Sorry, I tried to preface that I would butcher my explanation, and it appears I was correct in that assumption. I also apologize if this answer is no better. I

Sorry, I tried to preface that I would butcher my explanation, and it appears I was correct in that assumption. I also apologize if this answer is no better. I likely lack the mental acuity to formulate these thoughts well. To be clear, I’m not denying that some people experience direct suffering like sensory overload, daily dysfunction, etc.. Though I would argue much of this is somewhat expected when one lives in a society that wasn't designed around edge cases (nor am I saying such a society is truly possible at our scale). My point is about a different subset of cases, like mine and say individuals with high-functioning Autism, where the suffering is mainly socially imposed. The pressure to medicate or "fix" ourselves comes less from unbearable symptoms and more from others' expectations that we be more tolerable or productive. That was the unsettling part I was trying to get at. I was trying to make a point about a little compassion from others would go a long way. I was not trying to absolve myself and others like me of our responsibilities/symptoms. Often times, the symptoms of these disorders are not treated as symptoms of a disorder, but rather, direct flaws of one's character. All in all, I find the difficulties hard to describe unless one has lived the same or a similar experience. Whether or not one has a disorder does not make them less of a human being. Thus, I do not think it is a coincidence that depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide are highly correlated with disorders like ADHD and high functioning Autism, and I do not think a lot of those comorbid issues stem purely from some kind of internal (hypothetical) brain difference. Does that make any more sense?