My therapist thinks I'm neurodivergent

Shock horror

Ayyy another disability to add to the list. Step aside epilepsy, we've got a new friend now

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It isn’t a disability or even a diagnosis. It’s a blanket term to say your brain works differently. Seems everybody’s brain is different though…so we all can be described as that.

Don’t live by labels. Just love being the unique person you are.

HijabaDabbaDoo · F

@Pinkstarburst Objectively speaking, it is a disability because the functioning in parts of your brain is weakened, particularly the prefrontal cortex. That doesn't make it a negative thing, it's a different way of processing.

I think it helps acknowledging the difference.
I don't love myself any less because of it. It's helping me make more sense of myself

Pinkstarburst · F

@HijabaDabbaDoo I would be considered this because I have mental illness. My friend would as well because they are dyslexic. I suck at math but excel in art and hubs can do math in his head but cannot draw a straight line.

All I’m saying is our brain differences make us individuals. Yes, we have to adjust, but isn’t that how life works? It isn’t a disability. It’s just how people are designed…to be different.

My best to you on your new, adjusted, journey. I know you will succeed!

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@HijabaDabbaDoo I have close neurodivergent friends and they're goddamn amazing and their being ND is a part of that.

But definitely a disability I have an easier time getting by than they do. Even in a perfectly equitable utopian society executive dysfunction is not an advantage.