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[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

Yes to all those. It helped me immensely to understand that I am wired different. But lately I have come to believe it's dangerous to find these common traits in the context of a mental illness diagnosis. Neurodiverse? Hell yeah. Suffering from 'Can't work an 8 hour job' disorder? No thanks. It's not a disorder, it's my body and mind protesting against bad conditions. We don't have to set up society in such a way that a significant percentage of the population cannot keep up with life tasks. I demand change not as charitable accommodation for a problem I have.

My issue here is not the grouping of people under certain traits, but calling these traits a 'syndrome' or 'disorder' because a person with these traits is less valuable as human resource within the capitalist work logic. I'm not disordered, the system is.