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[–] AlDente 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I'm not NT"

Not with that attitude! For real though, nothing in this existence is black and white. Labels are for cans, not people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Correct, DSM has pushed this notion that correlation and diagnosis of symptoms are well understood when under the DSM they are more loose associations of symptoms that say nothing of cause. You wouldn't group and heart attack and a broken rib as the same illness just because they both have the same symptom of chest pain. This isn't to deny the real symptoms people have though.

[–] AlDente 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know about this DSM, I just don't like labels. Especially "normal", that one sounds really lame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

that one sounds really lame.

hmmm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I chose the word NT because I think it's the least divisible label.

I don't choose or want to be neurodivergent, I'm reminded by NTs that I'm not normal in everyday life through social games and hints that I don't understand.

[–] AlDente 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't want to be called NT or non-NT. I definitely wouldn't want someone applying an opposing label to me just because they perceive I'm different than a label they identify with. Everyone is unique in their own way. You can just call me human.

I wish you the best, friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's okay. Same to you.