I Don't Know What I'm Doing

*the water quickly froths into a roiling cauldron of blood and slobber*

it’s safer 

it’s a real option 

they know there are other people like them 

they know their identity exists

they have a name to put to their internal experiences

and anyone who is worried this will “turn their kids gay,” actually means “my kids won’t be forced, by fear and terror, to closet themselves.” 

you don’t owe someone a relationship no matter how kind they, are or how much they like you

you aren’t broken or missing any pieces

there are so many beautiful types of love in the world; the way you love is just important as anyone else’s

So you know how you can't make yourself put your hand down on a hot stovetop? There's a part of your brain that stops you from doing that? That's what Neurodivergent Can't Do Task Mode™ feels like

Even if we want to do it, there's a barrier stopping us from doing it, and it's really hard to override

And why does our brain see the task as a hot stovetop? Because when neurotypicals finish a task, they get serotonin, but we don't get that satisfaction after completing a task. A neurotypical wouldn't get serotonin from putting their hand on a hot stovetop, it would just hurt. When we can't do a task, it's because our brain knows that the task will hurt (metaphorically) and wants to avoid that.

It's not that we're choosing not to do the task, it's that our brain is physically preventing us from doing it.

Neurotypicals can and should reblog but please don't add anything