How ND ruined my life

[141Nature]

How Being Neurodivergent Can Ruin Your Life

A brutally honest, first-person breakdown

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1. Social Survival = Constant Failure​

I rehearse convos for hours, still say the wrong thing.
Lost friends, failed dates, misunderstood daily.


Facts:

• Autistics: 9x suicide risk, 80% bullied
• ADHDers: 99% experience RSD

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2. Work Is a Minefield​

Fired for not faking small talk.
Hyperfocus is either praised or punished. Interviews are hell.


Facts:

• Only 22% of autistics work full-time
• 3x more likely to face job discrimination
• Burnout is rampant by our 30s

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3. My Brain Is Glitchy​

Tasks feel impossible. Sounds hurt. Time makes no sense.


Facts:

• 90% of autistics + 60% of ADHDers have sensory issues
• ADHD brains struggle with time perception
• Daily life = chronic stress/PTSD

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4. Healthcare Fails Us​

Told I was “just depressed” for 15 years.
Therapy didn’t help. Meds often made it worse.


Facts:

• ADHD/autism diagnoses often delayed 5–12 years
• ~50% misdiagnosed
• Autistics die 16 years earlier on average

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5. I Blame Myself​

I mask, copy others, beg to be fixed.
Even my passions are “too much.”


Facts:

• 3–5x higher suicidal ideation
• Masking = burnout, depression, lost identity
• Society says: You’re the problem

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So… Is There Hope?​

Yes—but only if:

• Accommodations are real
• Community is found
• We keep saying: “I’m not broken. The system is.”

Bottom line: This world isn’t just hard—it’s built to break us.

 

[141Nature]

Bump

 

[Franco.]

is this chat jewpt

 

[Jericho]

 

[141Nature]

is this chat jewpt

No deepseek helped me with some research

 

[141Nature]

Also nd life started as i was a kid, i had depression everyone around me felt different to me and i thought being like them would make me accepted

 

[Joaquin]

Im pretty sure I am ND or extremely mentalcel

 

[141Nature]

Im pretty sure I am ND or extremely mentalcel

Do you have some of my points

 

[ajshabs]

yep it’s pretty over if you are ND there is no
hope sadly it is just cope

 

[Joaquin]

Do you have some of my points

3 and 4 specially

 

[141Nature]

yep it’s pretty over if you are ND there is no
hope sadly it is just cope

 

[Joaquin]

Im also unable to concentrate and I feel that I view the world in a different way as the rest of people do. Do you have those symptoms?

 

[Sprinkles]

Fired for not faking small talk.

 

[141Nature]

Im also unable to concentrate and I feel that I view the world in a different way as the rest of people do. Do you have those symptoms?

Yes, my opinions are seen weird or insane
And i think about everything to much

 

[141Nature]

Maybe i should be isolated from everyone

 

[Joaquin]

Yes and more extrem

Yeah its over

 

[Latinolooksmaxxer]

insanity loco

 

[Joaquin]

Yes and more extrem

Can I dm you

 

[141Nature]

Can I dm you

Sure

 

[141Nature]

Can I dm you

I dont know how that works you can dm

 

[141Nature]

insanity loco

 

[JustCallMeKash]

Brutal if u actually have autism if u dont and jst became neurodivergent over time then its fixable

 

[xaxanibber]

neurodivergent chadlite gets nothing