• CallMeMrFlipper@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Right, I agree. But when you see posts like, “the adhd way I hold my pencil” and it’s literally just how you’re taught to hold a pencil, it starts to be problematic. If you make everything that’s “normal” into something that’s neurodivergent, it’s gonna make actual traits and symptoms seem much more abnormal. And it also encourages people to claim they have it when they don’t. Like when someone says they have OCD because they like their desk to be organized. I know that organization can be a symptom of OCD, but the severity of the stress and discomfort of disorganization when you have OCD is gonna be much higher. So it creates a sort of distorted image of what these things look like and it makes it harder for society as a whole to recognize actual neurodivergence. “My cousin has OCD and he’s not like that, you’re just being weird” is a sentiment I’ve heard way too often.

    • kieron115@startrek.website
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      13 days ago

      If someone needs to be overly organized I would be more likely to assume they are just on the ASD now, but I definitely remember people joking about OCD like you’re saying.