BIG caveat to this thread - I've mmed and aahed about posting this as it's such a hugely sensitive topic and it isn't intended to be another thread about the rights and wrongs of the Israel-Palestine conflict, more about how as a neurodivergent person I'm really struggling with it, please be kind as I feel very vulnerable posting this!
Just wondering how other ND people are coping with the news at the moment? In diagnosed ADHD but also wondering if I might be autistic, and have always had quite pronounced justice sensitivity, as well as the need to understand what the "right" side of something is, my brain has a tendency to hyperfocus on an issue and try to see something from all sides so that I can work out exactly how I feel about it and find some "solid ground" in my mind. I really struggle when I can't work out what that is, and the current situation is so complex with so many historical nuances that I don't understand, I feel an intense level of social responsibility to try and educate myself and listen to voices on all sides but the emotion on both sides is (understandably!) so high and I feel emotionally pulled in all directions - I've realised it's starting to affect my mental health and feel like I need to step away from it, but also feel like I can't look away as to do so would be somehow failing in my social responsibility. Everything i read in the news makes me want to cry, I empathise with all the victims of the conflict. I've a real tendency to become unhealthily obsessive about things and I can feel that happening. I suppose I'm just wondering if anyone else relates.