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In the modern world, language evolves quickly to accommodate new concepts and trends, which frequently explode on social media. Over time, this changes the way we refer to things, phenomena, and even diagnoses. Recently, the word neurospicy emerged as a more fun and creative approach to describe the neurodiverse community so it wouldn’t sound as intimidating to other people. To get ourselves acquainted with neurodivergency and further demystify it, Bored Panda collected a list of memes from the Neurodivergent Geek Girl Facebook page that tell it how it is with a humorous twist. Scroll down to find the best posts that perfectly reflect life with a spicy brain and don’t forget to upvote the ones you enjoyed the most!
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The term neurospicy is a playful addition to the already existing lexicon of neurodiversity, which also includes words like neuroqueer, neurodivergent, and neurodistinct.
The word neurodiversity emerged in the mid-1990s to describe individuals who diverged from the neurotypical society and was mostly used to refer to autistic people. Australian sociologist Judy Singer was the first to use this word in academia in 1998. The same year it made its way to the mainstream and continues to evolve and expand.
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Neurospicy people have different thinking patterns compared to neurotypical people—those who don’t have differences in thinking or processing information. Neurodiversity is a catch-all term that includes all individuals who experience the world unlike others and covers a wide range of conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, and others.
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Beak Hookage 3 days ago
For more than thirty years I thought I just had a nasty explosive temper. Now I know it was me getting overwhelmed and expressing it with anger. Which would explain why being stuck in a crowded supermarket trying to do my Christmas shopping makes me start contemplating murder two minutes in.
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Steve Robert 3 days ago
Knowing today's current events does indeed take away that vague will to live.
The newly coined term neurospicy reimagines the brain as a culinary concoction with sensations, thoughts, and emotions blending together to create a symphony of flavors, explains Dani Rodwell, LCSW from Neuro Spark. “Neurospicy represents the spicy, tangy, and savory aspects of the brain. Being neurospicy is about depth and complexity. In essence, neurospicy captures the extraordinary, intense, (and sometimes fierce!) aspects of neurodivergent personalities.”
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Mary Beth Miller 2 days ago
When my psych symptoms get bad I develop a lot of body pain that decreases/goes away when my mental health improves.
She further explains that the term emerged as a rebellion against the “mild” autism stereotype, which perpetuates the wrong idea that people can be less or more autistic. “Thinking in terms of food, spicy is the antonym of mild. Sometimes, people reclaim language that was originally meant as an insult to actually begin using it as a celebration of their identity,” she said.
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Data1001 3 days ago
I do this with movies and TV shows some times -- then catch myself and realize I was just looking at the pictures and letting the noises sort of wash over me, but had no idea what just transpired in the previous minute or two. Thank goodness I can rewind. (Might need that capability for life, actually.)
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WindySwede 3 days ago
And the dopamine levels went way down after Premium, and snatched DarkMode, was introduced.. 😛
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Luke Branwen 3 days ago
"That's just the way it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" aka. the most infuriating answer you can give to a defiant neurodivergent person
However, some people have doubts about such linguistic creativity that addresses medical conditions that, in some cases, require treatment or a lot of daily support. They think that such vocabulary downplays the severity of conditions that fall under the neurodiversity umbrella. Others also believe that it’s a cute and quirky way to avoid saying that a person is disabled.
Meanwhile, the happiness coach and founder of self-care stationery based on real therapy techniques, Sugar and Sloth, Anita, who is neurodivergent herself, encourages those in the community to embrace the term neurospicy if they like the sound of it. "When I hear the word neurospicy, I think of a cute little chilli pepper and it makes me smile. Also, extra bonus, neurospicy is way easier to spell than then neurodivergent, which is great for those of us with dyslexia.”
According to Rodwell, whether or not to use the term neurospicy to describe neurodivergent individuals depends on personal preference. “The best way to find out a person’s individual language preferences is to ask them and respect their wishes,” she said.
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However, she still believes that it’s more than just a word. The term celebrates neurodivergent individuals and advocates for acceptance and inclusion. “Whether you resonate with the term neurospicy or not, or can identify with the neurospicy meaning, we can agree that the many different ways of expressing our identities are just as diverse as we are.”
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OneWithRatsAndKefir 3 days ago
Looking back, I probably gave off -quite- a few signs that I was autistic. Seriously, the amount of times I near enough pray to just run into my old primary and secondary school teachers in public just to tell them, “Oh, hey, I got diagnosed with Autism since you last saw me, did you -at all- expect that that little girl had ASD? Yes, no, please explain reasoning.”
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Helena 3 days ago
Every year I get to sit through my annual review at work, "great work, efficient, you do the things. Now here are 3 pages of coworker feedback telling you exactly how bad your personality is and how awkward you are. Sure you've been like that your entire life and you've been trying to fit in since you were 5, but we're going to need you to fix that this year". I recover from it about a month later.
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January Tempis 3 days ago
Moving something from one pile to another and back and forth and back and forth again. Something that should take 20 minutes takes days. And then of course there's the reverse when you think something should take 20 minutes but that is humanly impossible.
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Kaisa Satjus 2 days ago
Once when i was waking up from stomach surgery the nurse ask me about my pain level. My answer: "if my stomach was a 12 toast toaster, 8 of those would be on fire"" I did get more painkillers
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Luke Branwen 3 days ago
If a neurodivergent girl passionately infodumped to me about her special interest, there's a solid chance I'd hopelessly fall in love within minutes
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January Tempis 3 days ago
I think it's more fun to know a a little bit about a bunch of things!
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JudyfromAccounts 2 days ago
If I'm as hot as they say, why do they ghost me? Oh yeah, my s**t personality.
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Beak Hookage 3 days ago
In Rocko's Modern Life, they dealt with it by introducing the Triangle to Trafalgar Square and they fell in love and went off together to get married. ...In hindsight, that show was even weirder than I thought.
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CK 3 days ago
When people say "everyone's a little bit autistic," they mean it to invalidate autistic struggles. The technicality of whether it's true on any level isn't even relevant. If tall people were talking about having to live in a world of things that aren't designed for their height, "everyone's a little bit tall" would be a technically true response on some level (because even short people have height) but it wouldn't be appropriate.
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Bat cat in a hat 3 days ago
That's my partner, and I should have a trophy considering he's still breathing. I need total silence when watching a movie.
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Nora12 3 days ago
I need someone to explain to me why this thread which is suppose to be about neurodiversity has so many random cheese posts 🧀
OneWithRatsAndKefir 3 days ago
It’s a good snack when you want to eat but have no energy to cook or heat up leftovers. That’s my reasoning for it at least. Anyway, this is everbody’s daily reminder to drink water and look away from your screen for twenty seconds for the sake of your eye health.
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Nils Skirnir 3 days ago
Very few, if any, of these are neurodivergent. Virtually all are about little quirks, not neurodivergence. No, your absolutely normal little human quirks don’t make you autistic
Atom Bohr 2 days ago
People seem to miss that a lot of these are about the degree to which an individual experiences them. A lot of neurodivergent people don't experience anything a neurotypical person doesn't, they simply experience the same things more/less frequently or strongly. Everyone forgets things, but some people do it so much it affects their ability to do their jobs, or get through the day without difficulty. Most people like learning interesting things, but if it becomes an obsession or "your personality" that's neurodivergence. Everyone struggles to understand social norms or non-verbal cues from time to time, but if it's all day every day, that's neurodivergence. It's all about the degree to which someone experiences something
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M McBride 2 days ago
I’m a psychologist, and although I agree that at one point ADHD and autism were under-diagnosed, I feel now that they are over-diagnosed. I think a lot of people are using these disorders to justify their bad behaviors, and as an excuse to keep doing them (or, you know, to get tasty stimulant medications). These disorders are real and have real implications for peoples’ lives, which is why it’s important for healthcare professionals to accurately diagnose (and not just automatically assign an ADHD or autism diagnosis to people who are simply messy, late, forgetful, shy, etc.).
The Darkest Timeline 2 days ago
I fear you are correct. Same with anxiety; there is a difference between being anxious and having anxiety. And now that we’ve started to accept it (among other things), people are self-diagnosing in order to excuse themselves from being functional, responsible, accountable, pro-social, etc.
Load More Replies... Nora12 3 days ago
I need someone to explain to me why this thread which is suppose to be about neurodiversity has so many random cheese posts 🧀
OneWithRatsAndKefir 3 days ago
It’s a good snack when you want to eat but have no energy to cook or heat up leftovers. That’s my reasoning for it at least. Anyway, this is everbody’s daily reminder to drink water and look away from your screen for twenty seconds for the sake of your eye health.
Load More Replies... Nils Skirnir 3 days ago
Very few, if any, of these are neurodivergent. Virtually all are about little quirks, not neurodivergence. No, your absolutely normal little human quirks don’t make you autistic
Atom Bohr 2 days ago
People seem to miss that a lot of these are about the degree to which an individual experiences them. A lot of neurodivergent people don't experience anything a neurotypical person doesn't, they simply experience the same things more/less frequently or strongly. Everyone forgets things, but some people do it so much it affects their ability to do their jobs, or get through the day without difficulty. Most people like learning interesting things, but if it becomes an obsession or "your personality" that's neurodivergence. Everyone struggles to understand social norms or non-verbal cues from time to time, but if it's all day every day, that's neurodivergence. It's all about the degree to which someone experiences something
Load More Replies... M McBride 2 days ago
I’m a psychologist, and although I agree that at one point ADHD and autism were under-diagnosed, I feel now that they are over-diagnosed. I think a lot of people are using these disorders to justify their bad behaviors, and as an excuse to keep doing them (or, you know, to get tasty stimulant medications). These disorders are real and have real implications for peoples’ lives, which is why it’s important for healthcare professionals to accurately diagnose (and not just automatically assign an ADHD or autism diagnosis to people who are simply messy, late, forgetful, shy, etc.).
The Darkest Timeline 2 days ago
I fear you are correct. Same with anxiety; there is a difference between being anxious and having anxiety. And now that we’ve started to accept it (among other things), people are self-diagnosing in order to excuse themselves from being functional, responsible, accountable, pro-social, etc.
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