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Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Ever since my self-diagnosis, I feel a weird 'us vs. them' mentality referring to myself as neurodivergent vs. neurotypicals.

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Ever since my self-diagnosis, I feel a weird 'us vs. them' mentality referring to myself as neurodivergent vs. neurotypicals.

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Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Does anyone else feel this way or did when they first self-diagnosed?

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It’s hard not to feel that way when all my life I felt different from other people

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