Fully aware that this sounds like a conspiracy theory, but the #neurodivergent (specifically #AuDHD) movement is so fascinating to witness through an evolutionary lens. We are quite literally experiencing how society comes to terms with an accelerating genetic mutation. Growing evidence points towards #adhd and #autism as differing presentations of the same underlying mutation. Highly co-morbid conditions like #depression, #anxiety, and #ocd could be #cptsd from ongoing social trauma? Wild.
When you hear a boomer say “we’re all a little autistic,” they are articulating a reality. They have always built social groups full of individuals whose brain processes information in a similar way because they likely share similar genetic mutations.
I personally have few close relationships with people who don’t consider themselves #neurodiverse in some form. Of course my ancestors and extended family have similar “mental health problems”—we all share the same genetic code.
@nmoo do you think it's accelerating/concentrating because literally like-minded people are breeding with each other?
My personal idea was that we're better at describing/recognising what has always existed.
In previous times we'd describe people as having different dispositions - the melancholy, the hermits, the boffins, the ornery (love that word), the idiots, the nervous (I haven't heard "nervous breakdown" used for a while), the savants, etc etc. Is there really more of it?
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