Were you referred to as “the weird kid” growing up / Do you consider yourself to be “weird” as an adult?
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@bazkie it was used that way against me too. I’d shrug and say “thanks!”
It’s something my parents taught me to be proud of cuz they are weird too 🥰
@lifewithtrees good for you!
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@lifewithtrees good for you!
@bazkie yes I’m lucky that we are all weird enough to flaunt it lol!
And also too weird to pretend otherwise ha!
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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@mstdn.social yeeeah this is why fedi is 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 even got an award for it. "Ridder av det frie elektron" (Knight of the free electron).
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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 Embrase the weird!
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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
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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
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?
