neurodiverse
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
Rules
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.
3.5) everyone has their own lived experiences, and to invalidate them is to post cringe. comments will be removed on a case by case basis depending on determined level of awareness and faith
4.) Interest Policing will not be tolerated in any form. Support your comrades in their joy!
Further rules to be added/ rules to be changed based on community input
RULES NOTE: For this community more than most we understand that the clarity and understandability of these rules is very important for allowing folks to feel comfortable, to that end please don't be afraid to be outspoken about amendments and addendums to these rules, as well as any we may have missed
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ND comms is popping off tonight. I love this lol. ASD here with a few co-morbitities
I read a lot of people end up with imposter syndrome after or running up to a diagnosis.
I got it after like 6-8 years of occasional research, which is a telltale sigh you might be autistic. I finally got a diagnosis last year from my therapist. Not the big diag but she was still like " you're hella autistic" and she's pretty dang smart about neurodivergence.
But I still had the imposter syndrome stuff going for a couple months after. Since then I've even met people in the ND space that could tell in like 5 minutes of meeting me. I also even did more reading on it. I'm finally more just accepting and learning how to mask properly(never really learned so guess who the weird kid was?)like, I do mask but poorly. I borrow phrases and postures from friends and such but I didn't know that was masking until my last deep dive.
ImpSyn is pretty much gone at this point but I also recognize when I've been heavily masking and after I can stop I go into decompression mode for a few hours and am back to a baseline. Goofy, sarcastic, dorky me.