Divergence
The biggest challenge of my life has always been that I'm different. My brain is wired differently and even my body is wired differently. I view things a bit differently because I think a little differently. If I were to sum that up I'd say it's in a more visual, kinesthetic way, and in patterns. I see a lot of interrelations. Due to this, my natural way of communication has been interpreted as sounding somewhat awkward - other than times when I've had enough energy and social context to try really hard not to...which isn't always the case. I learn differently and I experience sensory input differently and more intensely. To boot, my genetic health condition (which I was born with) invisibly compromised me physically, long before it was diagnosed, and that was seldom understood. I had to push myself extra hard to keep up physically and mentally... and I got discriminated against anyway. All this has made it rough to live in this world. Eventually,...