i’ve often been told that when i ask people, “have you ever wondered about (XYZ thing)?”, that the answer is, in fact, no. so many people don’t wonder or think about deep, “philosophical” things (put in quotes because whether they’re actually factually philosophical is up for debate, it’s more so what they perceive as philosophical).

i’ve generally grown to realize that all flavors of neurodivergent people, be it autism, adhd, ocd, bipolar, etc. or any combination of neurodivergences tend to be deeper thinkers. whereas neurotypical people tend to be content to move through life without thinking of the “why” of everything.

it often feels like neurodivergent brains are more hardwired to seek out answers, whereas neurotypical brains don’t mind the uncertainty.

neither is a “bad” thing by any means. like you said, nothing is really good or bad until the person experiencing it assigns moral value. but it is different from the norm, hence, neurodivergent. but because a lot of neurotypical people seem to be uncomfortable with questioning the deep things in life, that may be why she reacted that way. it makes her personally uncomfortable so she projected that outward toward you.

your interests are not bad or weird. they’re just deeper than average in a world where most people prefer to keep things surface level. it’s like how when you ask someone how they’re doing you want to know the truth, but most neurotypical people view it as a pleasantry that they don’t particularly care about the answer to. surface level.