Neurodiverse TikTok Compilation #6

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[@autistically.autistic]

DISCLAIMER: Please refrain from making uneducated assumptions about an individual's diagnosis. You are allowed to express concern of whether you believe someone is faking or not, however, please refrain from leaving harmful comments regarding them. Autism is a spectrum. Everyone is different and exhibits different traits. You may or may not relate to these individuals and that is fine but do not assume that because you have traits that differ from them, they are not autistic! If an individual is proven to be faking or they have a negative reputation in the community, please feel free to respond to this post or private message me on my socials! Also for clarification: Autism as well as any other neurodiversities represented in these videos are on a spectrum! Everyone is different! Do not use these videos as a means of diagnosing yourself or even questioning your diagnosis! Everyone will have different experiences and struggles! You are perfect the way you are and do not define yourself because a lot of autistic individuals dont like a food but you do, or you like wearing socks compared to those who don't! Be yourself and accept that we are all different! Thank you and love you all!

[@YoutubeIsWeenerSucker]

you cant be harmful on the internet.. comments cant hurt people. it will emotionally hurt you only if you let it which you shouldnt even care at all because you dont know them and its on the internet. youre pathetic if you get emotionally hurt by something on the internet. the internet shouldnt mean anything to you because it doesnt effect your daily living. its the internet.. its not real life

[@SCS_Piano]

​@@KZbinIsWeenerSucker I'll have to disagree, people get bullied on the Internet all the time...even life threatening comments and that can hurt. Sometimes the Internet leads to real things happening. Not sure how that makes someone pathetic for having different feelings then you in a certain situation.

[@a_little_demon]

​@@KZbinIsWeenerSuckerit's the internet, yes. but thoses comments are made by real people behind their screens. and it's hurtful because it invalidates someone's experience as a neurodivergent person.

[@madnessintomagic]

@@KZbinIsWeenerSuckerAh. The whole “I can’t hurt you, only you can choose to BE hurt”. An argument that always (yes always) comes from people who do, deliberately, say and do things to upset others and then blame and gaslight the other person for their completely rational response. Oh bravo. 🙄

[@Acorn905]

Thank you ^^ It always makes me upset when people assume someone isn't autistic beacause they dress "too quirky" or something (' -3-)

[@ijustdocomments6777]

OH MY GOD "I don't struggle with XYZ, because I have a SYSTEM" is just about the most called out I've ever been 😳

[@littlewyzard]

when i was a kid i was taught to brush my teeth for 2 minutes. my dentist even gave me a little hourglass that ran for exactly 2 minutes. tbh i thought everyone was taught that as a kid :0

[@RutabegaNG]

I thought so too. Guess not.

[@elisejudd]

I didn't know either. Then I got an electric toothbrush, and it beeps every 30 seconds to let you know to change. The instructions even said to start outer bottom, to outer upper, to inner upper, to inner bottom.

[@KimBouchard]

​@elisejudd that's actually how I brush my teeth.

[@zsuzsannaroehnelt2595]

I was taught that, but I prefer to brush for 3x8 strokes from all angles. That's when I feel like it's done.

[@nickorange4881]

i never got a mini hourglass. but i was told 2 mins by the internet. so i also never knew how long to do it.

[@ash..............]

She said, "Put a finger down but she was putting her fingers up.

[@chaitanyascores]

I was hoping that was going to be one of the things in the list 😅

[@Doedling]

The constant rewinding when missing as little as a single syllable 🖤

[@quinntananahaakna]

Even when you've already watched the movie/show like a thousand times 🤗

[@lionproud1287]

Wait what did the put a finger down thing mean Was there something specific Also did it bother anyone else that she was putting her fingers up not down

[@4LLT0G3TH3R]

It was just all of them

[@hall3807]

I was looking for this comment. Thank you for noticing the contradiction, lol!

[@moonbowcraze1632]

the way that i have also been putting my fingers up without realising its wrong...

[@Willow.9765]

Yes it bothered me. I was doing it along with them and I started with all my fingers up and then was putting them down.

[@Senfree]

Putting a finger up does feel easier though. For some reason, putting fingers down always feels awkward to me.

[@arospacechaos]

2:56 but they’re not putting fingers down…fingers are going up

[@aldlkj]

RIGHT???? I WAS LOOKING AT THAT THE WHOLE TIME

[@EquinesWithAddi]

That’s the point..

[@RottyMacbeth]

I was waiting for her to bring it up. It was irritating me so much I couldn't even listen to what she was saying

[@Aroacerat]

I can’t keep track cause i start putting them up half way through, so i do it too

[@moonnoodles4539]

this! I thought it would be #10 or something. Like put a finger down if you noticed me putting fingers up instead of down and it is stressing you out.

[@Beeba10]

7:59 the moving shapes and colours you see when you close your eyes are called phosphenes, and they're actually pretty common as far as I know!

[@aka.roryyy]

but does everybody notice? & do they notice frequently? do they watch the swirls, looking for answers in the void?

[@horacethecheese1009]

I don't think I'm neurodivergent (maybe a little ? If that's possible.) but as a kid one time I managed to close my eyes and 'manipulate' the shapes by focusing on them, following them and letting them turn into stuff. I swear after doing that for a little while it escalated to seeing some freaky clay type animation of an ape walking along and turning into a human, all behind my eyelids. It was so cool 😎 but I haven't really been able to do that since. Maybe I'm just at peace after having achieved perfection. But anyway as a tip is probably easier on a sunny day so when you close you eyes there are more bright spots (not endorsing looking at the sun). Edit: it was on a school trip bus at the time. I had the tray from the seat in front out and put my forehead on that with arms around. Going from bright to dark dark obvs works best.

[@kalpic11]

yeah i was gonna say I don't think that's a neurodivergent thing

[@aoifebillin314]

wait other people see this

[@Sleepyestlain]

yeah, most everyone can see those things. that's not neurodivergence. the static and seeing those light flickers when your eyes are open as well, along with many other terribly annoying hindrances, is a phenomenon called Visual Snow Syndrome. i have it in a strong form, and it makes life very difficult.. you don't want it

[@Senfree]

"I can feel my teeth" Not me having a meltdown because I could feel every single hair on my head and feel everything that was touching my skin on top of being very dizzy.

[@camouflagejumpsuit]

This explains so much of my life, my thoughts, and my family's frustrations with me

[@daegaliii]

idk if im neurodivergent or neurotypical but i once had a mental breakdown bc i felt claustrophobic because i was trapped in a human meat body 💀

[@domusaur]

@@daegaliii that sounds more like a psychosis type of thing! I've had those as well as the usual neurodivergent "i can feel my teeth". i most often get overstimmulated by my hair around my face and the breeze and stuff like that, but when i'm very stressed i get some stuff like the one you said. of course i'm not trying to diagnose anyone, just sharing from my experience cause I happen to have both and it can be tough at times lmao

[@SakuraMoonflower]

For the hair: silk bonnets. Great for protecting curly hair! Less noted advantage? Gently tucks your hair away from your ears, if you want it to. OwO

[@SakuraMoonflower]

There are also these not-quite-earplug things that reduce certain frequencies without blocking out all sound altogether. You can still hear people speaking to you, still work, but it rules out those really high pitched sounds we can detect... I think the company that makes them is called Flare, and one of the products is called Calm. ❤🎉

[@Lillyluvsanime]

For knowing where to apply deodorant, I go by the area where the hair grows in, plus about half a centimeter out in diameter. The area of skin where the distinct armpit hair grows is the area that gets the distinct sweat/smell too, because of sweat gland, skin oil and bacteria build-up from frequent skin contact between the torso and arm parts of the armpit. I also do my underboob sometimes because that also gets sweat and oil build-up from consistent skin contact.

[@supernova8105]

I can not explain how helpful this is

[@Ryokyuthefoxanddaughterofpluto]

Thank you

[@1EmuFan]

I didnt read lots ipof what u said because it was long and i also thought it was hard to understand but for me, i can feel where it stops. One part feels diffrent from another

[@SakuraMoonflower]

I found this awesome, vegan (WHO was eating this stuff??!?!?!!) Body deodorant called Cream To Powder. You put it in between your terry folds, your folds holds, your foldy flaps; it dries to a power, and it keeps you moisture wicked and not-stinky for at least a day! I know LUME does the same thing, but it is DEFINITELY NOT VEGAN (So you cannot safely eat this stuff- THOUGH, AGAIN, I MUST ASK WHO?!?!?!) - ALSO, there's a warning on Lume bottles that you shouldn't put that stuff where the sun may shine??? Because it could cause a sunburn?! I put the Cream To Powder between my breasts and I've never gotten a sunburn because of that stuff... But, LUME offers more forbidden flavors, like Tangerine... Meanwhile, CTP only offers "Neutral"/unscented" and "Lavender" flavors - which you really shouldn't eat, but it wouldn't kill you if you got curious and decided to give it a little taste... .... THOUGH, AGAIN, I MUST ASK; WHO WAS EATING THIS STUFF?!?!

[@echoless3474]

​@SakuraMoonflower hi about the vegan and non vegan stuff, it's not that people eat it but some vegan people also extend their believes to all animal products so things like leather, glue, beeswax, honey etc

[@bearilliantbear1769]

The thing about the taking it literally part is that eventually you'll figure out that that certain sets of words or improbable sounding things is just a metaphor......and then comes the day they are actually serious, and now you've taken it in a literal metaphorical way and feel like all your hard work was training you for something that is even more nuanced than you originally thought.

[@astrodude_87]

If I remember correctly I’ve seen a labeled 1-10 pain scale before and 1 was like “I’m barely in any pain at all I’m basically fine” and 10 was “I am incapable of moving or thinking about anything other than the pain that I am in I need assistance immediately”

[@TheRedReid]

I shadowed at a hospital and learned that the scale is defined as 1 = "I feel no pain or discomfort" and 10 = "this is the worst pain *I* have _ever_ felt." It's technically a well-defined scale, but it's always bothered me that your 10 could be my 4. Also, _Purdue Pharma_ is largely responsible for the prevalence of those pain scales. They lobbied various organizations such as the _Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations_ to include the pain scale as part of the treatment requirements in order to increase the number of opioid prescriptions being written. In other words, the reason the pain scale is used despite being highly subjective isn't because it's useful in collaborating with patients to formulate an optimal treatment plan-it's used because it's a vestigial remnant of a plot to enrich the Sackler family.

[@destroyraiden]

But even that's hard to judge! I ended up in physical rehab due to an injury and every time they asked I'm like your scale is broken I'm thinking 15 - 18 today.

[@justkiddin84]

Yes, it’s subjective, but I suspect that the hospital folks understand that-if Johnny Depp losing the end of his finger is a five to him, but it’s a 9 to me-that’s ok, but they need to adjust their reaction for you. He might not need pain meds (this is not accounting for his actual addiction issues, btw) for something I need to be unconscious for. ✌️♥️

[@quinntananahaakna]

But what about the numbers in between :c

[@Voidwielder]

On the spoons: depends on what they are being used for. The left spoon looks better for soup, the right looks better for stirring.

[@pistachioracle]

There is no wrong answer. The point is neurotypical people don’t commonly have to think about this, whereas we will. I’m a bit firther along, where if the ONE fork I!ve had for twenty years is missing, I will have a teensy, internal, masked tantrum over how I can’t eat until I find it. I’ve learned, but the tantrum still happens, even if I tell myself to eat normal and just don’t think about this imposter spoon. Yup, neurotypicals often call us weird or laugh for a reason. We’re alien in our thought processes to them.

[@jacquelinej143]

​@@pistachioracleI am currently struggling a little because I am living at my brother's home and they only have huge spoons, some that have been dented on the edges from the dishwasher, and only one small spoon. Back home I have medium spoons that are right for most things and small spoons that are perfect for pudding and yogurt and such. Some of these huge spoons here are even shaped like shovels, I don't like them at all! We stayed at an air bnb and I took one of their tiny spoons but it's up in my bedroom hiding because I don't want anyone to know I took it 😅 🙄

[@spacewolfcub]

@@pistachioracle- impostor spoon! I really felt that.

[@patmaurer8541]

​@@pistachioracleI remember realizing when I was 7 that most people don't experience life as I do. And that to be less harassed and labeled and yes, punished, I should stop talking about it! I secretly felt sorry for them, though, thinking they were boring--or do I have SUPERPOWERS!?! When I was in high-school, I learned hypnosis. I created a control room in my mind where I could turn up the volume on pleasant experiences, and or turn unpleasant things down. Being able to do this with a flash of thought, it's become reflexive. I still meditate and practice daily, though, so I remain master of my super senses 😎

[@patmaurer8541]

​@@jacquelinej143My trick is to use a wrong utensil upside down. You put a smaller amount on the spoon or fork, then flip it over so only the food touches your tongue. Hope that helps 😊 Sorry, it doesn't work for soup, tho 🙃

[@angenuit_]

Number 3, I had an app to help me with brushing my teeth..

[@Legolas_simp]

God that’s relatable

[@daniellewilliams6721]

Toothtunes taught me how pong to brush. Still to this day follow it

[@gay_deltz]

I have this fancy toothbrush that kind of beeps every twenty seconds to remind you to move on to the next section, and then turns off after about 2 minutes

[@deedreamerify]

As a kid I had a toothbrush that would do a fun little light show for something like 2 minutes that really helped me

[@alaynaclarno5292]

I always imagine myself arguing with a character I particularly like (the character changes depending on my mood) who wants me to take care of myself. Naturally, said character wins and I begrudgingly brush my teeth. It's become a routine I have to go through in order to get myself to actually brush my teeth regularly.

[@miahan8988]

The left spoon is the best! I always pick straight spoons, they’re just so… comfy? I didn’t even know this was a thing :’)

[@RutabegaNG]

It's very much a thing, yes. That goes along with things like hating the feeling of your teeth scraping on the flatware and being irritated by the sound of plastic or ceramic plates.

[@roor6846]

For me it's the right spoon. That shape is more comfortable than the other more rounded oval for my mouth/lips.

[@nova4476]

0:44 I also used to brush my teeth for TOO long for years. I use the stopwatch on my phone to make sure I’m brushing for the same amount of time on each section. It takes me 2 minutes (because I’ve heard that’s a good amount of time!) but I’ve heard people saying it only takes them 1 minute to brush?? I can’t wrap my head around how they do it so fast. Also, my parents make fun of me or get mad when they see me using a stopwatch. Even though it’s the only thing that stops me from aggressively brushing my teeth for half an hour because I have no concept of time :’-(

[@Cheesus-Sliced]

2 minutes is a good time. With an electric toothbrush, basically 1-3 seconds per side of each tooth, total 30~ seconds per quarter of the mouth. Manuals are basically the same but a little harder to get consistent coverage

[@gay_deltz]

Sometimes I’ll end up brushing my teeth for 5 minutes because I’m preparing for a conversation that I know will never happen and I end up loosing track of time

[@Senfree]

I just brush until the fuzzy feeling on my teeth is gone, the plaque, if you will. I brush it first without tooth paste to get rid of the feeling, because the tooth paste gets in the way of being able to feel it. Then I rinse, then floss since there's nothing in the outside to be shoved between my teeth. And after that I give a final brush with tooth paste over the teeth, and if I can handle it that day, my tongue.

[@FRUHD]

I HATE the Sonicare for this reason! It just turns itself off after the set time. I didn't say stop! My teeth require further cleaning!

[@jessec5091]

The only way I have any understanding of how long to brush my teeth is that I've had to brush each row of teeth in the same order and to the same rhythm for as long as I can remember. 😂

[@antoniogutierrez7491]

I usually start by just like spreading the toothpaste around, then do it in an orderly way. Start by cleaning the outward surfaces at the bottom right molar and work my way across the gums/teeth over to the bottom left molar. Then, I'll do the top parts of my lower teeth, then the back. Then repeat with the top teeth. Yes, sometimes I get distracted and have to start over from somewhere but at least I can start from one of the known starting places and continue from there

[@isabelleneckel1153]

And if I mess up that rhythm/order I have to backtrack to the last part I remember and I think I do the rhythm differently now than when I first learned? Like it used to be 10 seconds in each area, now I count 10 brush strokes because I’m too impatient so every so often my parents or boyfriend (depending on where I am at the time) will ask if I’m brushing my teeth enough.

[@miramari732]

That's why I'm using electric toothbrush that actually counts time and turns off for half second every time I should change "quarter" :)

[@heedmydemands]

​@@antoniogutierrez7491I'm sorry to tell u this but that isn't done correctly, jk. My way is u start on the top left outside and work over to right, then bottom, then inside of all top teeth, then down to the bottom left in same way and over to the right

[@turquoismama33]

I'm pretty sure there are commercials and kid show songs that say two minutes. I guessed she missed all those messages.

[@twoduece]

1:35 i literally have asked "relative to what" to the 1-10 pain question since as long as i can remember, no matter what. like i fractured my collar bone and was unable to move my arm but still took the time to wince out the question because i couldnt answer otherwise.

[@elian1606]

There is a list online that describes the amount of pain at different levels. It goes from 1- no pain at all to 10- can only think about the pain, can't move etc. Hope this helps!

[@turquoismama33]

I also base the ten on the worst pain I have felt at that point in my life. So what a 8 is for me would be different to someone else. That is really what they are asking, for you, how bad is the pain. So the chart is relative.

[@RutabegaNG]

​@@elian1606There's the added challenge of not really recognizing your own pain until someone mentions it.

[@autistic_beats]

i hate it when people are sarcastic in their normal voice/tone. when im sarcastic i exaggerate my words but say them flat/without emotion (when im online i use /sar)

[@kiwi9813]

Plays "put a finger down" *puts fingers up*. Definitely a part of the right video❤

[@kiwi9813]

The last finger was a sad finger:(

[@il0v3l0k11]

Omg the 3rd one is so me.. I went to the doctor to get a new cast and the doctor was like, “how bad is your pain on a scale of 1-10?” And I was like, “is ten like being suffocated or like..it hurts to move??” And he laughed bc he thought I was joking… I was not😗

[@dees3179]

I was literally asked this today and took ten minutes to answer. We ended up with,….well it’s not a ten, but I am seeing stars, I have to sit down and I think I’m going to pass out, I get tears and go all sweaty. But it’s not like my leg is being cut off. And left it for the doctor to score it. I try to describe the effect the pain had on me in terms of breathing and other interrupted functions like, Can I still think/walk/talk/stay upright while it is happening. And figure the doctor can work out how to put it into context. Like, I can have a paper cut that hurts like hell, but I can still walk around, talk, go to work , lift a heavy box etc. but I probably won’t forget about it because it hurts. On the other hand I have a rotator cuff injury at the moment which is intermittent pain, when it activates that is in the seeing stars and have to sit down involuntarily category, but i haven’t passed out yet.

[@orionalexandersummers]

4:03 The Romans did as well! It was common for the haruspex (Latin name for the guy who'd read the entrails) to examine the liver in particular with the aid of a bronze liver with Etruscan (early Latins) markings to see for discolouration and blemishes. The liver would come from an ox or a bull. For anyone interested, this was how a typical Roman sacrifice would happen: 1. Prepare the animal - usually a bull or an ox. The animal must be blemish free, domesticated and willing to walk to the altar (as this was taken as a sign that the animal was consenting to be sacrificed). If the ox (I'll use that as an example) started to pull on the lead, it must not be sacrificed and if it did would be a bad omen. 2. Once the animal is at the altar, prayers will begin. This is where they'd sing hymns and offer wine to the Gods. 3. Preparing the animal for slaughter. They covered the animal in 'mola salsa' (latin for Holy Grain) and sometimes poured wine on the animal. They then put a sash on the animal and then pray again. 4. The killing. Using a sacrificial axe, the Victor Marius (the executioner) would slit the throat of the animal and let it bleed out. They saw this as the less painful killing. The Victor Marius, the Haruspex and the other helpers would be employed by the state of Rome and the Emperor to do this sacrifice. 5. The Haruspex inspects the entrails and the liver using a model liver of bronze and of Etruscan carvings. If there was any blemishes, discolouration or any illness, the sacrifice must start again with a different animal until the healthy animal dies to appease the Gods. If a blemished liver was sent to the Gods, it would definitely be a terrible omen. 6. In some sacrifices, the rest of the carcas was cooked and eaten by the crowd. Though most times the animal would be offered to the Gods in its entirely (called a Holocaust). Thank you for reading my random infodump!

[@lunad2595]

Yo that's so interesting- I feel sad about the animals but at the same time I think these kind of sacrifices are like, a bit cool? It just shows so much about the culture y'know? Ahhh idk how to explain lol

[@absentmindedgenesequencing7020]

Yep, teeth, spinal fluid, hair, cuticles, scars, knee caps, and like idk how to explain it but, my skin.

[@junejj2127]

7:26 Even though this person is clearly only talking about ADHD and maybe autism but using the umbrella term, the most relatable part is not letting go of the damn remote!

[@bamflr]

For the first tooth brushing thing - when I was a kid, our dentist sent me home with a two minute timer for teeth brushing! This sort of worked, but not really. As am adult, I have an electric toothbrush that'll pause at intervals to tell me when to move from one section of my teeth to the other, and then it shuts off automatically. Super weird getting used to but now I don't even think about the time when brushing my teeth! Unfortunately, this does not help me actually remember to brush my teeth. I have like three seperate alarms for that and I inevitably still end up doing it at none of those pre-decided times. 😬

[@statsy150]

6:28 random suggestion to make the viewing better: watch on a tablet instead of a tv, maybe in your bed with some weighted blankets and light turned off, it reduces the environment you need to control

[@seralock]

The spoon one is hard for me because my cousins only have spoons that look like opinion 1 so my brain feels like it's the only option (cause I associate it with my cousins spoons) and option 2 looks like a spoon we have at home (so I associate it with the spoons I have at home) however that is not the best kind of spoon I have at home so my brain feels like "if I just look in the spoon drawer I could find the better spoon" (the "better" spoon is literally identical to option 2 except the handle end of the spoon looks different) I have never had this hard time to choose which spoon is better usually the answer is clear.

[@alreadytired6515]

I related to some of this compilation. The movie I 100% get but they kept putting their shoes on the furniture so that wigged me out. The last one is sooo me. There are days when I struggle to make myself get dressed for work because the idea of clothes is too much for my nervous system. It feels like I’m going to come out of my skin.

[@kurtkunkle3956]

everyone thinks im weird for needing subtitles in movies 😭

[@user-rn8zm4fn4s]

Sensory processing issues go brrr

[@jax4652]

Just remind them that sometimes the subtitles tell us things we don't notice.

[@kurtkunkle3956]

@@jax4652 yes

[@SakuraMoonflower]

I know that feel, bro

[@lunad2595]

@@jax4652omg yess! If I didn't use subtitles, I'd miss so much stuff

[@drrocketman7794]

I can NEVER give a 10 on a pain scale, because I figure if I had a 10 I would pass out or die.

[@tmbboehmke]

Sometimes migraines have been a 10 on the pain scale, because they have caused me to pass out from pain 😭

[@dag__hag]

I still don't brush my teeth right at 32, it's always a process of moving back and forth from bargaining to acceptance. Sometimes my attitude is better to do it a little bit than not at all, because I find it incredibly monotonous. Then I will have a big dental hygiene session about once a week where I brush them for too long, floss, mouth wash, then brush them again like I can make up for it. But the biggest one for me is walking around while I brush my teeth...often I will end up with my tooth brush hanging out of my mouth, idle, for like half an hour before I circle back to the bathroom to spit and rinse my mouth out 🤷🙃

[@szulakane1566]

I don't know if this helps but I love showering and have the same dental hygiene struggle. Now I brush my teeth and do the whole flossing/interdental brush/mouthwash routine in the shower. I'm happy, because I get to shower for longer and with this hack even twice a day! Sorry planet, but literally this is the only way that has consistently worked, my teeth are cleaner than ever.

[@InvdrDana]

I have an electric toothbrush so I don't have to worry about time, but there are times I too find it very monotonous. I circumvent that slightly by switching up which sections I do first. Back when I had a regular toothbrush, I'd walk around too, but I can't stand not rinsing immediately when I'm done. My biggest problem is when I take a nap before bed, don't do my nightly routine, and don't brush my teeth until the next day. And I'm also very thorough the next time to make up for it. But yeah, better to do something than nothing.

[@elsabug6769]

8:10 I needed to see this! I have SPCD and I’m pretty sure my sister is neurodivergent too, cuz neither of us can handle quick changes in plans at ALL. My dad is always so confused cuz he likes being spontaneous and both of us need like, a significant portion of time in advance to emotionally prepare for anything: watching a movie instead of our normal show, going out to swim instead of hanging around inside, etc. My sister isn’t diagnosed with anything but we have a LOT of specific similarities, also my dad probably has anxiety and my mom has a LOT of ADHD symptoms, them all denying it is so frustrating to me cuz I’m the only one in therapy😅😪 anyways love all of you guys!!💖🥰

[@zapbutton8553]

In a forum i frequented when i read up about adult add/adhd i found an advice for people who couldn't understand why people wouldn't want to be diagnosed. It was something along the lines like ...if you don't feel you need help dealing with your skill set or coping with your every day life, there is no need to get something on paper, also some people might want to conquer it by themselves to avoid future judgement for specific professions. Thankfully nowadays it is not as bad as it was but still. It is up to everyone by themselves to decide if they want it. My eldest son decided to ignore, that he basically aquired most of my treats i still deal with, but he is trying and doing better with only family help, so i hope i am around long enough while he still needs it. I am glad you get therapy for your guidance, not everyone has the means or the parents to make it happen.

[@elsabug6769]

@@zapbutton8553 I honestly don’t care whether any of my family members get diagnosed, I just meant that they avoid discussing how their communication differences affect others. And I don’t at all mean to say that everybody needs to get therapy or get diagnosed. I’m just ranting about my personal experience.💖

[@secretmoonpig585]

The last one with me , a synesthesia bro, is more like hmm why am I still overstimulated? Oh yeah I CAN HEAR THE COLOURS OF EVERYTHING THAT MOVES :DD my teeth are making a noise like a pale yellow cello as I write this

[@Pokezone33]

Ugh, I feel this. I'll be trying to sleep and the cat will jump on the bed and I'll "see" the movement or the sound (or both) and I'll have to start the sleep process all over again. Or like I'm reading an article and there's a gif in the middle of the page. I have to cover it because otherwise it's too loud to read. It's complex, yo

[@dreamystone]

​@@Pokezone33oh god, I don't have synesthesia, but I 100% can relate to gifs being too loud. If I can't scroll it off my screen, the atricle's contents are no longer worth it.

[@a_very_real_human_being]

Oh my god. I could not relate more with the last one. I "feel" my teeth all the time and its sooo annoying and sometimes I can feel my nails or my skin feels to tight for my body, or my hair feels to heavy, or stringy and I hate feeling like Im crazy for thinking or feeling those things so its nicee to see im not the only one :)

[@patmaurer8541]

I've known for a decade or so that I'm neurodivergent; I had no idea that demand-aversion was a trait! I was always labeled stubborn and contrary and rebellious. Yet I go out of my way to offer help and share resources... Finally noticed that I just want it to be MY decision; so I re-labeled it as independence and self-determination 🙂 Thanks! I feel much less weird now 😊

[@jadetea6112]

Okay wait, yall out here really saying that normal people don't have the urge to dance & make faces in the mirror when they're alone? It's literally my only way of regulation when I'm transitioning activities. The goofier I look, the more I'm able to think about what to do next so I can stop looking ridiculous before someone comes by

[@Star_Rattler]

i've always been told you brush your teeth for at least 2 minutes if not maybe a little longer, but it has to be 2 mins or they're not clean or whatever.... 2 minutes feels like ages to me. i don't time myself, i just brush my whole mouth and get everywhere until it feels good.

[@leoisking7]

@6:10, i use the big spoon by preference, but the little spoon is used for applesauces and yogurts that i cannot scrape everything out of the little corners with the big spoon systematic

[@bacncake]

I absolutely love hyperbole and a half. They have a great pain scale with pictures. And a super great story about depression

[@gemmanunn]

The only inaccurate part about 6:28 is that there is no way a neurodivergent person would actually be sitting still throughout the whole movie

[@CaptBecks]

The inaccurate part was putting neurodivergent even though it's an umbrella term for a bunch of different things. Anyway, I have ADHD and autism and movies are my special interest so I pay full attention, need it to be dark, nobody better not make a sound. We'll talk after it's over.

[@staceyhunt6769]

I got rid of a sofa because I'd always sit in "Weird" ways and would get weird looks through the window (HUGE floor to ceiling window right onto the street). And I didn't want to teach my kids "Bad habits". Joke is on me, really, because they can't 'Sit properly' on the dining chairs to save their lives, and don't even get me started on the cosy spaces we built on the floors. 🤣 All that effort, wasted. 🤣

[@Star_Rattler]

depending on how i'm feeling i'm either fidgeting all over or not moving a muscle for over an hour, so it's pretty accurate for many people. i am capable of sitting still half the time and it's not bothersome to me. in fact, there's times where i VERY MUCH don't want to move at all, and i'll end up staying still in an uncomfortable position for a while till I can be bothered to move.

[@Senfree]

​@@CaptBecksPeople are my special Interest, so any movie with people in it has my focus intensely. xD I'll spend the entire movie analysing all the emotions and facial expressions and motivations.

[@heedmydemands]

​@@staceyhunt6769yeah my daughter sits pretty unusual on chairs lol, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree I guess

[@sunnythedrixen2885]

I love seeing these odd little things and being like that one vine: "hahaha, I do that" There's the "one obsession that you never outgrow", which for me is dragons, anything and everything dragons! Then there's the overstimulation! When in public or around people, my brain goes numb almost, I can't think straight and I feel like my eyes are unfocused and my head is wrapped in wool. I struggle with infodumping, too. I will rant incessantly about something, then realize that nobody cares or was listening, and then apologize. Now I just preface every conversation with, "I either don't talk or talk too much, so please tell me if I'm annoying you and I'll shut up." I'm lucky enough to have a mom who understands my small social battery and can recognize when I'm "peopled out for the day", and a bff who will humor me, but also bring me gently out of my comfort zone while respecting my dislike of being social. I wish everyone had people like that. Feel free to infodump to me in the replies, I would love to read it all! And it'll also alleviate my guilt for having just infodumped. And for those who couldn't read all that and skipped to the end, I feel you friend! Love you!

[@tmbboehmke]

Yay! It's amazing to find another person!!! I will NEVER stop being obsessed with dragons!!! 🐲🐉🐲🐉🐲🐉

[@ErutaniaRose]

Where to apply deodorant: * Me putting on 3 coats and following where the armpit hairs grow *

[@katherinecruz252]

0:47 i honestly agree, especially with the brushing teeth part. for my whole life I was told that brushing your teeth for 3 minutes was the required time and i never knew why, was never told why either

[@regineb.4756]

1:26 Deodorant: if you would let grow your hair under your armpits (as common in some countries), you would exactly know where to apply your deodorant: exactly where the hair grows

[@pigeonified]

for the teeth cleaning thing... i always spent so much time cleaning my teeth and the thing that told me when to stop was my ocd which just told me "they are not clean enough"

[@lornenoland8098]

Put a finger down. 10 for 10 😂 Plus, we were putting fingers up, not down 🤣

[@Strangedream]

I kind of feel like a lot of this could be generational. I base this on the fact that my bf is a boomer and I'm a millennial (25 year difference in age) and after being together for 11 or 12 years I've given up hope that he will ever understand a lot of what I go through in my mind and the hangups I have. He has zero hangups that i can identify. He can be ready to leave the house in a matter of minutes with no warning. He is never ever ever late. Ever. He always knows what day of the week it is as well as what day of the month. He tracks my periods and i end up asking him every month if it's coming up soon. He has zero issues ordering food. Zero issues calling people on the phone. He doesn't need any time alone between tasks or social interactions. He doesn't need a break ever. He just works until it's time to not work and then he stops and does something else. He sleeps in a bed. He goes to bed around the same time every night. He watches movies all the time and watches the whole movie. He doesn't seem to have a constant need to be in complete control of how he's feeling by using drugs of any kind before feeling ready to do anything or go anywhere. I could go on and on. All the things i mentioned are things that i do or feel the opposite of. The consequence of these particular differences between us is me always feeling like I'm lazy, unmotivated, incredibly selfish, overly sensitive, self absorbed and generally dysfunctional. Im not sure how or why i developed all of the weird issues that i have with everything but to return to my initial statement that i wonder if it's a generational divide vs "neurodivergence" causing these things. The biggest reason that i have this theory is the fact that clearly there are a TON of us that act exactly like i do. Probably almost as many of us as there are of people who don't. I don't like how labeling myself or any clinical diagnosis makes me feel. I guess that's all I'll say for now. I doubt anyone is still reading if anyone started reading this at all. Sigh.

[@erorr.sanitynotavailable6937]

For the put a finger down one… I put all of them down.

[@amyl.7570]

Left spoon definitely!! I can picture the feel and texture of it. I have my favorites when it comes to cutlery👍

[@toluroberts]

I was gonna say right spoon funnily enough! I have that EXACT spoon in my house; the handle is quite slim, and the metal and the spoon isn't too smooth to the point that it feels weird in my mouth. It, alongside one fork in the drawer, are basically the only cutlery I use.

[@evaberning1772]

​@@toluroberts I would say the right one too 😂

[@griffinvongabriel9369]

I would use the right one as well. I like the spoons that have weight to them, but not too much weight. I had no idea it was because I’m neurodivergent. I thought everyone had specific spoons they like. And no I’m not diagnosing myself from the video I am Neurodivergent.

[@aellalee4767]

The watching a movie one was such a thing. Most of them were, but this!

[@erm-i-like-rats]

literally at college. im on music production and we have production 'teams'. they put the only 3 autistic people in our entire group in the same team. it's chaos every time but weirdly comforting bcs we kinda understand each other and i feel less anxious with them. so it weirdly works. but vibes.

[@BananaGrace]

Well I’ve never been told I’m neurodivergent… but I have been diagnosed with a hoard of other things and this was way too relatable… ☠️☠️☠️

[@ravem410]

8:05 Okay I gotta know, anyone else see those really tiny red dots in dark surfaces whenever they focus on it?

[@sakurazumi6274]

Yeah I do too

[@apolloismydad]

yessss

[@youraveragemexorican]

“How long to brush your teeth for” There literally IS a rulebook for it. It’s two minutes-you can google it.

[@bystandersarah]

I love infodumping and also autistic people are beautifully authentic humans

[@RealOceanAmethyst]

You forgot about being so invested in the movie that you forget literally everything going on around you sksjksnabsjs

[@roor6846]

The spoon one really got me. I just thought it was normal for everyone to have a preferred shape/size for cutlery. I have a small mouth so the left one looks like it would be uncomfortable for me, I'd choose the right. Whenever I have guests over and we have a meal together, i take out the "good cutlery" but it's perfectly normal, not polished or anything. It makes me feel like a better host and I'm sure my guests have no idea. Also, I was a leash kid. I got diagnosed with ADHD last year at 30, it's the clues like that from my past that make me wonder why nobody noticed or flagged anything sooner. Sock system, yes. Feeling my teeth, yes. Pain scale, how dare you call me out like that. I really struggle with watching movies by myself for the demonstrated reasons. I love the idea of buffer time on requests. It never occurred to me before but I'm absolutely certain it would help me.

[@samanthaf6482]

😮 the buffer time thing, I need to give this a try.

[@akiradarktail2649]

With the whole love language thing, I'd say that platonically in that sense, mine is drawing pictures for people because I know that's one of the positive things I love to do and to show it by doing something nice for someone to make them smile :)

[@ocarinagirlandthestories648]

Yes! I feel so relieved that I’m not the only one that faintly hears people call me/ my phone ringing/the front door opening while there is other noise.

[@giuba98]

7:13 the "too loud!" "What did they say?!" Is so real 😭

[@IneffableBeetle]

Oh no, the last on made me feel my teeth too😭

[@littlewyzard]

spoon #1 for ice cream and spoon #2 for everything else

[@happystar7777]

Being home alone is so valuable to us because we can finally unmask. I didn’t realize it until recently.

[@kalpic11]

5:20 oh my god I just remembered how it took me until I was 8 to stop pull ups at night

[@Karasus_drug_dealer]

6:40 is literally me watching anything, but especially when I’m watching Hannibal 😂😂

[@scarlettlewis1412]

POV:You're undiagnosed but agreed with every video😶I That last one for me, I often creationists because my hands are literally just there

[@sewamazing4498]

Here

[@scarlettlewis1412]

Definitely meant to say overstimulate

[@DevineMissMerlin]

The love languages got me. Like a lot of neurodivergent people, i feel most comfortable with other neurodivergents, plus it's hereditary in my world with both my sons being diagnosed before me. Watching a lot of these triggered flashes of connections to myself and/or loved ones, but the love languages were shocking. The whole autism thing isn't really an identifier for me, but seeing those love languages struck me, because my family and i live in this bubble where all of that is normal... and im not talking the way neurotypical people do it. 😂

[@apolloismydad]

Guys the first spoon is clearly the winner, right??

[@denisedarland3345]

5:19. I was super easy to potty train. My mother put me on the potty at 18 months old. She took me to the bathroom and she peed and she said... hear the tinkle, and then she put me on a little potty and she make the tinkle and I did it and that was it. I was potty trained. lol I also walked at 9 months old. And I was TINY. I weighed 12 pounds. People thought I was a walking 5 month old. lol

[@sle3pym0th]

- Put a finger down if you plan conversations in your head. Im not only planning them, I DO them in my head, and when others like: "why you so silent all day?", I be like: "wdym? Im speaking! You just dont hear..."

[@squeakerdoeseverything]

6:21 I AM LITERALLY EATING CEREAL WITH THE EXACT SPOON ON THE RIGHT RN

[@cogit0.ergo.summmm]

Last one made me realize that I too can feel my teeth, and it’s really freaking me out lmao

[@lisawanderess]

Definitely spoon #1, no contest! It's so smooth and curvy, that other spoon is way too busy and sharp edge looking...I would never pick that spoon! 🤪

[@The_TinesJathian]

wait is having weird static when u close ur eyes not a normal thing?

[@itsicandy]

2:43 "put a finger down" made me tism so hard cuz she wasn't putting her fingers down.

[@sal8220]

THAT LAST ONE MADE ME FEEL MY TEETH TOO AND NOW IT IS 3:27 AM AND I CANNOT SLEEP BECAUSE T E E T H

[@pai-tsuhi1131]

yeah, the movie one, but then if its an anime I also frequently stop to look up random words and phrases.. and when I'm attempting to listen to music, I change the volume every couple minutes or seconds, while scrolling through the lyrics.

[@gretaclayton6173]

6:07 I'm picking option number two ALL THE WAY! And if that spoon happens to be one of the smaller ones in the drawer, that's a bonus feature

[@eparrish2908]

A friend once said they don't like watching or listening to new shows or music because the emotions are predictable in the old but not the new. 🤯

[@yourlocaltranskidwithanxiety]

the last line of the last tik tok is exactly something i would say & probably have once to my friends at school when overstimulated.

[@madnessintomagic]

The neurodivergent watching a movie is 100% me. Don’t understand how others *aren’t* irritated by these dark dark dark movies (so you can’t watch during the day, thanks a lot for that 🙄) and it’s either dialogue you can’t hear at all OR YOUR EARS ARE BEING BLASTED FOR NO REASON BY SOUND EFFECTS FIFTY TIMES LOUDER THAN THE OVERALL TONE OF THE FILM. And people just don’t seem to notice. In fact they turn it LOUDER instead of trying to find the sweet spot of volume that **You Should Be Able To Use** where it’s bearable.

[@eparrish2908]

I didn't really grasp the pain scale until I had to literally survive. After rabies shots, animal mauling, 4th degree burns bigger than a softball, nearly dying after my torso was crushed, I now respond with those. "What is your pain on a scale of 1 to 10?" Me: "Rabies shots into the wound" Them: 😳 "10 it is."

[@personone1382]

2:48 i'm (maybe?) neurotypical but i tried to do this and i literally don't know what they exactly mean so i just gave up. like i'm not quite sure what they mean by "planning conversations" because obviously everyone has to do a little bit of planning if they're talking to someone with authority like their teacher or boss or a peer that's just intimidating for some reason or if they're going to do a social event, but for conversations with friends and people i like i don't really do that. also idk what introvert and extrovert should mean anymore and also idk if what i'm doing is people pleasing because that's too vague. and also this putting fingers down is literally like answering a questionnaire. i don't rlly watch tv shows or listen to music (i have a complicated relationship with music) but i feel like i probably would have a hard time with that. idk what "taking advantage of" exactly means and idk if i'm exactly "trusting" or "helpful"

[@krutipie6550]

7:30 - 7:42 If I remember correctly (which I don't think I do lol) I was around 13-14? And was watching a replay of an episode of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit". I had to rewind at least six times, because the six times I watched the episode without actually watching it. I remember my mother was busy going back and forth all over the house. After a while, she ended up saying "But haven't you seen this episode already ?" So... How can I tell you, mom ? lol I ended up giving up, I just couldn't focus at all.

[@katierobertson1682]

I had this one test, i had to go over an obstacle course. Like stepping inbetween tires and crawling through a tube. I had to jump on a trampoline a number of times and then put on and take off this top and shorts all within a certain time frame. Then at the end they said i put the clothes on and off easilly (because we had been talking about me disliking many clothes and struggling to wear most of them) so i must be lying about clothes. But the top and shorts were baggy on me, and not a material i hated. Plus i only had them on for a second and i did it because it was part of an obstacle course that they wanted me to complete. I rememered this yesterday and imediately thought "wtf did that have to do with autism?!" Its not the action of puttin on clothes i didnt like, it was the material and tightness. I can wear uncomfortable clothes for a second, i just have to take them off after a minute because its too stressful.

[@orionalexandersummers]

Okay... the movie one called me out way too much lol

[@OurHourglass]

Spoon number two. Also, is the eyeball thing true? Do most people not see the fairy spots and psychedelics?

[@universalobserver33]

Regarding spoons, option 1 is the clear winner.

[@isabelleneckel1153]

Absolutely not, it’s option 2. Option 1 is too round, it’s not shaped like your tongue for when you use your entire tongue to lick whatever food off the whole spoon. And the handle shape, it’s less uniform, but I think it would be easier to grip. Option 1 makes me think more stirring spoon while option 2 is an eating spoon.

[@universalobserver33]

@@isabelleneckel1153 I suppose that is different for everyone, but I always reach for spoons with deeper and more rounded insides because they are much more satisfying to lick down into the spoon basin and carry a much more appropriate amount of liquid food in a single bite. I dislike flat and shallow spoons. Also a spoon should be heavier in the hand and number 2 looks light, I pick up spoons to test their heft prior to selection. Also I have a small mouth and spoons that are deeper are far better as wide spoons might touch the side of your mouth where the lips join when you eat and that is awful.

[@WoodlandStrawberry]

I would take number one as well, if these two are my only options. For me, option one is for eating and option two for cooking/stirring. But to be honest both of them have a too strong curve in the handle. But maybe, the telling part is, that we think about it at all.

[@apolloismydad]

YES YES IT IS

[@eparrish2908]

I saw a great YT recently that said ALL neurotypicals are struggling with videos and movies now and have to use closed captions because influencers, newscasters, and filmmakers aren't correcting mushmouth anymore since they expect to be auto tuned when they usually aren't. We aren't the only ones struggling with audio anymore! 😮

[@corndogbark5915]

Knowing how long to brush my teeth for is always a struggle. I think I brush for a reasonable amount of time, but with my time blindness, I couldn’t tell you how long that is if I tried

[@Unimportant_lifeform]

6:23 OPTION ONE OPTION ONE I literally will only consume food with a spoon shaped like that and l only have three at my house and no one in my family gets that THOSE ARE MY FREAKING SPOONS

[@Ittybittyguy]

0:50 I don't keep track, I made a schedule for where to brush my teeth first, next, and last and do it to a song in my head. I've done it like that for years and get kind of mad if I accidentally mess it up

[@Dandy_Atheist]

I would pick the dessert spoon if I'm eating ice cream, and I'd pick the soup spoon for soups and cereals.

[@SakuraMoonflower]

NOT THE PENGUIN PEBBLING?!?! 😮😭👍🙏🌺🌹🌷💕♥️💗❤️🥰😍🤣😂😭🥺

[@Pokezone33]

I need the song for the "How Neurodivergents watch a movie" Edit: I just realized that my new phone can play music AND use the mic at the same time, so I shazamed that song. It is Cute by Aurel Surya Lie

[@pattedechat2457]

7:59 That's not a "neurodivergent" thing... That's normal.

[@SakuraMoonflower]

Nope! Asked my mom and my step dad. They're both neurotypical. They swear they only see black. I am neuro spicy. I get the light show. It's definitely not normal. 😅❤🎉 Welcome to the black parade!

[@AJB_twoleftwings]

Bro that last one… they said that and it’s like my brain went “now you have to pay close attention and make sure your teeth aren’t bothering you” and now I’m bothered.

[@rachaellefaye5458]

oh that breakfast thing reminded me I pulled my phone out to order food but got distracted by a message, then I put on KZbin forgetting about food.

[@a_bookish_honeybadger]

At 6:15- yes, the left spoon is the correct one.