I mentioned that I had always felt different in my personal experience than other people. Not ADHD itself but the deeper idea of neurodivergency, of a plurality of human cognitive patterns. Final topic and hint for the next meeting: “Highly sensitive people”, or “Sensory processing sensitivity”. Said he’s read hundreds of papers on it for his graduate research. When I heard sensitivity I thought of emotional sponging. But the Wikipedia says it’s a personality trait with roots in lower perceptual thresholds and/or cognitive processing.
"[Growing up] is hard and nobody understands." // https://www.homestuck.com/story/2391