Neurodiversity thread - for all MNetters who are neurodiverse - ASD, ADHD, Dyspraxia and more.

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Welcome one and all to the new thread. A safe haven for MNetters who identify as neurodiverse, diagnosis or not, and those waiting for assessment. Links available in recent threads. Newbies welcome. We just ask that you introduce yourself

I mean, these clouds, man. They just Weren't Right. You looked up into the sky and it was like some kind of terrible, threatening portent, an end-of-the-world type feeling, like these clouds were going to reach down and destroy you. The most ominous thing I've ever seen.

Clouds! Just airy water! But terrifying.

I mean, these clouds were MOVING. They were ALIVE. They were malevolent.

I wish I had a video.

All you guys out there thinking "yeah, but chill out, autisticrat, they're just clouds" - you weren't THERE, man! You don't KNOW!

Asparagus clouds, bloody gorgeous ones!

No, no, no, asperatus clouds. Not asparagus!

They are amazing to see, I've only seen it once!
And there's no such thing as just clouds!

I love cloud person

You've inspired a name change

Do you mind if I save those photos to add to my saddo album?

Go ahead CloudPerson!

Did they affect you as much as they affected me, when you saw them?

It's a shame, i took the photos through the car windscreen, which was a heated one, so there are little lines on the photos that shouldn't be there :( But you can still kind of get an idea of how weird they were.

This is a video of them (not mine)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz7BgxrVmiQ

I get excited at tiny, still clouds, let alone ones that look like great heaving seas up in the air!

These clouds are my speciality, the ones I spot all the time, even though they're meant to be very rare.

Ooh, lovely video!

Leedle tiny waves!

What proves that they're special clouds is that I just checked the metadata and those photos are five years old Now that's a memorable cloud.

If Pig hadn't told us they were asperatus clouds I would have put money on that being the Dementors arriving...

Lovely evil clouds rat

Hello. I have newly discovered this corner of Mumsnet. I have 2 children, both diagnosed with ASD and am considering seeking diagnosis myself. I've read a few of the threads and it's been both enlightening and depressing.

I'm not in a great place right now so won't post loads, just sort of making myself say something so I don't back out. I think I need some support and people who 'get it' to talk to, but not really sure where to begin!

Hello Francine

There are probably a few of us who aren't in a great place right now, post all you want, you're not alone

Hi, Francine. I think this is exactly the right place to begin and get support. You can comment as much or as little as you like but I find I get more out of the threads when I 'join in', so to speak.

Hi Francine, I am new to this corner of Mumsnet too and also thinking about going for an assessment. Also not in a great place at the moment. Please do come and share whatever you like, I am sure you will find some understanding here.

So I have read quite a bit the last few days about asperges in females. I am rather stunned to find that I did have a number of these traits in young childhood - but never realised they could have been traits of asperges. I just thought I was from a different planet and that I was just somewhat eccentric. I also can see how much effort I put in to compensate. I have done it so much that I am not sure I totally know what is the real me. I have always had a front and it has been very effective - doctors/ teachers and even my parents were fooled I think in a fair amount of cases. But I am so tired of those compensatory mechanisms. I want to let my guard down. I know that one of the reasons I had so much depression in my late teens was all the stress etc of pretending I was ok. I can't quite believe that all the depression/ anxiety/ past self harm/ sleep issues/ ocd etc etc could actually be explained by this. I thought I was just a big failure.

Hey Francine, love the username

Hi Francine, welcome to the thread!

Story of my life rural, that's so, so typical for us It's not easy on us! You're not a failure. How many people out there have to put this much effort in, day in and day out, just to keep up the appearance of being not-different?

Cept most of you guys are better at it and try harder at it than I do 😂 Keeping buggering on like you've done for God-only-knows how long was the exact opposite of failure.