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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
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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.
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I've honestly masked so much I kind of forgot who I really am. When I'm alone, this does give me a lot of stress "do I actually like XYZ or do I just tell myself that I do?", it even effects my QoL because I want to 'go back' to college and try to escape the reserve army of labor, but I have no idea what I want to do and I cannot trust myself to stick to something because I fear I'll just get bored of it, or make the wrong decision and porky no longer sees it as an in-demand skill and boom. Back to square one. I wish I could give a better answer because now I'm not even sure what I am, generally what I want to do most days is quite literally absolutely nothing.
However, the closest answer I could give is....I hate to admit it....is a channer, and mostly done out of self-defense. Starting around middle school, my school district loved advertising the fact that autistic kids were autistic and went overboard, and I ended up getting a one-on-one aide despite not needing one, and I did end up working my ass off to show the school I didn't need one, but the damage was done. People saw me as the "autistic kid", and essentially treated me like the village idiot. I started adopting 4chan mannerisms because 4chan is stereotyped to be full of autistic people, but were somehow admired (Yes, this was also before I became radicalized). Eventually this also turned me into a cynic that I have not fully recovered from because I assume everyone is exactly just like people on 4chan, especially /pol/ are deep down. However, I am recovering from this and becoming more of a "normie" and unironically enjoying things 4chan told me I'm not allowed to like because it's 'soy', 'reddit', or 'cringe'.