The reason why I put this thread up, actually, was because I am actually going to get evaluated for ADHD. Apparently I was able to overcome that shit as a kid because I was smart, but it's actually now starting to fuck with my life. I had a conversation with a good friend of mine about some shit I've been dealing with and he said maybe I should get tested for this stuff because then I can figure out how to work around it.
I looked this term up because the person I'm working with keeps fucking using ""neurodivergent/neurotypical" in her daily vernacular. The problem is we don't have many ADHD experts where I live and it looks like she is the most competent and knowledgeable about the issue.
Like fuck man, I'm a grown ass man. It's perfectly ok to say a "normal" brain vs. an "ADHD brain". It is simple fucking fact that if you have these mental disorders, it's because SHIT IN YOUR BRAIN ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. It's this same soft ass bullshit leftist academics use to "destigmatize" something when the original term was already descriptive enough.
I'm tempted to ask her to stop using that shit when she talks with me because I take zero offense to being called "not normal". My brain is potentially not normal, it is fact, you don't have to sugar coat that shit to me.
I am actually going to get evaluated for ADHD. Apparently I was able to overcome that shit as a kid because I was smart, but it's actually now starting to fuck with my life.
I'm in a similar situation myself. The only reason I haven't consulted doctors about it is because I distrust them, their theories, and I distrust the treatments often issued for these sorts of things.
I'm tempted to ask her to stop using that shit when she talks with me because I take zero offense to being called "not normal". My brain is potentially not normal, it is fact, you don't have to sugar coat that shit to me.
My hobbies alone stand out as 'not normal'. Tabletop wargaming and scale models, as popular and big business as they may be, are really not normal in their appeal. You know they're not normal the instant you set foot into the specialty stores that cater to them; The people inside are... 'different'. Some more obviously than others, but it's impossible not to notice the great overrepresentation of people who have some one or two patterns of behavior that are strikingly unusual.
The reason why I put this thread up, actually, was because I am actually going to get evaluated for ADHD. Apparently I was able to overcome that shit as a kid because I was smart, but it's actually now starting to fuck with my life. I had a conversation with a good friend of mine about some shit I've been dealing with and he said maybe I should get tested for this stuff because then I can figure out how to work around it.
I looked this term up because the person I'm working with keeps fucking using ""neurodivergent/neurotypical" in her daily vernacular. The problem is we don't have many ADHD experts where I live and it looks like she is the most competent and knowledgeable about the issue.
Like fuck man, I'm a grown ass man. It's perfectly ok to say a "normal" brain vs. an "ADHD brain". It is simple fucking fact that if you have these mental disorders, it's because SHIT IN YOUR BRAIN ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. It's this same soft ass bullshit leftist academics use to "destigmatize" something when the original term was already descriptive enough.
I'm tempted to ask her to stop using that shit when she talks with me because I take zero offense to being called "not normal". My brain is potentially not normal, it is fact, you don't have to sugar coat that shit to me.
I'm in a similar situation myself. The only reason I haven't consulted doctors about it is because I distrust them, their theories, and I distrust the treatments often issued for these sorts of things.
My hobbies alone stand out as 'not normal'. Tabletop wargaming and scale models, as popular and big business as they may be, are really not normal in their appeal. You know they're not normal the instant you set foot into the specialty stores that cater to them; The people inside are... 'different'. Some more obviously than others, but it's impossible not to notice the great overrepresentation of people who have some one or two patterns of behavior that are strikingly unusual.
Yeah, take a look at the speedrunning community. None of those fucks are normal and there's a shitload of mentally ill troons in there.