[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.

  • un_mask_me [any]
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    8 months ago

    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 💙