended for neurodivergent folk, but anyone is allowed to use.

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@scr-ppup; @smilepilled

[dandysworldhcs]

*THROWS UP A SHIT TON OF HEADCANONS I HAVE*

Sprout sometimes struggles to find tapes cus.. He's practically blind but in a neurodivergent way

Goob is a absolute crybaby, and also obnoxiously clumsy.

Shelly has those 'short circuit' moments where she forgets what she was doing or smth (she also has a short attention span of course)

Rodger has a intense fear of spiders

Pebble would likely gift coal a pretty rock (like a Raven)

Boxten is a theatre kid.

Toodles needs a nightlight to sleep.

Brightney almost drank a lethal dosage of caffine once.

Boxten probably did something that made everytoon shocked (like him having a rage fit like joy's rage fit from inside out 2)

Toodles stole a lollipop from a random oblivious child and they still feel guilty about it.

AHHHHHH HELP IM DROWING IN THEM

[erraomens]

I love how people assume that I can write smut the way I do because I must be getting railed on the reg. No no girlies . I’m a neurodivergent crybaby who hates being touched by 99% of people and sex actually kinda icks me out outside of writing ( I can’t even watch sex scenes or people kissing on tv ) my saving grace is the fact that I’ve been writing for many moons and I’ve improved drastically

[moopermoment]

agent penguinronpa really is the character of all time to be deadass.

they are the most important member of their own island and yet is just some fucking guy, no one knows a thing about them but everyone knows who they are, they are loved by almost everyone and they struggle to see it because of their lack of self worth, they have amnesia, they would do anything for anyone if they needed help whatsoever (a pizza delivery or a rescue mission, doesn’t matter to them), they’re audhd, they’ve managed to pull their bad bitch coworker with their neurodivergent swag, they’ve befriended their own arch nemesis’s crab son, they believe in the inherent goodness of people, they are INCREDIBLY socially anxious, they are the sappiest bitch in the universe, they care about their homeland and loved ones to the point of being possessive, they have an incredibly fucked up and unhealthy hero complex, they are incredibly autistic over their own job (to the point of defining their life and lack of memories), they’ve survived 3 actual danganronpa executions, they know junko enoshima, they have beef with a guy that called their fashion sense boring once in 2005, they’ve tried to break through 5 metal doors with a plastic surf board, they are an emotional crybaby yet so immensely brave, they’ve almost gotten themself killed multiple times, they had a mental breakdown in a VR simulation, they’ve tried placing a giant fuck off robot who is also the headmaster of their own killing under arrest, they are incredibly smart but also stupit sometimes, they’re a sassy little bitch but also a huge dork, they would sooner become a therapist than actually go to therapy themself, they are the narrative’s favourite, they are so immensely kind, they’ve stopped at least one apocalypse, they’ve tried to undoom their island only to lead it and their loved ones to a completely different doomed fate, they’ve met god, they’re even non-binary! reminder they look like this:

[storkmuffin]

muffin, hi hi!!! i love your essays relating to atz, is nice seeing someone else's perspective of their bonds, form of speaking, and overall personas 🫶🫶 feel like there isn't that many space for convos like this on twt or other places

and ive come to ask two things (and an observation related to what ive come to realize after reading your essays)

1. sorry if this is too forward, but how are neurodivergencies treated in korea? :0 did you get a diagnosis or are you selfdx? its something I've wondered ever since seeing tinys or even other kpop fandoms say that "x member is nd!"

2. ...are you planning to make a hj essay soon? i find him a very interesting man ☝️ i even dare say that he gives off the vibe of someone that doesn't want his members (or even tinys) to be truly away from him, like. the fact that his loreteez character is doing so much to keep them together, and if we take the "henry jo is hj from an alternative timeline" theory into account, alongside the guy saying that a lot of the lore is based in some irl aspects... yeah

and the recurrent "dont look at other idols" jokes he makes 😭😭 in my country theres a saying that goes "entre broma y broma, la verdad se asoma" (lit. in every joke, the truth peeks through) and this definitely applies here imo. i just think that he's probably a bit insecure and thinks that many people aren't going to stay with him, or maybe im reading him wrong/too much

and now for the reflection (or conclusion idk)

man. im truly taking bits and pieces of these men in order to build the fictional boy i used to love for many years. (im sorry if that sounds dehumanizing but hear me out)

i got into atz after a past hyperfixation of mine went badly (never get into white gamer men), and i just needed something to keep myself afloat and sane— that "love" ended up being more genuine as time passed, them being less of a "rebound" (im sorry) and more of something i like and im passionate abt, alongside another long-standing hyperfixation ive had with a fictional boy

a few months ago that hyp also went badly. i didn't wanted to see or acknowledge that his author was fumbling him for years, and that he was slowly changing into someone else. it all blew up on me seeing all the traits that i loved about him not being there anymore, he was pretty much a soulless doll that got into a frankly undercooked relationship with his girl best friend. no acknowledgement of his trauma, no introspection, not even some tears (he was my crybaby hero!!! WHERE DID HE GO 😭😭)

but anyways. ever since then ive been getting more into atz, and the more i started to realize how i unconsciously was attracted to members that displayed the most aspects of the fictional character's personality. for ex. hwa's passion for his interests, sn's drive to protect and understand people that are different to him, mingi's live convos taking things like aliens coming to earth seriously... in those moments, i found glimpses of what that boy was for me- i could almost reach out and feel that he was actually real, even if he was cut to pieces and in different people.

maybe the boy i loved was the most basic form of something made for a woman to love and fantasize about, but that doesn't erase that ive spent almost a decade loving him idc

-🧋(im sorry for dropping an entire manifesto here, have a good day xoxo 💋)

OK first of all, I love that you called me MUFFIN :D :D. Secondly, this imaginative way you're using the personas that Ateez is presenting to you and weaving as they go is one of the optimal ways of engaging in fandom. You seem kind of down on yourself about approaching things that way but, Friend, reality is harsh and life can be very difficult, and there's nothing wrong with engaging in fantasy using the publicly presented personas of people who want your attention. You seem imaginative in general, so maybe, eventually, instead of having to rely on other authors (who disappoint), you can create your own blorbo, which then will delight other people.

To answer your questions:

I am self diagnosed. I did talk to a therapist who isn't a ND specialist and she basically said there really wouldn't be a point to getting an official diagnosis, because the therapies available would be of the type that are too rudimentary for someone like me who is already an adult. I had to figure things out the hard way, through traumatizing trial and error, about what NTs will react violently to, but that's in the past. I already know now. I hear a lot about young children now being diagnosed, and it's received and relayed as a disaster, like the child has fallen terribly ill, but these kids are also of the non-interactive, non-verbal, can't-mask variety of NDs. ADHD is caught by teachers very well, apparently, and the children are medicated and given therapy as much as the parents can afford. We did have a very popular K-drama, about a ND genius attorney. I don't watch TV of any country very much so I didn't watch that, but a friend did and she thought it was too idealized and silly. The prejudices and oppression against people who seem odd or are disabled or can't fit in in Korea are about what you'd see anywhere else in the developed world, I think.

The "don't look at other idols" thing is something I've seen Lee Know allude to (though not as directly) from Stray Kids and though my sample is just two, given how differently they're styled and marketed from Ateez, I have come to assume and extrapolate that all boy Idols say this to their fans. I've written elsewhere about the economics of boybands that I've learned from books on the industry, but for the tldr: the boybands survive on financial engagement from their specific fandoms, girlbands go for more 'mass' appeal. It's imperative for a boyband to have the continued attention and loyalty of their fandom audience to survive through the next 'comeback.' They have to say that, and pray that the fandom stay with them.

Hongjoong - I don't currently expect to write about HongJoong. HAHAHA LAUGHING AT MY SELF HEEHEEE HAAAA. I mean. I never thought I'd write about Mingi and then I was live blogging his Lives minute by minute. I did not intend to write THREE separate giant posts about Yeosang, but I did. I'm currently thinking about Yunho a lot.

But (oh here we go, you've gotten me started).

Hongjoong has this Feral Demon Line Participant x Napoleon Complex to the max x Killjoy School Marm x Wants to Make It Worse x I'm The Dictator Father x I'm the Baby x My Work Wife Dominates Me While Pretending Not To x Insane Ball of Creative Energy That Goes Big Every Time x Is the kindest, mildest, weepiest, sweet, sheltered virgin (not literally but you know what I mean) x I Am A Jealous Boyfriend of Atiny / I'm Not Locked In Here With Them, Atiny Is Locked in Here With Me x Milions Love Me x My One Friend In the World is Park Seonghwa situation happening. AND I also read him as being ND, as someone who is figuring out how to be a person and a leader as he goes, where the strengths of being ND in the ways I recognize and the weaknesses too are very illuminating to me.

So even though I don't plan to, I probably will at some point write about Hong Joong. If there's a topic or aspect or some content you (you, just you, Hongjoong Verdad Anon) would like me to add to me 'to be written' roster, I'd gladly take it on.

[v4lluvsst0n3]

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(cuz I see other people make them hehe)

͙͘͡★HAII! I’m Val/Valentine ͙͘͡★

aka, the internets heaven sent angelic doll <3

I will no longer answer “asks” that are to donate, I’m sorry. BUT, I am a Palestine supporter!!!

(He/She/They/Xe/It) I’m gender-fluid, but i usually prefer she :P

here’s some things abt me:

~ Mexican

~ MINOR (Pisces btw. March 11th<3)

~ Absolute girl failure

~ Younger sibling (I may not be my family’s favorite, but I know I’m the internets favorite >3<)

~ Crybaby (not as in Felony Martinez stan..)

~ Idol admirer

~ Theatre kid

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my fandoms/things i like:

Ramshackle, Pine Point, Gloomy Bear, Sanrio, Madoka Mágica, Azumanga Daioh, Dead Plate (honestly, every studio investigrave game), Love Live, Bandori, D4DJ, (idk much about love live, Bandori, and D4DJ, but I still like it! :3) Project Sekai, Alien Stage, Oshi No Ko, Tokyo Mew Mew, and many more!

I won’t list all of them bc I have way too many hyper fixations!

(I’m most likely neurodivergent //autism and adhd//)

.˚ * ꒰ঌ✦໒꒱ * ˚.

My hobbies:

~ Drawing

~ Writing

~ Collecting

~ Crying (/hj)

⊹ ⁺ 𐔌 ᩧ ຼ ͡ ৯ ♡໒⁀ ᩧຼ ꒱ིྀ ⁺ ⊹

Aesthetics I enjoy/ wear:

~ CuteCore

~Gyaru (Tsuyome, and Kogal)

~Scene

~ Morute

~ Coquette

~ Lolita (not to be confused with the novel/movie. Let’s not talk abt that)

~ Dark coquette/ horror game protagonist

~ Literally anything hyper feminine

────── ⋆⋅꒰ა☆໒꒱⋅⋆ ──────

(newly added)

kin list!:

~ Ai Hoshino (oshi no ko)

~Mafuyu, Mizuki, Ena, Kanade, Saki, Airi, and Emu, and Nene (pjsk)

~ Furina, and Fischl (genSHIT impact)

~ Ocean O’Conell Rosenburg (ride the cyclone)

~Nico Yazawa (love live)

~ Monika, Natsuki, Yuri, and Sayori (doki doki literature club)

~ Stone, and Skipp (ramshackle duhhhhh)

~ Momo, and Nil (pine point duhhhhh)

~ Vincent (dead plate. I am NOT writing this French ass twinks last name.)

~ Envy Adam’s, and Knives Chau (Scott pilgrim)

~ Ivan, and Luka (Alien stage)

I honestly kin every red flag character bc I’m fucking narcissistic and manipulative asf but it’s ok bc I’m cutesy >_< ¸¸♬·¯·♩¸¸♪·¯·♫¸¸¸♬·¯·♩¸¸♪·¯·♫¸¸

Thats all, bai bai mis amores <33 (platonically unless ur stone/j)

Inspired by @ capy-123rs, and @ pxrfaitgirlz so, sorry if my introduction looks similar to theirs! (๑꒦ິ ̼ ꒦ິ๑)

[ndcultureis]

Neurodivergent culture is having less strong emotions than other people and being told to “let it all out” or “open yourself up to people” when you don’t need to, because that’s just how your emotions are, you’re not purposefully hiding them or anything. Being told “that’s so sad I could never live like that” when you tell people you experience most emotions in a less strong way.

Alternately, it’s also having more strong emotions then other people and being told to “control yourself” or “stop acting weird” for crying, laughing, etc., which are normal human experiences. Being told “you’re such a crybaby” for having high empathy for little things like bugs + plants, or that you look weird bc you smile too big/much.

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[thousandyearphantombunker]

(vent)

TOH fandom feels this need to 'stick it' to other kids shows and show them how TOH 'did it correctly' but they don't understand what shows like Amphibia's SVTFOE and SU etc etc were going for. And the whole 'the show was cancelled excuse' drives me freaking insane! I grew up watching Spectacular spider man, x men evolution and GLtas and those shows got screwed over so badly- but they used their time efficiently to establish stories and characters etc so no you can absolutely can give everyone in your cast good character and relationship development establish important plot points and elements and villains within a short amount of time.

SVTFOE went through awful seasonal rot yes but it knew how to balance highschool drama with adventures amazingly (also it's mix of random xd humor and dark comedy was done a lot better imo) Amphibia despite its flaws is a very well done fantasy story (and has some great diversity in it and more subtle allegorical stuff surrounding being a foreigner and oppression- it's not the most deep show ever but it absolutely has depth) and im gonna say it Steven Universe while not a masterpiece by any means (it does share most of TOH's flaws) is just objectively better than TOH. Especially when it comes to diversity! More diverse body types, more diverse personalities (not everyone is lovably dorky- steven is a crybaby soft boy who matures into a charismatic leader, amethyst is a rambunctious tough bruiser, pearl is an intellectual insecure knight whose lost her cause and garnet is a stoic cool leader etc) and has jewish and south east asian rep and while no one talks about it Amethyst is good disabled rep (she's got the alien equivalent of dwarfism, the alien equivalent of a developmental disability and she has an arc surrounding how she views these aspects of herself) it handles mental illness very well and yet it has this horrible reputation as being super racist and inappropriate to show to kids- which is an opinion people are allowed to have about this show especially if they are black or poc or whatever- I'm not gonna call their opinions BS there are some good points they make about the whole 'angry black woman' stereotype but as a Puerto Rican girl with autism wasn't allowed to make any mildly negative comments about TOH and how it handled neurodivergence or how I didn't even register Luz as afro latina without fans saying I was full of shit and just completely media illiterate- the human zoo in su was depicted as bad but made one or two off color jokes and therefore the show is irredeemably evil- okay then but now you can't fucking harass me over saying TOH had some instances where the disabled rep fell apart a bit (i wouldn't even say that the show is over all ableist or godawful it just had moments that could've been handled better) but um no I'm not allowed to say that apparently- if you get to call my complaints bullshit because your a 'queer poc' then i as another queer poc gets to complain about the show you think is untouchable (i won't cause that's really mean and you have legitimate points) the logic this fandom uses to justify being an asshole to others drives me up a wall. SVTFOE handled revisionist history and colonialism better. Steven Universe had actual fucking diversity. Amphibia had actual layers and complexity that gets totally ignored. But no all shows have to have super blunt representation, and pretty art styles with flashy animation and we must shame all people who have even the most tame criticisms of TOH. The owl house isn't a horrible show but it has its flaws and people who complain about them bring up valid points and since some of you seem so up in arms needing bringing up race guess what? White people also get to call out TOH's flaws. So many kids shows get disregarded as having no depth or being stupid and I hate that TOH fandom also gets in on that nonsense.

Your show is cool we get it now stop fucking putting other kids media down. I'm not gonna say you should be thanking Steven universe or adventure time or gravity falls for laying down the groundwork so TOH can exist you get to criticize these shows but maybe don't get shocked and call everyone who says something you dislike media illiterate and say our complaints are BS? Cause we can easily say the same to you-by your logic I can say all your complaints are full of shit and harass you over liking the collector because of how he treated king, by your logic I get to call you racist and homophobic etc - which we can agree is a bullshit thing to say right? And also it's just mean. You can complain that Steven Universe getting cancelled isn't an excuse for its shit writing in some episodes (I agree with that) just also be aware that Im holding toh to that same standard. You can complain that SVTFOE had an ending you hate because of how ooc and pointless so much of it was- agreed but I get to say the same shit about toh

TOH is not immune to the criticisms you lob at other shows and screaming media iliteracy at the top of your lungs doesn't shut down arguments as well as you think it does

[cupidspup]

hello! congrats on 50 followers!

#9 from your 20 questions game? as a queer disabled regressor i love hearing other people’s experiences!

~ @littletism 🎀

Eeee hello hi! ^^ Thank you for your question I'm so so excited to answer! ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა

The question is:

"If you have other marginalized identities (lgbtq+, neurodivergent, poc, ect...) how do they figure into your regression?"

And my answer is...

It incorporates into my regression in a lot of ways!! X)

I know you all don't know a lot about me so this is sort of a deeper dive into me along with being a fun lil game! :] So strap in its a bit of a long one x)

I'm a person of color, I'm in the lgbtq+ community (not straight and my gender identity doesn't align with my assigned sex at birth), I have autism and adhd AND on top of that I have other mental health/physical health problems that can take a huge toll on me too! :")

Regression isn't always sunshine and rainbows for sure. I come from a very troubled background, my regression comes from a place to heal that child that was hurt from that time. To give me back what I lost as a child or to give me what I never had.

I'm a trans guy and I'm proud, but online I get really finicky about it because I'm always scared that no one will respect it (or my pronouns) because I'm a hyperfem trans guy so I try to hide my gender/sex a lot which is something I'm working on ૮ ◞ ﻌ ◟ ა

On top of that with the mental health problems I have, they make me incredibly sensitive and extremely clingy no matter what age I regress to. I have chronic back and joint pain which makes it hard to do a lot of the "typical" regressor things and sometimes it can put a damper on how I feel about myself as a little too (╥ᆺ╥；)

This all translates to a very big crybaby little, who seems like nothing will satisfy them, very high maintenance along with the constant energy just MOVING!!! I'm not a skinny person either and my feelings get so confused too :< "why don't I look like that person? I want to sit criss-crossed too!! Wait I don't want to be a little prince I wanna be a princess!! Princesses are cute!! Oh I hope I'm not being too much...I'm too much...Oh but my cg loves me still!!" Most of the time when I'm small, my Pronouns change too because in my little brain the feminine girly stuff feels way better than all the little boy stuff!! It's a really hard thing to navigate but I'm happy the people around me are open minded and accepting of that 🩷

With all the trauma I've experienced certain words and actions can trigger me even easier :"] it can be a lot for a lil guy with anxiety. Not to mention that my regression doesn't look anything like my childhood (I'm Latin-Hispanic) so sometimes it feels like it's just a game of pretend or like I'm dressing up as a white person so that I can fit in with the "rest of the kids" ૮ ◞ ﻌ ◟;;;ა (I, of course, mean no offense to anyone)

Thoughts and feelings are fast and troublesome.

But it's not all that bad either!!

With the big thoughts come even bigger hugs and kisses! With the back/joint pain comes back rubs and tickles (With consent of course🩷) and soft pillows n plushies to rest on!! When I feel like stimming I (very luckily) have a cg who's willing to rock me n do all the stimmy things with me! ૮( ˃ ꒳ ˂)ა He's always willing to work around the stuff I like and don't like and knows what food is safe and not safe :3

I feel that because I'm so different a whole other world gets unlocked through my regression!! I want to experience so much and rewrite the story that little me had to live through. I want to bring comfort to those who don't exactly have any guidance or the means for said comfort.

My regression is different from most but also valid and very common! I love this community and I love that it's been here for me for my hardest times 🩷 I'd love to be an older figure in the community (since I'm so grown up now!! I grew from 13 to almost 21 in the blink of a eye!!) that guides the new generation one step at a time :] There's so much more that I can say about my regression but this is getting long and I think I've covered a good amount of it ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა

Thank you so much @littletism for joining the game and asking me this question!! ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა (also I love your blog its so so cute and it'd be so cool if we could be friends maybe ८,,◐⩊◐,,ა /nf)

Anywho until next time!!

- Kyupie ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆

[cutiecandychopper]

Something I’m passionate about is AUDHD Luffy (meaning he’s autistic with ADHD) just like I am! So I’m gonna jot down some thoughts I have in regards as to why!

Let’s start underneath this read more!

Remember that being neurodivergent is a spectrum! My experience as an autistic woman with adhd won’t be the exact same as another person with the same conditions!

Luffy tends to hyperfocus on tasks he finds rewarding. This is pretty common in people with ADHD inattentive type. We’ve seen him straight up take a nap in the middle of the road before getting up to finish kicking someone’s ass

Only remembering details or names if they’re important to him

He can be seen masking throughout the series. Probably to escape being called a “crybaby” as a child.

His way to motivate or cheer other people up is unconventional. Certain emotions from others like crying make him uncomfortable. Probably reminds him of being teased for not regulating his emotions “normally” as a child.

Can be seen doing different stims throughout the series. Stims can be anything for a ND person, not just arm flapping as portrayed in popular media.

Contrary to stereotypes not all autistic people are “emotionless.” Plenty of us get overly excited or enthusiastic around others.

Luffy is incredibly blunt and usually gets shit for it. This happened to me all the time growing up and I’d never understand how I wasn’t being “tactful.”

Luffy tends to take stuff literally such as the concept of bananawani

He has his comfort foods and gets upset when he doesn’t have them. Meat is an obvious example.

He values certain senses over others. It’s clear he loves what I call “mouth feel” or having something in your mouth to chew on and keep your attention.

Has safe clothing items he likes to wear over and over. I completely relate to his hatred of close toed shoes and wanting to wear baggy clothes all the time.

The hat is a comfort object

Has unusual reactions to pain and body temperature compared to others. Being rubber helps with that though

Cannot process sarcasm to save his life

Is impulsive and kind of assumed everyone can read his mind when it comes to how he’s going to approach a problem and solve it

That’s just some observations I have for now! Some other time I’ll add my headcanons onto this post of stuff I think he would do but we don’t see on camera!

[nuclearplutonium]

(silly vent I guess)

Do you ever get blamed for the little things you can’t control? Do you ever get called a “narcissistic 2 year old” for the tiny behaviors and things that you do that others who “claim they know how a neurodivergent acts and can usually handle their unusual actions” dislike?

Do you ever get called rude and utterly annoying all because the person you have to deal with is overstimulating you to the point of where you feel like you must scream and run away?

and if you ever try to explain it to them as nice and polite as you can to the misunderstood neurotypical, do they also tell you that you’re “victimizing yourself” and that “you’re lying about not remembering anything bad or negative that you’ve done to us”?

AND! When you try to tell them that you’re attempting to change your ways even though the things that they want you to change are the little issues and tendencies you can’t control, do they just ignore you and say you’re lying once again and that you’ll “never change” and all you do about situations like these is just “act like a whiny 2 year old who knows nothing”?

shut up. just because I don’t happen to be as mature as you and as mentally stable doesn’t mean I’m just a helpless crybaby who “always needs someone by their side”. I get it, you’re trying to help me see my wrongs, and make me change my ways, but all the things you dislike about me are just things that come with my autism and anxiety. you’re not proving a point, you’re just being an ignorant asshole.