Any neurodivergent members? Let's chat!

[igotpsychicpower]

I've been diagnosed with high-functioning autism, also known as Asperger's, and I'd say it's impacted aspects of my life from physical appearance to social interactions. The difference in brain development can cause distinct facial features to appear, in my case I have a baby face that makes me 3 years younger, so people tend to perceive me as a low-level threat but also treat me like i'm a fucking retarded kid , if i was short it would have been even more brutal.

As for the environment in which I evolved, I always had difficulty with manual tasks requiring a certain degree of motor skills, but I had an affinity for solving logical problems such as troubleshooting electronic equipment. For example, to this day I still don't know how to tie my shoelaces and I'm terrible at knitting. But the most impactful is really executive functions because they involve cognitive flexibility, adaptation of action in a new context and I struggle in these areas. For illustration, if we compare 2 puzzle games, I would find it easier with the game Portal which has fixed rules rather than Baba is you where you have to change the rules to achieve the objective.

When it comes to social interactions, I have always felt like a whale ostracized from the group because she emits sound frequencies different from the others, which prevents her from communicating optimally.

We should stop having a romanticized vision of autism that is conveyed by the media, we are not all Elon Musk. I hate these self-diagnoses that abound on social networks which are put forward by the same group of individuals. Several statistics show that a large number of autistic people have no job or no partner. In my opinion it is more of a curse apart from the minority of those who have succeeded in harnessing their autism in useful and specific areas.

Personally, I am one of those who are tormented by their conditions and waste their time on philosophical questions.

(Sorry for long post)

 

[taigaisak4]

I am on the autistic spectrum, I have ASD level 1, but I also have severe social phobia. Unfortunately, this makes me have to pretend to be a different person all the time, and often pretend to be fine, which ends up making me "lose" myself. I still hope to be able to isolate myself completely one day, one of my dreams is to never have to go out to do anything (kinda weird, I know).

 

[igotpsychicpower]

I am on the autistic spectrum, I have ASD level 1, but I also have severe social phobia. Unfortunately, this makes me have to pretend to be a different person all the time, and often pretend to be fine, which ends up making me "lose" myself. I still hope to be able to isolate myself completely one day, one of my dreams is to never have to go out to do anything (kinda weird, I know).

Come join us

 

[Boo Man]

last time the doctor tried to psychoanalyze me his head exploded into a million particles so i diagnosed myself with evil genius syndrome and escaped back to the laboratory to work on the next phase of the plan

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

Neurodivergence is like
Autism, ADHD, BPD, OCD, Schizophrenia etc.
Disabilities, basically

Fun fun. Yes i'm autistic, though it isn't as obvious as it used to be.

I also seem to have a floating OCD topic of obsession, which changes semi-regularly about 3 months at a time (at one point i'll be cleaning like crazy, then i'll be in the mood to do nothing but programming, or playing with a Rubix Cube, or i'll get very interested in random cooking topic, etc).

Otherwise my OCD seems to be efficiency.... which really is a drag. Goes something like: Crap! i can't leave the house, i don't have all my internet bandwidth downloading at full capacity! And i can't go downstairs until i have a load of laundry to take down, and when I'm down there i have to put in and swap a load too, and do i have anything i need to bring up? And i can't go to the store unless i got something else to do as well because time/space/gas usage, etc etc etc. A lot of side tasks get put off nearly indefinately because i can't be 100% efficient and it grinds at you.