I’m happy to hear that you looked up some of this for yourself. I figured that it was the definitions that were catching you more than the concepts.
The DSM has some very odd references in it. For instance, “retarded” is a technical definition that exists and is a possible diagnosis even though society has long moved passed that concept. Mental health is weird.
Neurodivergent includes all those categories except the disorders or illnesses. Here’s why:
Things like psychopathy are caused by structural differences in the brain that make sufferers incapable of experiencing the same set of emotions as most people. Many negative behaviors are caused by lack of inhibition or empathy for others.
People with autism and adhd process information differently and respond to the world differently as a result. In severe cases this can lead to an inability to engage but will generally result more in inappropriate engagement.
Behavioral health conditions are a mix of psychological and neurological issues that require a wide variety of interventions.
These are very different things.
I think that what you are noting is that narcissism can be caused by differences in brain structure, like in psychopathy, or by differences in upbringing, like in sociopathy. In the first case, you’re born that way. In the second case, trauma and such made you that way.
They are different things.
Neurodivergent people process information differently but have all the correct parts to process. They may interact with the world in slightly different ways but do not have a personality DEFECT.
People who are narcissists are missing a primary component: empathy for other humans. Their minds are fundamentally different than neurotypical and neurodivergent people.
Those are personality disorders, not forms of neurodivergence.
What doesn’t add up to me is why he used a gift card instead of using credit. I suspect that there is more going on here.
You’d have a lot of people erasing their trauma and then not understanding why they do or feel a certain way about things.
Bonus points if they open Spotlight and type “CMD”.
Thanks for that input. I might look into something.
Do people genuinely rely on these or are they really just a novelty?
This story is specifically non-gendered but people keep assuming that OP is male and partner is female.
I keep seeing this reference but missed the news. What’s going on?
Sir is not a grammatical person. You/Thou are, however. That’s the difference.
Technically English has this too but it’s not used outside of extremely formal situations. You = formal, Thou = informal.
Why is it necessary to go on the attack over a past attempt that didn’t work? That’s how innovation functions. Sometimes you hit the mark and sometimes you don’t, but everyone learns from the process.
I agree. Even when it was new and I went “wow look where the technology has gone!” I still felt that it was insufficient and would age. Honestly the movies are fantastic until they try to show giant orc armies and then it’s a bit MEH.
probably the best simpsons quote ever
No. You feel bad which means you are capable of empathy.