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[–] minoscopede@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not necessarily autistic, but when I tell people I'm neurodivergent, they're like "yup" πŸ˜“

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I’m not autistic, but if there’s an odd number of steps I have to go up them twice to make them even

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can't you just repeat the last one?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

That would just be weird, who does that

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But doesn't going down them also count? Now you've done an uneven

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Who counts stairs going down?

[–] Logical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For me it's that I always want to walk on an even number of tiles, planks, or other pieces of flooring with clear and repeating edges.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's OCD

[–] Logical@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

If so it's pretty mild. I don't do it all the time and I am able to resist doing it even when I have the urge to.