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Neurodivergent 2w

I’m starting to get really annoyed with people romanticizing ADHD or Autism or just mental illness in general. I’d do anything to have a normal brain, so why are neurotypical people so fascinated with mental illness?

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Anonymous 2w

AuDHD makes me so fuckinf lonely. I just wanna be able to make/keep friends like a normal person. Nothing fucking quirky about it.

Anonymous 2w

I think many people have a tendency to romanticize it because they only see the “quirky” stuff like ooh autism is so cool I wish I was quirky and weird. No you don’t. It’s not fun.

Anonymous 2w

Well, I think its fair to say at least some who romanticize adhd specifically fall into the category of people who don’t have it, but want the medication

Anonymous 2w

This sounds like something a neurotypical would say.

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Anonymous

#1 2w

100% 😭.I also imagine that in response to feeling alienated by a society that’s really built for neurotypical folks, some folks that have it can romanticize it for themselves as a form of…coping? Then of course there’s those wild slogans that say stuff like “autism is a superpower”. Or how most of our depictions in media are of either lower support needs, super genius’s, etc. Like, I appreciate their attempt to lift folks like me up, but it can absolutely give the wrong impression to folks.🥲

Anonymous

#2 2w

I hear you bro. And people are interested in autism until someone exhibits traits that aren’t stereotypical. They think it’s cute until they find it annoying.

Anonymous

#3 2w

Agreed

Anonymous

#6 2w

Me, an AuDHD person: 😒

Anonymous

#7 2w

that and its probably a function of how people see adhd and autism as a “benefit” of some kind, which is why people who romanticize either (or any mental illness) strike me as performative overall. They think people with actual adhd and autism use their diagnosis as a way to excuse all negative behaviors, so they romanticize the concept of living “without consequence”, and in turn romanticize the disorders they believe allow people to live that way- even though they definitely don’t, in reality

Anonymous

#7 2w

Teaaaaaaa