The funny thing about figuring out youre neurodivergent is looking through your family and starting to notice youre definitely not the only one

Autism and ADHD creature stickers by @magentasnail on redbubble!!!!!!

I got extras of some (many) (most) of them and I'm gonna stick them ON THE WALLS!!! YIPPEEEE

once again, not shifting related, but see, i have a lot of things that come along with autism and ADHD, and the like, but i’m still prettyyy damn sure i don’t have em, but also maaaybe, buuut alsooo i don’t knoooow. i have hyperfixations, special interests, the verbal shutdowns, shutdowns in general, meltdowns, also executive dysfunction, neurodivergent stimming (plus some that can pass as neurotypical stimming), and lots more that i can’t remember at the moment, cuz i haven’t eaten enough, OH YEAH AND SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, annnd auditory processing disorder, also internalized echolalia and just echolalia, possibly alexithymia, and have trouble with social cues and eye contact. plus food allergies which is also common/comorbid with autism. plus also i was what ya call the gifted kid and now i’m burnt out and even though my grades are always good when i actually hand something in, i constantly procrastinate and have basically given up on school altogether, cuz there’s no possible way for my mental health to be okay, for me to have relationships, for me to do things i like, and do well and be consistent in school all at the same time.

soooo, what am i? i relate to autistics and ADHDers A TON. buuuut i don’t think i am one of y’all. buuut what else can i possibly be? i have no idea. i am a mystery and i pretty sure i always will be.

Having an autistic person who loves loud noises/making loud noises (my younger cousin), and an adhd person who hates loud noises/is overstimulated by loud noises (me) in the same house is not a good idea. I am constantly overstimulated. Even with headphones because for some reason my new headphones dont block noise as well as my other ones.

My only solace is having my door closed, but even then my parents constantly forget to close it.

Hee-Hawesome Fact #29: While none of the official characters on Donkey Hodie have been confirmed to be neurodivergent as of this post, the show has acknowledged the existence of neurodiverse people via their mobile games, specifically, the game Cousin Hodie Playdate, made with neurodiverse children in mind by the consultation of a neurodiverse creator, Carlea Jean Magee.

Additionally, popular fan theories speculate over characters such as Bob Dog, Panda, and even Donkey herself being neurodiverse, with ADHD and autism respectively.

Me: I can't possibly have (ADHD/autism) that's preposterous!

Also me: So do you wanna hear about this character I've made that's basically impossible to get out of my head now, I've been drawing and developing for months obsessively to the point I don't focus on other plot points or storylines, inserting them into other things I like that i might also grow a strong fascination towards, and this is basically all you'll hear from me along with the same jokes over and over again for an undisclosed amount of time?

Dragonfruit, The Coolatta Family, two of the Draculas, Korekiyo Shinguji, Derpy Hooves, and all of their respective familiars on the same spread because I love them.

do people with adhd have special interests? do we do that? cause i’ve been in my free willy shark week marine biology era for a solid decade now and like shit has not changed.

Whenever I get hyper fixated on something else that’s not my special interest I always get scared of losing it. It feels like I’m cheating in a way? That’s not how it works AT ALL, 90% of normal people like more than one thing but I still always worry…

How to give first aid advice without sounding like you had a very dark adolescence

I dont have face blindness, I know lots of faces! I just dont know their names or where I met them when I come across them again, BUT I KNOW THEIR FACE.

And just like that they started 1st, 3rd, and 4th grade! ✏️📖

me spending most of my life thinking I made up this one transformers character bcos I didnt remember their name and couldnt figure out how to google them:

my 11 yr old cousin w a special interest in transformers immediately after I bring it up: oh thats skyfire :]!

thinking about how apparently i was born with my umbilical chord wrapped around my neck, and i don't THINK that's the reason i'm neurodivergent in like. several different ways. but sometimes i do wonder if there's a link and it would for sure interest me...

Sister who says she doesn’t have theee adhd as caffeine does indeed affect and energize her and then later says I think I get obsessed with food. I’ll eat a food and then I’ll eat it constantly for like weeks and I love making lists and has sensory problems towards sounds (ala styrofoam squeaking and chewing)

girl.

Me having a crisis because what I previously thought were symptoms of ADHD feel a lot more accurate to autism (and would make a lot more sense considering my brother’s also autistic)