A confounding variable is that neurodivergants are more culpable to being traumatized and suffer greater dysfunction when traumatized.
Being on the ND spectrum (and having been through the ringer of medical professionals, with god knows how many diagnoses) I know I have a different set of tools in my toolbox and I have painstakingly found my "niche" where I excel, and have worked hard to strengthen my weaknesses.
That's not to say I haven't seriously considered killing myself numerous times in the past due to foreseeing how hopeless and painful my life was to be. But that was primarily the trauma, and its effects on my executive function and the inability to adapt to my unique circumstances (ADHD being one).
However, I'm not blind to the fact others are not as lucky as I am to be able to have not only some semblance of free will and favorable circumstances to exploit to the best of my ability. Others are less fortunate, but I have to ask what portion of that (debilitating consequences) is simply a helplessness bestowed upon them from repeated trauma and a lack of favorable environment? I believe a good portion would fall under this camp. Ergo, their unique physchological makeups have not found an environment that fits.
Being on the ND spectrum (and having been through the ringer of medical professionals, with god knows how many diagnoses) I know I have a different set of tools in my toolbox and I have painstakingly found my "niche" where I excel, and have worked hard to strengthen my weaknesses.
That's not to say I haven't seriously considered killing myself numerous times in the past due to foreseeing how hopeless and painful my life was to be. But that was primarily the trauma, and its effects on my executive function and the inability to adapt to my unique circumstances (ADHD being one).
However, I'm not blind to the fact others are not as lucky as I am to be able to have not only some semblance of free will and favorable circumstances to exploit to the best of my ability. Others are less fortunate, but I have to ask what portion of that (debilitating consequences) is simply a helplessness bestowed upon them from repeated trauma and a lack of favorable environment? I believe a good portion would fall under this camp. Ergo, their unique physchological makeups have not found an environment that fits.