ND culture is wondering if you're legit going crazy when in reality you're just overwhelmed and starting to burn out
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ND culture is needing to adjust to new surroundings (even if they're quite familiar) and let your senses acclimate BEFORE someone comes charging toward you and hoses you with irrelevant news
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#NaturallyNeurodivergent
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ND culture is closely examining the face of the guy beside you as he's nattering on and on without even stopping for breath, and if he thinks to ask what you're doing, answering "I'm trying to find the off switch for your mouth"
#NaturallyNeurodivergent
#ActuallyAutistic
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Logical conclusion: #NaturallyNeurodivergent people are inherently empathetic
(despite all the times we're so overwhelmed by our empathy for a person that we shut down involuntarily, and are told "you have no empathy, you walking freeze dryer"
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ND culture is noticing that your vocabulary is 10x more prodigious when you're discussing an important, engaging subject than when you're trying to make useless small talk
#NeurodivergentCulture
#ActuallyAutistic
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That's if they ever interact with you again instead of cutting you off altogether. #NaturallyNeurodivergent
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I say this because, as I come within a month of my mid-40s, I still remember what it was like growing up #NaturallyNeurodivergent and not knowing it. All I remember is how, if my sister and I didn't behave exactly as the 'rents wanted... well, I forgot to put a TW at the beginning of this thread.
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ND culture is backing out of every group you've tried joining when you observe even the dimmest hint that you're not wanted (even if no such hint has actually been dropped)
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#NeurodivergentCulture
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ND culture is detesting grocery shopping because you're positive that other customers and stockers are purposely trying to run you over with their carts 😭
And you're so desperate to get out you forget the one thing you came for that you really needed
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#NaturallyNeurodivergent
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"she's just playing hard to get" uhhhhhh NO. I've been fending off unwelcome advances from guys since I was 14, Sam. I know what you want, I'm not willing to give it to you and I sure don't want to get it from you. I honestly do not want to have a relationship with you!! #NaturallyNeurodivergent
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"oh come on, the noise isn't that loud" it's not a question of volume, Stan, it's the way my brain is structured. Sudden loud noises set off its pain receptors. And no, I do NOT want to talk to you while I'm concentrating on my job, so observe the headphones and go away. 😾 #NaturallyNeurodivergent
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#AskingAutistics who are able to work -- why do you do what you do? What do you love about it? What do you hate about it (come on, there's gotta be something)?
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Or maybe it's "what ND people hear" and "what NT people mean"
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How many times have I been like, ok, if you object to how I say things, then I won't say anything at all. I'll go completely silent and speak only when spoken to, see how you like me then.
TOO DAMN MANY TIMES.
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Oh my God, there is no way to recount how fucking sick I am of people saying this to me. #NaturallyNeurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic
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Coming from a vacuum-skulled, barely sentient, self-absorbed sack of pig slop like him, there isn't enough salt in Barton Mine to take this with 🙄
#AutisticAndProudOfIt
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ND culture is seeing that you got a voicemail and being deathly afraid to listen to it, because it means the phone call was important enough to justify a voicemail and the caller most likely expects you to get back to them 🙀
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#NaturallyNeurodivergent
#NeurodivergentCulture
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*disables all incoming phone calls* #NaturallyNeurodivergent
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Hey. Martyrs. I got a news wave for you.
The only "profound" thing about #autism is empathy. And then only when it's felt by #ActuallyAutistic people who haven't been traumatized down a rabbit hole. #NaturallyNeurodivergent
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... when I was growing up and having no idea I was #NaturallyNeurodivergent merely because I was a girl.
You have to ask yourself if you're fully prepared to take on that responsibility when you bring a child into the world. If you can treat them with unconditional love and compassion... (5/)
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Rowling has been attacking trans women for years, she took aim at asexual people a week or so ago. Who's next on her menu, I wonder.
If she comes after #NaturallyNeurodivergent people of any sort next, there will really be hell to pay.
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This, friends, is why I don't dress in civilian attire or change my furstyle for social media sharing 😹
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ND culture is making a dreaded phone call and hoping it goes to voicemail so you don't have to talk directly to anyone
#ActuallyAutistic
#NeurodivergentCulture
#NaturallyNeurodivergent
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Let's declare May #AutisticRevengeMonth and hit back on this utter nonsense.
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#NaturallyNeurodivergent
And just for RFKJ...
#AbominablyAbleist
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....also, when #neurodivergent people use it to identify other #naturallyneurodivergent people (thank you, @autisticatwoman.bsky.social , don't mind if I do) who they know they won't like, all hopes of connecting with them are
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ND culture is grasping at any possible excuse to avoid gym class, because you aren't athletic, the teacher is ableist, the boys blast you for being a girl and the girls blast you for developing early (in all 3 dimensions)
#ActuallyAutistic
#NeurodivergentCulture
#NaturallyNeurodivergent
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We've been #ActuallyAutistic for years... how about those who aren't #autistic but are #ADHD or have #mentalillness or something else going on they haven't yet identified?
#NaturallyNeurodivergent!
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Successfully seeking and finding people who make you feel like you belong, though... that's the hard part. You can't know how other people will react to you and it's always hit or miss whether they actually will welcome you into their circle
(usually miss, when you're #NaturallyNeurodivergent)
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