I work as a specialist IT-analyst in the Swedish police force and I come across countless cases and court cases.

One thing that has truly struck me is that I see *so many* neurodivergent people, mostly men, getting into absolutely horrendous behaviours and the only thing separating them from me is that I've managed to keep my neurodivergence in check and not indulged in the darker impulses.

There's so little required to "let go" and become a horrible person.

If only these men had gotten the help they needed earlier, the support they needed as kids, maybe they wouldn't have made the choices later in life that they ended up making...

It's a sobering thought, tbh. And it instills gratefulness in me in the people around me. Those that helped me stay straight and true, gave me the help and support I needed to not falter.