Neurodiversity and purity.. NOT naïveté

 I am reading a book called "Autism and the God Connection" and it's been so dead on, explaining a lot of my own experiences. I wanted to share with you some snippets and one major realization for me... people who are neurodiverse (meaning: born with their minds wired a bit different than usual) are not naive. They/I see things around me, see things happening, and own our life experiences and things we've gone through and witnessed. We have a sense of not being tarnished by those things. Because we have a mind that is separated in a way from reality, a brain that doesn't understand why humankind is the way it is. We don't feel like we are part of the physical earth we live in, there's always a sense of "out of body" for us. Probably why pain and death aren't a big deal for us, because the material isn't as important as immaterial. I might not even be explaining this very well.. just go ahead and read the snippets I'm laying out for you. 

Another thing is, though, that people who are neurodiverse have a strong sense of morality and right and wrong. So when there are rules and restrictions, and they/we are able to make our own choices and do things independently, we do exactly what either we're told to do, or go exactly along with the rules. 

So for us it’s not about trying to stay in a black-and-white world, it’s that we don’t generally live in the gray area. We can’t live in the gray area. We can think about it and study about it, but it’s not a solid enough place for us to be. The gray area is what causes us to be overloaded and have meltdowns, because there’s no structure there. And that is necessary for our survival and well-being.