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Awhile back, someone on a random Reddit post suggested I might be neurodivergent. I’d only heard the term used for people with autism – yes, I live under a rock – so my initial response was disgruntlement. My husband, after all, is autistic, and I had a mental image of the time he met my prudish religious neighbor for the first time and made a joke about his dick; if we were both that awkward outwardly instead of just on the inside, we’d be a right mess. There was also a sidenote of, “shit, I’m even more fucked up than Cold, how dare this person compare him to me? He doesn’t deserve that insult!” indignance.
Come to find out “neurodivergent” applies to several diagnoses and disabilities; it applies to most (any?) condition resulting from deviations in how the brain is wired...including mine. Apparently, I am neurodivergent. So is Cold. So many things make sense now. That Redditor was right and I had no idea.
That said...I’ve been editing a chapter of my novel with Boney M.’s “Rasputin” playing on repeat for...uh...an hour? ...or three? Because it’s stuck in my head? Okay, so maybe there were signs. Maybe.
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Deviations to what? Does this mean that left handed people are “neurodivergent”? Reminds me of the meme picture I’ve seen. “Somebody called me NORMAL, I’ve never been more insulted in my life!”
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The examples I found ranged from mental illnesses and developmental disabilities to epilepsy, but honestly? I was wrong before, so I’m not going to weigh in. It wouldn’t surprise me, though; left-hand dominance is an uncommon trait that’s programmed into a person’s brain in the same way ADHD and Autism are programmed in. The paradigm shift made my head spin, for sure.
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The daft bugger has ADHD. Youngerspawn is on the autistic spectrum, and Elderspawn has what used to be called Asperger’s Syndrome. The corgi, she who is an agent of chaos, is epileptic. We rock neurodivergence in my house.
And now I am thoroughly enjoying the image of Tom Hiddleston dancing to Boney M.’s “Rasputin” in my head so the jury is still out on me.
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