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@SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf  路  activity timestamp 13 hours ago

Hey lovelies 馃┓

Is anybody aware of an existing word in English or any other language for the intense pain of being misunderstood?

We're thinking specifically about the kinda of pain that neurospicy folks often feel from being constantly misunderstood by others, but particularly by non-neurospicy folks.

It's usually a cumulative pain that builds up over years or even decades, and factors into neurodivergent experiences like Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) AutismInfinitySymbol ADHD_Butterfly

Thanks in advance 馃

Edit:
Here are some examples of the type of word we're looking for:

  • Nostalgia
  • Anemoia

We lack sufficient knowledge of correctly combining ancient Greek words to find the correct words and forms for "being misunderstood" and "pain".

#neurodivergent #neurodivergence #PainOfBeingMisunderstood #linguistics #language #AuDHD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic

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@leogorrus@nerdculture.de replied  路  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

@SleepyCatten I think "invalidation" might be the word for the emotional expererience? Especially the part about the cumulative pain fits with that word.

I think I would expect "pigeonholed" as an informal term, although that might vary a bit regionally in its exact connotations.

One difficulty is "invalidation" often refers to having one's emotions be mistunderstood, but I think autistic people experience it more from other kinds of misunderstanding.

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SleepyCatten
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@SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf replied  路  activity timestamp 12 hours ago

@leogorrus There was a video we found and shared recently about the emotional pain of AuDHD, which describes many of these things, along with others like "gaslighting" 馃┓

What we're looking for here is a very specific term for this form of communication trauma 馃

We might add some more details into the post to explain, as rather aptly we think we've not explained it very well and are experiencing the sensation 馃槄

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