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this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
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What is Neurodivergence?
It's ADHD, Autism, OCD, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bi-polar, aspd, etc etc etc etc
“neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behavior”
So, it’s very broad, if you feel like it describes you then it does as far as we're concerned
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1.) ableist language=post or comment will probably get removed (enforced case by case, some comments will be removed and restored due to complex situations). repeated use of ableist language=banned from comm and possibly site depending on severity. properly tagged posts with CW can use them for the purposes of discussing them
2.) always assume good faith when dealing with a fellow nd comrade especially due to lack of social awareness being a common symptom of neurodivergence
2.5) right to disengage is rigidly enforced. violations will get you purged from the comm. see rule 3 for explanation on appeals
3.) no talking over nd comrades about things you haven't personally experienced as a neurotypical chapo, you will be purged. If you're ND it is absolutely fine to give your own perspective if it conflicts with another's, but do so with empathy and the intention to learn about each other, not prove who's experience is valid. Appeal process is like appealing in user union but you dm the nd comrade you talked over with your appeal (so make it a good one) and then dm the mods with screenshot proof that you resolved it. fake screenies will get you banned from the site, we will confirm with the comrade you dm'd.
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I'm sorry that your partner would get mad at you for that, that's really unfair, especially if you explained your background on that. Glad that person is an ex!
For me & my person, though, we both swear like sailors lol. I think it's just more the sheer agitation/frustration that I feel is what stresses him out. And it can be something as little as like, the cursor on my laptop getting frozen. Obviously there's a scale of frustration there but I think it wears on him all the same and just suppressing my frustration at all levels feels like it's gonna be an impossible task..
I think I'm in a very severe state of burnout though so I hope that I recover quickly. Like I'm starting to stim in public in ways I never used to (absolute avoidance of eye contact while speaking, constantly using fidgets, rocking back and forth). It suckkkkks but that's a tangent lol.
That really sucks that you would have to pay to switch practitioners! Especially if it would be a gamble as to whether the new one would be an improvement. Is it expensive?
oh gotcha. i do also get that, i have rly shitty boundaries so ppl being upset around me freaks me out lmao
yea given what you've said you sound very burnt out. really hard to suppress things at that stage. i would just recommend the other outlets for it. journalling works for me, though im sure there's other options. my partner (also autistic) gets angry very easily, but generally hides it pretty well since im so bad at dealing with it. he generally deflects anger by smiling, which sounds kinda weird, but he's the type that doesn't facially emote unless he consciously thinks of doing it. so certain facial expression became an outlet for anger like yelling does. idk if that'd work for anyone else or if he's just weird tho lmao 😭
it's just cos i have a free one through free health services, but if i want to change i'd have to go private bc they literally only have the one therapist for the area
That's so absurd to me that they only have one therapist, jeez! Kinda makes sense that they wouldn't do that extra research, I'm sure they are so burnt out. Loooove our supportive healthcare systems