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𝐂𝐁 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧's avatar

I don’t have a diagnosis nor do I consider myself neurodivergent; however, I can see these behaviors in others AND myself. I’m a firm believer that we are all on a continuum (personality types, brain types, emotional/social/physical beings) and though “labels” can help (hopefully more than they hinder or pigeon-hole someone)—having answers or reason *why* you/they do or say or act a certain way. It can help build tools and skills to function in life and society. Our existence on a continuum means that we are not *only* in one place, but shift over time (be that years, months, or even hour to hour) as you say. Because you are correct—external factors (e.g gen X vs. gen z realities of information availability or even knowledge of how the brain functions) AND internal factors (our age, dehydration levels, glucose levels, etc) all affect our we function. Thank you for sharing this. Being able to understand that my husband has “jumpy eyes” and isn’t purposely leaving the one thing he HAD to take with him today on the counter or recognizing that I *need* to organize my life in color coded calendar events and spreadsheets, well, it proves that we all have a little “neurodivergency” even if we do not have textbook ADHD.

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Noor Rahman's avatar

Oh I loved so much about this post Jody and I can related to so many of the things you've described here. Getting my ADHD diagnosis was so life-changing for me because I could finally figure out how to cope with my atypical brain. That, and finally feeling like I wasn't just a lazy procrastinator. I still struggle a lot with things like texting my friends back timely and getting myself to do life admin like cancel various subscriptions and pay bills. I'm a work in progress but aren't we all?

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