Neurodiverse TikTok Compilation #9

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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 don't 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!

[@youtubename7819]

I don’t know if the stitcher was trying to suggest that man was not actually neurodivergent but uh… that was the most obvious-looking neurodivergent person I’ve seen in a while lol. I feel like the stitcher is an NT getting too offended on ND behalf…

[@thatboringone7851]

​@@youtubename7819 Not sure I'd be comfortable assuming they aren't nd, but that's really not a good thing to do either way :/ it could end up directing harassment towards them since their info is still clearly visible... so could this video by including that tiktok unedited, actually. He could have talked about this without identifying that person, especially knowing they did end up getting diagnosed as autistic if not adhd. The last thing any of us need is to direct harassment at other nd people for not having a diagnosis before talking about it on the internet. Making online spaces hostile to self id only makes things worse for all of us, especially if that includes people then actually diagnosed afterwards. OP, please be careful about including tiktoks like this. If it's something you can't compromise on, please blur the face and user/video titles of people being talked about in this way to help reduce the potential for it to turn into harassment.

[@glferris716]

@@youtubename7819 I've gone to his TikTok page, the guy stitching the video is not only extremely against self-diagnosis in quite literally any form (even if the end result is that the person in question GETS AN ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS, such as in the stitched videos seen here! Is there just no winning?) he's dedicated his entire account to absolutely nothing else than harassing, mocking, and tearing down self-DXers and anyone remotely supportive of them--no matter what the reason. He's flat out said that nobody should be posting anything remotely positive, kind, or informative about ADHD on TikTok at all, because it MIGHT increase the chances that people start self-diagnosing (I guess we're just not supposed to have any supportive community at all, and be nothing but miserable? lol). He's also very transphobic, among other things. The person he's mocking uses they/them pronouns--it's VERY visible on their page. He deliberately ignored this and misgendered them on top of harassing them. I don't think it's necessarily right to assume HIS diagnosis status, but you're absolutely right to feel uncomfortable about the video. This guy's a jerk, and definitely not here to uplift our community in any way. Quite upsetting to see something like this included in these otherwise very positive compilations! :/

[@sjzara]

The bumper sticker thing - my mind is blown. How are we supposed to communicate if things are THAT Complicated?

[@Dario-uj6qo]

My mum the previous year: it is possible that you could be autistic Me then: what? Well I am a little different to others, I know, but being autistic? Me now after watching this kind of stuff for over a year: ok, I get it

[@elliottmcpeek2659]

honestly i still don't fully understand it😭

[@Dario-uj6qo]

@@elliottmcpeek2659 I think I get it now, but I am not sure if it is actually made with that intent

[@younscrafter7372]

@@elliottmcpeek2659 People don't want you to follow the instruction (Honk if you like pizza), they just want to be able to convince themselves, if you honk at them, that you followed the instruction (honked because you like pizza) rather than the usual reason

[@elliottmcpeek2659]

@@younscrafter7372 oooh thank you I see I see, I never would've guessed that on my own lol

[@adrhall3053]

i really thought you were supposed to honk BECAUSE you like pizza. Im still not sure it doesnt mean that. Help.

[@spiralali]

Agreed! I always thought that's literally what they meant! I never honked, because I'm not a fan of that sound, and most other people don't like it either, but I thought it was like when you honk and wave at protesters when you agree with their stance. Now I'm questioning everything. Why do people say things they don't really mean! 🙊

[@EllaEllaEh]

I had no idea. Make it make sense!

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

I think it's dumb that it could mean anything else, wtf

[@sofiah.5820]

I knew that you didn't honk at the bumper sticker, but I never understood what it was for. I thought it was stupid because in my head, there was never any purpose

[@hope3290]

I really thought it was just a thing to say "hey, I like this thing."

[@mikumikubeammmm]

​@@hope3290same I just found out you shouldn't honk at that kind of bumper sticker 😭

[@mousetherat]

I thought you were supposed to honk 💀

[@ocarinagirlandthestories648]

It makes me happy to see that I’m not the only one who has singing as a stim!

[@Tamari_Cult]

Almost every time I go to the store I listen to music and start singing like it’s a canon event I am physically unable to stop it

[@Molly-iw1rc]

It's totally fine to self diagnose from tiktok and attempt to find resources to help you cope with what you think you have. BUT literally most if not all self diagnosis actually involves a lot of research to an extent that you are literally learning about every possibility surrounding the disorder and you practically end up knowing almost as much as the person who may be diagnosing you in the future (which I'm assuming the video implied that he didn't do??). I think it's good that TikTok made him want to learn more about himself and got him assessed for other disorders. I do think it's weird that he calls it a "win" that he has autism and PTSD. I understand maybe feeling validated about some things you may have been suspicious of when it comes to how your brain works, but it's strange to view it as like an awesome thing to have like PTSD 😅 PTSD is not a great experience, and often autism can be not great too depending on your needs and how society treats you. So, even though his initial self evaluation wasn't completely accurate, I'm glad he has more information on himself now that can help him maybe deal with symptoms he associated with ADHD.

[@Molly-iw1rc]

I'm glad people said that the guy was kind of an ADHD hater because I was getting those vibes but I wasn't entirely sure and now I'm more confident in assuming that we should probably be happy for him being able to get diagnosed with things that can help him clarify himself and also help him cope with some things he couldn't identify before.

[@Lunar_DeBrie]

Yeah, I wasn't sure how to feel about that segment, and I think you worded it very well.

[@Gabe-vr2wi]

I have severe adhd and anxiety not too sure about depression and ptsd but I have a lot of signs

[@Creepergirl7794.]

I've done extensive research of autism (using respectable and resourceful sites) since I was 14 and first being told by my parents that "you might be autistic", and I've also taken a test by "Imbrace Autism" and many other reputable test sites several times, and they've all given scores anywhere from being very likely to be autistic or the highest possible score for a diagnosis. I'm self diagnosing only because 1) the medical industry is 5 years behind, and definitely not up to date regarding autism, and 2) the first and last "professional" I went to see to get a diagnosis flat out told refused the idea that I was autistic because I didn't show the stereotypical traits, and that I got a really high score (the stuff he gave me to do was for toddlers and young kids, basically. Keep in mind I was 14-15 during this).

[@Star_Rattler]

5:33 wait, is one of the autism dx questions that you're only into non fiction? huh??? what universe do allistics live in where they think autistics as a whole dislike fiction??? every single autistic person I know (I think I've got up to at least 20 personally) is interested in fiction and has a SI that's fictional.

[@swirlsandspirals]

me personally was so confused by that, I'm autistic and fiction is my life! non fiction just gets boring..

[@riv3rw4ter]

me and my best friend, the one of likes non fiction and the one who likes fantasy, both probably autistic

[@moonbowcraze1632]

lol one time someone told me that since i like things being logical than i would probably like more realistic works of fiction... i had to tell them my favorite genre was fantasy.

[@khgrl3693]

I wonder if what they are actually getting at is "do you like researching" mixed with "black and white/truth or lies" kinda?

[@Aroacerat]

I love theater and fantasy related reading and stuff.. What kinda question is that?!

[@blackravenmeditation]

“I thought it was for human connection.” 🤗 Soul level felt Love!

[@notagutterrat]

0:49 made me uncomfortable tbh...I'm used to these compilations being pretty positive so having a guy whose whole thing is "gatekeeping adhd" was really unexpected (plus Keven is transphobic so just makes me uncomfy anyway) I don't really know the context about the person he was talking about but I don't really see how they were doing anything that wrong??

[@theangrypotato1525]

Yeah like literally he wasn’t hurting anybody and the whole thing about “oH hE WAs ecSTatIc tO fiNd oUT hE hAd pTsD aNd DePresSion” like no Keven he was just stating what happened get a grip. I watched a video by @findingsubtext who said that he probably also has ADHD and has internal ableism, which could be part of the problem

[@lorelaigilmore8668]

I was also very confused by that segment. Why was it included? Perhaps the creator didn't register the sarcastic remarks (I noticed because of the context). But it really seemed like he was claiming self DX was bad-

[@alpacafish1269]

it also seemed like the stupid narrative of "tiktok is making people have adhd" and all that shit. Didn't like the video and your comment confirmed my uncertainty.

[@thatboringone7851]

Same yeah. Hearing that he's transphobic as well... agh. Not what I needed to see today

[@Kanashimimo]

Yeah I wasn't sure about it either. Like if you don't like their videos, just don't watch them, instead of mocking them or trying to expose them in an accusatory way? Also totally get how the guy reacted to his final diagnosis, it's not really "oooh I'm glad I got PTSD, depression and all", it's more like "at least I finally have some answers". I used to wonder if I had Tourette, among other possibilities, before I got diagnosed as autistic. It's not uncommon...

[@hope3290]

5:33 My special interest is literally fanfiction, so this makes total sense.

[@EvanAfton-hq2lv]

Same

[@corrodedgristle]

Wait wait wait. Is that why almost no one honks at me even though I have a "honk at me if you like this" kind of bumper sticker? 😥

[@lunad2595]

The guy that was doing "weird" noises and immediately went "agh I'm so weird-" made me laugh so hard!!! That's so true like- when I catch myself talking to myself or doing stim sounds I normally do say that.

[@Lillyluvsanime]

0:26 Okay, so, I don't like drawing attention to myself (more than what would be reasonably necessary for safety) in uncomfortable settings if I can help it, especially on the road, so I don't participate in, "honk if you ___," things... but I have always taken the statements as being genuine. It never once occurred to me that these were placed sarcastically. That someone might have forgotten that it's there and may get confused, upset, violent at the fact that you're honking because they forgot that they put the sticker there, yes. That it was a sarcasm from the start? What? That's news to me, thank you. I will continue to not honk at these, with additional reasoning.

[@enso496]

Please don't promote this Keven dude, he made a whole career on criticizing valid ADHD creators.

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Hey can you take care of yourself? Just do one small thing that will make yourself happy. And if you feel like you can do more, please stretch, drink some water, and eat something. You matter so much. I send all the virtual love. 💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗

[@seek_strangeniss]

i feeel saddened but with love readin this, i wanna take care of ourself, i want to so i will ill step outside i let go of managin wut i dont like ill jus step into wu i lik cus im worht it life is worth it even if it feels saggy for seconds

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

@@seek_strangeniss you got this, 🤗🤗💜💜

[@mikafoxx2717]

Okay them hips got me. I have been commented on how I walk like a sims character or something. Also quite flexible so I might move in ways that seem really unnatural at times.

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Wait those honk if you like blank dont mean honk!?!?!?!?

[@Star_Rattler]

like there's literally no way. "honk if you like [thing]" means honk at them! i've seen videos of people doing that, lots of them. i'm pretty sure they're wrong.

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

@@Star_Rattler yeah

[@sonImbigguyinwoods]

yeah .. thats gotta be true right???? WHY TF WULD THEY HAVE IT THEN IF NOT TO MAKE YOU HONK AT THEM... I mean I kind of get were the explanation comes from but still... i thought it was genuine the whole time..

[@hope3290]

@@Star_Rattler And even if you don't actually honk, they should at least still mean you like the thing!

[@princesslill9007]

Once when I was in grade 2 my class was playing a game where everyone got a number, and if their number is called they get to make up some sort of physical movement, like a small dance, that everyone would copy. I was super excited for my turn, until my number was called, and before I have a chance to do anything, everyone started copying my stim. I was so confused because I had waited so long for my turn and I didnt even know what stimming was, and I was so upset that they were copying my stimming (which I didnt even notice I was doing at the time) and that my turn was skipped, that I got super angry and had a mini mental breakdown

[@beans1557]

0:30 yeah no fucking way could I have guessed that wtf is with allists and almost exclusively communicating through backwards and redirected and otherwise completely inconclusive and indirect means??

[@spiceupyourafterlife]

For all the issues I have with TikTok, I am grateful for the neurodivergent community on the app because they've made me realize that I myself am neurodivergent and now I'm in therapy for it.

[@seek_strangeniss]

i just realised me biting was a stim i lik bitin sticks and stuff too i thought i was just anamilistic or somthin which is fine ofc just wasnt sure

[@jgr_lilli_]

I actually audibly gasped at 4:15 because I have this specific spot in the crease of my arm that I used to tickle or stab with the edge of a CD jewel case (lol) because it tickled!

[@alius8617]

3:41 this is cause people who are nd (noted more in people with adhd) tend to have shittier object permanence.

[@Molly-iw1rc]

Fun fact: Object permanence is actually the term used for babies when they forget about their parents when they leave a room or hide behind their hands during stuff like peek-a-boo. The actual reason many nd people experience something similar is because they have a weaker working memory, which impacts their ability to remember and be aware of multiple things at once. Usually, people use working memory to remember what they did in a day or where they left something, but ND people might have a worse working memory so they can't easily keep track of those things. So, it mimics the experience of a baby with object permanence issues, but it is actually caused by working memory issues and isn't called object permanence when it happens outside of a baby. I just wanted to share, I hope it didn't come off like I was trying to correct you per say/gen

[@EllaEllaEh]

The person at the end. Are you biting the inside of your mouth? Uh like all the time. I’m embarrassed when I go to the dentist.

[@rask004]

3:50 very relatable! And exactly at same time I can get annoyed with other Au people if I can hear their sounds and I am getting overstimulated or trying to focus

[@pickleartstop4236]

4:09 ITS STUCK IN MY HEAD NOWWWWWW the entire six soundtrack gets stuck in my head all the time

[@katherinepulitzer586]

4:08 OMG I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I HEARD SIX THE MUSICAL OMG HAHAHAHAHA

[@gemmanunn]

OMG 4:04, SHE WAS SINGING EX-WIVES AND THIS MAKES ME VERY HAPPY!!!

[@lemongrassandsleep6352]

STOP I WAS ABOUT TO COMMENT ITS THE SAME SONG IVE HAD IN MY HEAD FOR WEEKS

[@kawaiiwolf4724]

SAME!!!

[@psyience3213]

@0:27 omg you blew my mind. I'll stop beeping at those kinds of bumper stickers.

[@Char1ieTheChi1dOfApo11o]

6:37 reminded me I haven’t eaten, drank water, or gone to the bathroom today, my back hurts and I’ve been on KZbin for 2 and a half hours

[@younscrafter7372]

4:40 I have the same stim, except I don't use a pen. I usually either use a thin metal rod I got from a disused sunschade or a 8 pound 8 foot wooden rod that used to secure a young tree from our garden.

[@MajorLooser]

i got so excited when i realize you posted

[@wolfie_75]

Woooo its showtime!

[@Lukas_TheWeirdo]

Wow, that last one. Thank you 😭

[@echoc7213]

Literally in the first few minutes as he's juggling everything and stuff is falling I wind up having to dive across and catch my laptop with wet hands because I set it on counterspace that was not as secure as I thought it was and it fell off. Umpire pops into existence out of nowhere: "SAFE!" 😂

[@anonymouspigeon8907]

That one was so me 😂 I wouldn’t have reacted so calmly if my mug of coffee fell and shattered. Even watching the guy in the video I let some profanities slip

[@pixxeldust]

I can’t believe I went my whole life so far not realising the bumper sticker thing. Bro 💀

[@imperfectly_megan]

1:40 Can anyone tell me their tiktok username? This is going to change me & my family's life. I am also the primary supper cooker with sensory issues around cooking meat so we are all low in iron. So I would like to see more of their stuff.

[@_madnite]

I'm pretty sure it's just ' opal_wells ', since that's what it says on their clip.. video segment.. thing.

[@MiloOfApacheAttackHelicopter]

6:49 surprisingly, I've done everything I'm resting after practicing guitar and am gonna practice more in a little bit

[@MissGray-ri9yg]

im going to be real, that chicken was a fucking war crime

[@Rainy_weather4948]

3:50 My version of skin picking is ripping the skin off my fingers-

[@forgesoulfire1320]

For the clip about stims. Specifically the pen clicking thing, and just for other random movie detail peeps, I call it 'The Boris Clicking' for movie fandom reasons...

[@Aspen_Foxx]

3:53 Me: *pauses, then looks at my back, red from skin picking.* “well.”

[@harrib2896]

Awesome video

[@chapachuu]

Everything from 3:48 to 5:32 had me laughing, cause THATS ME. This entire video is me. I was just diagnosed with AuDHD at 35 years old and am getting a kick out of this community and finally finding my people.

[@EllaEllaEh]

The stimming things she shows…that’s stimming? Oh god I do all of those things. I was scrunching my toes when she started scrunching her toes. I sing to myself all the time. 🫣

[@bestwitch2931]

Everytime I see the “neurodivergent people need to see this” I’m like “pffft I won’t - wait whaaaa” I’m flabbergasted everytime

[@jgr_lilli_]

6:40 called me out good. Greetings from my toilet.

[@ii_noticed8725]

Yea, I was sitting in class biting the inside of my cheek, had been sitting in a position for a while watching videos like these, had to use the bathroom but didn't notice, and haven't drank water in a while. I have never felt so called out before

[@seek_strangeniss]

wow lov that its called tuttin

[@HeckingPerson]

I thought pencil flipping was because I'm an artist I no longer feel cool

[@FiDB_35]

I just got called out by the last clip.

[@craigandheston-urbangarden1134]

The first one 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tatewinters5565]

Hello everyone. I have autism. Everything I ever did now makes sense. How do you do?

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

I'm neurodivergent and I HATE writing by hand. It brings me so much stress, my handwriting is terrible, and I also have OCD, which only causes so much more stress

[@OfferedThoughts]

TIL about the "Honk if..." stickers... I'm 34.

[@wak3up765]

0:21 WHAT

[@Artahe]

Gotta be honest, I felt super uncomfortable vibes from the dude who seemed to be happy he might have ADHD. Like, I understand that it's important for us neurodivergent people to find strength in what's otherwise a pretty hard thing to live with, but going as far as to WANT to be neurodivergent seems weird to me. Unless I misunderstood him and he was just happy he finally got an answer to questions about himself he never knew the answers to? Though it doesn't really help when it makes me feel like a fraud :/

[@Molly-iw1rc]

Same I couldn't tell what he meant when he seemed happy to have ADHD or seemed happy to be autistic (outside of maybe feeling validated or feeling a deeper understanding of himself or things he has experienced). I think sometimes social media can make the idea of neurodivergence into something cool, quirky, or romantic in some ways because most popular neurodivergent content doesn't go into the bad/unpretty sides of neurodivergence and doesn't always include all types of neurodivergence (like some people still think that neurodivergent only applies to ADHD and Autism). So, many people who would consider themselves as people who want to be "unique" might want to be neurodivergent to confirm their needs to be seen a certain way. But I think that anyone who romanticizes neurodivergence is a part of a minority because most people demonize it (in a sense, and usually without realizing they are doing so). So I don't know if it makes you more uncomfortable to think of the idea of someone being excited about being neurodivergent as a very small group of people and generally not likely to occur.

[@jtotheulian708]

what, you don' t honk if you like pizza

[@Gr3mlinfloof]

6:37 DANG IT IVE BEEN CAUGHT I NEED TO GET OFF MY LAZZY AZZ AND GET BREAKFAST!

[@zachariasharmon1970]

OF ROYALTY MY LOYALTY IS TO THE VATICAN SO IF YOU TRY AND DUMP ME YOU WON'T TRY THAT AGAIN!

[@user-hu6lr3vr7g]

I am like the first video but I am not nureodivergent!!

[@user-hu6lr3vr7g]

These are personality traits NOT Autism traits.

[@TinyRobotED-tm9rs]

Lol

[@livpeake8108]

why not just not eat chicken and be pescetarian or vegetarian?