• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    No. The problem is pathologizing it. And those who self-pathologize themselves over it and use ‘normie’ as an insult.

    Sadly people generally have a obsessive need to pathologize and demonize anything different than them.

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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      7 hours ago

      i mean, considering these people “divergent” and drugging them to function more like so-called neurotypicals is essentially pathologizing them, no?

      i feel pretty pathologized when i have to conform to “normie” work schedules, expectations and such. and the constant demand to zoink myself with dangerous controlled drugs to act more like them.

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      10 hours ago

      those who self-pathologize

      Which describes a good chunk of lemmy.

      Describing perfectly normal human foibles, thoughts and feelings: “Look at me! I’m ADHD and autistic and neurodivergent and that makes me totally special! You wouldn’t understand.”

      Motherfuckers need to watch The Breakfast Club. We’re all struggling in our own ways, but under the hood we’re pretty much all the same.

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      14 hours ago

      God, I hate people who do that. There’s something fundamentally wrong with them.

      (\s)