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Everything is "neurodivergent" now.
Oh, you sometimes forget where you left something? Neurodivergent.
Oh, you have a particular way you like to organize things that works for you? Neurodivergent.
Oh you don't organize at all? Also neurodivergent.
You don't like some foods because they taste weird to you? You bet your sweet little snowflake ass, neurodivergent.
And look, I'll give it to you that the field has opened up, there is better research into psychology, autism, adhd etc. Diagnosis are obviously going to go up as understanding goes up.... but ffs... So many people watch some TikTok self-help "coach" and think "omg, I do that!! that means I'M different and special now! lmao, so neurospicy". It's the "I wash my hands after cooking, I'm OCD like that" bullshit. Back when EVERYONE who did anything with even the slightest modicum of care/detail would say they're a little OCD.
And it just makes light of people with actual struggles, with REAL "neurodivergence". As if it's just some quirky thing. So now people with OCD are seen, NOT as someone with a debilitating disorder that literally consumes hours of their day and faculties. But, instead, they're just a little silly, just a goof.
Everyone now is like "omg, sometimes I just daydream and forget what I was doing, I'm soooo ADHD".... like....
No, I have ADHD.... are you struggling to do things in a manner that causes you severe internal panic? And even though you logically know what should be done you can't bring yourself to take action because you get overwhelmed when trying to think of all the tasks and subtasks and prep work and then you don't know where to start and so you just ...
don't ...
do ...
anything, even as your mind is screaming?
And then the guilt of not having accomplished the goals feeds into a pattern of failure and anxiety to the point where you just stop caring to try anymore?
Sorry, just a little neurospicy. My brain a widdle fuckywucky, lolol so random. Right?
This is nothing new, people have been saying this shit since before the internet became a household thing. (I organise all my movies alphabetically, I'm soooo OCD!) It's just the vernacular that changes.
I've always hated that. OCD is a clinical term, not something that means "picky".
Right. The OCD stuff drove me up a wall. Because I knew people who had actual diagnosed OCD and struggled to trust their own mind/eyes, and they'd have to go back and check, and back and check. People having actual panic attacks midday because suddenly they're worried they left the stove on, even though they checked it like 30 times before leaving.
But then some RaWr_xD kid would be like "omg, I HAVE to organize my nailpolish, so OCD" (Insert ValleyGirl accent as appropriate). Completely diminishing my friend's hours lost of their life, everyday, to being equivalent to the basic concept of properly putting things away.....
And then he'd explain to people that he has OCD, and their expectations of what that meant were completely inaccurate. Get upset at him because he's "doing the OCD thing", thinking it was some goofy quirk or performance, and not a thing he struggles with and literally told them about. Employers included.