#otherwise neurodivergent

[melxhunter]

I feel like there are a lot of people out there who needs to hear this:

If you dropped out of school because of diagnosed (or undiagnosed) ADHD, Autism, ADD, OCD, Dyslexia, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia etc… You did not fail. The education system failed you.

[marmot-bumblebee-231]

Me: actually, I’d prefer not to go there because all of the furniture is really scratchy or uncomfortable and generally a sensory issue.

My mom: sounds like an excuse to stay home

Honestly you’d never think she’s raising 3 neurodivergent children and yes I know I said Lightning is neurotypical I somehow thought neurotypical just meant not ADHD whoops

I did stay home, by the way

[infiniteorangethethird]

"oh but talking with people is so easy and emotionally rewarding!" well maybe your brain comes equipped with "ability to read social cues" and "automatic supply of appropriate responses". I have to do that shit manually and let me tell you, not only is that more exhausting, it also gives space to a lot more fuckups for which I have to clean up the mess afterwards

[lowcallyfruity]

The only thing I’m making for this show

I need to get my vision across

[thesaintofnevergettingitright]

“You’re not flawed, darling, you’re just a little under-rehearsed.”

is a Top Ten Most Neurodivergent Lyric, for me.

[velomono]

Random select !

[outsidersheadcanons]

Ponyboy’s the kinda guy to. have a complete mental breakdown after too much shit happens in one week (or if he’s tired or stressed or smth) 😭

[mail-me-a-snail]

sometimes i look at the line of characters that people on here have famously infantalized (characters that are also, "coincidentally", widely headcanoned as neurodivergent in some way) and i gotta wonder.

how do you get so far removed from canon that you forget that, considering the themes of their stories, these characters would ABSOLUTELY know what sex is.

[callie-flower]

"proship dni" this, "comship dni" that, "neutral dni" unfortunately the people you don't like are still human and deserve comfort. my fucking god shut the hell up you're just as annoying as they are and protest WAY too much about it. go unlearn your purity morality shit

[nocturnalnewsiestrash]

So I've finally got the time for my rewatch and I'm noticing more details like Charles bouncing and fidgeting with a ball (volleyball?? Can't really tell) in the corner while Edwin is preparing things for the Crystal case. And now I cannot stop thinking about Charles enjoying fidget toys. Like ohh he would LOVE them.

Imagine Niko introducing him to them (you can't tell me she doesn't have a fidget toy collection somewhere in her room) and showing him her favorites and why she loves each one of them. She has them in a numbered order of course, just like the public buildings come on now, and I just imagine the self-regulation joy they would experience together. Eventually Edwin's attention is caught and at first he doesn't see the appeal but with Niko's enthusiasm he gives them a try and secretly loves some of them. I feel like he would particularly enjoy a sand sifter one.

I feel like Niko's favorite would be a clicky one like a keyboard key clicker. Ooh and all those animal shaped fidgets especially the turtle one. I feel like Charles would enjoy ones with big moving parts like those slug ones with all the joints of their body you move or those cube ones where you move the attached little cubes around to make a large cube.

[mwozf]

rafayel is TOTALLY adhd-i coded change my fucking mind as a diagnosed adhd-i person

[achaotichuman]

Stupid little headcanon.

When Tamlin gets overstimulated at balls or parties, he finds Lucien and gently tugs the back of his shirt. Lucien will abandon any conversation he's in the middle of to escort Tamlin out of the party, indiscreetly shooing away anyone that tries to stop and trap them in small talk.

Tamlin and Lucien then spend the night cuddling and reading together in Lucien's room.

[athetos]

As a neurodivergent who has to consciously force myself to make less eye contact with others, I’m curious how common this is among the userbase here.

[izvmimi]

i love the point in a friendship where conversation prompters stop being necessary, like when 'hi how are you?' becomes pointless cuz it's a long string of constant conversation

i have a couple friends that if i text them good morning they think i might announce a death imminently

[5499h]

autism focus music is like a soundtrack from a show or game you've liked since childhood on loop and ADHD focus music is like if you could play the noise a blender makes using drums

[anxiouslyextroverted]

do you have any dsmp neurodivergent headcanons? I have many

YES! thank you for asking!! :D

these are how i personally view the characters + whats canonically stated and I was debating to myself for an hour whether c!Tommy should go in alexithymia or not