> [...] everyone has problems They certainly do. And I don't think we can make meaningful comparisons between individuals in terms of their problems, how they

> [...] everyone has problems They certainly do. And I don't think we can make meaningful comparisons between individuals in terms of their problems, how they struggle or suffer, etc. For me personally, I don't assume to have it any worse than anyone else, and I always assume that others have deep challenges that I won't ever know about. > Is anyone truly normal or neurotypical? Again, these concepts become strained when applied to individuals. It's like the family who has 1.5 children: they don't exist. These are ever-changing labels that we make use of within an extremely nebulous social process. I try to apply them only in well-defined contexts and then throw up my hands in the general case. > Why do some people's problems get the validation of the medical system and others don't? I have no idea; in my mind this question is trying to peer closely into the nebula.