Doctor Explains Why The Neurodivergent Feel Younger Than Their Age

[@ewhite3691]

When I was young, I felt old. Now that I'm old, I feel young.

[@carlhenry6223]

When I was in my mid teens I looked 20, and when I hit my 30s I looked 20. All this time I acted 20.

[@katherinezei7900]

About 40 years ago, I was 12 going on 37. Now, I’m 52 going on 24. How the heck did that work? Blarg

[@lolo-su6ig]

@ewhite~ exactly me!

[@joan.nao1246]

🎯

[@nannywhumpers5702]

In my 50's and was waiting to turn into an adult. I've come to the conclusion I will never.

[@KendraLeeHolisticMuse]

same

[@johnsaunders781]

70, and still waiting 😆

[@silicon212]

I'm 56. Adulthood is overrated. I have never, during my entire adulthood experience, felt that I ever passed 16.

[@photasticimages9258]

@@johnsaunders781 70, also, and from what I hear, it ain't what it's cracked up to be. I'll take their word for it. 😂😉

[@3Kefka6Palazzo9]

I just had this discussion with my therapist last week. I told him I think that if I was to be honest with myself (Autistic 41m) I think my emotional maturity is around 18-20 yet my logical reasoning is superior than average and so I will often mask using my logical reasoning to shut my emotional immaturity before I can do something detrimental to myself. I don't drink alcohol precisely because alcohol targets logical reasoning and I tend to get myself into trouble because my more immature emotional state overtakes my logical state when inebriated. If 0-100 represented the scale of emotional maturity and logical reasoning, I would give myself a 20/100 for emotional maturity and a 90/100 for logical reasoning.

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this. I'll bet many of us resonate with your experience.

[@edwardsong7628]

My guess you are not emotionally immature. You've just been gaslighted to believe so.

[@VideoGameMarimbist]

I have often felt very emotionally immature but I have gone through my Autism journey I have been suspecting that I may have alexithymia which affect my ability to understand my own emotions. This has resulted in my not getting mad when someone does something to hurt me or not being sad when something important to me break or goes missing. Some people have thought that I must be emotionally immature because I don't feel these things when they feel I should but instead it feel a little like a I have a different culture of emotion. Often I will process these emotions later but by then things have changed so I often have wildly different experiences since I have more information such as already having the apology when I process the situation so I end up less mad than someone would in the moment. All of this to say that you should necessarily compare you emotional mature to neurotypical people of even other Autists since everyone can have such different emotional brain circuitry. When I think of maturity as a concept, we often compare ourselves to others who are older than us. In the case of emotional maturity that is comparing how a child vs adult handle an emotional situation. The issue here is that you don't have someone older than you with the same autistic emotional circuitry to compare to so its impossible to assess your own maturity. If you are able to handle emotional situations in a way that you deem healthy and you feel good with then I would say emotional maturity of at least 80/100.

[@Lauren-kh1sv]

Oh my gosh this is me. I’m 44f… I can seem very mature and wise if I’m using my logical brain, but I’m way behind emotionally and socially in most other ways. I stay away from alcohol for the same reason (also it makes me so sick 😅)

[@mephesh]

1. Developmental asynchrony 2. Emotional Regulaltion Challenges 3. Hyperfocus and Interests 4. Difficulty with life transitions 5. Rejection of traditional norms

[@NitFlickwick]

I’m 52 and was diagnosed as AuDHD last year. When I was in elementary school, I always felt older than everybody else. My first day of kindergarten, I got up, got dressed, got my school stuff, and walked to school, all before my mother woke up. I was always in advanced programs, and my feeling of age was tied to success in school. By junior high, I was starting to feel less mature than my peers, and that’s been the case ever since. Success was tied more to social success, and that’s always been a struggle for me. I can pretend to be an adult, but I sure as hell don’t feel like one!

[@mimirockt]

i think for me it's the deep enjoyment of certain things. if i like something, i keep liking it. it doesn't matter, if it's "in" or if i'm "too old".

[@ericray7173]

I got into yo-yoing when it became a fad in the 90s, I do it to this day (46)

[@chainbreaker]

oh... so.... we are not hobbits? can I still get second breakfast?

[@katherinelovett9239]

You just answered so many questions. It's a family trait on my Mother's side. I am undiagnosed. My grandson is the first in our family to have an official diagnosis. "I still feel like I'm still 16" is a common comment from my Mother on down. Thank you for a possible explanation for this phenomenon. Having a connection with younger and older people is another.

[@jonahblock]

It’s not just how I feel. Everyone around me thinks I’m 27 - 30 but I’m 44

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

You must look younger too.

[@TheSoonyGirl]

same, yesterday someone thought I was late 20’s but Im 40’s. it does happen more if Im wearing pusheen tshirt 😂

[@PabloMorenoCordon-pr8wb]

Me too! And our neurodivergent doctor looks younger too! Everyone tells me that no way I am 34 years old, I must be in my late 20s at most.

[@kayleedavis9308]

Yep I'm 69 and most people do not believe it when they hear my age. I've never felt my age but like another commenter I do have good reasoning and intuition in logical thought thinking skills. Never been diagnosed but I'm also legally blind and when I started looking at videos of talking about neurodivergent and autism I related so much I knew it was me.

[@ikemoon127]

Same, everyone constantly thinks I'm like 18-20 even though I'm 26.

[@LKH321]

Absolutely my experience - as a kid I related to adults more. As an adult, I relate to gen Z and other neurodivergent ppl ( I'm gen x)

[@Serioushair1971]

@LKH321 you just described ME. I relate completely. I’m 53, but most of my close friends and associates are younger. ✌️

[@motoboy6666]

Dude thanks for making me not feel lonely tonight, was feeling every word 👍

[@majaimay]

I've totally felt this but weirdly after about 20 it's always felt more positive than negative. My "immaturity" only ever really extended to certain things like understanding social interactions between sexes or a childlike sense of injustice or wonder, which to date I've been told I still have. General maturity and understanding of people and how things work has actually always been higher than most for me. That being said now in my 40s I work with much younger people and most of them frequently tell me that I don't seem my age and they mean it positively. To the other tism havers our there, never suppress your childlike sense of wonder or desire to have fun or the joy you express at what makes you happy, as you reach the second half of life it keeps you young and relatable to everyone around you.

[@oliverschultz4943]

Wonderful, positive advice!

[@whickervision742]

Well said. Being jaded or crochety isn't something to aspire to become.

[@monimonmo]

To me, very often what should be distant memories from a far past seem still very fresh in my mind. So I can still feel and see the world through the lens of them. I think when I was a child and a teenager, I felt somehow more mature in some ways. Once an adult, I felt more immature than my peers. At 39, I'm obviously aware of my age and life experience, but often feel younger compared with people of similar age. I still have the childlike wonder, small things make me happy. And still like the novelty of new experiences, for example I enjoy and like new trends in fashion whereas my peers are stuck on wearing skinny jeans.

[@YoMamaSoLovely]

Yes, I think that having strong long-term memory is a major reason for this phenomenon. It seems like neurotypicals forget what they did after a few weeks, as far as they don't hold grudges and move on. And things related to what stands out in their mind. It's more short term for them. I'm still comfortable eating the same food every night that I ate over a year ago. They'll change every week like I change every year lol. THERE HAVE TO BE STUDIES ON THIS?? :)

[@sofiaroman1844]

I'm a just turned 40 yr old woman and I stinking love poop and fart jokes! I hate that I'm officially middle aged as I don't relate to it at all. You're right about it being a mixture of development and interests. I love cartoons, jumping in leaves and walking on walls low enough to reach. As a child I either had intellectual conversations with adults or played with kids younger.

[@Sn0wShepherd]

I have ADHD in borderline personality disorder from one of the worst childhoods you could probably ever try to avoid imagining. I still in my head and feel like I'm 25 even though I am 54.

[@michmash7888]

I haven’t been diagnosed, but the more I find out about neurodivergent characteristics, the more I suspect I must be! I’m 57 but I’ve rarely felt like a “real” grown up…I teach at a university, so I always thought that being around the young people (and having a job where I keep on learning new stuff) helped me feel youthful, but it doesn’t seem to be working for some of my colleagues! 😂 Thank you, this really resonated.

[@JustClaude13]

I'm turning 65 this year and feel 38. I've felt 38 since I was in my 20s. I guess 38 is my natural age.

[@denisedarland3345]

I have always felt younger than my actual age, but on top of what you described I had the added bonus of being 4'11" and good genetics for looking young. I have been told that I looked 15 until I was 40. lol Nobody ever took me seriously. So, on one hand there was how I acted. I was always more immature than my peers. And on the other hand, I looked a lot younger too. It gave me many challenges in my younger adult years.

[@oliverschultz4943]

Indeed, I've felt this most of my adult life, distinctly! My analysis of why I feel younger resonates strongly with your explanations for this phenomenon. Excellent video Doc, thank you,

[@hank_430]

I've chronically been viewed as 5-10 years younger than I am, which is hilarious when they DO find out my actual age because they immediately think I'm some sort of immortal vampire creature and demand to see my drivers license to confirm. I've stopped trying to decide if this is a compliment or an insult because it is so universal that I've just accepted it as a quirk that will always follow me. As I've aged and started viewing myself as an elder in certain spaces (meaning I need to start speaking up for the younger generations), it is definitely an added layer that I forget about when I do speak up and call folks out on their shit because instead of seeing an equal/peer, they see a young person with huge balls saying the kind of things I do without fear or shame. It always takes me a bit to then remember how I am viewed and give credit where credit is due when they take my "notes" with humility. Not everyone can handle someone who looks THAT much younger than themselves providing pointed criticism and not pufferfish or dismiss it out of hand.

[@paulbolton2322]

Outstanding 🙌♥️✔️& love the list. Totally resonates for me. Thank you 👍🙋‍♂️

[@nethla314]

yes to the 'immature interests' - I love to jump in puddles and walk around with bare feet. Not a good look for an adult, apparently, which makes me sad. I envied a child who walked past me in the supermarket singing away to whatever was in her head, when if I did that I would be avoided with suspicious looks. Nowadays I try to embrace those aspects of myself (only diagnosed a couple of years ago, AuDHD at 38)

[@doreensmith6791]

oh, me too! I have tall rainboots and if we get a really deep puddle at the end of the driveway, I always like to play around a bit. It's so sad that adults would take that experience away. Oh well. I'm 56.

[@joan.nao1246]

@nethla314 don't worry - in just a few years, your concerns will melt away & you'll be singing, skipping, whatever & whenever you feel! Because most, regardless of Tism or Not, abruptly stop caring at A Certain Age what others think. Right about the same time we realize most are too consumed with themselves and never noticed anyway 🙃

[@TinyLuvsBostons]

Thank you! It’s always fun being told by older friends & a therapist that I’m emotionally stunted. ( sarcasm re: the “fun” part ) At the time, I was in my 40s and told by my therapist that my emotional age was 19 - ish. It certainly would have helpful if they’d been more savvy to Neurodivergent issues. Hope you enjoyed your time playing with your grandchild 🥰

[@chrismaxwell1624]

As kid I was more mature at time, there impulsive times to just people seemed to see the mature for my age. Then as I got I'm young for my age due to immature interests, humour, and just how I see the world compared to others. People often miss judge my age and are off 10-15 years. Like was talking retired person, when I said going to retire in 4 years they were shocked and said how could 38-42 retire, did win the lottery. It's not just out brains, i find autistic people look younger too. I was 33 and people thought I had fake ID trying to get into a bar.

[@betterlifeexe]

as an autistic, i have always thought of myself as more mature than people my age since early childhood. i understood more, and did not respond impulsively as frequently.

[@melissaskinner2199]

The company Brennan and Dale create in Step Brothers is Prestige Worldwide...I love that movie!! I very much relate to your sense of humor feeling younger. I relate to this whole video in general.

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

Nice!!! That's right. Thanks!

[@zezezep]

Rejection of Societal norms. That's me! Totally. My attitude was, who said I have to be the same as everybody else

[@monimonmo]

Btw I love the crab pot analogy, it's so true.

[@Sn0wShepherd]

I want to be married. This doesn't feel like I am that appealing to anyone and being older really sucks. Life doesn't go the way we all wanted to sometimes and my life certainly did not go the way I thought it would That's for certain. Thank you for the video ❤

[@DanielBjorndahl]

My depression started when I was 10, and probably I'm ND also. I feel emotionally 10. Intellectually I'm the age I should be. Maybe even a bit wiser than my age to protect myself from the emotional weakness.

[@altheuss]

Clicked on this so fast! ⏩

[@katherinelovett9239]

So did I!

[@katherinelovett9239]

So did I!

[@BrendanR403]

This describes me quite well but I was lucky that my obsession had a career path and at least coworkers overlooked my weirdness. I was lucky, but there were a few years it didn't feel that way. Like when people said "you're spending too much time in front of a computer". Indeed. It was a rough road with tough bouts of loneliness but it seems society has since sunk to my level and I get to point them out.

[@shynx6926]

Yes, absolutely! I am getting 30 this year and I feel like I will enter my 20s instead. It's a very comforting feeling for me, especially because I couldn't experience my actual teens and twenties because of family and psychological problems.

[@PaulTinsley]

I'm nearly 54, feel more like 24, and I am still highly active and very athletic. I still do all the things I used to do as a young adult and find work very boring, even though I only need to work occasionally as a consultant. I live to play.

[@halloooo1duuuuu]

Did you make a poll with a control group of neurotypical people? Could well be that feeling younger than you are is a universal experience.

[@karenholmes6565]

Autistic people are much more likely to feel out of sync with their generation, or just in general. And it is common for people to think autistic people are younger than their age. That is well documented

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

No. It was informal and posed to those who are my online friends on social media. So, take it for what it is. 😊

[@jeffhutjens]

I think most f us also look younger than our age. Less facial expression = less wrinkles.

[@Mr.Glitch]

46 and still feel about 30 maximum. With moments of being a grumpy old man with great emotional maturity . 😂

[@FaethorFerenzcy]

Sticking with a job... this i literally feel it. It took for me to become 40 years old before i knew what i even want to do... hopefully i get into that field soon enough. It is projectmanagement. I was able to make an unpaid internship the last three months as a projectmanager. I love organising, learning about something, optimizing or even just make it work.

[@silicon212]

BTW, I have a box full of old HO scale cars and some locomotives in my storage. These date from the early 90s and center around the old Southern Pacific / D&RGW days.

[@moving_particles]

Prestige Worldwide

[@bananasayswhat]

People have always found it hard to admit they're an old potato.

[@Zack-dw5op]

"crab pot mentality" is a good way to explain it

[@chairmanrexton956]

I’m 51 but feel like I’m still in my late 20s. Having a child fairly late has forced me to mature a bit, but I still feel far younger than most people my age. I think part of this stems from underachieving (based on what friends, family and old teachers have told me). I keep wondering why I’ve never lived up to my potential while so many others around my age manage to have got so much done in their lives, like write a book, build a business and so on.

[@steelmacecontinuum8696]

I'm 39, crazy 😁 feeling like 25.

[@KierenSummers]

Day 3 of being diagnosed. I've always felt older. In my heart I'm an 80 year old man who thinks he is 33. In reality it's the other way around.

[@monimonmo]

Way older than 35? No way- I thought you're maybe late 30s tops?

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

Damn. That's high praise! Thanks

[@TennesseeFrank]

I'm 63 but because of issues from the Covid jab my body feels 83. Mentally though I still "think" like I did when I was 23.

[@ROTALOT]

I have dysautonomia all the way from a bad jab in 1972. Despite that or perhaps why, I think of myself as six, the age I started really talking back and clowning around TO COPE.

[@karenholmes6565]

If you hadn't have the "jab" at your age, contracted the virus, you might be passed on like my mom, who didn't live long enough to get the shot. My sister is now diabetic from contracting it at the same time my mom did, and my brother in law has heart problems now. My son and I both had shots, we're fine.

[@Turtlpwr]

2:54 you’ve defined the last 38 years of my life

[@darrenjurme7231]

Babies havin’ (grand) babies… 👶🏻 (😂) Thanks for this. 👊

[@franchescairby4834]

Everyone tells me they think I'm 29. I'm 38.

[@duanescot]

Dam this describes me to a T..

[@katzenbekloppt_mf]

Thank You! That's exactly what I was told from childhood on, to be "highintelligent", "talented", intelectual older but emotionally "behind". And of cause I had always only much older or younger friends. How could anyone had the idea the last nearly 50 years I could be AuDHD🤷🏽‍♀️? (Yep, sarcasm...) Now I can say "the doctor said so, I am perfectly "normal" autistic" 😆

[@wokecommunist3095]

This was a very clarifying and validating video. Thank you so much comrade :)

[@Time-Shepherd.]

Cheers 🙏

[@triciad4100]

I thought it was just me who felt "behind". I was talking to my therapist just last week about how I didn't feel like a fully self aware adult until my mid 30s. She says I could pass for being in my 20s. I'm not sure how much of that is because I look young versus how much is because I'm cheerfully blunt, talk a mile a minute, and dress like a clown. 😂

[@jonen2]

Another reason, still trying to process life events from decades earlier, so you feel you are (still) that age.

[@Stess-ky4gn]

I feel at least 20 year younger and look so, too. At 73 I get triple takes when people find out how old I am. I am not waiting to turn into an adult I'm waiting to turn into an old person. OK so I can wait, no hurry.

[@benjaminslayton9362]

Prestige Worldwide, lol, from stepbrothers, had to stop to look that up. thanks hilarious.

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

Thank you!

[@BitalKoach]

Epic Ending! Tea was good.

[@ericray7173]

It’s also because we often have childlike interests. Trains, model rockets, whatever

[@GreenTeaViewer]

51, look 10 years younger, feel 20 years younger...and reject social norms, that is for sure...

[@snoogkies]

I'm physically 20 but mentally and emotionally 15. 😭

[@newtuber4freedom43]

Past midlife ... Tho i have had a few friends my own age, i often gravitate to those older and younger. I used to feel and look younger than my age until i started getted hounded by work & family being too immature - accused of be narcissist - i am hsp, late diag asd, late diag add, cptsd, both sad and may have a learning difference that was never explained or treated, had high iq, had to dumb-down to survive (now i think i am just dumb). So now i feel much older and sadder.

[@YoMamaSoLovely]

Have any studies been done on this? For me, it's because I can't relate with anyone my age. They seem like old folk minds. I canNOT relate. I have always been highly motivated to stay current with latest tech & I have a mind that's willing to accept change. BUT not in my schedule or food etc lol. (when I was young, I also only related with much older people, i think because of maturity as a way to look at it. Just the whole mindset difference theme coming up again). I don't think it's JUST ADD impulses. I think that's part of it. But it's way more. THANK YOU for sharing, Doctor!!!

[@YoMamaSoLovely]

I should add that I used to say, "I didn't have much a childhood, so I'm having it now." Maybe because we're all so hyperfocused on fight/flight/freeze/fawn survival skills at first, later in life we can relax a little over time.

[@therealdeal3672]

Dear Neurodivergent Doctor, I have CPTSD and we can shorten that to PTSD because that's what's actually in the DSM-5. And I know I'm neurodivergent in that regard and have overlap with ADHD in my symptoms. My psychiatrist does not believe that I have ADHD but said that my symptoms do overlap with it. Are you also speaking to me? Please advise. Thank you.

[@karenholmes6565]

I always hung out with people decades older than myself when I was younger. Now that I am older I tend to identify with people who are younger because of my progressive political views. I also like to game, which is atypical for a middle-aged woman. I don't think I have ever felt older or younger than my chronological age. I just felt disconnected from my entire generation. I grew up during the Reagan Era. People my age were often conformists. I know Gen X is supposed to be the apathetic generation, the generation that was "self-reliant", but I find that narrative deeply in keeping with American Exceptionalism and individualism, the entire myth of pulling oneself up by their bootstraps is extremely conformist. I remember when I went to grad school with Millennials I was shocked with how different their entire ethos was than my generation's. The idea that mental health mattered, that people should depend on each other, that it was okay to have struggles. All of these things were very taboo for my generation. It was uncool to be flawed in Gen X, to admit to having problems, there was something deeply wrong if you were less than perfect. I still struggle with perfectionism as a result of trying to fit in with my generation. I was always deeper thinking than my peers. I didn't realize why I was bullied because autism as a diagnosis didn't exist in the 1980s for girls like me. But I learned survival strategies. I think if I had been born a decade or two later life would have been quite different for me.

[@mindful-man-365]

Interesting idea. I feel (and always felt) much less adult than NT peers (I"m NVLD). I'm over 60 and feel around 40. I struggle with the magical wisdom NT folks exhibit especially when it comes to intuiting possible outcomes. I felt that up til 16 I was way ahead of my peers, but after that I stalled and they developed these strange talents I couldn't follow... makes sense that I'd not update my model maybe?

[@Aftenx]

I have mild Asperger .I have anxiety and severe OCD , I always feel I stuck in my 20 years old

[@Chloe7270]

I am undiagnosed. I'm 60 and I feel 13. How crazy is that?

[@silicon212]

Sipping tea and watching Wheel of Fortune? Hell no. I'm 16 with 40 years of experience and let me tell you. My late night activity is playing GTA Online with a couple of equally neurodivergent friends. During the day I work as an automotive tech (this is my main special interest since I was 8 years old). Work is kind of not the right word for it, I get paid to play. ASD L2 + ADHD myself.

[@auroraglacialis]

I think if you ask this question to the general public, you still will get a vast majority of yes it's the same if you ask if people consider themselves above average drivers. 90 percent will say yes

[@smylingsam]

I feel so seen but I must protest: Masala Chai is not old person tea! Fine Ill go back to work but we are slow and the pixels in my game will not kill themselves :> Still a blanket fort?????? thanks for the info dump now go back to that blanket fort as that is what matters :>

[@TheNicole8787]

Nelli pot!!! Exactly me just turned 40 . I am a widowed.

[@whickervision742]

The crab pot metaphor doesn't really work here in a 'why do you feel younger' context. It answers why do your coworkers act friendly but betray you. Or in general, why other people want you to suffer for as long and hard as they did, whenever they perceive you're having an easier time. Whether that's tradition or envy.

[@neuroticnation144]

Feeling younger than your age doesn’t mean immaturity. Maybe I’m just sick of society telling me what I can and cannot feel, do, think, enjoy, wear, etc. as an adult. It hasn’t done them any good, it doesn’t make them happier or smarter, so why should I care? Older people are often saying they spent a lifetime trying to be a grownup, and it made them miserable, they wish they could have spent more time being laid back and laughing more.

[@darbydelane4588]

Yep.

[@ddemulling9722]

51 going on 25 here!

[@cherriledbetter1120]

I just don’t get the connection of the crab metaphor to emotional maturity and asynchronous development

[@nanomia]

so I suspect I have adhd I'm a 26 years old woman and still feel like I'm 18 despite working and having an apartment and bills lol but my baby face doesn't help the situation as people always like to point ou I look young. But the weird thing is I always felt I'm different from others especially intellectually school wasn't hard for me I actually liked it as a child I learn things faster than my peers my hobby is research that's what I like to do in my free time or reading I just focus better than others I get really in the zone and learn in a short time even other people commented about it but if I'm not interested in the subject? no way it would feel like hell I procrastinate a lot yet I still passed school and my work deadlines I have a bad habit I leave everything to the last minute so that anxiety will make me work faster. Despite that I'm functional and get things done people around me can't understand why I can lounge around for days then become a super computer in a short time and get everything done then get back to my lazy way lol In my country mental health is not that supported they think adhd is only for hyperactive kids and online tests have given me mixed results. I just feel my brain operates differently it's always active I often listen to asmr or any relaxing youtube video to sleep but this activity is what allowed me to learn things fast even learning skills and monetizing them. a blessing and a curse at the same time. Why am I like this? could it be undiagnosed adhd? I'm a woman I heard adhd can manifest differently in women.

[@stonedsoup3535]

I don't know if its that I feel younger, but a lot of my friends are younger than me. A lot of them are older than me as well. I just don't think I like people my own age.

[@katsybo]

Same

[@username46100]

Ahhhh, well that all explains some things! I've rejected many social norms and life markers, for one not wanting children, which was the right thing for me/us. As a child, I couldn't connect with most kids my age. As a teen and young adult, I had older friends. My life transition from college to "career", ha, was very difficult and rocky. For me, underemployment/unemployment has been often. At times, and especially as an adult, my goofy side tends to rule. I don't understand why more of my buddies aren't fans/superfans of Weird Al Yankovic and Halloween.🤷😄 They've been nice to me about it, though. My spouse thinks it so silly that I enjoy Jack Vale pooter fart videos. I don't disclose personal info online, but I'm on the older side, lol.

[@pearl-may]

This video relies on an imaginary objective standard of "how developed" a person is at a certain age, in vaguely defined domains. This favors the idea that neurodivergent people are immature, when it's a matter of a difference of sensitivities inherent in the brain. Particularly bizarre: the idea that of "actual" maturity being a fixed percentage of your actual age.

[@Sn0wShepherd]

@10:13 you seem to be self reporting as an example of contumaciousness

[@SheenaHolly]

Everyone feels younger than their age. Unless of course they are somehow disabled, and /or did not care for their health. This is not due to neurodivergency. AT all..

[@Weird_guy79]

Mentally sure, physically god no.

[@Mr.Glitch]

Yup. Mentally 30, physically 80. 😅

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

Right there with you.

[@PowerofRock24]

Sorry, but I completely disagree. If this based on self-reporting, I'd argue that the majority of people, neurodivergent or not, feel younger than their age. This could be due to a variety of factors, social, societal, economic, and cultural.

[@jackieburns5257]

Does this apply to women/girls

[@NeurodivergentDoctor]

From my experience, yes. But not for every female I've met with

[@nathanderthal3790]

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[@mysticmardi]

you contradicted yourself. So, which is it? Is it because we are less mature? aka Immature? But then you say your friends were older people. How is being attracted to older people a sign you are immature? It isn't. It's a sign you are MORE mature. DUH Unless, you are saying older people are less mature? Your logic makes NO SENSE Either way, being neurodivergent gives you a longer life. Ya, I'm 63 and most of my friends are in their 40's. I. do like the occasional octogenarian because they were educated before the schools went to the toilet.

[@Hermitthecog]

What nonsense is this?! Autistic sense of self should not be dismissed as immaturity, period. Frankly this is as offensive as it is complete b.s. Feeling young does not mean one is less mature than one's age; if anything it suggests that neurodivergence has a different internal sense of what age and aging mean (and perhaps tied to our disregard of arbitrary authority.)

[@artosbear]

Its trauma

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