Neurodivergent on Yik Yak | audhd easily overstimulated person here wondering if anyone else finds it hard to be around people who are further on the spectrum? especially if they’re loud/moaning, or stare at me or like watch me from afar. i go into shutdown-coping mode.

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Neurodivergent 23w

audhd easily overstimulated person here wondering if anyone else finds it hard to be around people who are further on the spectrum? especially if they’re loud/moaning, or stare at me or like watch me from afar. i go into shutdown-coping mode.

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Anonymous 23w

I think it’s not unusual to be unsettled by unexpected noises people are making, even though we can choose not to extend that into judgment of them. Sometimes even under the same disability category, people have needs or tendencies that are at odds.

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