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"I have to sort my books!' she cried,

With self-indulgent glee;

With senseless, narcissistic pride:

'I'm just so OCD!'

'How random, guys!' I smiled and said,

Then left without a peep -

And washed my hands until they bled,

And cried myself to sleep."

I always find this interesting because my story went something like this:

"ADHD are just people with normal impulses, but more frequent and less able to control them"

"I'm smart and able to multitask really well. Sure I fixate on things sometimes but everyone does. And of course I can have that espresso before bed. Caffeine doesn't affect me."

"Everyone creates patterns in their life to remember basic things. Counting steps in my daily routine, time boxing tasks with alarms, and giving myself lots of little rewards is just efficient time management. I wouldn't call it a coping mechanism"

"Having kids is stressful and my patterns are broken, that's normal right? I should talk to someone."

"What do you mean I'm 'ADHD as fuck'. You're a doctor, that's not appropriate language"

"This medication reduces a lot of my internal anxiety and let's be be in control of my life. I had no idea normal people felt like this all the time"

So, please, tell us how neurodivergent traits all seem normal to you. And welcome to the club.

I'm so quirky my new kitchen was delivered and in boxes while I microwaved everything for 14 months 🤷‍♂️

Yeah but it’s really funny to say “I’m so ocd” to the sorts of shit that got me diagnosed with it. “I’m so ocd my panic takes a spiral pattern” or “I’m so ocd I have to check if I locked my car door 3 times, not 2, not 4, maybe 6, but sometimes 9”