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Nah, that's the thing with mental disorders and other things: They're usually just an imbalance of otherwise normal behaviors/moods/etc. Most people should be able to relate to most mental disorders.
They just shouldn't do the, "lol I'm so OCD!" thing, because that trivializes how nasty the real disorders get. The people with the disorders don't just have flashes of silly desires or emotions (usually), but rather a literally debilitating to normal daily life disorder that no one would want to deal with.
I always find this interesting because my story went something like this:
"ADHD are just people with normal impulses, but more frequent and less able to control them"
"I'm smart and able to multitask really well. Sure I fixate on things sometimes but everyone does. And of course I can have that espresso before bed. Caffeine doesn't affect me."
"Everyone creates patterns in their life to remember basic things. Counting steps in my daily routine, time boxing tasks with alarms, and giving myself lots of little rewards is just efficient time management. I wouldn't call it a coping mechanism"
"Having kids is stressful and my patterns are broken, that's normal right? I should talk to someone."
"What do you mean I'm 'ADHD as fuck'. You're a doctor, that's not appropriate language"
"This medication reduces a lot of my internal anxiety and let's be be in control of my life. I had no idea normal people felt like this all the time"
So, please, tell us how neurodivergent traits all seem normal to you. And welcome to the club.
You just described me perfectly. I'm currently at the "What do you mean 'I'm ADHD as fuck'" step.