None of us are strangers to the phenomena and complexities of human relationships. We neurodivergents are a unique group with unique strengths and challenges. While we relate mostly with each other, we are often painfully misunderstood by or misunderstand those without neurodivergent brains. Over time, this is traumatic and most of us have concluded that relationships are simply too dangerous. Yet, some of us keep trying, sense that we’re failing, or that others are failing us. This reinforces our insecurity.

This pattern can make our futures look dismal when we acknowledge that our survival still depends on each other. We cannot survive without human relationships. After all, there are so many different types of relationships: employer/employee, professional/colleague, mentor/mentee, doctor/patient, parent/child, brother/sister, husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend, peers, church members, acquaintances, and beyond.

How can we show that we care for others when we feel misunderstood? How can we stand up for ourselves, when we feel we are being mistreated? As believers, we have access to the tools that we need - no matter what brain model that God designed us with. Where there is a brain, there is a way to have beneficial relationships. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.