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What is Neurodivergence?
It's ADHD, Autism, OCD, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bi-polar, aspd, etc etc etc etc
“neurologically atypical patterns of thought or behavior”
So, it’s very broad, if you feel like it describes you then it does as far as we're concerned
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2.) always assume good faith when dealing with a fellow nd comrade especially due to lack of social awareness being a common symptom of neurodivergence
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It's always fun when neurodiversities clash. I'm sensitive to loud noises and my roommate has trouble modulating her voice
I also have a tendency to shut down when someone else talks too much without pausing. If I had to compare the feeling, it's like a circuit breaker tripping - too much is flowing through the wire, so the connection gets cut, to be reset when it's safe to do so. Of course, this leads to others thinking I'm indifferent to or dismissive of their interests, which I swear I'm not.
Yeah me and my roommate are both autistic and he has voice modulating problems too and it really grates me. He participates in group chats on OKCupid and he's very loud about it and the other voices also bother me. Also ugh when uncomfortable topics come up X_X. When he watches TV its fine. I can literally sleep right there on the couch when its just the TV. But the voice chats oh my god.
I don't think it's unreasonable to tell him to wear a damn headset.
Wouldnt help with the main problem which is his voice lol.
The thing with your roommate is exactly what it was like for me in college with my roommate! And neither of us knew that we were neurodivergent lmao. It's so funny looking back and connecting all these dots that are so obvious in retrospect. I just remember thinking like, "I love her so much but maaan my ears hurt when she talks to me sometimes and I don't know why :/" Like, lol. Lmao even.