I can't be the first person who has made this comparison, but being neurodivergent is a lot like driving stick shift when everyone around you drives automatic.
"What do you mean you need to listen to the noise your engine makes, and take the speed you're travelling into consideration?
Just keep your foot on the accelerator and push through! It's always worked for me. 🙄
And what's wrong with you anyway that you need to 'change gears', why do you need to label & pathologise everything? "
@Zumbador hmm! This also seems like an apt kind of description of how most neurotypical people (of which i am mostly one) seem to... not handle mental instability at all well when it invariably also happens to them... like, I know I have a stress tendency and have had to learn to listen to my engine for the signals of that, and... yeah, definitely matches my experience with that as well
