A home for discussion of neurodiversity, both as an innate reality and an activist mindset.
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A home for discussion of neurodiversity, both as an innate reality and an activist mindset.
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A home for discussion of neurodiversity, both as an innate reality and an activist mindset.
I really loved this article, thank you for sharing! Some quotes I really connected with; I get excited when I feel understood/validated. (I'll come back and add more later):
Medication and therapy are very much discouraged in my family, and considering our predisposition towards mental illnesses, as an adult I find this attitude to be all out dangerous. As a teen when my depression was BADbad, one of my biggest concerns was an erasure or dampening of my personality. I constantly heard horror stories of medications that left people feeling numb, dull; basically not themselves. I determined from an early age that I would live with my depression in all its peaks and valleys as is.
This is something I only realized as an adult. A huge catalyst in being more vocal has in fact been Imzy. Thank you for existing. :)
Just identified with this personally. I find a lot of times when you tell a neurotypical person that you have depression, the conversation sharply steers towards suicidal worries/"jokes" and spending the rest of the time reassuring them that's not you.
Depression can be numbness. The emotional equivalent of watching paint dry. It can be not being able to get out of bed. Its self depreciation and self doubt. Endless exhaustion. Insomnia. Randomly crying alone in bed at 2am because your insomnia lead your thoughts to dead loved ones or missed opportunities or memories you didn't appreciate at the time.
I cannot tell you how many times that has been said to me.
I've never lost a job over it, but I've definitely had bosses call me into their office to discuss the amount of sick days I take or snarky passive comments in front of everyone.
My high school best friend (at the time) said this to me word for word. She grew up to be a fucking therapist. -.-
Thanks for listening. :)
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Not at all! I assumed it was you who hearted my post and I agree its kind of like saying, I see you and agree. I just added a second comment because I don't think Imzy notifies you when you edit a post and I wanted you to read what I added. :#)
I always like the articles you post; they are either super educating or personally validating. I constantly battle with feeling uncomfortable/silly/too much when I reply to someone all of the time, so I'm actually reallyreallyreally relieved you said that.
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HAHAHA yeah they gotta get on that DM business!
I would LOVE to help out - thank you for asking me!!! Is there anything specific you're looking for other than making sure /neurodiversity stays a safe place, occasionally posting things, etc?