neurodiverse
What is Neurodivergence?
It's ADHD, Autism, OCD, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bi-polar, aspd, etc etc etc etc
“neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behavior”
So, it’s very broad, if you feel like it describes you then it does as far as we're concerned
Rules
1.) ableist language=post or comment will probably get removed (enforced case by case, some comments will be removed and restored due to complex situations). repeated use of ableist language=banned from comm and possibly site depending on severity. properly tagged posts with CW can use them for the purposes of discussing them
2.) always assume good faith when dealing with a fellow nd comrade especially due to lack of social awareness being a common symptom of neurodivergence
2.5) right to disengage is rigidly enforced. violations will get you purged from the comm. see rule 3 for explanation on appeals
3.) no talking over nd comrades about things you haven't personally experienced as a neurotypical chapo, you will be purged. If you're ND it is absolutely fine to give your own perspective if it conflicts with another's, but do so with empathy and the intention to learn about each other, not prove who's experience is valid. Appeal process is like appealing in user union but you dm the nd comrade you talked over with your appeal (so make it a good one) and then dm the mods with screenshot proof that you resolved it. fake screenies will get you banned from the site, we will confirm with the comrade you dm'd.
3.5) everyone has their own lived experiences, and to invalidate them is to post cringe. comments will be removed on a case by case basis depending on determined level of awareness and faith
4.) Interest Policing will not be tolerated in any form. Support your comrades in their joy!
Further rules to be added/ rules to be changed based on community input
RULES NOTE: For this community more than most we understand that the clarity and understandability of these rules is very important for allowing folks to feel comfortable, to that end please don't be afraid to be outspoken about amendments and addendums to these rules, as well as any we may have missed
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I relate a lot and I'm sorry you're going through this. Nobody deserves what this world puts disabled people through, it's unforgivable.
Nobody knows the boundless kindness, passion and creativity in my heart because I'm too fucking tired after spending weeks going in and out of dissociative states between washing dishes and being too tired to move. Why keep going? For an exciting future of chores and exhaustion? Sometimes it barely makes sense and I feel my sanity slipping. chr*stians can't scare me with hell, because I've already tasted it - this world is hell for disabled people.
pretty doomery rant bleeehhh
Almost every day I feel like I'm watching people I know living their lives at such a breakneck pace, and to such a fullness that I will never be able to achieve. I'm on everybody else's clock, and never my own, because you see everyone has "important jobs" and I get to "sit at home". So I need to work around everyone, but most of my energy is spent on keeping my body from dying and doing the most basic administrative tasks, and I'm shit even at that - I haven't opened a letter in years due to crippling anxiety. But even "friends" who "love me" and call me "family" have no real concept of what being in solidarity with disabled people looks like and no understanding of how fundamentally fucked up disabled people's lives can be on account of societal abandonment. I have no dignity as a human, I live in a forever prison of daily chores that exhaust me to the point of not being able to treat kindly the people who have supported me the most and it's shit. We hang out and I'm just fucking moody, everything sets me off, because I don't have it in me to be a fleshbag right now, much less interact with anyone. And then I get seen as a downer and people don't care to reach out and talk. Because if a friend isn't there to give you some good brain chemicals and fuck off, then what are they forI feel this. Thank you for posting, I feel less alone.
I'm glad my ramblings did some good out there