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How to work with the mind you were given #spirituality #neurodivergent

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SoulWords—Rabbi Shais Taub

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What does it mean to be neurodivergent? The word itself just means that your mind is wired differently. And when you use the word differently, you have to ask, differently from what? And the answer is from the majority of people. The entire concept of neurodivergent is a subjective concept. If everyone or the majority of people were wired that way, that would be neurotypical, quite literally the norm. If you or someone you love is neurodivergent, really one of the things that's most difficult is that you're simply in a world that wasn't designed for you. It was designed for most people, but it wasn't designed for you. Sometimes just realizing that is a huge relief cuz you realize why you're so exhausted and burnt out. A next step could even be to learn how to advocate for yourself, to realize that things are not set up in a way that's conducive to you, but sometimes you can make requests for special accommodation based on the way that you need things to be, just like the majority of everybody else shows up and things are catered to them the way that they need them to be because they're part of the majority. In other words, don't feel that you're asking for a special advantage by asking for accommodation. Most of the world, things are already set up for them in a way that's accommodating.