"One of the key disability sides of my hyper focus is that I can hyper focus on things that I don't like and can be quite distressing to think about."

In this episode of the Neurodivergent Experience, Jordan James and Simon Scott discuss neurodivergent abilities versus disabilities. We share personal experiences and insights into how hyper-focus and tree learning, anxiety, and eidetic memory are both abilities and disabilities. We talk about difficulties processing empathy, deep emotions and how these impact their lives, plus our experiences with exceptional memories and how it can be both a gift and a burden.

Takeaways

• Hyper-focus and tree learning are common traits in neurodivergent individuals, allowing them to deeply explore and understand specific subjects.
• Anxiety can be both helpful and disabling, providing heightened awareness but also causing distress and physical symptoms.
• Eidetic memory, or the ability to recall detailed sensory information, can be both a gift and a burden, impacting daily experiences and emotional well-being.
• Hyper-empathy allows for deep connections with others but can also be disabling.
• Navigating neurodivergent experiences requires patience and not settling for less.

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