Post #72190

2025-12-17 03:06 UTC

Neurodivergent includes all those categories except the disorders or illnesses. Here’s why: Things like psychopathy are caused by structural differences in the brain that make sufferers incapable of experiencing the same set of emotions as most people. Many negative behaviors are caused by lack of inhibition or empathy for others. People with autism and adhd process information differently and respond to the world differently as a result. In severe cases this can lead to an inability to engage but will generally result more in inappropriate engagement. Behavioral health conditions are a mix of psychological and neurological issues that require a wide variety of interventions. These are very different things.

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@Cybersteel@lemmy.world 2025-12-17 07:20

I do bad things all the time so does that make me a psychopath? Sure I feel bad all the time and bury my guilt under copious amounts of alcohol but it still works don’t it.

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@sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-17 12:35

I decided to just look it up for myself. According to what I found, it isn’t a medical term and doesn’t have a medical definition, so means whatever people say it means. Which is I guess how language always works, it is just that it is a new word with roots that imply a broader meaning. The lists generally exclude personality disorders, but this doesn’t seem logical to me, although I am not a neurologist. I thought all brain differences arise or manifest as differences in the brain structure. uhhospitals.org/…/what-does-it-mean-to-be-neurodi… www.merriam-webster.com/…/neurodivergent

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