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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 don't experience anxiety very often but when I do it's bad. I HAVE to do something about it I NEED to ease my anxiety somehow and usually these anxieties are based on insecurity so it tends to be begging my girlfriend for reassurance. This has only happened like twice in 4 years so it is thankfully not common. You must understand that if she is not available I will go to any lengths to contact her. The only time she has ever been unavailable at that time almost killed our relationship because I called her dad and sister trying to get a hold of her. Granted both instances of this sort of anxiety happened within a span of two months, my mental health was terrible at the time and it was my first time ever experiencing that sort of emotion but I don't want it to happen again. I'm in therapy now, we both are, and things are ok.
Physically, I feel electric as well. Like I have a current running through me. It isn't a shock but more like a persistent buzz. I'll even sometimes feel physically numb. As if slamming my limp hand against a solid object wouldn't even register.
I also feel similarly out of control, I know logically at the time that I'm taking things too far and every part of being is screaming to fucking stop but every second I wait is unbearable so another part of me will do anything to reach it's conclusion. However terrible I might make that conclusion for myself in the process.
Looking back these are more akin to panic attacks but unfortunately that so the only way I experience anxiety. I don't typically even worry about things until they are affecting me but I'm also ADHD so that's probably why
All of this is so fucking relatable. I’m so sorry you have to experience how crippling it is as well
Hmm people have always told me I’m autistic for as long as I can remember, but I think there may be a bit of ADHD in me too