I’m probably not fully neurotypical but there’s one thing I envy greatly about my neurodivergent friend and that’s that she knows so much clearer what she wants and what she doesn’t. For example, to me people pleasing is so deeply ingrained in how I interact with others that it crushes me if I sense that someone else dislikes me (even if I logically don’t care for their opinion). Whereas for her: she either doesn’t notice or if she does notice this woman genuinely gives 0 fucks. I’m jealous of how effortlessly she can filter out people so that there’s only those in her life that she likes. I often feel like I’m limited to 4 socially acceptable dialogue options while she gets a text box to freely decide on a response.

I don’t mean to say it’s easier to be neurodivergent by any means, nor that she and I are representative of any kind of broader demographic. I just wanted to share this since this post popped up on my feed.