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Topic	Is Neurodivergent the new "I'm totally OCD"?
AnsestralRecall 04/19/23 5:03:43 PM #101:	Trumble posted... People who fake these things definitely exist (and it's not always the person themself; especially in children it's often the parents / caregivers), but they're the minority compared to those who legitimately have such conditions, and "they're faking it" should never be the default assumption. I had an interesting discussion with a friend regarding plurality not that long ago. I mentioned feeling concerned about the people that would "fake it" and bring negative attention to people that don't, and they said "Why does it even matter?" They're possibly using it as a coping mechanism for some other issues in their life and there's nothing wrong with it. I've since come to notice that it seems to mostly ever be people without a given diaorder that have criticisms about "fakers." <cite>AnsestralRecall posted [p:972948087] in Is Neurodi... [t:80417056]...</cite> <quote>Trumble posted... </cite><quote>People who fake these things definitely exist (and it's not always the person themself; especially in children it's often the parents / caregivers), but they're the minority compared to those who legitimately have such conditions, and "they're faking it" should never be the default assumption.</quote>I had an interesting discussion with a friend regarding plurality not that long ago. I mentioned feeling concerned about the people that would "fake it" and bring negative attention to people that don't, and they said "Why does it even matter?"They're possibly using it as a coping mechanism for some other issues in their life and there's nothing wrong with it. I've since come to notice that it seems to mostly ever be people without a given diaorder that have criticisms about "fakers." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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