That’s actually very false, and it is important for people to learn about their mental well-being.
On the spectrum of mental health where the perfectly healthy are on the very left, and the perfectly unhealthy are on the very right. The majority of people lie somewhere in the middle.
Mental disorders are not binary, like being pregnant or not being pregnant. There is a sliding scale. How much that disorder affects certain aspects of your life is how we measure the severity of that disorder.
Yeah, none of that has anything to do with the neurodivergent spectrum. Also, it isn’t a scale from minor to major. It’s an informal extension of the autism spectrum to include the other neurodivergent conditions, since there tends to be a lot of comorbidity across ASD, ADHD, ASPD, NPD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, etc. But, to be included in the spectrum, you have to have a neurodivergent condition. If you don’t, that would make you neurotypical and that would put you in a different spectrum.
Edit: being neurotypical doesn’t mean you should get help for your mental health. Everyone should, we’re animals who made society and we’re not equipped to handle all of… this gestures everywhere
Autism is like a blueprint for how the brain is wired. You wouldn’t say that all X86 microprocessors are a little bit ARM and most CPU’s are somewhere in the middle.
ADHD involves physiological differences in the prefrontal cortex that impact how dopamine signaling operates, among other things, which leads to the psychological symptoms. Saying “everyone is a little ADHD” is incredibly inaccurate and it’s frequently used as a form of ablism. It’s not a spectrum in that way. It’s like saying “everyone is a bit schizophrenic” to someone who feels compelled to do things by perceived “demons” in their brain.
Yes, some mental illnesses are common to all humans, like MDD but some, like ADHD and ASD result from physiological differences when compared to neurotypical brains.
All “abnormal psychology” has differing physiological differences when compared to a “neurotypical” brain. Those definitions are super shakey though. Neurotypical, as you say, is a super fuzzy definition and has really changed drastically in modern history.
And there are a shitload of people “a little bit schizophrenic”. You wouldn’t be able to tell though because the intensity, frequency, or persistence is not severe enough to affect thier life in an overwhelming manor. They have jobs, relationships, and can function in society.
Some people are a little bit “whatever” with different mental disorders. Believing mental health issues are binary, either they have a “disorder” or are healthy is no longer part of modern abnormal phycology. They are now thought of as spectrums where people can fall onto that spectrum in very very different severities. That is why people use the word spectrum.
That’s actually very false, and it is important for people to learn about their mental well-being.
On the spectrum of mental health where the perfectly healthy are on the very left, and the perfectly unhealthy are on the very right. The majority of people lie somewhere in the middle.
Mental disorders are not binary, like being pregnant or not being pregnant. There is a sliding scale. How much that disorder affects certain aspects of your life is how we measure the severity of that disorder.
Nobody is perfectly healthy, but that doesn’t mean everybody has the specific medical condition of autism or adhd.
Never said that 😆 but ok
Yeah, none of that has anything to do with the neurodivergent spectrum. Also, it isn’t a scale from minor to major. It’s an informal extension of the autism spectrum to include the other neurodivergent conditions, since there tends to be a lot of comorbidity across ASD, ADHD, ASPD, NPD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, etc. But, to be included in the spectrum, you have to have a neurodivergent condition. If you don’t, that would make you neurotypical and that would put you in a different spectrum.
Edit: being neurotypical doesn’t mean you should get help for your mental health. Everyone should, we’re animals who made society and we’re not equipped to handle all of… this gestures everywhere
That’s not an accurate analogy.
Autism is like a blueprint for how the brain is wired. You wouldn’t say that all X86 microprocessors are a little bit ARM and most CPU’s are somewhere in the middle.
ADHD involves physiological differences in the prefrontal cortex that impact how dopamine signaling operates, among other things, which leads to the psychological symptoms. Saying “everyone is a little ADHD” is incredibly inaccurate and it’s frequently used as a form of ablism. It’s not a spectrum in that way. It’s like saying “everyone is a bit schizophrenic” to someone who feels compelled to do things by perceived “demons” in their brain.
Yes, some mental illnesses are common to all humans, like MDD but some, like ADHD and ASD result from physiological differences when compared to neurotypical brains.
All “abnormal psychology” has differing physiological differences when compared to a “neurotypical” brain. Those definitions are super shakey though. Neurotypical, as you say, is a super fuzzy definition and has really changed drastically in modern history.
And there are a shitload of people “a little bit schizophrenic”. You wouldn’t be able to tell though because the intensity, frequency, or persistence is not severe enough to affect thier life in an overwhelming manor. They have jobs, relationships, and can function in society.
Some people are a little bit “whatever” with different mental disorders. Believing mental health issues are binary, either they have a “disorder” or are healthy is no longer part of modern abnormal phycology. They are now thought of as spectrums where people can fall onto that spectrum in very very different severities. That is why people use the word spectrum.