and not every disability is visible. This rhetoric is hurting every neurodivergent person out there, no matter how high or low they are on the spectrum. It's genetic, and there is more awareness and research about it, so more people start to get diagnosed.
Misdiagnosed, masked my whole life, multiple burnouts, years of self-criticism, thinking I was weak, not trying hard enough, poor living situations despite living in a first world country and this is what our fellow neurodivergent people have to say. There is nuance in everthing-
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Spoke to my soul. Fuck man, I have so much to say about this topic. I'm 22 in 3 months, and when I realized I kept falling back to old habits and in fact had gotten worse, I knew I couldn't go on like this. Something is wrong, and it's not in my control.
Very upsetting knowing this isn't something people should deal with. I'm not physically tired, just mentally. I'm tired of having to prepare myself everyday just to do mundane tasks.
Woke up, had breakfast, marinated chicken, and washed the dishes. This alone made me feel accomplished and even happy. Except, now i'm here, doing nothing because I have to mentally prepare myself for new tasks. Even when I write them down and do them, I feel very tiredafterwards
While I journal, I sometimes skip letters, words, or forget as i'm writing what I wanted to say. I recently realized it's because I have multiple monologues talking at once in my head. And no, this isn't dyslexia, never had trouble spelling or reading.
I did not expect this to pop off. My biggest advice I can give is to journal. I can not express how much journalling can save your life, and make you realize about things you may have been blind to.

