How To Tell My Parents That I Literally Can't Stim If They Can See Me Because Then I Get Embarrassed

How to tell my parents that i literally can't stim if they can see me because then I get embarrassed and it just makes me feel worse and then I get frustrated

“Mental health isn’t real”

“everybody seems to have ADHD nowadays”

“What are you autistic or something?”

Hyperfocus can be scary...

Like, you do stuff and do some more and more and just like that hours have passed, you're tired and hungry and thirsty and really have to pee, and when you stand up you get dizzy and all your joints ache and you're like, 'how on earth did I not notice this?'

It's a really weird feeling...

People with psychotic disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with personality disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with substance abuse disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with tic disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with bipolar disorder are neurodivergent too.

People with dissociative disorders are neurodivergent too.

Neurodivergence isn’t just ADHD, autism, anxiety, and depression. (Plus those last two also get left out sometimes!) Neurodivergence is anything that affects your brain.

“Neurodivergent people hate loud noises” is actually just as valid as a statement as “neurodivergent people have delusions,” “neurodivergent people have tics,” or even “neurodivergent people have low empathy.”

The times where you have the same hyperfixation as your friends are the best ones

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