Comment on Why does everyone here think they're autistic or ADHD? The memes all describe normal human foibles.
Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 2 days ago
Everybody pees once in a while but if you do it 20 times a day something might be wrong. Every ADHD/‘tism/bipolar trait is experienced by neurotypical people, but not to the degree someone with an actual diagnosis do.
NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I am not so sure that’s actually true for all traits. Certainly I don’t think most people have any kind of eye contact aversion. Likewise many people very much do not have alexithymia.
Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 2 days ago
You might be right, what I wrote is what I usually say to the people who dismiss any neurospicy person because “EvErYbOdY dOeS tHaT”
NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Yeah fair enough. It is one of the often repeated things. There are some things it just doesn’t really apply to.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 days ago
I don’t agree. In wild animals, eye contact is often a bad thing because it can be viewed as a challenge. Similarly, “staring down” someone is very much a bad thing. There are many natural moments when “normal” people don’t like eye contact or don’t feel like making it.
Similarly, I think most people grossly underestimate their emotional acuity. Just look at how many people fall into the, “I’m an empath” meme, or at how many people don’t actually understand consent.