[CW: Internalized Ableism/Anti-ND Sentiment]
I'd think my image, self-esteem, and relationships with others would improve tremendously if I learned how to act neurotypical, but I don't even know where to start.
I feel like I have to first acknowledge the fact that I don't think right at all. I want to have the thought process and behavior of a neurotypical person, but I don't know how to perform that.
I first got diagnosed with autism as a child, and the psychiatrist who gave me that diagnosis made me feel a lot of relatibility to this condition I had never heard of before this time. As a child, this led me to believe that this matter was good to view from the angle of "I'm not inferior. I'm just different!", but now I no longer view my neurodivergence that way. I now acknowledge it as my worst flaw.
Effectively, I want to get to a point where any future psychiatrists I encounter will have a hard time detecting autism within me. I also have ADHD and bipolar disorder, and having those stacked on top of something I already deem horrendous makes me feel triple terrible.
I'm not sure what to make of this post comrade, are you actually asking for advice on how to better mask your true self? Is there a specific version of Neurotypical that you could list out for me to better understand what it is you're wishing to accomplish? You mentioned thought processes and behaviors, but that's such a massive umbrella of human experience. I don't want to respond with some anecdote without fully understanding. Hopefully you're having a better day today 💙