Neurotypical

Just a few questions here - I'm new to lucid dreaming. I garden quite a bit, so I can grow Artemisia douglasiana and a few other helpful herbs and make a poultice or something. I usually don't rem…

I’m 19 and left with a 4yo autistic sister. I feel extremely hopeless. — I’m 19f, my mom passed away November 2025 and Im left with a 5year old neurotypical sister and 4 year old sister diagnosed with autism, ocd, and adhd. My sisters and I have different fathers, their fa…

How do I stop being an alien? — All my life, I have felt alien around other people. I am fairly certain of the reason why, as I have been diagnosed with autism for the majority of my lifespan. I have always watched movies where the…

Ive been to NINE therapists in the past 4 years — TW: abuse & suicide ideations Heres all the things 9 different therapists did that they should have not done. This is my "do not" list Do not Say my abusive parents love me Do not that extreme mo…

How do I break the loop? — Hi all, I know this isn't the place for actual medical help but I've been on the waiting list for support for 15 months and I'm at the end of my tether. background: U.K. based Male in my late 20's. I…

advice for being autistic (20NB) in a relationship with a neurotypical person (20M) — hello everyone. i’ve been dating my partner for almost a year and i’ve been having a hard time recently with feeling very worthy of their time and energy since i’ve been having a lot of meltdowns and …

How to go lc when disabled and she’s my “caretaker” — Title- I’m 31 and I live with my parents and it’s destroying me and I need just a smidge of breathing room. I have multiple disabilities but I’m actually white capable of things- mainly I’m just exha…

Minor rant: has anyone's parents or relatives suggested inappropriate institutions, activities, or programs as a supposed form of self-discipline or self-improvement? — Oh boy, another spontaneous event. If I understand the news correctly, a draft to automatically register any man age 18 or older in the US will take into effect by December of this year. Naturally, an…

I built an ambient display for my wall because I needed something to hold my tasks when my nervous system couldn't. Here's what I learned. — I have ADHD and CPTSD and for years I thought my problem was motivation. I'd make lists. I'd use apps. I'd set reminders. Nothing stuck. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize the problem…

'People do not care as much what you say, but rather how you make them feel'. Do most neurotypicals believe this madness? — 36M, formally diangosed with autism, OCD, GAD, social anxiety. I have heard this saying so many times, especially amongst neurotypicals. Why in the hell do people think like this? Where is the thres…

Chatbots have caused severe psychosis and mental breaks in people in crisis, not to mention completely neurotypical people just looking for answers. All it does is agree with you and mirror you. It fe…

Just neurotypical things 🤭

Direct-within-the-context-of-neurotypical-conversational-norms is not the same as direct-without-them. (I say this as a neurotypical person who has spent a lot of time in relationships with neurodiver…

I’m glad to hear that you like the version of yourself when you’re with him! That conversation you described seems incomplete and waiting to be picked up again. I think the topic is too tricky to be c…

I wish I was born with a neurotypical brain. I've had to mask so deeply it feels like I'm a newborn when I try to completely let who I am out. It's like a lithium fire internally that dislikes anythin…

Are there any resources for managing long term relationships as a neurotypical person with someone on the autism spectrum? Book suggestions, etc.

Um, I'm not rejecting anybody. Maybe that was the case for you, but my loneliness comes from people not understanding me or outright disliking me. I try to do what I can to be approachable but there i…

As a ADHD/Autistic woman, OPs description of her emotional neutrality to things like shes struggling with really resonated. It can be scary to confront, but diagnosis actually comes with a lot of rel…

*short novel alert, sorry, TL;DR at the end* As someone who has been struggling with finding a technique that "just works" for these things as well, and who also just discovered I am neurodivergent (…

i feel this but with general stress tolerance. i’m autistic. it literally physically pains me sometimes to “push it down”. i was taught from childhood (by a mother that claims to have known i’ve been…

But in eight years, he has never expressed any problem with that dynamic, until the last few months. So either he *hasn't* "had eight years of that" (feeling bad that she doesn't initiate) and his fe…

You definitely could benefit from some kind of therapy. I’m sure that you can look around and find some low cost options or even some free support groups similar to AA if there is nothing else. Anxiet…

Same!, but specifically in the R/texts or amIWrong subs where I marvel at the way people talk to each other with zero finesse, tact, common courtesy, full of entitlement and a complete lack of care th…

I feel this with certain noises but not others. I can sleep soundly through a deafeningly loud air conditioner or work in loud environments but even the faintest of conversations outside at night migh…

i can’t meditate when i’m being violated by thoughts i don’t have control it’s like they have a mind of their own i don’t have a choice the way a neurotypical would

ADHD is not a mental health problem but a neurological difference. It can cause anxiety and depression if not getting proper help. As I’ve aged now I can mainly benefit from my ADHD because I’ve found…

This is my first time being in an involved relationship (not just in romantic terms, but in general) with someone who is (and I'm using this term as a shorthand) 'neurotypical' (or operates that way. …

LOL. I am you. Sometimes I'm also just the clinically "diagnosed" Neurodivergent. I think sharing in my passions and interests (and I always share in the other person's). I made a new friend and th…

Stop blaming neurodiversity for every incidence of poor behaviour. This man managed to find a partner, marry and find and hold down a job, despite his un medicated Adhd. He's making choices here. You…

I get overwhelmed (very) easily, need more downtime than most people, I’m not great with time management (time blindness) bc I procrastinate and have a hard time recognizing that I’m just making thing…

You could take time to explain it, but instead you’ll be all self righteous bc you actually can’t. I never said that I knew better than anyone about anything. Just that the constant justification of s…

Is it possible that you're just a joyful neurodivergent person? For some reason neurotypicals often seem to think that we need to be taken down a peg...

You sitting down? Good ... There's a good chance you're neurodivergent. Try browsing the neurodivergent subs here... /autism, /adhd, /neurodivergent... (I personally like /evilautism over the /autism…

I'm happy to put some weight off your shoulders. Regarding autism, I've had strong suspicions of it but I'm not so sure anymore since some of my autistic traits go away on days when I'm feeling ok. Wh…

It's intolerable as an ADHD person, as well. You just have to "assume and persist"... indefinitely... and make sure to do a "mental diet" which means watching all your thoughts and catching anything …

I used to envy my parents because they could take a break from me but I couldn’t. I can now … occasionally … get what I imagine is the neurotypical ‘vaca’ feeling in a meditation or yoga session

I agree. Its just hard because neurotypical society feels so rigid on how we do this... though TBH I used to live in the American South. The culture there is very rigid in general.

I am not a psychologist, but clumsiness, fine motor skills, issues with executive functioning (planning, focus, working memory, etc) and spatial reasoning issues are all things that I struggle with as…

I know you posted this a bit ago, but I lived through a similar experience.  I'm pretty sure my mother is high functioning autistic.  She is book smart, but embarrassingly socially inept which caused …

First I started working through my past, so it would stop affecting my nervous system and making it react to things that were not actually dangerous. The more balanced I felt the more work I could do …

You said you have been to therapy, have you been diagnosed with anything? ADHD? Don't listen to random people online and I am in no way qualified, but it sounds chemical to me. One of the wa…

I don’t want to diagnose anyone on Reddit lol, but sounds a lot like me not too long ago. I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD recently, got the meds, and while they work most of the symptoms you described g…

I was very unhappy before and I'm back to the status quo. You do not know me. Im not normal. Im not neurotypical. Im some weird ass autistic person whos been bullied from elementary till college and s…

First I've heard of a phonological loop. I'm curious how else you describe yourself/your brain. Are you neurotypical?

it's generalizing, it definitely depends on the mental illness and whether you're using responsibly. i have a mystery dissociative disorder and psychedelics have been great for me. meanwhile neurotypi…

I'd likely be seen as a trauma survivor than a trauma thriver. I am late thirties so not quite 40+, but frequently feel like I am "behind". I try to remind myself that it's all capitalist nonsense. 6 …

Yes and no. Mother was neurotypical, father and myself and my siblings are all neurodivergent. She seemed to take it out on all of us that she didn’t get “normal” children.

Nah...If you consumed this kind of media at an early age (as I did too) you were at least neglected. Parents should take care of what their kids are doing to protect them from harm. On top of that thi…

I have succeeded in this. I realized I was people pleasing at the expense of myself. The people I was clinging to didn’t even make me feel good, confident, happy, or fulfilled. I realized, I didn’t ev…

This is written by a person that is clearly neurotypical and doesn't understand the pure torture of masking during small talk.

Wo!! That’s impressive and amazing!! My son is autistic and I’m trying to manifest him to be neurotypical.. I love him but his behavior is just so hard to deal with. Do you have any tips? :)

Socializing is a skill! Some work hard to achieve it, others have a natural talent. For us autistic people, it can be a challenge. You don't *have* to learn how to socialize "the neurotypical way," bu…

It could be, it's hard to tell from just one issue because it needs to be a wider pattern. However, I know from experience that it can be really hard to identify the wider pattern when you're in it an…

It doesn’t make me happy either, but hey, at least we don’t tell each other, “Get over it!” like some neurotypical people have told me.

So you know you act. Ppl can smell that shit, especially normies (neurotypicals)

I see. Neurodivergence can make emotional regulation and interoception difficult. Without emotional connection the meaning of things, especially neurotypical behaviors, may not align with your exper…

I think the problem with therapy is that unfortunately, it truly doesn't fix you. A lot of stuff like DBT/CBT can help more...normal/neurotypical people. But that stuff is like going to a primacy care…

I used to feel like this too. I tried to talk to the neurotypical people I know, and I’m told that I’m “weak” and need to “get over it”. Tried to tell my therapist, and my therapist listens, but doesn…

Since we can't rant about other styles here, where can we? I don't think Anxious Attachment should be stigmatized and it's not as bad as avoidants who act like narcissistic, abusive psychopaths. An…