My childhood best friend is ADHD, all but 1 of my other childhood friends is ADHD and about half of my current friends that I hang out with are either ADHD, on the autism spectrum or likely to be but as yet undiagnosed.
We’re the only ones who can tolerate each other for long periods. Most neurotypicals are extremely annoyed by our inattentivenss and impulsivity.
Yes but i went to a school for people with disabilities.
That’s cheating. :P
I think it’s that neuro-diverse people tend to gravitate towards each other, so this is probably survivor’s bias. I definitely find that other people with ADHD are able to grab and hold my attention better than neuro-typical people and also they’re more understanding and forgiving when I’m flaky, or too hyperactive, or whatever.
It is like how I have noticed queer people often tend to be nicer, more fully realized people than hetero people. Of course there are assholes of every type but in general hetero neurotypical people, especially if they are older men, can just behave like babies their whole life and not really be challenged to grow in any way beyond accepting whatever society hands them as part of an imposed identity and it is not a recipe for forming kind empathetic humans.
I mean, have you met many neurotypical people? It might be a confirmation bias caused by social sorting. I’m ‘quirky’ and I expect nothing less from the people I choose to hang with. It just turns out the quirks I gravitate toward are correlated with neurodiversity.
Aside from myself, there is only one other person in my family that has been formally diagnosed as being neurodivergent (autism). I was diagnosed when I was 32. So I found it interesting that even decades before that, I happened to tend to be closer to people that were formally diagnosed with ADHD. The vast majority of my classmates, coworkers and students that I have tutored were very likely neurotypical. But this wasnt true of most of the people I chose to be around.
I don’t know how, but half of my students (I tutor online) are neurodivergent too, which suits me just fine.
Well the school system isn’t very supportive of neurodivergent students so it isn’t THAT surprising.
Yes, because other people are boring
I’ve tried so many times. Can’t do it. Especially as an adult and all most people want to talk about are their kids and work.
Thanks no thanks. I’m talking to you for stimulation. Not reminders of my own responsibilities I’ve probably been inadequately maintaining.
They don’t… do anything! They don’t talk about themselves or that side project they’re obsessed with (what side project?) or their shower thoughts or… How am I supposed to work with that?
Just void of enthusiasm and personality
