As someone who falls into 3 of these categories, I feel very called out by my own meme 😅

#meme #memes #trans #enby #transgender #NonBinary #bi #bisexual #pan #pansexual #aro #ace #aromantic #asexual #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQIA2S+

@SleepyCatten I have nevr laughed so hard while also feeling so deeply personally attacked 

@desertcave I feel attacked by the meme too & I'm the one who made it 🤣

But seriously: doesn't everyone feel this way?   

@SleepyCatten Autistic, non-binary, bi, aro

I feel like I just won a very strange game of Bingo

@SleepyCatten 🤔 I am in I guess 3 and a half of those. I'm demisexual and demiromantic to help that make sense. Unless you're counting it as a spectrum theeeeeeen I'm on those spectrums so all four!

But yes. Yes. Very called out uwu

@Moondancer0X *nods understandingly* AFAIK, demisexual & demiromantic both fall under the broad asexual / aromantic spectrums    

@SleepyCatten Oh, they certainly are on those spectrums, it's just that the difference between me and aro/ace people is still pretty considerable in regards to our experiences. So while there's a lot I relate on, I do prefer the specificity.

._. There is a lot I relate on, particularly with aro people. -v- I had some nice self discovery this year.

@SleepyCatten

Okay. Just because I am two different sets of hands and literally didn’t figure it out until I was 39 because of ‘everyone feels this way’ combined with ‘I’m just broken’

Sigh.

Thanks for this image

@kaylee *offers hugs if wanted*

My own pattern was:

Late 20s: "Wait... am I autistic?"
Mid 30s: Got a diagnosis for ASD.
36/37: "Wait... am I trans?"
37: "Yep. I'm trans."
39: "Wait... do I have ADHD?"
Also 39: "Wait... am I bi? Yes. Yes I am."

@SleepyCatten

Hugs are great!

Mine was more 20&30’s. I’m broken about sex don’t know why.

39 - wait Demisexual is a thing?!? I’m not broken!?!

40 - but if I can be attracted to people under x circumstances and I am attracted to non male people when I do . . . Hello Pansexuality!

Also, I don’t think I’m neurodivergent, I have a cousin with ASD and I think there are some neurospicy elements not diagnosed in me but hey

@SleepyCatten Hey, did you know someone made a five-handed version of this? I first saw this version of the meme a few months after I hatched, and I remember thinking "heh yeah, realizing you're trans is wild." But as time has passed... Guess which girl has two thumbs and hits all five categories 😅
@daphnestar *offers hugs if wanted for the bottom right part*
@SleepyCatten I will happily accept hugs for the bottom-right part, thank you  
@SleepyCatten @daphnestar Ooof. 4/5. (I’m not ace.)
@TamsinSays @SleepyCatten Yeah... For me, ace was the last shoe to drop, so to speak. I fought the label for a while, but finally realized and accepted I was demisexual a month or two ago (and thus on the ace spectrum).

@daphnestar My wife only realised she was demisexual within the last year or so. She just thought folks were exaggerating about sex thoughts 😅

Meanwhile, I'm definitely very allosexual & progesterone has turned me into a needy bottom 😳  

I'm kinda just waiting for the next realisations to drop for me.

@TamsinSays

@SleepyCatten @TamsinSays I kind of wonder if that might shift for me on prog or post orchi or whatnot. Only time will tell! As far as realizations go, it feels like these categories have multiple layers: there's always more to discover under the surface, no matter how deep you go. It's fascinating how many times our pasts can surprise us...
@daphnestar @SleepyCatten I have, at most, demi leanings, but I wouldn’t identify myself as demisexual. Perhaps that’s denial, but if so, it’s hardly a pressing issue, as I’m quite happily ensconced in a monogamous marriage. 🥰
@daphnestar @SleepyCatten hoooooly shit this is a goddamn CARPET BOMBING of a call out post
@SkellySoft @SleepyCatten Happy Pride? 😅  
@daphnestar @SleepyCatten oh dw i already knew these things (except the abuse - my parents werent ideal but they werent abusive) - I can just think of a LOT of people I know that this applies to, hah. Happy Pride! 😅🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
@SkellySoft @SleepyCatten Oh. I don't know anything about your childhood, of course. But... I remember when I used to say that. Of the five, that one definitely has the most layers, or at least it did for me.
@daphnestar @SleepyCatten Well, here's to hoping there aren't any future revelations 😅😅

@SleepyCatten 😂

Adolescence: haha I’m such a weirdo I love being weird

Twenties: haha everyone’s weird on the inside right? guess I’m actually pretty normal

Thirties: 😳 omg no I am just as weird as I always thought I was

@SleepyCatten I fall under Neurodivergent (autistic), but I didn't know it until I was in my mid-30's when my son was diagnosed. The books I was reading to learn about autism were oddly describing ways that I thought & things that I did all my life.

Before this realization, I knew I was different but didn't know why. I thought that I was alone - the only one who ever went through this stuff. Realizing that others were like me meant I suddenly had a community instead of being alone.

@SleepyCatten That's a long winded way of saying that my version of the meme would say "Wait... There are other people that feel this way?!!!"
@SleepyCatten I feel like I'm the only #neurotypical person on the internet. Is there anyone else who is just.. regular?

@Sibshops Hmmmm. You may wish to be cautious about using "regular", as it has a similar connotation to "normal" 😅

That aside, I think that a lot more folks are some form of neurodivergent than they realise.

Perhaps neurotypical folks are just under-represented on the internet as it genuinely doesn't interest them as much.

The same might be true for the most-extraverted folks, for whom spending their time online just wouldn't appeal.

@SleepyCatten Apologies on the use of regular. I should think of what the opposite is and consider if it is offensive. I wouldn't call someone irregular. Maybe I should have said "Is anyone else just... bland."

I agree with you that there are a lot of more people who are #neurodivergent than they realize.

For example, some people are just difficult to deal with and think everything is okay.

@SleepyCatten Wait... doesn't everyone fall into 3 of these categories?
@SleepyCatten No joke, I made these similar memes 2 years ago
@SleepyCatten I'm all of those categories (arospec and bi) and yeah, this meme is very accurate
@SleepyCatten this is some good bone hurty juice (I'm pan, trans AND neurodivergent, demi too but I dunno if that counts)
@TinyDragonArtist From what I understand, demi is considered under the broad ace umbrella, in the same way that non-binary falls under the broad trans umbrella