Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
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@lifewithtrees Oh.
#neurobland is the opposite of #neurospicy.
So like #neurodivergent vs. #neurotypical, but without the connotation that the later would be more common (or even "healthier").
If you have not hear about it before it's because I came upp with it ca 10 minutes ago.
I like the analogy that some types are simply more stimulating. However I feel that bland has a negative connotation so something else might be better suited
But again I absolutely love the approach cause especially the stimulation overdrive is what some days literally feel like.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees I don't know what they called me. I just know they avoided me like the plague - and throughout my adult life - same.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees
in my childhood weird was seldom used I was just considers odd. -
Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees
It's the fediverse, the results check out -
@NickSchwanck yep that’s my take too as an AuDHDer.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees I like to consider us weirdos as outliers. Or as Yogi Bear (not Berra) said, smarter than the average bear.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
It was all in my head. No one cared then and no one cares now. And I sure don't care. I wish I.would have realized that at a much younger age.
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I like the analogy that some types are simply more stimulating. However I feel that bland has a negative connotation so something else might be better suited
But again I absolutely love the approach cause especially the stimulation overdrive is what some days literally feel like.
@Kmachel
neurovanilla and neuropepperoni
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees well the exact terms used were frightening and unsetteling but that counts as weird I'd say.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
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@JeffGrigg entirely up to you what is weird I think
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees @ShaulaEvans give it time … I made it from "weird kid" to "normal adult", but it took five decades! #wisdom
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees yes, but in healthier ways now. I wouldn’t like me-as-kid even now, I think, not all that much.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees I feel like asking this is the Fediverse is going to get somewhat biased answers
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I like the analogy that some types are simply more stimulating. However I feel that bland has a negative connotation so something else might be better suited
But again I absolutely love the approach cause especially the stimulation overdrive is what some days literally feel like.
@Kmachel @lifewithtrees After being harassed for most of my life by people who perceive them selves as ”normal”, and therefore ”better”, I feel the somewhat negative connotation is at least someone deserved.
I see a user case for a less adversarial word as well thought. Something for the allies, and the openminded. How about #neuromild as neutral option?
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@Kmachel
neurovanilla and neuropepperoni
@jordgubben @lifewithtrees@fnohe Love it!
May I also sugest #neurolime, #neuromint, #neurochocolate, and #neuroquattrostagioni as variants?
There’s diversity in the #neuroflavours, so let’s leave the #neutobinary behind.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees
I thought I was weird, others thought I was weird. Now I know I an weird and think it is nice, and don't care when others think I am weird and see it negatively.
(I was the kid with varying obsessions and when I've talked to some of my first grade pals they remembered by weird obsessions -I left a Lasting Impression, which is hilarious.)
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees Weird all the way. (Only I don't have bullies as an adult, which changes everything)
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees wow surprised at the number of people who considered themselves weird as kids. Y'all were ahead of the curve
I was so so so reserved and locked down as a kid. There were like five internal committees operating between my brain and my mouth to ensure I never said anything in any particular way that could possibly be construed until leaving home.
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Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
@lifewithtrees I find other people exceptionally weird. I find myself perfectly rational, logical and natural.
