I wonder if u guys agree or disagree

[fishperson]

I dont think neurodivergent and neurotypical people are compatible enough to date.
Forming any other sort of rss works fine but dating just seems like u are forcing smthg that's inherently broken.

 

[Shiitake]

Neurodivergent people and neurotypical people arent groups of 2
Theyre both spectrums.

 

[jengablocks]

i think it depends on the person & their place on the spectrum! some of my friends are in intimate relationships with neurotypical people and their relationship "clicks" to me! like, the puzzle pieces fit together. but like , otherwise i totally agree..! i have never really been able to become more than surface-level friends with a neurotypical person. i think they usually see someone who is nice and silly, maybe just a bit weird. quirky infantilizable autism!

but even aside from the masking, there is like a wall there that is almost tangible, physical repellent. it just fundamentally isn't possible to convey your brain wiring to someone else, or at the very least the emotional labor u would have to undertake in order to explain your sensory input, processing, and output to someone that's neurotypical and lives in a neurotypical world is extreme , and ultimately the gap is just too far too cross for any practical purposes.

i don't really think other neurotypical ppl generally experience even a remotely similar reality to me, it's just, usually, the intuitive capacity of a neurodivergent person to comprehend someone who *does* have a different brain from them is basically your entire lived experience. becoz everyone has a different brain from u!

 

[fishperson]

i don't really think other neurotypical ppl generally experience even a remotely similar reality to me, it's just, usually, the intuitive capacity of a neurodivergent person to comprehend someone who *does* have a different brain from them is basically your entire lived experience. becoz everyone has a different brain from u!

yes exactly its much easier to relate to other people while neurodivergent than when not! even if u guys dont struggle with the same things.