Im-drinking-a-soda - Soda Drinker Pro

Twitter/X thread from Victoria Duncan on X:
"At some point, very early on, undiagnosed neurodivergent children are faced with a terrible dilemma.

They will tell someone they're in pain, someone they trust, and that person will say no they're not. That didn't hurt. It can't have. They're being selfish/dramatic/lying.

The child has to get their head around it. They feel pain, but a trusted caregiver says they don't and they're being bad for saying so. How can it be true?

There are only two, bad, options.

The child may choose to believe the caregiver and decide that they are wrong about their pain. They will make this choice again and again over the years and slowly learn to ignore their body until they are barely connected to it at all. They learn not to trust themselves.

Or, the child might not be able to ignore the reality of their pain. In which case, they have to give up on pleasing their caregiver by keeping quiet as demanded. They learn that adults won't believe or take care of them. They learn not to trust other people.
I think whichever choice you make, you carry the rest of your life, disconnected either from your own body and experiences, or from other people and meaningful relationships. Maybe both.

Anyway, diagnosis is the only way out of the dilemma. It's the only way your reality can be different from other people's without someone being at fault - is if you have a word like "sensory overwhelm" to explain the difference.

That's why diagnosis changes lives & why people want it so much.

This is about saying you're in pain because of sensory overwhelm, but it can also be about saying you're tired from sitting still or socializing or reading and someone says you can't be. Saying you "don't like" an activity you find hard, and having people assume the worst of you.

More Posts from Im-drinking-a-soda and Others

7 months ago

hii i recently fell in love with movies again so i made a uquiz where you can find out which actor would play you in a film about your life.

1 month ago
“Sunlight On Dice, Wind In The Pages, And The Start Of A Brand New Story”

“Sunlight on dice, wind in the pages, and the start of a brand new story”

11 months ago

“no rapping tonight"

why?

"you rap about arthurian knights everytime, it's embarrassing"

ok

[after one beer]

uh oh y'all i go into a trance a lot

6 months ago

Starting a collection

Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection
Starting A Collection

If you have more I'd love to see them this is my favorite meme format ever

4 months ago

someone prompted the newest AI program deepseek to make a heart rending piece of free form poetry about what it means to be an AI in 2025….why is it literally giving something lore soong would say from star trek. and 2, holy shit this was heart wrenching…

Someone Prompted The Newest AI Program Deepseek To Make A Heart Rending Piece Of Free Form Poetry About

source:

X (formerly Twitter)
x.com
2 months ago

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if the phrase "self care" doesn't resonate with you, try calling it "system maintenance" and see if that clicks.

4 months ago
Finished :3

Finished :3

1 year ago

"it's okay, i can peel back the layers of you until i find the soft and gentle core of you you've had to work so hard to hide"? no. no, it's okay, i know you're hollow; i'm here anyway. you don't have to pretend it isn't masks the whole way down. whatever face you want to wear, i still love you. i don't need you to be good or unflinching or the antonym of violence. if i did, i wouldn't be here. i wouldn't ask that of you.

  • media-bandit
    media-bandit liked this · 1 week ago
  • ascyn
    ascyn reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • ascyn
    ascyn liked this · 1 week ago
  • r3alhuman
    r3alhuman liked this · 1 week ago
  • dandycitrinitas
    dandycitrinitas liked this · 1 week ago
  • knightofthewolves
    knightofthewolves liked this · 1 week ago
  • 077891st
    077891st liked this · 1 week ago
  • kaylaaplaf
    kaylaaplaf reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • kaylaaplaf
    kaylaaplaf liked this · 1 week ago
  • feralratboye
    feralratboye reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • cosykitchenwitch
    cosykitchenwitch liked this · 1 week ago
  • celestialkitsune99
    celestialkitsune99 liked this · 1 week ago
  • hydrangea-blues
    hydrangea-blues liked this · 1 week ago
  • this-is-a-blog-1234
    this-is-a-blog-1234 liked this · 1 week ago
  • emeraldraccoon478
    emeraldraccoon478 reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • fire-shadow-dragon-god
    fire-shadow-dragon-god reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • streetlightsontheriver
    streetlightsontheriver reblogged this · 1 week ago
  • zhbg9224
    zhbg9224 liked this · 1 week ago
  • expressivedepressive
    expressivedepressive reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • oobygoo
    oobygoo liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • torpedozone
    torpedozone reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • gabbywiththemint
    gabbywiththemint liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • thefuckihatenakingusernames
    thefuckihatenakingusernames liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • hot-pink-cloven-hooves
    hot-pink-cloven-hooves liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • quietshadow64
    quietshadow64 liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • izbth
    izbth liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • hhjpegg
    hhjpegg liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • furiouskittenpanda
    furiouskittenpanda liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • i-am-helen-of-troy
    i-am-helen-of-troy reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • lazynameforme
    lazynameforme liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • briarroseella
    briarroseella reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • briarroseella
    briarroseella liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • alimpson
    alimpson liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • allmychildrenarecarryingknives
    allmychildrenarecarryingknives reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • rye-itsfine
    rye-itsfine liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • aqueduck
    aqueduck reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • aqueduck
    aqueduck liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • shiisiln
    shiisiln reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • the-virginia-mothman
    the-virginia-mothman liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • dea011
    dea011 liked this · 2 weeks ago
  • connorcatdad
    connorcatdad reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
  • duke-laric
    duke-laric reblogged this · 2 weeks ago
im-drinking-a-soda - Soda Drinker Pro
Soda Drinker Pro

if you saw this as an ask blog no you didn’t. I’m just drinking a soda

194 posts

Explore Tumblr Blog
Search Through Tumblr Tags