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neurodivergence does tend to get measured on both extremes, at least in my experience with autism and ADHD, as an alien who has both

you obviously don't want to call it a "superpower," nor a "burden" or even "disease." taking that radical of a stance on either side just kinda robs the subject of its nuance, and if ya ask me, nuance is one of the most important things to understand about any subject. some things are good and bad. this isn't a 1980's action cartoon where the good is heroic and the bad is corrupt and evil...my goodness, how many times to people need to hear this @_@

yeahhhhh sorry if i got sidetracked but i def understand where u come from!!

honestly I think most of the people who say that arent neurodivergent, or at least very high-functioning 

I’m neurodivergent and while there are some good things about it, like creativity, it also isolates me from most of my classmates at school, and Ive cried due to people… eating crisps in a car because I hated the noise. 

Most disorders, including the more common ones like autism and ADHD, are debilitating in some way, socially, physically, or mentally. People who say that it is a ‘superpower’ are just trying to be overly, toxically positive and ignore the actual bad things about neurodivergency. They find it uncomfortable to talk about or to accept, so they don’t mention it. It’s sad 

There are also a lot of people who do accept neurodivergency for its bad things too though. there’s help for anyone struggling with disorders in therapy / school (my school has a whole section that ND people can go to, idk about you) / even in friends, etc. even if you have to be self sufficient and try your best to help yourself as you try and find those connections 

either way, people who say that a disability is a superpower is stupid. and I hope you get help if/when you need it <3

Ive seen a lot of neurodiverget people be way more creative and genuinely more passionate about things they like than regular people