Regular reminder that being an asshole is not a symptom of any form of neurodivergence. (You can replace “neurodivergent” with depressed, anxious, bipolar, etc. and the diagram works equally well)
ETA: social faux pas, awkwardness, and genuine symptoms of neurodivergence don’t make you an asshole. I shouldn’t have to say this? An “asshole” is someone who enacts a pattern of abusive, controlling, harassing, and/or harmful behavior with no remorse or concern for how other people are affected.
You’re right, but also there are still a ton of people that pretend or think they have some type of mental condition when in actuality they don’t.
I have diagnosed OCD (by a medical professional) and I’ve only ever told about two friends in my entire life because the millions of gross people around the world that say they have OCD for the most normal fucking things that everyone In the world can relate to.
Somebody saying they have OCD is so fucking cringe to me now because of these morons that I’m scared to tell anyone even if I’m close to them.
That’s fair honestly as a lot of people think they relate to OCD. I’ve even been called OCD even though I’m very sure that’s not something that impacts me.
It’s weird to me though because I’ve had a psychiatrist tell me I probably have ocd, but left it as just an anxiety disorder unspecified (ocd thought patterns that spiral into panic attacks), but I find a lot of these people are more thinking of feeling uncomfortable with any mess rather than spending your entire vacation worried you left the door unlocked or struggling with anxious thought loops that you can’t force yourself to stop thinking about.